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ALSO CALLED: Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services and Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems
DEFINITION: UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service) is a third-generation (3G) broadband, packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 megabits per second (Mbps). UMTS offers a consistent set of services to mobile computer and phone users, no matter where they are located in the world. UMTS is based
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BROCHURE:The VoP product portfolio is composed of various application-ready Frameworks, Toolkits and Protocol Stacks. Posted: 11 Apr 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2004
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on the Global System for Mobile ( GSM) communication standard. It is also endorsed by major standards bodies and manufacturers as the planned standard for mobile users around the world. Once UMTS is fully available, computer and phone users can be constantly attached to the Internet wherever they travel and, as they roam, will have the same set of capabilities. Users will have access through a combination of terrestrial wireless and satellite transmissions. Until UMTS is fully implemented, users can use multi-mode devices that switch to the
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