Wireless Glossary

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EDGE
Enhanced Data for GSM Environments. Upgrade to GPRS which improves speed to around 70kbit/sec. See also: GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA

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Encryption

A method of encoding data for security. Blackberry devices are triple encrypted.

 

ESN or ELECTRONIC SERIAL NUMBER

The 32 bit binary number assigned by cell phone manufacturers that uniquely identifies a cell phone. Sprint uses your phone's ESN to identify it on the network and associate your phone with your account. See also: SIM card, R-UIM card.

Author Name: IronHelix

EVDO - Evolution Data Only/Evolution Data Optimized Evolution Data Only/Evolution Data Optimized

(EVDO or 1xEV-DO) is a high-speed network protocol used for wireless Internet data communications. The EVDO protocol supports asymmetric communications, allocating a majority of this bandwidth to downloads. EVDO is based on the 1xRTT standard, providing data transmission speeds wirelessly up to 3.1Mbps.

 

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