You would put the APN details of your carrier/network's internet gateway here.
For example on o2 on the BB I have wap acess and BIS access to the internet but to use o2 mobile broadband (for which they charge extra) I need to input the settings for this.
Not all networks charge extra and some applications require these settings to run.
I hope that's clear
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