The GSM Edge

Om Malik | Friday, July 16, 2004 | 4:32 AM PT | 1 comment

MobileTracker points to a press release from 3G Americas that states that there are around 108 carriers looking to support EDGE, the (somewhat) higher-speed wireless connectivity technology. AT&T is planning to launch the EDGE service in some cities later this month.

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July 19th, 2004
12:00 PM PT
Packetologist said:

Good for GSM users. But by definition GSM based data speeds will have a difficult task of matching EVDO.
Another reason customers will move to Verizon
Also, Sprint may finally be able to take share from the TDMA/GSM carriers

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