Windows Mobile, Symbian, and UIQ 3.0 devices are able to collect information about GPRS usage. The device automatically logs the use of GPRS traffic. GPRS connections include WAP access and Internet communication such as DME synchronization and World Wide Web access, but exclude SMS and MMS traffic.
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a service available to users of GSM and IS-136 mobile phones. GPRS data transfer is typically charged per megabyte of transferred data, while data communication via traditional circuit switching is billed per minute of connection time, independent of whether the user has actually transferred data or has been in an idle state. GPRS can be used for services such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and for Internet communication services such as DME synchronization and World Wide Web access.
When a device user uses GPRS, the following information is recorded on the device:
Most network operators provide a roaming service, which allows users to use their phone even if they are not in their home coverage area. When roaming, the user of the phone effectively rents the use of the network of another network operator.
When a user is outside his home coverage area, for instance if a French DME user goes on a trip to Norway, he will not only have to pay a roaming for calls that he makes, but also for calls that he receives.
Mobile country code (MCC) - the country of your location
Mobile network code (MNC). Together with the MCC, the MNC uniquely identifies the mobile phone operator/carrier that handled the GPRS connection at your end
Name of operator as retrieved from the relay station. Note that since the operator name can be spelled differently depending on which relay station you pick it up from, you may want to edit the name in the database in order to be able to group properly by operator. Contact your DME partner about this.
The starting date and time of the GPRS connection, including time zone information
The duration of the GPRS connection
The number of bytes sent
The number of bytes received
This information is used for building the statistics database on the server, if the logging functionality is enabled (see Enabling traffic logging).
