what is GSM?
GSM (originally “Groupe de travail Spéciale pour les services Mobiles”.) Global Systems for Mobile Communications. Originally used mainly in Europe, has now spread worldwide to become the most widely used mobile technology in today’s world. GSM is now used by over 70% of worldwide mobile subscribers and still growing.
GSM is the worldwide standard for wireless communication with over 680 million subscribers. Approximately 71 percent of all wireless subscribers in the world use GSM. GSM is used in 179 countries with 500 providers making it the largest wireless platform in the world.As a T-Mobile customer, you can roam in more than 100 countries using over 190 different providers worldwide. You can use your dual- or tri-band T-Mobile phone and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card to make and receive calls around the world while maintaining the same phone number and other features.