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3GSM |
3GSM* is the latest addition to the GSM
family. 3GSM is about having third generation mobile multimedia services
available globally. 3GSM* focuses on visionary communications, in more ways
than one. It's about the new visual ways in which people will communicate
and the unique vision of the GSM community, which has always focused on the
future needs of customers. |
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Bluetooth |
Bluetooth is about the ability to
communicate, to access the internet, email and information services anywhere
at anytime. It has been adopted by both the mobile handset and portable
computer industries as a means of exchanging data wirelessly.
Bluetooth started life as simply a 'cable replacement' technology. Before
Bluetooth, if you wanted to connect a mobile handset to a computer, you had
to run a cable from a serial port on the PC to the base of the handset. |
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EDGE |
EDGE (or Enhanced Data Rates for Global
Evolution) is a 3G technology that delivers broadband-like data speeds to
mobile devices. It allows consumers to connect to the Internet and send and
receive data, including digital images, web pages and photographs, three
times faster than possible with an ordinary GSM/GPRS network. EDGE enables
GSM operators to offer higher-speed mobile-data access, serve more
mobile-data customers, and free up GSM network capacity to accommodate
additional voice traffic. (Source Ericsson). |
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GPRS
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The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a
new nonvoice value added service that allows information to be sent and
received across a mobile telephone network. It supplements today's Circuit
Switched Data and Short Message Service. GPRS is NOT related to GPS (the
Global Positioning System), a similar acronym that is often used in mobile
contexts. GPRS has several unique features which can be summarized as
"SPEED". Theoretical maximum speeds of up to 171.2 kilobits per second
(kbps) are achievable with GPRS using all eight timeslots at the same time.
This is about three times as fast as the data transmission speeds possible
over today's fixed telecommunications networks and ten times as fast as
current Circuit Switched Data services on GSM networks. By allowing
information to be transmitted more quickly, immediately and efficiently
across the mobile network, GPRS may well be a relatively less costly mobile
data service compared to SMS and Circuit Switched Data. |
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GSM |
GSM is an open, non-proprietary system that
is constantly evolving. One of its great strengths is the international
roaming capability. This gives consumers seamless and same standardised same
number contactability in more than 170 countries. GSM satellite roaming has
extended service access to areas where terrestrial coverage is not
available. |
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HSCSD |
High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) is
an enhancement of data services ("Circuit Switched Data - CSD) of all
current GSM networks. It allows you to access nonvoice services at 3 times
faster, which means subscribers are able to send and receive data from their
portable computers at a speed of up to 28.8 kbps; this is currently being
upgraded in many networks to rates of and up to 43.2 kbps. |
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MMS |
Mobile Messaging is evolving beyond SMS text
messaging with the introduction of MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). MMS
delivers a total communication experience, allowing personalised multimedia
content such as images, audio, text, video and combinations of these. |
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WAP |
The Wireless Application Protocol is a hot
topic that has been widely hyped in the mobile industry and outside of it.
WAP is simply a protocol- a standardised way that a mobile phone talks to a
server installed in the mobile phone network.
The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an important development in the
wireless industry because of its attempt to develop an open standard for
wireless protocols, independent of vendor and airlink. |
