> By that definition, ATRAC is not compression. But by our consensus, ATRAC
> is compression. We have decided that the comms definition is too narrow
> for our needs, so we use a different definition, one with a broader scope.
> Instead of an algorithmic transformation, compression is the process of
> reducing data so as to require less space to store or less carrier
capacity
> to transmit. By this definition, the sampling rate cutoff used by PCS and
> GSM is considered to be a compression scheme.
GSM does compress in the same way as atrac and MP3 - the result is a 9600
bps data stream, which is encrypted before being sent over the air.
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