Licensing UMTS in the United Kingdom

What is UMTS ? (3)


Spectrum Allocation

bullet.gif (1045 bytes) 155 MHz made available; cleared by 2002

bullet.gif (1045 bytes) 2x60 MHz paired, 35 MHz unpaired, both in 2GHz bands (within International Telecommunication Union allocation)

Consensus Decision of ETSI - For UTRA (UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access) as the radio interface standard

bullet.gif (1045 bytes) W-CDMA for paired spectrum, TD/CDMA for unpaired

bullet.gif (1045 bytes) UTRA has been adopted in Europe and an almost identical system in Japan

May 1998

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