Development of GPRS
Specification GPRS Phase 2 to the currently not fully defined, but it is planned that further evolution will go towards increasing the speed of data transmission systems Enchanced Data rates for GSM Evolution - EDGE-or E-GPRS. Introduction to E-GPRS is associated with increased data rate is approximately three times relative to what can be achieved of GPRS. Increased data rates associated with the transition to the use of a new method of phase modulation, known as 8PSK.
Data also have a major role in the European 3rd generation: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - UMTS (Universal System for Mobile Communications).
The combination of UMTS and GPRS would allow the introduction of multimedia applications such as video telephony, through the Internet.