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  • initialism communication Initialism of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

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Examples

  • Samsung Electronics Co. lawyer Bas Berghuis told a civil judge at The Hague District Court that Apple "never bothered to ask about licenses" before it started selling 3G-enabled iPhones that use the Universal Mobile Telecommunications Standard commonly known by the acronym UMTS.

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  • This is a long term UMTS project paying excellent rates in a fantastic location with minimal living expense.

    cellular-news 2010

  • This is a long term UMTS project paying excellent rates in a fantastic location with minimal living expense.

    cellular-news 2010

  • This is an excellent opportunity to secure a long-term UMTS contract in a truly desirable location.

    cellular-news 2009

  • No, UMTS is part of what’s listed as the WCDMA family.

    And GSM Shall Rule Them All 2009

  • Nortel sold off a wireless technology known as UMTS that captured little market share, but continued to invest in next-generation technologies that built on it such as WiMax and LTE, believing that carriers that had moved to other suppliers would again return to Nortel.

    Nortel Networks Files for Chapter 11 2009

  • It also bought a line of products from Nortel Networks, known as UMTS technology.

    Alcatel-Lucent Results May Be 2007

  • Last year, the company sold its next-generation wireless business known as UMTS, and it stopped making blade servers, which save space for businesses such as Web sites that need multiple servers.

    Nortel Calls on Efficiency to Revive Profit 2007

  • T-Mobile's 3G data network will use a technology called UMTS, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

    T-Mobile Plays 3G Catch-Up 2006

  • It is about four times faster than current generation of 3G networks, also known as UMTS and about 15 times faster than more easily available GPRS networks.

    HSDPA will beat WiMAX 2005

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