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According to Cellular News, call quality problems, including dropped calls and missed calls are common problems with GSM technology. These problems result directly from the technology in use. GSM technology cannot accommodate as many callers on a single cell tower as the more modern CDMA technology. This means that callers in areas where there are not a preponderance of cell towers may find that the call problems on GSM will be more common.
- Security Issues
ZDNet UK reports that GSM has a serious security flaw, demonstrated by a hacker who was able to intercept phone calls from a number of GSM-based cellular phones. The problem is based directly on the technology according to this hacker and his solution was to "turn off" the GSM technology (only the older 2G technology though) that is commonly used by people all over the world. The problem is largely mitigated however by the use of the more modern 3G technology that is commonly used (as of November, 2010) on many GSM phones.
- Efficiency
Another problem with GSM is a network problem rather than a consumer problem, though it is a consumer problem for those who don't want to see a proliferation of cellular towers. As previously noted, GSM technology can handle fewer callers on a single cellular tower. Therefore, networks who work with GSM must find ever more areas to built GSM cellular towers, causing them to have problems with costs and locations. By the same token, some consumers who prefer not to see a proliferation of cellular towers consider this a problem because the cellular towers must be placed in more and more urban areas, potentially spreading more radiation and causing what some consider a blight on the landscape.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 16y agowell so far gsm hasn't got a spread spectrum technology, the data packe ts are not coded appropriately thus loss of data
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