User Guide

PAMS Technical Documentation 1 - General Information
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Benefits
• Fast, convenient and secure on-line transactions via WAP
• Secure storage for your personal information inside the phone, e.g. for user
names, passwords and numbers
• Protected storage inside the phone using the Wallet code for access
• Easy-to-use
• One step towards a Personal Trusted Device
GPRS (GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE)
Mobile on-line
GPRS is a new feature in the existing GSM network. GPRS sends and receives your data
in ’packets’ - small packages of data that are sent across the network and then reassem-
bled at the destination.
GPRS is different from traditional circuit switched services because the information is
broken down into IP (Internet Protocol) packets. IP Packet data is more efficiently routed
across the network and uses less network resources, which reduces the cost to the end
user.
GPRS enables users to have an always online mobile access to operator services and the
Internet. The main use for GPRS in the beginning will be as a bearer for WAP services, but
GPRS can also be used for data (dial-up) connections and for SMS messaging.
The charging (billing) will be based on how much data you send and receive and not on
how long time you have been connected.
Benefits with GPRS
• you can be always online
• data are more efficiently routed across the network
• you are charged according to the amount of data that you send and receive
• immediate access to WAP services
Before you can use GPRS
• you need to subscribe to GPRS (for availability and subscription to GPRS, contact
your network operator or service provider)
• set up your phone and/or PC to use GPRS
GPRS data speeds
The data transfer speed of a GPRS connection can (at the moment) be up to 40.2 kbps.
The speed depends on the network capacity and may change from moment to moment.