Many of us might notify the symbol E and sometimes G in the top corner of our mobile screen while we are connecting to the internet through our mobile phones.
This article aims to provide an idea about what these symbols mean and what is the difference in these symbols.
E denotes that the mobile network service provider is providing you the EDGE the G denotes that the network provider is providing GPRS technology .
EDGE i.e Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution technology is a new technology that overcomes some of the drawbacks of GPRS General Pocket Radio Service
Well.. By what way EDGE technology is peculiar than the GPRS technology. The first thing is EDGE technology is slightly faster than the GPRS technology. You can browse in a speed of 50 to 60 Kb/s with EDGE technology but GPRS provides a maximum up to 15 kb/s rarely 20 Kb/s.
The second advantage is EDGE has a capacity to change the SIGNAL TOWER while you are in travelling. This feature is very much necessary in current situation as most of us having a habit of browsing while we are in travel.
And one more thing a same network provider can provide you both technologies EDGE and GPRS simultaneously. Nowadays every providers increase the range of providing EDGE technology but mostly it is available only in urban areas.
So if you are under the coverage of EDGE technology your mobile will use EDGE and you can verify this by the symbol E that will be displayed and if there is no EDGE coverage your connectivity will automatically switch over GPRS network and you can easily recognize by sudden decrease of speed in the internet connectivity.
And do not assume that EDGE is a high speed network .. It depends on the signal (network coverage) you are getting and also depends upon the bandwidth that your service provider is providing.
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