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Global System for Mobile Communications

standard to describe protocols for second generation digital cellular networks used by mobile phones
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Global System for Mobile Communications

Summary

Global System for Mobile Communications is a mobile phone network standard[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of mobile_phone_network_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (899 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Global System for Mobile Communications's instance of is recorded as mobile phone network standard[3].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's instance of is recorded as mobile phone generation[4].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's logo image is recorded as GSMLogo.svg[5].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's followed by is recorded as 3G[6].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96011791[7].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's has use is recorded as Wireless WAN[8].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's has use is recorded as 112[9].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Commons category is recorded as GSM Standard[10].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's industry is recorded as telecommunications[11].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's said to be the same as is recorded as 2G[12].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's start time is recorded as +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's start time is recorded as +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03c5f[15].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph268214[16].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GSM standard[17].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's spoken text audio is recorded as Nl-GSM (communicatie)-article.ogg[18].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/global-system-for-mobile-communications[19].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GSM'}[20].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's YSO ID is recorded as 18467[21].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Treccani ID is recorded as gsm[22].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Quora topic ID is recorded as Global-System-for-Mobile-Communications-GSM-cellular-phone-technology[23].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19651616[24].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19598815[25].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as GSM[26].
  • Global System for Mobile Communications's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 057021[27].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Global System for Mobile Communications's followed by is recorded as 3G[6].

Why It Matters

Global System for Mobile Communications ranks in the top 6% of mobile_phone_network_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (899 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution[30], a mobile phone network standard[31].

FAQs

Who did Global System for Mobile Communications influence?

Global System for Mobile Communications has been cited as an influence by Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution[30].

Related Entities

2G 3G DCS1800 mobile phone generation network switching subsystem OpenBSC Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 telecommunications T-Mobile

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . books.google.de. books.google.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . books.google.de. books.google.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . books.google.de. books.google.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . books.google.de. books.google.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gsm_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Global System for Mobile Communications}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gsm}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 18d ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:GSM standard
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