One2One and BT Cellnet are waiting for GPRS [General Packet Radio System] and that won't be commercially available for about a year. Hans Roger Snook, CEO of Orange, argued: "Our free ISP service, together with these everyday talk options, makes...
Make a large proportion of handsets data-ready - made possible by WAP, and soon high-speed GPRS before full on third-generation in two or three years - and a company like Vodafone AirTouch (with almost 50 million global users) becomes the world's...
It was the first operator to deliver genuinely coherent GPRS connectivity for notebook PC users, for example, that could be implemented without the application of black magic or rocket science. The recent launch of Fujitsu-Siemen’s total...
An investigation by silicon.com's sister site ZDNet UK earlier this week exposed the massive roaming charges levied by mobile phone operators on users who download data when abroad with charges of up to £20 per megabyte over GPRS or 3G data card...
W-CDMA operators are springing up with rapidity and one Bulgarian operator is already on the ball with HSDPA. Thus, for the purpose of this article, the assumption is the traveller owns a GSM/GPRS/W-CDMA handset.
GNER's John Gelson said, while keeping an open mind for the future, the company had opted for the combination of 3G/GPRS and satellite connectivity because of the "unique environmental challenges" posed by GNER's route.