Specifications - Orange 3G W-CDMA Network, United Kingdom

Key Data
Organisation	Orange UK
Location	UK
Network launch date	Q3/4 2004
Preliminary framework agreements for major contractors	September 2003
Contract values	Nokia and Orange UK signed 3-year contracts worth €800 million in 2001 for 3G UMTS and GSM network expansion and 3G infrastructure
Main contractors	Alcatel, Nokia, Nortel Networks
Network monitoring	Qvoice
Initial 3G coverage	A total of 20 cities in the UK and France
Overall network coverage	Orange covers 40% of the UK population
System Details
Maximum data rates	Potentially up to 2Mbit/s
Frequencies used	2,160MHz to 2,170MHz
Telecoms system	UMTS
Radio interface	W-CDMA
Circuit domain	GSM
Packet-switched domain	GPRS
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