Motorola launches in Morocco new GPRS mobile phone service

US company Motorola announced this week that it will launch shortly in Morocco new mobile phone sets equipped wit the GPRS system.

Motorola Regional director for the Maghreb and French-speaking African countries, Mohamed Taj, said three new brands of portable phone sets integrating the intelligent technologies of WAP and GRPS will be sold in Morocco. The move will be preceded by the introduction in the country of GPRS compatible infrastructure.

The GPRS technology (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet-based transmission system for GSM networks. It sends signals in short bursts, allowing users to send and receive data without the high cost of a constant connection. The technology is being used to enable Web access over cellphones.