Licensing UMTS in the United Kingdom

What is UMTS ? (4)


What services might UMTS provide?

bullet.gif (1045 bytes) UMTS should provide fast and secure voice and data transmission up to 2 MBPS

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  • real time high quality video conferencing
  • fast Internet and corporate intranet access, regardless of location (Web page photo: UMTS=0.4 sec / GSM=83 sec / fixed line=28 sec )
  • enhanced quality voice, fax and e-mail
  • in-car real time navigational systems, on-line banking and shopping
  • a virtual office on one line - with simultaneous voice and data services: make calls, receive faxes and remain on office network simultaneously

bullet.gif (1045 bytes) Expect creative/imaginative services that have not yet been invented

May 1998

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