2. UMTS standard evolution
2.1 Versions
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First release, Release 99: UMTS Release 99 features a new radio interface based on CDMA code-division multiple access, compared with GSM/GPRS. This multiple access technique was inherited from the American IS-95 system developed by Qualcomm in the mid-1990s.
UMTS comprises two types of access network (UTRAN TDD and FDD), whose radio interface implements broadband multiple access (W-CDMA), enabling 3.84 million chips per second to be transmitted in 5 MHz of bandwidth. The terrestrial interfaces of the access network are supported by ATM for both types of access network.
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