SIM-SIM - What is EDGE?

html version [/light/eng/edge.php] óêðà¿íñüêà âåðñ³ÿ | ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ / Services / What is EDGE? UMC Ñompany UMC UMC Business What is EDGE? Technology EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) is a technology of high-rate package data transmission in GSM networks. With the help of EDGE, it is possible to organize data transmission with the highest possible speed – up to 473.6 Kbit/sec. In practice, mobile phones utilized in the Ukrainian market allow transmission speeds of up to 236 Kbit/sec., which is several times more than the speed of data transmission by means of GPRS technology. Advantages EDGE already makes it possible to: get access to Internet resources; receive and send E-Mail messages; download images, melodies, games and video files from WAP sites; exchange MMS messages several times faster than through GPRS. In the foreseeable future, EDGE will allow UMC subscribers to: get high-speed access to Internet resources; take advantage of IP telephony services; watch video and to play back audio on-line; play on-line games. Coverage At present, EDGE-based services are provided in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kirovograd, Lviv, Luhansk, Poltava, Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson and Simferopol. You may find out if there is EDGE coverage by means of the Cell Broadcast service (channel 050). When you are in the EDGE coverage zone, on the screen of your phone, next to the region code, the EDGE inscription will be displayed. Phones For making sure that your phone supports EDGE, please, consult: Your phone manual; the manufacturer’s web-site. Settings You will automatically use EDGE services in the event that: You are in the EDGE coverage zone; Your phone supports EDGE; You have activated and set at least one of the GPRS services provided at present by UMC: WAP, MMS or the Internet. Benefits EDGE allows: to use the existing GPRS services more effectively (quick and reliable): WAP ; MMS ; Mobile GPRS Internet . to use a number of new services for third generation networks: high-speed access to the Internet; Online TV ; on-line games; other services requiring high data rates. Tariffs Tariffs for using MMS, WAP and the Internet services by means of EDGE are similar to tariffs for the corresponding GPRS services in your tariff package. search Subscribe the news Ask expert "); //--> Print version © Copyright UMC 2001-2007