CELLULAR DATA COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
DATABRIDGE NOW	GTE Mobile Communications Service Corporation	245 Perimeter Center Parkway Atlanta GA 30346	cellular data communication services, namely, protocol conversion from cellular data protocols to landline data protocols;DATA-BRIDGE NOW;DATA BRIDGE;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Methods and apparatus for selecting a cellular network to provide one or more communication services for a mobile communication device are disclosed. A scanning operation is performed by the mobile device to identify a plurality of cellular networks that support a voice communication service in a geographic coverage area. The mobile device then identifies which of the cellular networks makes a data communication service available to it. Advantageously, the mobile device assigns priority to or selects a cellular network that makes the data communication service available over a network that fails to make the data communication service available, and may register with that network. The data communication service may include, as examples, an e-mail communication service or an Internet access service. Preferably, the cellular network operates in accordance with GSM (Global System for Mobile) and GPRS (Generalized Packet Radio Service).