GPRS is a new nonvoice service that allows information (in packets) to be sent and received across a mobile network. Its development is a key step in the evolution of mobile networks to 3G networks. Altogether, GPRS provides for a better mobile Internet experience that promotes the development of mobile information-centric devices, and fuels the fusion of information and access technologies. Among the features of GPRS are:

	Immediacy of connection
	"Always on" capability
	Faster speed of data transmission
	Volume-based billing

      Aside from shaping developments in technology, GPRS, with its characteristics potentially pushes mobile Internet into mainstream usage. This development has corresponding effects on the Internet and the quality of information contained in the Internet, as the characteristics and limitations of mobile devices dictate the type of content on the Internet. The widespread use of GPRS also opens doors for more development not only on existing mobile devices, but in applications and complementary technology as well.

      GPRS also pushes the Internet into becoming a constant extension of the human senses, for as long as the GPRS-enabled mobile device battery life provides. It changes not only the quality of lives of its users, but stands to challenge existing business structures, pushing companies towards exploiting new channels of information distribution, reassessing existing work design, and maybe even re-evaluation existing business or organization structures.