GSM AND CDMA MOBILE NETWORKS

       GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications and as of 2015 it has become a global standard for mobile communications with 90% market share operating in over 219 countries and territories.

    CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access. CDMA is an example of multiple accesses, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communication channel. This allows several users to share a band of frequencies.

    GSM mobile network is widely used by most of the world’s mobile operators. Most of the mobile phones support GSM network however few of them might support CDMA and very few both.

    In Nepal currently NEPAL TELECOM provides both GSM and CDMA network services and NCELL provides GSM network service only. UTL one of the mobile operators in Nepal provides CDMA mobile network service. There are high numbers of GSM service users than CDMA in Nepal.