From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   The arrival of the LTE/4G wireless standard in the United States, and   
   its adoption by the country's two largest super-carriers AT&T and   
   Verizon was supposed to open the door for true equipment   
   interoperability, allowing customers to take devices purchased from   
   one carrier to another. In the past, incompatible network standards   
   (GSM - AT&T and CDMA - Verizon Wireless) made device portability a   
   practical impossibility. The arrival of LTE could have changed   
   everything, with device manufacturers using chipsets that would allow   
   an iPad owner to switch from Verizon to AT&T without having to   
   purchase a brand new tablet.   
      
        Example: Imagine buying a television set from an   
        NBC station and finding out the only TV station   
        the set will receive is NBC. Limitation comes not   
        from technology but [from] wireless carriers and   
        equipment maker's specifications.   
      
   https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7021921827.pdf   
      
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