what is GSM?
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), the most popular and widely used digital voice format in the world, is now available to you. In a growing effort to provide our customers with the latest in wireless technology, we made huge investments in the cities we serve that will ensure our network is not only the best in town, but one of the most advanced in the country. And now, with a robust GSM network in operation, we are proud to offer our customers the many benefits that come with this new and exciting technology, including: Improved coverage, national compatibility, cutting-edge phones (camera phones, polyphonic ringtones, better games), high speed data transmissions over the Cellular One network with EDGE and more!
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) leads the world as the fastest growing, most reliable and advanced digital technology available in the marketplace today. GSM provides integrated voice mail, high-speed data, fax, paging and short message services capabilities. GSM customers enjoy secure communications, and GSM offers unparalleled call privacy and fraud prevention. As members of the GSM Global Network, GSM subscribers can use their phones at home, across town, across the continent, or around the world (except for with country specific SIM cards). GSM operates on the multiple spectrum frequency bands used around the world – 1900MHZ, which is used in North America and 900MHz and 1800 MHz for other locations. The GSM network provides the best digital wireless voice quality in the world today.
GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) 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 1,800 MHz frequency band.
GSM stands for Global Systems for Mobile. It is a European Standard for digital cellular phones and has gained wide acceptance around the world including Europe, Asia and parts of the US. The GSM system supports voice, data and short messaging. GSM is one of the most comprehensive mobile communications systems ever designed. It was also designed to be very flexible and to allow new services to be added in the future. It is the most popular mobile phone system in the world today and has the most users of any network.
