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Comdex: CE does GSM in Europe
News CE devices will take advantage of the widespread use of GSM phones in Europe when they ship in volume next year. The Jornada can talk directly to the GSM phone's contact and phone memory, enabling the user to enter new numbers from the keyboard.
[November 17, 1998, 21:28]
Five years ago: Intel's Grove: UK must use IT better
News I'm envious of the widespread availability of technologies like ISDN and GSM in Europe," said Grove, president and CEO of the chip maker. Something like GSM is only a dream in the US. If we had GSM in the US, everyone would be using it for data...
[February 6, 2002, 6:01]
GSM makes huge strides in US
Talkback buying a no gsm phone in the usa 10minutes buying a gsm phone in the usa 10minutes buying a gsm phone in europe 5minutes and in the 190 gsm countries worldwide5minutes getting a no gsmphone a phonenr upto2hours buying a gsm prepaid celular with...
[October 12, 2003, 14:47]
Mobile firms claim e-money laws threaten m-commerce
News These operators -- all members of GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association -- want the EC to take a hands-off approach to the third-generation mobile market, and believe it should not regulate the industry too tightly.
[May 23, 2002, 13:21]
Europe to allow 3G services over 2G spectrum
News Under the GSM Directive of 1987, which harmonised spectrum use across Europe so mobile-phone services could take off, part of the 900MHz frequency band was reserved for 2G voice and text services. The GSM standard has been a success story for...
[July 28, 2009, 15:33]
Happy 20th birthday, GSM
Leader Before GSM, Europe had a disastrous mishmash of national analogue standards in phones and TV, designed to protect national industries but instead creating fragmented markets vulnerable to big guns from abroad.
[September 7, 2007, 16:43]
O2 seeks 2G solution to rural 3G
News Speaking at the 3GSM World Congress, Williams claimed that the only way to deliver cost-effective high-speed mobile services in rural areas across Europe was to use the spectrum currently used for GSM services.
[February 13, 2006, 11:35]
Blackberry gets voice for Europe launch
News RIM is not the only handheld maker with its eye on Europe and the GSM market. Handspring's VisorPhone add-on for handhelds also runs on the GSM network. The unit will use the emerging General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) standard, which moves data...
[May 4, 2001, 8:22]
Microsoft hooks up with CDMA
News The software giant has been competing in the cell phone operating system market with what amounts to one hand tied behind its back; the company's cell phone operating system worked with only one major cell phone standard, GSM (Global System for...
[January 6, 2003, 7:45]
TDK-Grey Cell buy to fuel GSM, PC Card, software comms
News The purchase announced today of London-based Grey Cell buys TDK's System Group expertise in GSM, LAN, modem and combination cards and paves the way for an ambitious strategy to become the world number one in mobile communications.
[September 2, 1997, 14:17]
HP to merge handheld with mobile phone
News In Europe and Asia, HP's new device will use the GPRS and GSM communications standards, but the US standard has not been announced. HP made the announcement at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, where Microsoft announced separately that it...
[February 21, 2001, 12:28]
3G: It's a standards thing
News Paul Read, spokesman for the ITU, believes that implementing Europe's standard -- UMTS -- will go as smoothly as GSM before it. The 3G standard that has been agreed on for Europe, Japan, China and the rest of Asia is UMTS (Universal Mobile...
[August 23, 2000, 13:28]
3G gets closer to EDGE
News EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) is sometimes referred to as 2.75G, sitting in the evolution path between 2.5G GSM/GPRS networks and 3G networks of the W-CDMA -- or UMTS -- flavour. However, news out of the 3GSM show in Cannes this week...
[February 21, 2003, 13:12]
EC calls for 3G over 2G spectrum
News Two bands of spectrum — at 900MHz and 1800MHz respectively — were set aside in the 1980s for use by the emerging 2G/GSM mobile-phone market. This week the European Commission announced proposals to repeal the GSM Directive of 1987, arguing that...
[July 26, 2007, 13:26]
Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market
News The firm is profitable and is doing well in Europe's GSM market, he said, and he would not be drawn into specifying market share targets or whose market he was gunning for. The phone has triple-band GSM and GPRS class 8, Bluetooth, USB and infra...
[November 18, 2003, 10:35]
Handspring buy may boost Palm wireless plans
News Handspring has a more mature GSM/GPRS line than Palm, Buss said, and has been selling the Treo in Europe since its introduction. The Treo technology could fill an important gap with Palm: wireless technology, and particularly expertise with devices...
[June 4, 2003, 16:24]
Qualcomm provides Super 3G's missing uplink
News Gilbert claimed GSM was becoming less popular in Europe due to 3G handsets, saying: "People like the [3G] handsets and the operators like to use it as it's very high capacity. However, Delaney cautioned that, as Qualcomm is "not part of the GSM...
[July 20, 2006, 11:15]
Palm readying GPRS handheld?
News Handspring recently began selling the Treo in Europe, a wireless PDA that runs on GSM networks but is also equipped with GPRS hardware. GPRS also offers a connection speed comparable to or faster than a home dial-up connection, while GSM...
[May 7, 2002, 18:36]
BlackBerry hits UK today
News RIM is not the only handheld maker with its eye on Europe and the GSM market. Handspring's VisorPhone add-on for handhelds also runs on the GSM network, and is already on sale in Europe. GPRS runs alongside the normal GSM mobile phone network.
[September 19, 2001, 8:30]
3.5G drives rapid mobile broadband growth
News The number of commercial HSDPA networks launched worldwide grew by 69 percent last year, according to a survey by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) — a GSM/3G supplier association. The report added that almost 60 percent of HSPA...
[January 10, 2008, 7:14]
