Why your U.S. GPRS handset may not work in Europe, Part 1

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
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06/27/05
Today's focus: Why your U.S. GPRS handset may not work in
Europe, Part 1

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Today's focus: Why your U.S. GPRS handset may not work in
Europe, Part 1

By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

We've recently touted the virtues of enterprise mobility, in
particular mobile e-mail and Web access. Enterprise mobility and
converged access isn't always automatic, so today, our readers
get to take a pop quiz about international mobile (wireless)
e-mail and Web-access.

When traveling in Europe, which of the following may be a reason
your U.S.-issued General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enabled
handset might NOT be able to send and receive e-mail?

A. The handset issued to you in North America may not have the
correct frequency range to send and receive GPRS in Europe.
B. Your U.S.-based mobile service provider may not have a data
roaming agreement with the European service provider that has
locked onto your handset.
C. The country you are in does not have GPRS services.
D. The area you are in within a country does not offer GPRS.
E. You may have exceeded your credit limit for international
services established by your service provider.
F. Your service plan may not include international data roaming.

Correct answers: For sure: B, D, and E. Maybe A and F. But
probably not C. Today, we'll expand on answers for A and B,
and next time we'll discuss C through F.

A. Unless you have a handset that is over three-years-old, your
U.S.-issued handset probably does support the required
frequencies needed to connect to a European service provider's
GPRS network. However, we should point out that that GPRS
frequencies used in the U.S. and in Europe are different. In
fact, GPRS standards allow connectivity at 900, 1800, and 1900
MHz. But most manufacturers have had multi-frequency
capabilities for about the past three years.

B. Not all service providers have data roaming agreements with
all other service providers. In fact, most service providers
have data roaming with only one or two partners in a country.
And given that your mobile device may not have "locked on" to
the preferred provider, the data connection may not work. Before
leaving for a given country, check with your local service
provider and get instructions on how to manually switch between
providers on your handset.
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To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates
and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed
information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter,
connect to Webtorials <http://www.webtorials.com/>, the premier
site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
<mailto:taylor@webtorials.com>

Larry Hettick an industry veteran with over 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is currently Vice President
for Wireline Solutions at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
<mailto:larry@larryhettick.com>
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