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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2169)2/26/2001 11:40:17 AM
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If so, how does this fit in with the UMTS bands? I'm not quite up to speed on, or rather, have forgotten in the blur of info passing my eyes, which slices of spectrum are allocated to 3G/UMTS.

The following describes the bands that are currently being considered for UMTS. I think the UK auctioned the 1885-2025 band but cant remember.

itu.int

The additional bands identified for the terrestrial component of IMT-2000 are: 806-960 MHz, 1710-1885 MHz and 2500-2690 MHz. The bands which had initially been identified in 1992 and on the basis of which licensing has already been made or is under way in many parts of the world, remained unchanged. Around 100 licenses are expected to be awarded worldwide by 2002. These bands are 1885-2025 MHz and 2110-2200 MHz. All bands globally identified for IMT-2000 have equal status.

I dont think that it will take very long for Nokia or Ericsson to start offering GSM/GPRS at 1900MHz and 2100MHz if W-CDMA is significantly delayed. This would allow the operators to begin seeing revenue from the new spectrum while still on the upgrade path to W-CDMA (sort of). It would also provide an effective argument against any of the operators going with CDMA2000....which Qualcomm is attempting to push in Europe.

As I said though...I believe that this would require the approval of regulators. Currently, only standards which have been approved as 3G by the ITU are supposed to be offered in the new bands.

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