History of Time Division Multiple Access

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Time Division Multiple Access or TDMA is one of the second generation mobile phone technology.
It uses digital technology to timeshare the bandwidth of the carrier wave.
It increases to 3 to 6 times capacity of AMPS.
It improved security and privacy.

1. Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), one standard for shared medium (usually radio) networks. Allows several users to share the same frequency by dividing it into different time slots. Used in the GSM digital cellular standard, among others.

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Time Division Multiple Access, one standard for shared medium (usually radio) networks. Allows several users to share the same frequency by dividing it into different time slots. Used in the GSM digital cellular standard, among others.

2. The name "TDMA" is also used for one of the second generation mobile phone technologies, which uses the TDMA technique to timeshare the bandwidth of the carrier wave. It provides between 3 to 6 times the capacity of its predecessor AMPS, and also improved security and privacy.

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	Revision 5 . . (edit) December 6, 2001 4:50 pm by The Anome [copyedit]
	Revision 4 . . December 6, 2001 4:49 pm by The Anome [moved TDMA the deployment under TDMA the tech. after which it is named, + copyedit of TDMA the deployment]
	Revision 3 . . December 6, 2001 1:05 pm by Kowloonese [merged two articles]
	Revision 2 . . December 6, 2001 10:47 am by (logged).192.137.xxx
	Revision 1 . . December 6, 2001 10:44 am by (logged).192.137.xxx