The world's most popular wireless telephone technology, known as GSM, has won another convert: Cingular Wireless, America's second-largest wireless carrier. Cingular Wireless announced Tuesday morning ...

When GSM comes to mind, many initially think of its use as a mobile network used by over three billion people worldwide, according to the GSMA, an association that represents the worldwide mobile ...

Equipment that lets wireless carriers using GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks convert to Qualcomm's rival technology is set for its first trial, a company executive said Friday.

3G networks are being built in areas throughout the world. First introduced in Japan in 2001, they are being adopted by close to 150 operators worldwide. UMTS is the next evolution of the GSM/GPRS ...

The Nexus 4, which goes on sale today, is a significant device not just because of its top-of-the-range specs. The Nexus 4 is also worthy of your attention because it’s a brand new phone that’s ...

Slashdot reports that Harald Welte is operating an open source GSM network at the Hacking at Random (HAR) conference. Welte writes: Here at the amazing HAR2009 hacker conference + camp, I have the ...

Russian WiMax operator Yota will soon begin offering its customers a WiMax terminal that can make VOIP calls — and hand them over to a GSM network when the caller wanders out of the WiMax coverage ...

The end of GSM will free up more bandwidth for faster 3G and 4G network technologies—but will also force users of older devices that depend on GSM networks to upgrade or replace them. Carriers around ...

On June 1, 1991, the first commercial calls over GSM were made in Finland and Sweden, Nokia Siemens and Ericsson noted Friday as they celebrated the anniversary by recollecting the early days of the ...

The teardown kings at iFixit have discovered that Apple’s new Verizon CDMA iPhone has a Qualcomm dual-mode GSM/CDMA chip under the hood. That means, as iFixit notes, “Apple could have supported GSM” ...