Editing IDEN (section)

{{Short description|Mobile telecommunications technology}}
{{Distinguish|text = the [[Iden]], an English automobile}}
{{other uses|Iden (disambiguation)}}
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with NTT DoCoMo's [[i-mode]].}}
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'''Integrated Digital Enhanced Network''' ('''iDEN''') is a mobile telecommunications technology, developed by [[Motorola]], which provides its users the benefits of a [[Trunked radio system|trunked radio]] and a [[mobile phone|cellular telephone]]. It was called the first [[mobile social network]] by many technology industry analysts.<ref name=computerworld>{{cite web|last=Lawson|first=Stephen|title=Sprint's iDEN finally headed for sign-off|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9200378/Sprint_s_iDEN_finally_headed_for_sign_off|publisher=Computerworld.com|date=December 7, 2010|access-date=5 September 2012|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821074824/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9200378/Sprint_s_iDEN_finally_headed_for_sign_off|url-status=dead}}</ref> iDEN places more users in a given spectral space, compared to analog cellular and two-way radio systems, by using speech compression and [[time-division multiple access]] (TDMA).