communications (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Speciale
pour les services Mobiles") A
standard for digital
cellular communications (in the process of being) adopted by
over 60 countries. The GSM standard is currently used in the
900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands.
In the USA trial systems akin to the related Digital Cellular
System (DCS) 18000 have been set up in several metropolitan
areas.
communications over GSM.
[IEEE spectrum August 1999, pp. 26].
[Details? Current status? Whose standard?]
(1999-11-25)