{"id":1858,"date":"2007-11-05T12:25:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T10:25:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-11-05T12:25:58","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T10:25:58","slug":"cellular-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/1858-cellular-data.html","title":{"rendered":"Cellular data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is cellular data?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Until a few years ago, cellphones were used almost exclusively for voice calls. But with the roll-out of high-speed data services, cellular operators are cashing in on the growing demand for mobile broadband Internet access. However, the arcane terminology used by the industry can be a minefield to navigate. Here&#39;s a quick guide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is GPRS?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>General Packet Radio Service is a mobile data service for second-generation (2G) cellphone networks that use the GSM standard. It offers download speeds of up to 80 Kbit\/s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Edge?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a type of GPRS, sometimes called 2,75G, which offers download speeds of up to 1 Mbit\/s in ideal conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is UMTS?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, sometimes called Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), is a 3G standard typically used by GSM operators. In its plain vanilla form, it can offer data downloads of up to 384 Kbit\/s but can provide connections of up to 7,2 Mbit\/s using an evolution of the technology known as High-Speed Downlink\/Uplink Packet Access (HSDPA\/HSUPA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#39;s next?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Standards such as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access will deliver downloads of up to 42 Mbit\/s within a few years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A summary of what cellular data is and a few definitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cellular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}