What is GPRS ?
GPRS is a mobile data service offered by the GSM mobile phone networks. It can be used by suitably equipped mobile phones to provide faster WAP browsing without blocking incoming calls. For business users it can provide mobile access to your emails, your company network and/or the Internet, and is especially good for providing Internet access to your PDA or Laptop PC. Check out our GPRS beginners guide for more information.
The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a new nonvoice value added service that allows information to be sent and received across a mobile telephone network. It supplements today’s Circuit Switched Data and Short Message Service. GPRS is NOT related to GPS (the Global Positioning System), a similar acronym that is often used in mobile contexts. Theoretical maximum speeds of up to 171.2 kilobits per second (kbps) are achievable with GPRS using all eight timeslots at the same time. This is about three times as fast as the data transmissions speeds possible over today’s fixed telecommunications networks and ten times as fast as current Circuit Switched Data services on GSM networks. By allowing information to be transmitted more quickly, immediately and efficiently across the mobile network, GPRS may well be a relatively less costly mobile data service compared to SMS and Circuit Switched Data.
