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Old 30th September 2012 | 11:44
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Steve6443
 
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Yep a lot of people use 3G/GPRS for flight navigation
I think you got your acronyms mixed up

The one you are looking for does start with a G but has only 3 letters in total.
Nope, I think you are confusing your acronyms. GPRS stands for General Packet Radio Service and is a method of transmitting data to a mobile phone, running on 2G (the predecessor of 3G) or 3G networks.

As the poster was referring to a mobile device and data transmission, 3G / GPRS is correct from a point of intention, even if one refers to a network standard and the other is a service....
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