Cellular Technology - The Alphabet Soup Explained Nothing makes
selecting a product more difficult than navigating through
datasheets filled with acronyms. Unlike most technophiles, I
absolutely hate acronyms. All technologies have their fair share
of random letters grouped together that mean something to
somebody. But it appears that the engineers in charge of
cellular technology got in line twice when the letters where
being handed out. And they don't even sound cool... at least you
can pronounce ASCII... The most confusion comes when discussing
the type of cellular network. When you ask somebody this
question, they will usually answer with the company they send
the bill to. But, the answer is actually GSM or CDMA. GSM stands
for Global System for Mobile Communications. It is the most
popular standard for cell phone networks in the world. This is
the standard that AT&T uses in the U.S. It is also very popular
with most international carriers. Besides the technical
difference that I will not go into, GSM net