BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Telecom Personal commercially introduced its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, provided by Ericsson, in the city of Buenos Aires, becoming the first provider in Argentina with 2.5-generation (2.5G) services. In January, the cellular operator surprised the market by launching a GSM network in the city for the first time, after previously operating TDMA technology.
The decision to migrate toward GSM/GPRS stemmed from the approach taken by the shareholders Telecom Italia and France T
