| Cell phones are among the hottest selling | | | | (Short Message Service), which is now supported |
| consumer electronics items, and ePathChina offers | | | | on other mobile standards as well. |
| a comprehensive and diverse assortment of | | | | |
| phones to meet every consumer’s need. | | | | Another advantage is that GSM includes one |
| Customers can easily find that phones offered in | | | | worldwide Emergency telephone number—112. |
| ePathChina need different working conditions. For | | | | This makes it very convenience for international |
| example you can look at the below picture and | | | | travelers to connect to emergency services |
| know it work with GSM network 900/1800/1900 | | | | without knowing the local emergency number. |
| MHZ. | | | | Phones on have been divided into ‘Dual Band |
| | | | phone‘, ‘TriBand phones‘ and |
| So what is GSM? | | | | ‘Quad Band’. Tri-band and quad-band cell |
| GSM is the short of Global system for Mobile | | | | phones are two of the latest trends in mobile |
| Communications, and it is by far the most popular | | | | communications. Tri-band phones operate on |
| type of cell phone network in the world. Its | | | | three frequencies while quad-band cell phones |
| ubiquity makes international roaming very | | | | operate in four frequencies. Most tri-band phones |
| convenient between mobile phone operators. | | | | operate using a combination of GSM frequencies |
| | | | including 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 Megahertz, and |
| GSM networks have more than 3 billion users | | | | quad band cell phones utilize all four bands. |
| from over 212 countries and territories. It’s | | | | The frequencies of most GSM networks around |
| estimated that 82% of the global mobile market | | | | the world are 850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz and |
| uses the standard. Subscribers can use their | | | | 1900MHz(multiband mobile phones). When a cell |
| phones in many parts of the world. | | | | phone can operate in more bands it can be used |
| Compared to the hottest topic ‘3G | | | | in more countries. While tri-band phones can be |
| Mobile’, GSM is referred as a second | | | | used in most countries, international travel may |
| generation (2G) mobile phone system. However, | | | | require a quad-band phone, because it provides |
| please don’t exchange your 2G phone to a | | | | the widest roaming coverage and can be used |
| 3G one right now, GSM has its special advantages. | | | | just about anywhere in the world. |
| The ubiquity of GSM is an advantage to both | | | | To know whether your chosen phone from |
| users and network operators. Users have the | | | | ePathChina can be used in your area or other |
| ability to roam and switch carriers without | | | | places, you simply need to find out the GSM |
| switching phones while network operators can | | | | frequencies supported under you current SIM |
| choose equipment from any of the many | | | | Cards’ Cellular provider, and match it to the |
| vendors implementing GSM. GSM also offers SMS | | | | specification of your target cell phone. |