2007-07-30 21:18:14 · 7 answers · asked by Aashu 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
* General Packet Radio Service.
a radio technology for GSM networks that adds packet-switching protocols, shorter set-up time for ISP connections, and offer the possibility to charge by amount of data sent rather than connect time. GPRS promises to support flexible data transmission rates typically up to 20 or 30 Kbps (with a theoretical maximum of 171.2 Kbps), as well as continuous connection to the network.
2007-07-30 21:22:50 · answer #1 · answered by music_freak 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a Mobile Data Service available to users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and IS-136 mobile phones. GPRS data transfer is typically charged per megabyte of transferred data, while data communication via traditional circuit switching is billed per minute of connection time, independent of whether the user has actually transferred data or has been in an idle state. GPRS can be used for services such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and for Internet communication services such as email and World Wide Web access.
2G cellular systems combined with GPRS is often described as "2.5G", that is, a technology between the second (2G) and third (3G) generations of mobile telephony. It provides moderate speed data transfer, by using unused Time division multiple access (TDMA) channels in for example the GSM system. Originally there was some thought to extend GPRS to cover other standards, but instead those networks are being converted to use the GSM standard, so that GSM is the only kind of network where GPRS is in use. GPRS is integrated into GSM Release 97 and newer releases. It was originally standardized by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), but now by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
2007-07-30 21:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by sagarukin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GPRS - General Packet Radio Service
Its a Mobile Data Service available to users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
2007-07-30 21:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Abhishek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General Packet Radio Service
2007-07-30 23:36:50 · answer #4 · answered by abbishek abraham 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General Packet Radio Services
2007-07-30 21:22:32 · answer #5 · answered by Tanisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General pocket radio system.
2007-07-30 21:26:07 · answer #6 · answered by Mahesh R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-30 21:55:56 · answer #7 · answered by ► Anx Rox ◄ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋