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History of Global System for Mobile Communication

Global system for mobile communication (GSM) is a globally accepted digital cellular standard developed in 1982 to standardize cellular networks in Europe and beyond. As mobile phones move between different cellular towers, GSM specifies a handover process to maintain connections. It has evolved over time to address compatibility issues between different cellular systems and support new digital technologies and services such as SMS, mobile data, and VPNs.

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History of Global System for Mobile Communication

Global system for mobile communication (GSM) is a globally accepted digital cellular standard developed in 1982 to standardize cellular networks in Europe and beyond. As mobile phones move between different cellular towers, GSM specifies a handover process to maintain connections. It has evolved over time to address compatibility issues between different cellular systems and support new digital technologies and services such as SMS, mobile data, and VPNs.

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Global system for mobile communication (GSM)

One of the key elements of a mobile phone or cellular telecommunications system is that the system is split into many small cells to provide good frequency re-use and coverage. However as the mobile moves out of one cell to another it must be possible to retain the connection. The process by which this occurs is known as handover or handoff. The term handover is more widely used within Europe, whereas handoff tends to be use more in North America. Either way, handover and handoff are the same process. Global system for mobile communication (GSM) is a globally accepted standard for digital cellular communication. GSM is the name of a standardization group established in 1982 to create a common European mobile telephone standard that would formulate specifications for a pan-European mobile cellular radio system operating at 900 MHz. It is estimated that many countries outside of Europe will join the GSM partnership. It is in use since over 20 years and equally long is the history of security gaps. Throughout the evolution of cellular telecommunications, various systems have been developed without the benefit of standardized specifications. This presented many problems directly related to compatibility, especially with the development of digital radio technology. The GSM standard is intended to address these problems.

1992 First GSM Network in the world 1993 GSM Network is reached 32 1994 First GSM Network in Africa, 1995 GSM Network is reached 117 1998 120 Million User on the World 1999 First GPRS 1998 480 Million User on the World

1st Generation Start to use in 1989 Call forwarding All calls No answer Engaged

Unreachable Outgoing calls barring

2nd Generation Finished process in 1995 SMS(Short Message Services) Multi Party Calling Call holding Call waiting Mobile data service Mobile fax service

2+ Generation Start to use in 1998 Services developed DECT and GSM VPN(Virtual Private Network) Packet Radio

GSM OVERVIEW

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