GSM Services
speech
n most important and widely used service
n uses discontinuous transmission and voice activity detection
transmit at about 40% of time, when user actually speaks
complete silence at receiver unnerving - comfort noise
data
n different services available, depending on end-to-end
transmission type, transmission mode, terminal capability
n supports data rates of 300 bps up to 9600 bps
facsimile
short message service
n alphanumeric messages of up to 160 characters
n messages saved on SIM