A digital wireless standard used widely in Europe, it has a maximum data transfer rate of 9.6 Kbps.
(communications) A standard for A two-way, pan-European digital cellular system (in the process of being) adopted by over 60 countries. The GSM standard is currently used in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. Its specification is in line with ISDN and ITU-TS System 7 ( SS7) signaling. GSM services include current digital subscriber services and the unique Short Message Service - a superior form of paging offering up to 160 alphanumeric characters with guaranteed delivery. In the USA trial systems akin to the related Digital Cellular System (DCS) 18000 have been set up in several metropolitan areas.
(acronym "GSM") A mobile telephone service that sends data using packet switching rather than timeslots as with GSM. With GPRS, you don't get a whole timeslot to yourself. Instead your packets of data are sent out when there is room on the network. You are effectively connected and online all day, but you only pay for actually sending and receiving packets of data. As a consequence it is much more efficient. It is hard to figure out how fast GPRS is, as it depends on how many people are using your mobile network and how much demand there is for the timeslots. Most GPRS phones are setup to use a maximum of four timeslots to receive data, and one timeslot to send data.
The most important aspect of GSM is its standardisation. This allows some one with a SIM card, to insert the SIM into any SIM Free GSM phone (with compatible frequencies) and the phone would work. This standardisation also applies to anywhere one goes with a GSM network. This is provided that the correct frequency of the card / network is available to that handset. GSM frequencies are: — GSM 900 (BT Mobile, Vodafone and most networks around the world) — GSM 1800 (Orange, T-Mobile and some of the European networks) — GSM 1900 (Used in USA and Canada)
Considered the most advanced digital cellular technology, GSM is widely in Europe and Asia. GSM uses narrowband TDMA, which allows eight simultaneous calls on the same radio frequency. The format keeps calls separate by assigning a slice of time to each caller.
GSM is a digital mobile telephone system that is widely used in Europe and other parts of the world. GSM uses a variation of time division multiple access (TDMA) and is the most widely used of the three digital wireless telephone technologies (TDMA, GSM, and CDMA). GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot. It operates at either the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz frequency band.
originally short for 'Groupe Spécial Mobile' GSM is the digital wireless communication standard for Europe, as well as South Africa, Australia, and many Middle and Far East countries. GSM has recently been introduced in the United States and is rapidly expanding throughout North America.
Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications is a digital European cellular standard based on TDMA technology operating at 900MHz and developed to provide system compatibility across national borders. This compatible network enables GSM cellular users to use a single cellular phone throughout Europe, most of Asia, and parts of North and South America and have every call billed to one account.
GSM is an open, non-proprietary system that is constantly evolving. GSM satellite roaming has extended service access to areas where terrestrial coverage is not available.
The digital cellular telephone standard. It is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. GSM service is used by over 1.5 billion people across more than 210 countries and territories . The ubiquity of the GSM standard makes international roaming very common between mobile phone operators, enabling subscribers to use their phones in many parts of the world. GSM is an open standard which is currently developed by the 3GPP. From the point of view of the consumer, the key advantage of GSM systems has been higher digital voice quality and low cost alternatives to making calls such as text messaging. The advantage for network operators has been the ability to deploy equipment from different vendors because the open standard allows easy inter-operability.
A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is widely deployed in Europe and throughout the world. GSM coverage is increasing in the U.S. Most PCS phones use GSM and operate in the 1.8 to 1.9GHz band, compared to 800-900MHz for other cellular systems. Higher frequencies extend battery life. See also TDMA, CDMA, and PCS.
European protocol used for encoding digital cellular phone transmissions.
The communication system used by cellular phones in the UK.
The main technology used by the European systems. Used by only a small percentage of wireless carriers in the United States.
The standard of European mobile phones. GSM runs at 900mhz. Vodafone and O2 use the GSM network
A 2G digital standard for cellular phone communications that is used in many countries. GSM communications bands range from 900-1800MHz. The GSM initials...
( GSM) - A digital cellular or PCS network used throughout the world.
is the European standard for digital cellular service that includes enhanced features.
A standard for digital mobile communication and is the world's most widespread standard used in Europe, Africa, Middle East, parts of the USA, Australia and Asia. Upon its creation, GSM, an open, digital standard was intended to make possible a range of new services, features and applications which could not be achieved with analog systems.
GSM is a digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and in parts of America and Canada. First introduced in 1991, the GSM standard has been deployed at three different frequency bands: 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz. GSM 1900 is primarily deployed in North America. Named after its frequency band around 900 MHz, GSM-900 has provided the basis for several other networks using GSM technology. GSM uses narrowband TDMA which allows eight simultaneous calls on the same radio frequency. Along with CDMA and TDMA it represents the second generation of wireless networks.
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. GSM service is used by over 2 billion people across more than 212 countries and territories. The ubiquity of the GSM standard makes international roaming very common between mobile phone operators, enabling subscribers to use their phones in many parts of the world.