GSM Basics,An Introduction

GSM Basics,An Introduction:

The Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) is a huge,

rapidly expanding and successful technology. Less than five years

ago, there were a few 10's of companies working on GSM. Each of

these companies had a few GSM experts who brought knowledge

back from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute

(ETSI) committees designing the GSM specification. Now there

are 100's of companies working on GSM and 1000's of GSM experts.

GSM is no longer state-of-the-art. It is everyday-technology,

as likely to be understood by the service technician as the ETSI

committee member.

GSM is quickly moving out of Europe and is becoming a world

standard. HP has become expert in GSM through our involvement

in Europe. With excellent internal communications, HP is in an

excellent position to help our customers, in other regions of the

world, benefit from our GSM knowledge.