GSMA Welcomes UAE's Decisive Step To Lead Regional Surge In Mobile Broadband

"Combining the 800MHz band plan for Europe, Middle East and Africa with the lower portion of the Asia Pacific (APT) 700MHz band is a significant step forward. Spectrum harmonisation delivers multiple advantages, including generating much-needed economies of scale, facilitating near-global roaming and limiting interference along borders. This will ultimately provide a broader choice of devices and more affordable mobile broadband services to the citizens of the UAE and across the Arab States."

"Combining the 800MHz band plan for Europe, Middle East and Africa with the lower portion of the Asia Pacific (APT) 700MHz band is a significant step forward. Spectrum harmonisation delivers multiple advantages, including generating much-needed economies of scale, facilitating near-global roaming and limiting interference along borders. This will ultimately provide a broader choice of devices and more affordable mobile broadband services to the citizens of the UAE and across the Arab States."

Notes to Editors

Details of the announcement by the UAE Regulator TRA can be found here: http://tra.gov.ae/news514.php

Interview with Tariq Al Awadhi, Executive Director of Spectrum and International Affairs at the TRA on shaping international spectrum policy can be found here: http://www.gsma.com/spectrum/digital-dividend-qa-uae

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