Weekly Cell Phone Jargon Update Week 3

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Week 3: There are 2 main standards for Cell Phone Networks. GSM technology - Short for Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM is the most widespread standard for cell phones networks in the world. Domestically, AT&T / Cingular and T-Mobile are the best known. The main distinction of a GSM phone is that it comes with a SIM card. The other standard is CDMA: Short for Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA networks are much more prevalent in the U.S. than they are abroad.

Weekly Cell Phone Jargon Update Week 2

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Week 2: E911 - Enhanced 911 is the reason you can't dig out your old brick phone from 1999 and slap it on your account. Every phone that your carrier activates has to have a GPS chip in it that allows 911 to find you if you call 911.

Weekly Cell Phone Jargon Update Week 1

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Week 1: ESN (electronic Serial Number) or IMSI: Think the identifier for the phone. Like fingerprints, each one's unique. This is how cell towers know to ring to YOUR phone when someone calls your number. This number usually appears under the battery of your phone, in case you were looking for it.