Global System for Mobile Communications


global system for mobile communications

[¦glō·bəl ¦sis·təm fər ‚mō·bəl kə‚myü·nə′kā·shənz] (communications) GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

(communications)(GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?cialepour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards fordigital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countriesand serving over one billion subscribers. The GSM standard iscurrently used in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz bands.

GPRS allows circuit switched data communications over GSM,and is widely used for World Wide Web and electronic mailaccess from cellular devices.

GSM World.