Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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GSM History
–1978 - Europe allocated
2 x 25 MHz spectrum in 900 MHz range for mobile
communications
–1982 - Groupe Special Mobile formed under CEPT (French
acronym for European Conference of Posts and Telecommunications)
–1987 - GSM
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by first members,
which includes agreements between operators for roaming,
numbering and routing aspects, tariffs and accounting.
–1988 - GSM
transferred to newly formed ETSI (European Telecommunication
Standards Institute)