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Mobile Radio Systems in Europe

This page on Mobile Radio Systems in Europe covers ETACS, NMT-450, NMT-900, GSM, C-450, ERMES, CT2, DECT and DCS-1800.

Mobile
Radio
Standard
TYPE YEAR MULTIPLE
ACCESS
FREQUENCY
BAND
modu-
lation
BW
ETACS Cellular 1985 FDMA 900
MHz
FM 25
kHz
NMT-
450
Cellular 1981 FDMA 450-470
MHz
FM 25
kHz
NMT-
900
Cellular 1986 FDMA 890-960
MHz
FM 12.5
kHz
GSM Cellular
/PCS
1990 TDMA 890-960
MHz
GMSK 200
kHz
C-450 Cellular 1985 FDMA 450-465
MHz
FM 20
kHz/
10
KHz
ERMES Paging 1993 FDMA Many 4-FSK 25
kHz
CT2 Cordless 1989 FDMA 864-868
MHz
GFSK 100
kHz
DECT Cordless 1993 TDMA 1880-1900
MHz
GFSK 1.728
MHz
DCS-1800 Cordless
/PCS
1993 TDMA 1710-1880 MHz GMSK 200
kHz

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