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The Business Opportunity for Customer Wireless Applications

Overview The business opportunity is driven by a number of factors, including the massive scope of GSM/UMTS deployments, which today encompasses 1.18 billion subscribers worldwide. Data service is available in over 200 countries from 217 operators. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technologies provide greater data capabilities than ever before, and coupled with powerful devices, enable a huge variety of applications with large numbers of subscribers willing to pay for them.

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Publisher	3G Americas	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	November 2004	Downloads	78
Format	White Papers
Topics	GSM, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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