11 Facts About GPRS

GPRS was established by European Telecommunications Standards Institute in response to the earlier CDPD and i-mode packet-switched cellular technologies.

GPRS is typically sold according to the total volume of data transferred during the billing cycle, in contrast with circuit switched data, which is usually billed per minute of connection time, or sometimes by one-third minute increments.

GPRS is a best-effort service, implying variable throughput and latency that depend on the number of other users sharing the service concurrently, as opposed to circuit switching, where a certain quality of service is guaranteed during the connection.

GPRS is integrated into GSM Release 97 and newer releases.

The GPRS system is an integrated part of the GSM network switching subsystem.

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GPRS extends the GSM Packet circuit switched data capabilities and makes the following services possible:.

GPRS connection is established by reference to its access point name .

GSM module or GPRS modules are similar to modems, but there's one difference: the modem is an external piece of equipment, whereas the GSM module or GPRS module can be integrated within an electrical or electronic equipment.

GPRS is typically prioritized lower than speech, and thus the quality of connection varies greatly.

GPRS opened in 2000 as a packet-switched data service embedded in the channel-switched cellular radio network GSM.

GPRS extends the reach of the fixed Internet by connecting mobile terminals worldwide.