There are 10 proposals for 3G standards. EDGE allows TDMA and GSM carriers to migrate to 3G services using their existing spectrum and portions of their existing infrastructure. EDGE can be used by both TDMA and GSM operators, who serve more than 300 million subscribers in nearly every world population center. Through the convergence of TDMA and GSM, EDGE will offer those customers seamless worldwide voice, data and multimedia services. We expect to launch EDGE trials in the United States next year, with commercial availability planned in 2002.
Wireless technology continues to evolve.
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