GPRS while ringing?

[Nikita Melnikov]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:38:59AM +0200, Nils Faerber wrote:
> Joel Newkirk schrieb:
> > Is it possible and feasible to establish a brief (3-5 seconds?) GPRS
> > connection when ringing an incoming call?
> > 
> > I've been thinking about callerid name lookups.
> 
> I guess not.
> First of all GPRS connection setup can take longer than this - basically
> the GPRS data connection is done using PPP.
> Second, though not being a GSM expert, I think that voice call is not
> possible during GPRS sessions. This would for me also mean that during
> call signalling GPRS cannot be established - either the GPRS or teh
> voice call will fail then.

Not really, as far as i _heard_. I got told that u can accept incoming
calls not dropping gprs connection on modern phones. Didn't test it
myself, tho, because i own some really oldschool Ericsson phone ;) 

> > j
> Cheers
>   nils faerber
> 
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