Orange has claimed other European mobile network operators - including Mannesmann, its new parent and operator of the D2 network in Germany - will keep end-users waiting until the end of next year for mobile data services based on GPRS (General...
Prices for packet-switched GPRS services which are 'always-on' have yet to be revealed. BT Cellnet has spelled out its mobile Internet strategy, comprising SMS messaging, its Genie Internet portal, WAP services, and high-speed GPRS (General Packet...
BT Cellnet has become the first mobile operator to roll out GPRS (general packet radio service) services, narrowly beating a similar offering from T-Mobile in Germany. But while the UK network operator is touting the development as a breakthrough...
Orange will launch a follow-up service, known as GPRS (general packet radio service) by the end of the year. GPRS - which does not guarantee steady bandwidth - will be aimed at consumers accessing the web from their WAP phones.
BT launched its GPRS service to business users in June 2000, and Orange went live with HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switched Data) this year, yet the consuming public could only get GPRS last month. They're used to waiting in the mobile industry, but...
The data speeds initially promised for GPRS have turned out to be slideware - although in principle it can support throughput rates above 100Kbps, in practice, but currently the actual throughput rates are closer to 10 or 20Kbps, not much above...
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