Nordisk Mobiltelefon (Sweden)
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Nordisk Mobiltelefon was a Nordic operator of a digital CDMA2000
450 MHz
mobile telephone network in Sweden
, Norway
and Denmark
. Company was initially co-founded by Arnfinn Röste. During 2008, the company introduced Ice.net which is the brand name that was used commercially.
In February 2009 Nordisk Mobiltelefon went bankrupt, and U.S. based industrial group Access Industries
subsequently took over the network in 10 March 2009, and continue to operare it under the Ice.net brand.
The network uses the network frequencies in the 450 MHz band, that was previously used for analog
NMT-450
to provide a digital service that will greatly exceed the range of GSM
and its geographical coverage. This will have implications for the logging industry as an example.
CDMA2000
CDMA2000 is a family of 3G mobile technology standards, which use CDMA channel access, to send voice, data, and signaling data between mobile phones and cell sites. The set of standards includes: CDMA2000 1X, CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. 0, CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A, and CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. B...
450 MHz
Hertz
The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications....
mobile telephone network in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Company was initially co-founded by Arnfinn Röste. During 2008, the company introduced Ice.net which is the brand name that was used commercially.
In February 2009 Nordisk Mobiltelefon went bankrupt, and U.S. based industrial group Access Industries
Access Industries
Access Industries is a privately held, U.S.-based industrial group founded in 1986 by its chairman, Len Blavatnik. Access’s industrial focus spans three sectors: natural resource and chemicals; media and telecommunications; and real estate...
subsequently took over the network in 10 March 2009, and continue to operare it under the Ice.net brand.
The network uses the network frequencies in the 450 MHz band, that was previously used for analog
Analog transmission
Analog transmission is a transmission method of conveying voice, data, image, signal or video information using a continuous signal which varies in amplitude, phase, or some other property in proportion to that of a variable...
NMT-450
Nordic Mobile Telephone
NMT is the first fully automatic cellular phone system...
to provide a digital service that will greatly exceed the range of GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
GSM , is a standard set developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe technologies for second generation digital cellular networks...
and its geographical coverage. This will have implications for the logging industry as an example.