Go1005 GPRS Specs

[JaguarV12e]

I had an opportunity to connect the UK model Go1005 to a protocol tester to see what capabilities it reports to a network.

The SIM reports an IMSI with MCC/MNC 204/04 (Vodafone Netherlands). This means that it is technically roaming when switched on in any country other than the Netherlands, obviously Tomtom are not paying normal data roaming tariffs!

The reported radio capabilities are:
Radio dual band 900(E)/1800 (can never work in USA).
GPRS attach only (no circuit switched services)
GPRS multislot class 10 (max 4 DL and max 2UL with max sum of 5 timeslots)
No EGPRS capability
No 8psk capability

The latter 2 parameters indicate that it is from the economical end of the GPRS modem catalogue, and does not benefit from the data throughput that might be available on an EDGE network.

There is no 3G capability.
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[MaFt]

Interesting. I had often wondered if it did EDGE or 3G and if it would be worth pulling out the SIM and putting into a phone or tablet for free data while travelling :D

MaFt

[JaguarV12e]

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