Talk:GSM

Requested move 29 February 2016

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Consensus that the acronym is the common name here. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:36, 8 March 2016 (UTC)


 * shwehmonesoeLin Lashioလာရူီးကုန္မနီပုိင္ရွငိျဂိုဟ္တုလဲ‌ကိုင္‌ေဆာင္သူ 116.206.194.90 (talk) 01:09, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

GSM → Global System for Mobile Communications – The old name is only an acronym for the technology. The new name corrects this issue. The acronym should link to the full name (see the German article-version as an example). "GSM" should link directly to the disambiguation page as this abbreviation has several meanings. I propose to have that corrected. I suppose an automated wiki-bot can fix all links to this page afterwards. – Nightwalker-87 (talk) 14:42, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). older ≠ wiser 20:38, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia naming conventions prefer common usage over official terms. GSM IS by far the more common usage. I expect most folks wouldn't even recognize the spelled out version. older ≠ wiser 20:38, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't expect people to recognise the full name when searching for the mobile standard. If a search for "GSM" would link to the disambiguation page with GSM clearly visible on top of the list that would be fine also from my point of view. I also see no opposition to the wiki naming convention here. The proposal targets the structuring and logical construction of articles around modern and widespread mobile communication standards within the wiki teleommunications project. Contribution to a logical structuring including the setting of useful #REDIRECTS has already been done in most parts where neccessary. I've created a table to visualize this structuring on a personal userpage (here). It is not fully complete by now, but I suppose one can see the idea behind it already. I really consider it necessary as there are to many articles (about similar topics that actually belong together. Readers can't easily navigate around, orientate themselves and finally sheer trees do not see the forest. Nightwalker-87 (talk) 21:55, 29 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose WP:UCN/WP:OFFICIALNAME -- use the common name, not the official name; this acronym has had several official names, so the term "GSM" is better -- 70.51.46.39 (talk) 05:33, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: WP:COMMONNAME applies here. -- ChamithN   (talk)  08:45, 1 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Note: A similar discussion including this proposal is also held at Talk:LTE (telecommunication). Nightwalker-87 (talk) 11:03, 8 March 2016 (UTC)


 * shwehmonesoeLinလားရူီးမွာ‌ေနသည္အိမ္အမတ္လမ္ျကာ55အိမ္ပမတ္50 116.206.194.90 (talk) 01:11, 23 November 2023 (UTC)


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Turned Off
Reportedly, some countries have turned off their GSM antennas after the standard became obsolete. Please give a list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:899:2920:5D9D:C67A:BA4A:DA27 (talk) 10:17, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

"2G discontinuation in Maryland" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect 2G discontinuation in Maryland and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 November 1 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 17:31, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

First roaming?
I'm pretty sure the first roaming agreement wasn't signed in 2022 like the article claims. 84.250.167.255 (talk) 17:22, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Trade mark reference
I am afraid that the trade mark reference is wrong. It actually link to a trade mark called GSM Brands which is not linked at all to GSM. Actually, I find difficult to find any right reference to the GSM trademark. Pperez333 (talk) 12:46, 29 November 2023 (UTC)