Verizon to Unveil CDMA iPhone on January 11

We've known that Apple and Verizon have been working quietly on a CDMA iPhone that is due this year. Verizon has sent out press conference invites to select mainstream media houses for an event scheduled tomorrow at 11AM PST. According to John Paczkowski of AllThingsD, Verizon President & COO, Lowell McAdam along with Apple CEO will announce the long awaited Verizon iPhone CDMA version at the event.

While, we anticipate the announcement of the CDMA iPhone, AT&T isn't happy with the development. Consumer Reports survey ranked Verizon mobile carrier as the top mobile service provider while AT&T was ranked the last. Several complaints and reports about slow staggering network quality of AT&T network have been reported ever since the iPhone was launched for the network. 

Anthony J Melone, Verizon CTO told Wall Street Journal that the company has invested heavily on its surging 3G network traffic. On the other hand, Verizon showed off its new 4G LTE devices and plans for the coming year. Of course, it will take a while for the company to get its 4G Networks installed and running at several places in US. On top of that Verizon is already being reported about their plans to offer unlimited data plans to CDMA iPhone owners. 

With Apple's iPhone contract with AT&T coming to an end, CDMA major Verizon is expected to get heavy orders. Apple is already selling the iPad with Verizon's MiFi. AT&T appears to be edgy with these developments and is subliminally pointing that the Apple-Verizon CDMA endeavor won't work out for the end consumers and Apple.

AT&T PR boss Larry Solomon stated in a statement:

 "The iPhone is built for speed, but that's not what you get with a CDMA phone. I'm not sure iPhone users are ready for life in the slow lane."

Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman, repeated Larry's words that Verizon s customers may suffer problems because the version of the Apple device the carrier is getting will use CDMA technology, a generation older than Verizon's latest offering, reported Bloomberg. AT&T is clearly stating that its GSM technology based network is faster than Verizon's CDMA network.

Here are the developments, rumors and speculations we've heard, read and reported so far:

- Apple's CDMA version of iPhone is imminent; the company wouldn't invest so heavily in antennae technology otherwise. Product innovation is expected but for a phone it's more important to work seamlessly with different network technologies. 

- The number of new 4G Android handsets and tablets coming on CDMA and 4G LTE networks are indirectly forcing Apple to consider 4G LTE and CDMA just beyond next generation iPhone 

-CDMA does have limitations over GSM but it also has its own merits. Rather that call-drops or poor network coverage, consumers wouldn't mind paying for guaranteed basic telephony.