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What Is GPRS?Sony Ericsson P800 GPRS Mobile Phone (CeBIT 2003)

Friday May 9, 2008
| Definition | GPRS is so-called 2.5G technology, designed to provide faster data transfer speeds for mobile phones compared to older 2G cellular networks. GPRS runs at a fraction of the speed of residential broadband Internet services but is still widely used for some mobile applications, like SMS.
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