The Swiss Federal Communication Commission (ComCom) renewed 3 of ...
The Swiss Federal Communication Commission (ComCom) renewed 3 of 5 GSM licenses for Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom Mobile through 2013, ComCom said. Frequency refarming during renewal allows Switzerland’s 3 main wireless carriers better distribution of frequencies for UMTS in…
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the 900 MHz range, an official said. Licenses are ostensibly technology neutral, but ComCom wanted Orange to have at least one channel for UMTS in the 900 MHz range. Sunrise and Swisscom Mobile yielded some frequencies to Orange, which gave up some frequencies in the 1800 MHz range. The 3 license renewal dates now are harmonized, as are Tele2’s and In&Phone’s GSM license renewal dates, giving ComCom flexibility to make changes. “There’s been a lot of talk about migration from GSM to UMTS, but no one really knows when this will come,” an official said. The 3 main operators first got 10-year licenses in 1998.