A technology with which the operators can achieve data rates of up to a maximum of 384 kbit/s, within their GSM respective networks, by means of improved transmission modes and a bundling of up to eight channels. The 8PSK transmission mode applied for EDGE can, in contrast to the GMSK mode that is currently applied for GSM, transmit three times the amount of data rates per GSM channel. In the future, Nokia intends to get their new phones in shape for the standard. Whether or not a German network operator will introduce EDGE as an addition to UMTS is as yet unknown.