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- initialism Retronym refering to standards before
3G . IncludesGSM ,DMA ,TDMA ,iDEN , andPDC .
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Examples
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In the greater Seattle area, I keep my iphone 3G in 2G mode pretty much all of the time so that it remains usable.
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1-2G is still the most basic and basics are always essential.
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I think there at a lot of people who feel the way I do, that their investment in 2G smartphones was significant enough that they’re holding out for a couple more years until they can get more upgrade bang for the buck.
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The fresh searches and likely charges come as a trial began earlier this month in another telecom case -- popularly called the 2G scam -- against former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja and 17 others, for alleged rigging in granting telecom licenses in 2008.
Vodafone, Bharti Offices Searched in India Bijou George 2011
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Raja, the most public face of the $40 billion so-called 2G scandal in which the government allegedly sold valuable mobile telephone spectrum at throwaway prices.
Corruption on Singh's Watch Sadanand Dhume 2011
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The high-profile case--dubbed the 2G Scam--raised a political stink, embarrassing the prime minister and putting the government under immense pressure to clean up house.
India Court Sends Five Telecom Executives to Custody R. Jai Krishna 2011
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The high-profile case--dubbed the 2G scam because the licenses were for second-generation mobile phone services--has raised a political stink, embarrassing the prime minister and putting the government under immense pressure to clean up house.
India Court Rejects Telecom Executives' Bail Pleas R. Jai Krishna 2011
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CBI, India's federal probe agency, had filed two sets of charges in April against the 14 arrested and three companies, accusing them of being corrupt or benefiting from the faulty grant of radio bandwidth and telecom licenses in 2008, dubbed the 2G scam.
Charges Confirmed Against Former India Telecom Minister R. Jai Krishna 2011
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Opposition party members also accuse Mr. Raja of massively undervaluing what is known as the 2G spectrum, frequencies used to transmit phone calls and text messages to mobile phones.
Indian Telecom Minister Resigns Dhanya Ann Thoppil 2010
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According to a statement issued late Monday, the Samsung settlement, which runs through 2012, also covers an earlier technology known as 2G, for which Samsung last year posted a $167 million bond.
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