GSM

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  • GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile telephony systems in the world. The GSM Association, its promoting industry trade organization of mobile phone carriers and manufacturers, estimates that 80% of the global mobile market uses the standard.^[1]
  • For example, Release '97 of the standard added packet data capabilities by means of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS
  • Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE).
  • GSM networks operating in the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz bands