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What is 3G Wireless?
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Definition: The generic term for thrid generation mobile phone technologies. 3G will bring very high speed connections to cellular phones, thus enabling video conference and other applications requiring broadband connectivity to the Internet.
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3G technologies include

Also Known As: CDMA stands for "Code Division Multiple Access"

Common Misspellings: Don't misplace it with TDMA, which is another digital cellular technology.

Related Resources:

Learn more about CDMA and other cellular technologies
A series of links to various resources on cellular phone technologies.

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How Cellular Phone Technologies Compare
Very good and concise explanation along with graphics about how cell phone networks work and what are the differences between CDMA, FDMA, GSM and TDMA.


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