GSM
Definition: Global System for Mobile Communications. Used in Europe and in North America, Africa and Asia. Transmits data at 9.6kbps. Developed on TDMA protocol in Europe, GSM is now the worldwide standard technology for mobile communications. The advantage of GSM is that it provides a high level of security, globally accepted technology standards and superior sound quality. For any GSM phone to work, it requires a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), a card that contains your telephone account information.
News related to GSM
- CBOSS' New Roaming Subsystem Minimizes Losses of Telecommunications Companies
- HSL’s 2.75G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) Femtocell in Final Phase of Development - Pricing, Managed Services and Availability Announced
- kiwanja.net launches its next-generation text messaging platform for the grassroots non-profit (NGO) community
- Mobile telephony to reach 400,000 people in remote African villages
- Spice Nepal Scales Up CBOSS Solution to Manage Subscriber Growth [sponsored]
- CBOSS Integrates Billing Systems of Yeniseytelecom and STeK GSM [sponsored]
- Celtel to acquire majority stake in Westel in Ghana
- GSA Confirms 800 million GSM/WCDMA/HSDPA subscribers in HSDPA-enabled networks; new HSDPA Operators and Devices Surveys Published
- Celtel Nigeria Offers Free Weekend Calls
- Sony Ericsson develops its camera phone range with a 5 megapixel Cyber-shot™ phone and a snapshot clamshell
- Nokia 6267, Nokia 3500 classic and Nokia 6121 classic make advanced technology brilliantly simple
- MTN Uganda Introduces MTN payPhone
- Onetouch Prepaid Customers Now Have International Roaming
- Nokia 6500 classic
- MTN Rwanda, Safaricom Kenya in East African Roaming Talks
- GloFirst CashCard records over 150, 000 activations in 1st quarter
- Comium Launches in Gambia
- Nokia unveils Nokia 8600 Luna
- Ghana: Onetouch Slashes SMS Charges
- Tigo Ghana Introduces One Rate to all networks

