I expect that the move by Verizon Wireless to allow people to go month to month without a contract and bring their own devices to their network will cause a similar reaction with other mobile operators here in the USA.
This also means the market for higher-end, more feature rich phones will finally come to CDMA customers. The number of people who want a Nokia N series device on the Verizon network is staggering. Here in the USA Verizon’s CDMA network really is tops. It’s just the devices have been so plain vanilla. Give me an E71 or similar, or N95 or similar on Verizon and my minutes will shift from other carriers.
Will I still carry the other guys too? Sure…But Verizon has better coverage and at the end of the day, that’s what wins.