These 'inbetween' 2.5G upgrades for GSM networks include GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switched Data), and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution), and all promise speeds somewhere between today's pitiful...
It shows the roadmap from the current second-generation mobile networks (2G), through the intermediate step of data-friendly packet upgrades like GPRS (2.5G), and on to high-speed third-generation (3G) networks.
Mobile analysts EMC have predicted GSM enhancement EDGE - so-called 2.75G as it sits between 2.5G GPRS networks and W-CDMA 3G - will see the light of day around the world next year. The eventual move to 4G networks will see the combining of...
While logistics and distribution businesses may be expected to lead the way, TNT Express will for now start using narrowband GSM connections, with some use of packet-based GPRS and eventual upgrades to 3G where necessary.
Cingular's network uses a technology called HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), or 3.5G, which is a combination of GSM and EDGE. After spending billions of dollars to upgrade networks, cellular operators are starting to battle it out for...
Alan Hadden, president of the GSA, said 3.5G is achieving better growth rates than other cellular technologies. The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming with 150 per cent annual growth in HSDPA gizmos, according to stats from GSM/3G...
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