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What is 3G?
3G stands for third generation, a basic wireless industry term for
high-speed mobile data delivery over cellular networks. 3G networks allow
users to send and receive information such as video, video conferencing,
high quality audio and web data on-demand.
3GP
3GP is the new mobile phone video file format, 3GPP, 3GPP2 are the new
worldwide standard for the creation, delivery and playback of multimedia
over 3rd generation, high-speed networks. These standards seek to provide
uniform delivery of rich multimedia over newly evolved, broadband mobile
networks (3rd generation networks) to the latest multimedia-enabled wireless
devices.
- .3gp
3GPP standard, GSM Network, Video: MPEG-4, H.263, Audio: AAC, AMR
- .3g2 3GPP2 standard, CDMA2000 Network, Video: MPEG-4, H.263, Audio:
AAC, AMR, QCELP.
The evolution of high-speed digital networks is based on two predominant
technologies ? GSM and CDMA2000. Both types of 3G networks are currently
being deployed worldwide to offer consumers a variety of on-the-go
multimedia services.
3GPP and 3GPP2 Mobile Phones
Many of today?s new mobile phones offer 3GPP and 3GPP2 content capture
and playback capabilities. Leading providers of these standards-based
multimedia phones include:
- Motorola
- NEC
- Nokia (Check out the Nokia 6680, cool phone)
- Panasonic
- Sanyo
- Sharp
- Sony Ericsson
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