Posts Tagged ‘UMTS900’

GSM/3G market update confirms 300 WCDMA networks launched worldwide


The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) today published its latest GSM/3G Market Update. Amongst the issues reported this month, GSA has confirmed that 300 WCDMA networks have been commercially launched in 126 countries. WCDMA has achieved approaching 75% market share of commercial 3G networks with an estimated 410+ million subscriptions. GSA says that 95% of [...]

 

EU greenlights 3G on 900MHz, 1800MHz bands


The European Union in a decision this week formally approved the use of 3G and eventually 4G data on the 900MHz and 1800MHz GSM bands. The measure substantially improves the amount of bandwidth available for cellular Internet access in EU states and should render it less expensive as well. Besides reducing the need for more [...]