A 3G mobile service using the 900MHz band could help network operators reduce costs, as the both the voice and data coverage and the signal penetration for in-building coverage is superior to that of the higher frequency variant of UMTS currently used in European markets. These findings were announced at the Mobile World Congress by Chinese infrastructure supplier Huawei and Qualcomm, US producer of chips for mobile phones and other devices. These two companies carried out field trials in the Extremadura region of Spain along with Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica. The trial results confirmed that UMTS and HSDPA can co-exist with GSM at 900 MHz. Compared with the UTMS technology licensed for 2100MHz in Europe, the lower frequency 3G variant offers an increased cell radius and a better better in-building coverage, which would mean lower infrastructure costs. UMTS-900 would thus seem to be ideal for providers wishing to offer 3G services across large but relatively sparsely p...
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