Showing posts with label mobile standards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile standards. Show all posts

GSM cracked.

A flaw is found in the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM).Scientists also found it is possible to break into mobile phone calls, and take over the caller's identity. Generally the GSM code was designed in such away that it gives high priority to quality and noise interference correction. This enabled the researchers to break. Though GSM Association had released a patch to fix the encryption algorithm, the researchers claim that they still overcome the new encryption system.

SMS to EMS.

The launch of Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) is considered as a leap forward towards enhancing the messaging service in order to create a standard that supports internet usage in mobile devices . It is nothing but an advanced text-messaging system that is based on existing SMS standards. This will let you to send and receive relatively longer messages with animations, pictures, music. Besides also allows the users to download and exchange screen savers, images and complex ring tones from the Internet. This accepted standard comes from Ericsson and supported by Alcatel, Siemens, and Motorola, it is an open standard in messaging services.