Mobile communications

When it comes to data and voice communication, swiss1mobile AG uses the existing infrastructure of mobile providers so that your mobile solution - from individual users to the customer network - is perfectly integrated. The following list is intended to offer you, as an existing customer or potential client, assistance with the categorisation of mobile communication technologies.

GSM

GSM, the Global System for Mobile Communications, has been the international standard for digital mobile telephony since the mid-1990s. The system is designed only for the transfer of voice data, however, and, as the volume of data being transferred grows exponentially, is reaching the limits of its capacity - this is because GSM is not compatible with modern IT, i.e. packet-oriented applications. New technologies such as UMTS are much more efficient and powerful. GSM will therefore need to be replaced sooner or later. Just how long it will be before GSM is replaced, however, is hard to predict. During this time, both systems need to operate in parallel.

With UMTS to mobile ADSL

UMTS, the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, is the so-called "third generation" of mobile communications. UMTS means an enormous technological leap, but also allows large amounts of data to be transferred quickly. For the mobile user, this opens up applications that previous were only possible via a fixed line, such as video conferencing via mobile phone (which saves companies time and money) or patient monitoring systems in telemedicine (which offers patients and medical teams more safety). UMTS is a significantly more efficient technology than GSM. This means that the same capacity can be provided with less power. In particular, UMTS terminals are able to ensure connections and transfers with significantly higher performance than GSM terminals.

HSDPA

HSDPA means High Speed Downlink Packet Access. This name stands for fast downstream transfers. HSDPA should therefore be regarded as a software-side extension to the existing UMTS networks. This technology allows better use of existing UMTS networks and data packets can be transferred much more quickly via HSDPA. HSDPA technology means significantly faster download speeds than with UMTS (of currently up to 1.8 MBit/s). In some cases, transfer speeds of up to 3.6 MBit/s are available.

LTE

LTE (Long Term Evolution), also known as 4G, is a new mobile telephony standard and the future successor to UMTS that can achieve significantly higher download speeds of up to 100 Megabits per second. The basic outline of UMTS will be maintained in LTE. This will allow rapid and cost-effective retrofitting of the UMTS technology infrastructure (3G standard) to LTE (4G standard).

Wirelessly connected via WLAN

Wireless LAN allows wireless traffic at high transfer rates. To make WLAN possible, WLAN access points must be set up that can supply a circuit of between ten and three hundred metres, depending on their location. These are set up by swiss1mobile AG. WLAN can be used by anyone who has a WLAN-enabled terminal, such as a tablet PC or suitable smartphone.