Fastlink on Saturday announced the first end-to-end demonstration of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) capabilities.
According to a statement by Fastlink, the demonstration used a smart GPRS phone to connect a laptop computer to the Internet at the speed of 30Kbps (Kilo bits per second) and included web browsing and downloading data.
Fastlink revealed that it had first tested the new technology on a live test network, successfully placing its first GPRS at midnight June 3, before moving its trials to the real GSM network where it met further success, according to the press release.
“This early, yet surely, deployment of GPRS will place Fastlink and Jordan in a wireless technology leadership role,” said Haytham Fatayer, system engineering manager at Fastlink.
GPRS is an advanced GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) bearer service utilizing high speed, packet switched technology that allows for always-on Internet access and data transmission speeds of up to 115 Kbps.
“These trials underline Fastlink's capability to provide a true end-to-end GPRS data solution, and their success gives us full confidence in the reality of high speed mobile Internet,” he added – Albawaba.com
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