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GPRS

-- 4 Vendor Reports | 3 Products

ALSO CALLED: General Packet Radio Service
DEFINITION: General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) is a packet-based wireless communication service that promises data rates from 56 up to 114 Kbps and continuous connection to the Internet for mobile phone and computer users. The higher data rates allow users to take part in video conferences and interact with multimedia Web sites and similar applications using mobile handheld  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on GPRS
Enabling Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Services
sponsored by LSI Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the broadband services that mobile carriers are beginning to add to their product lineup fall into six different categories.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Success Story: Communications - AT&T
sponsored by Genesys
CASE STUDY: The company wanted to meet a goal of answering 92% of all customer calls before abandonment, without adding staff.
Posted: 19 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Gateway GPRS Serving Node (GGSN) Development for a Top Global Telecom Equipment Manufacturer from North America
sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited
CASE STUDY: Infosys partnered with the client to implement critical design features on the product and for enhancing product robustness while reducing time to market for the new releases and keeping cost of ownership down.
Posted: 19 Oct 2005 | Published: 01 Oct 2005
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Going Beyond the Protocol Horizon: Offering Complete Communication Software Solution
sponsored by Hughes Software Systems
BROCHURE:The VoP product portfolio is composed of various application-ready Frameworks, Toolkits and Protocol Stacks.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2004
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GPRS DEFINITION (continued): …  devices as well as notebook computers. GPRS is based on Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication and complements existing services such circuit-switched cellular phone connections and the Short Message Service (SMS).

In theory, GPRS packet-based services cost users less than circuit-switched services since communication channels are being used on a shared-use, as-packets-are-needed basis rather than dedicated to only one user at a time. It is also easier to make applications available to mobile users because the faster data rate means that middleware … 
GPRS definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

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