UMTS characteristics
Access method: CDMA (TDMA was ruled out in ETSI 1997)
Frequency allocation (WARC-92): 230 MHz range on 2 GHz band
(Starting from the year 2000)
Full-duplex 2 Mbps data transfer capacity between the mobile
station and the base station (GSM: 9600 bps)
Possibility of installing base stations also on mobile platforms
Integration of UMTS into B-ISDN technology by means of
intelligent network technology