SIM Card

When you subscribe to a mobile network operator, you are issued with a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module card). The SIM contains your personal subscriber data. You need to insert a SIM into your EDGE PC Card before it will work.

Software Overview

Wireless Manager

You can use the Wireless Manager to:

Display GC82, GC83 or GC85 status information

Create or modify connection settings

Connect to the Internet or a corporate network

Manage EDGE PC Card settings

Manage SIM card and PC phone books

Send and receive SMS messages

Using the EDGE PC Card with your Applications

Data Programs

You can use the EDGE PC Card as a modem to provide Intranet/Internet connectivity for a wide range of applications.

Documentation

The EDGE PC Card’s documentation is designed to enhance your understanding of its capabilities. The following guides are provided:

A printed Quick Start Guide aimed at getting you operational as quickly as possible.

An online User’s Guide (this document) containing a comprehensive description of the EDGE PC Card functionality. You can read the guide on the computer screen or print it onto either European A4 or American Letter sized paper.

The User’s Guide is located on EDGE PC Card CD-ROM as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. The EDGE PC Card CD-ROM also contains Adobe Acrobat Reader® which you can install if necessary.

Illustrations

The illustrations in this manual were obtained using the EDGE PC Card on a Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating system. The dialogs that appear on your PC may differ depending on the version of Windows® in use.

6Introduction