Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tech & Science

New Phones Promise Faster Web Access

HANOVER, Germany – Cell phone industry leader Nokia and electronics giant Siemens are taking the wraps off new mobile phones that send data up to four times as fast as current models. The phones promise quicker wireless access to the Internet as users wait for new generation phones to arrive.

USING TECHNOLOGY CALLED GPRS or General Packet Radio Service, the new phones transmit signals at two to four times the current speed.

In the United States, Motorola was the only firm offering phones using the GPRS technology. But many other phone makers are now rushing to roll out the new GPRS handsets.

Nokia of Finland and Siemens introduced their own phone ahead of Thursday’s opening of Germany’s huge computer and technology fair. Nokia launched two models, while Siemens unveiled one. All should be in shops during the second half of this year.

You may also like:

Business

The president has unveiled a range of hardball measures to bring an end to what he says is years of countries taking advantage of...

News

World peace needs sanity, not brochures. If humanity ever grows up, that is.  

Life

Many people pass away without leaving a will, or they create a will but fail to include all their assets

Life

A growing measles outbreak in west Texas has infected 48 people, according to official state data.