Does GPRS run over GSM?

[cushwakeadmin]

Hello,

I was hoping if someone could answer the following question.

Does GPRS run over GSM?

I have researched the topic but it never seems to mention how the two are related.

Are they running in tandem or does GPRS run over GSM?


Thanks,

[penguin3107]

Yes, GPRS operates on top of GSM.
GSM is the voice (and SMS) network.
GPRS is the data portion that rides on top of it.

[cushwakeadmin]

Yes, GPRS operates on top of GSM.
GSM is the voice (and SMS) network.
GPRS is the data portion that rides on top of it.

Excellent!

Thanks!

[cushwakeadmin]

i had over 10,000 pending messages on our bes today and hours of troubleshooting later still scratching my head.

Only issues were that vodafone had "GSM" issues today but when I asked if it affected GPRS I was told no!

I stupidly took their word for it and ruled it out.

I'm glad I came back to that question.

[penguin3107]

i had over 10,000 pending messages on our bes today and hours of troubleshooting later still scratching my head.

Only issues were that vodafone had "GSM" issues today but when I asked if it affected GPRS I was told no!

I stupidly took their word for it and ruled it out.

I'm glad I came back to that question.

If there were GSM issues... then there were GPRS issues as well.
You can't have GPRS without GSM.

The pending messages were likely a result of the carrier network problems.
Once you got GPRS back, your pending messages should have cleared.

[maxsquared]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8700/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/125)

Ok further to the explaination, I think GSM is equivalant to your phone line and GPRS is the ADSL line but wireless.