| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â GPRS Vs 3G Technology | | | | connection. Â Â You can enjoy your mobile online |
| Â General packet radio switching(GPRS) is a Mobile | | | | activities, at work or play, at faster speeds than |
| Data Service available to users of Global System for | | | | ever before.3G allows for higher call volumes and |
| Mobile Communications (GSM) and IS-136 mobile | | | | supports multimedia data applications such as video |
| phones. General Packet Radio Service data transfer is | | | | and photograph. |
| typically charged per megabyte of transferred data, | | | | Video calling facility is with 3G you can now actually |
| while data communication via traditional circuit | | | | see the person on the other side! As long as both |
| switching is billed per minute of connection time, | | | | people have a 3G phone you no longer have to |
| independent of whether the user has actually | | | | imagine what they look like and you can see them |
| transferred data or has been in an idle state. GPRS | | | | face-to-face via your cell phone’s screen. |
| can be used for services such as Wireless Application | | | | Obtaining information and news with 3G technology it |
| Protocol (WAP) access, Short Message Service | | | | is possible to access any site on the Internet by |
| (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and for | | | | using your phone as a modem with your laptop. You |
| Internet communication services such as email and | | | | can use your favorite search engines to find |
| World Wide Web access. | | | | information on the weather, the daily news, stocks |
| Â GPRS is packet-switched, which means that multiple | | | | and shares, or practically any other information you |
| users share the same transmission channel, only | | | | require to ensure that you are continually on top of |
| transmitting when they have data to send. Thus the | | | | things. |
| total available bandwidth can be immediately | | | | If you have left your office and forgotten to send |
| dedicated to those users who are actually sending at | | | | an important e-mail, you are now able to quickly and |
| any given moment, providing higher use where users | | | | efficiently perform this function directly by using your |
| only send or receive data intermittently. Web | | | | cell phone. |
| browsing, receiving e-mails as they arrive and instant | | | | The speed and quality of 3G really contributes to |
| messaging are examples of uses that require | | | | enhancing the quality of film over mobile devices. One |
| intermittent data transfers, which benefit from | | | | is now able to view film trailers, reviews, and |
| sharing the available bandwidth. | | | | interviews, download ring tones, wall papers and |
| Like GPRS, 3G is also a wireless communication | | | | enter competitions all by means of your cell phone. |
| service. 3G is an ITU specification for the third | | | | With the incredible sound and video quality of your |
| generation (analog cellular was the first generation, | | | | 3G phone you can view highlights from your favorite |
| digital PCS the second) of mobile communications | | | | matches and you’ll always have access to the |
| technology. 3G promises increased bandwidth, up to | | | | latest scores. |
| 384 Kbps when a device is stationary or moving at | | | | You can download songs, music videos and |
| pedestrian speed, 128 Kbps in a car, and 2 Mbps in | | | | interviews, compose your own ring tone through |
| fixed applications. 3G will work over wireless air | | | | your cell phone as requirement. |
| interfaces such as GSM, TDMA, and CDMA. It gives | | | | 3G is an exciting new technology that is being |
| you ‘always-on’ continuous connection to | | | | incorporated into mobile devices across the globe. |
| the Internet via your Tablet PC or Notebook and | | | | Users are now able to make person-to-person calls, |
| Mobile. | | | | download data and do a variety of other tasks they |
| 1. 3Gstands for third generation wireless, that’s | | | | never imagined possible all via their 3G cell phones. |
| nearly seven times as fast as a standard dial-up | | | | |