EDGE grants an opportunity to transmit and receive large volumes of information in several seconds for all mobile users by means of their phones.
General information about this service
New EDGE technology (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) allows data transferring at speed up to 384 Kbit/sec that exceeds GPRS capability 8—10 times as much. Real operational speed which is provided by mobile phones represented in the market nowadays can be up to 240 Kbit/sec that exceeds average GPRS speed 3 times as much.
Mobile phones settings
There’s no need to change services settings — phone will automatically switch to EDGE mode as soon as it will appear in zone with EDGE coverage.
At present there are following phone models in the Ukrainian market which support EDGE technology: Motorola A780, V555, V635; Nokia 3200, 3220, 3230, 5140, 5140i, 6020, 6021, 6101, 6111, 6170, 6220, 6230, 6230I, 6270, 6280, 6620, 6630, 6680, 6681, 6682, 6810, 6820, 6822, 7200, 7260, 7270, 7280, 7710, 8800, 9300, 9500, N70, N90, N91; Samsung SGH-E350E, SGH-D500E, SGH-i750; Sony Ericsson GC85, GC89.
Tariffication
At the same time cost of MMS, WAP, traditional access to Internet, mobile E-mail services on basis of EDGE technology remains the same as while using .
Coverage
As of April 28th 2007, Kyivstar provides data transfer services based on EDGE-technology on Ukraine’s territory inhabited by 80% of Ukraine’s population.
Advantages
Each Kyivstar subscriber already can appreciate EDGE advantages. At present one can experience it while using MMS, WAP, traditional access to Internet and mobile E-mail. Due to EDGE technology our subscribers can enjoy all advantages of Internet with help of their mobiles — that is fast web- and wap-pages loading, instant reception and transmitting of e-mail, fast downloading of movies, web-cameras images reviewing, online-games, and in future that is online-TV, online-radio, IP and videotelephony services, video-chats intercourse, etc.
