Hi guys walking through at shoprite i noticed that my phone and sister's iphone was showing an "E" logo instead of the normal "G" logo i'm used to. and known to me the "E" logo means EDGE has celtel started EDGE services in Nigeria now and has anyone gotten to test the service i hope its as tight as them 3G we've been introduced to by other Networks guys plz hola

Miracles!

Some guys still trippin' Ova 3G, nd u up in here bout** Edge?

Ah! I need BroadBand 0ooo

laykay:

Hi guys walking through at shoprite i noticed that my phone and sister's iphone was showing an "E" logo

I noticed mine at TBS (Tafawa balewa square) some years ago  Celtel

laykay:

instead of the normal "G" logo i'm used to

Nah, mine showed face right above the G

laykay:

has anyone gotten to test the service i hope its as tight as them 3G we've been introduced to by other Networks guys plz hola

3G is 10 times faster

I noticed mine @ the my Favourite cafeteria, bt took Off when I left. ^{Do, that mean. . . !}

info:

3G is 10 times faster

In practice, because of bandwidth limitations, the Service Providers offer 3G speeds upto 384 kbps while edge's speed is about 236 kbps
Agreed, 3G is a little faster but certainly, not 10 times!

guys really i know 3G is faster but guys i have to patronise my carrier never the doubts about the 3Gthing

i really don't think Celtel's got an EDGE network up. Probably your phone interpreting a GPRS signal as EDGE.

oldie:

the Service Providers offer 3G speeds upto 384 kbps while edge's speed is about 236 kbps, not 10 times!

Glo offers 1.8 MB which is above your 384 kbps 

texazzpete:

i really don't think Celtel's got an EDGE network up. Probably your phone interpreting a GPRS signal as EDGE.

Celtel really got an EDGE network his/my phone didn't interpret any GPRS signal .Gwad. moreover here is a snapshot of the EDGE thingy



I came across it today at Tincan (Apapa)

Celtel offers edge, we talked about it on a previous thread titled 'drop your research here'. I first noticed it around millenium park at abuja at the beginning of march.

@ adewaleafolabi

Climb on top opera to view this page. I caught one EDGE today

@ texazzpete

well i guess u're just outdated i said i saw something i wouldn't be a novice and post my imagination! well thats all i have to say guy lighten up dude!

hm . . . .wat kind of fone must one av b4 u can get the EDGE network

info:

@ adewaleafolabi

Climb on top opera to view this page. I caught one EDGE today

How i wish i could use opera on my mobile phone, but i can't. Thanks to nokia. In use a 5300 and i don't thin its possible to add proxy address to apn for opera to use. the closest i came was for me to use opera mini mod since it has that option but it can't use port 8080 because its not certified

laykay:

@ texazzpete

well i guess u're just outdated i said i saw something i wouldn't be a novice and post my imagination! well thats all i have to say guy lighten up dude!

Don't be dense. Did i accuse you of anything?

Anyway, i googled it up and it seems Celtel nigeria placed a $70 million order with Motorola for GSM/EDGE expansion/implementation in Nigeria.
http://devicearena.com/2007/11/22/celtel-nigeria-selects-motorola-for-70-million-gsmedge-expansion/

@ texazzpete

No more your phone interpreted a GPRS signal as EDGE again? .huh.

http://devicearena.com/2007/11/22/celtel-nigeria-selects-motorola-for-70-million-gsmedge-expansion
As at Nov 22nd, 2007


@ laykay

So your phone didn't interprete a GPRS signal as EDGE. But EDGE itself

As a matter of fact, all iPhones in Nigeria display the E icon in place of the GPRS 'G'. it's common on all networks.

Baba ti soro!

yeah,its true that the "E'' stuff appears above the GPRS signal,i use a nokia 5700 and many atimes it will show and later disappear.

@info,

pls,hw can i have my glo sim activated for glowap ,i already have a 3G but i have not been using it at all.

texazzpete:

As a matter of fact, all iPhones in Nigeria display the E icon in place of the GPRS 'G'. it's common on all networks.

Don't change the subject matter

@ catchsun

i wish to help but Glo activation now got K-leg

@info . . . glo is one hell of a linethat has probs be4 u can get it activate. . . .coz i was told by one of therre customer care to goto one of there branch office to get it activated. . . . longting

Please can someone help me? I cant post a new topic.I need to open my apple iphone sim tray now but i cant.
Can someone please tell me how.It seem a little complicated.

EGPRS,better known as EDGE(Enhanced Data ratesfor GSM Evolution), is more like an upgrade of GPRS(General Packet Radio Service). It bridges the gap between Grps and 3G technologies, Its certainly not as fast as 3G, but its wat faster than G. It is generally classified as 2.7G.It is however capable of offering about everything 3G currently offers. Being relatively cheaper, to install(onlly base stations need to be modified,compared to 3G), it is growing rapidly. so of you can't afford a 3G phone, rather go for this(its hard to find a phone that supports Edge without 3G included, though ) .

Read more about it here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Data_Rates_for_GSM_Evolution