What is AMPS and GSM?

AMPS uses analog technology GSM uses digital technology AMPS has poor performance for data transfer Both systems use control channels to initiate calls. AMPS uses 21 control channels while GSM uses 3. AMPS is less secure than GSM GSM has the SIM smart card which holds the user’s personal information and phone settings.

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What is advanced mobile technology?

In the advanced mobile phone system (AMPS), the cellular system employed in the United States, different callers use separate frequency slots via FDMA . When one telephone call is completed, a network-managing computer at the cellular base station reassigns the released frequency slot to a new caller.

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What was before 2G?

1G. 1G or (1-G) refers to the first generation of wireless telephone technology (mobile telecommunications). These are the analog telecommunication standards that were introduced in 1979 and the early to mid-1980s and continued until being replaced by 2G digital telecommunications.

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