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Re: Mobile Comm.

From: Mitra <>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 17:48:43 +1000

At 03:33 PM 4/5/98 +0200, Johan Helsingius wrote:
>At 15:01 98/04/03 +1000, Mitra wrote:
>
>>It would be interesting to know details of this - several countries I
>>travel in have GSM, although I've heard that you can't use standard GSM
>>phones in India without pre-registering them and paying some astronomical
fee.
>
>Clearly we Europeans are totally spoiled. Ubiquous GSM coverage, with
>near-perfect roaming all over Europe. GSM data provides error-free,
>9600 bps digital connections. Use it all the time, from trains,
>airports, meeting rooms, the beach and from my Land Rover, of course. 

How do you hook up to it, does it require a special modem, I heard that one
of the manufacturers was going to incorporate a socket that goes straight
into a serial port, but I haven't been able to track down who, or any details.

- Mitra

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