European Telecomunnications ministers have given today their support to the innitiative of opening the GSM spectrum to technologies like third generation data access mobiles (3G). Nowadays, this spectrum is only available to regular GSM mobile phones.
Last July, the European Commission proposed the free access to the 900 MHz frequency. They claimed that it would make things easier to the phone operators, from the 27 european countries, when offering thier wireless services.
Moreover, the GSM Association said that a 3G - 900 MHZ network would mean an increase of about 40% of the 2100 MHz bandwidth. This improvement would be achieved without performing any new investiment.
After its complete approval, the proposal has to be approved by the European Parliament as well.
Via Reuters.
