One of the winners of the Finnish cellular pageant was Sonera. For instance, the GSM network, supported by EDGE (enhanced data rates for global evolution) and GPRS (general packet radio service), can now increase the bandwidth available.
Most versions of the roadmap show separate but aligned paths for the four main digital cellular families - the largely European GSM, the US TDMA and CDMA standards, and the Japanese PDC. Edge stands for Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution.
Also, Wi-Fi is not subject to the latency you experience when using GPRS, so regardless of the download speed Wi-Fi will always feel much more reactive than cellular options. Could the integration of Wi-Fi into smart phones be the dawn of a new age...
As previously reported, the long-awaited BlackBerry 8700c, which was code-named Electron, will use Intel's PXA901 cellular processor, code-named Hermon. The device will send and receive voice and data using EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM...
But he is discounting the future and the natural evolution of technology to provide more wireless bandwidth. For example, an average voice plan that includes 500 minutes of airtime uses about 45MB of capacity per user per month, he said.
So the traditional way you roll out cellular networks, where you… have to spend a lot on your network before there's any revenues, has the opportunity to be turned on its head. Femtocells could help speed the arrival of next generation mobile...