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Connect Austria GSM 1800 - The new dimension in listening quality

- Crystal clear voice and listening quality
- Dropped calls kept to a minimum even at peak times

Heavy investment in innovative technology and precise network planning enable Connect Austria to provide a new dimension in level of voice and listening quality, better indoor coverage, and high data and picture transfer speeds leading to more efficient use of the Internet and Short Message Service (SMS).

What is Austria’s most modern mobile phone network and what can it do?
The Connect Austria mobile phone network is the successor to the GSM 900 standard, and works in the 1800 MHz band. Higher frequencies mean lower radiuses of propagation. Initially this is a disadvantage because it means that a more dense network of base stations has to be established. However, heavy investment in base stations, soft- and hardware, together with optimum radio planning can turn this drawback into an advantage for the consumer. For instance, both the base stations and the mobile phones need only half the power as compared with 900 MHz networks. This means, in turn, that the mobile phone’s battery needs less frequent recharging and has a longer service life.

Benefits of the Connect Austria mobile phone network

- Use of enhanced full-rate (EFR) code resulting in noise suppression, optimum data decoding, and voice quality like that of a fixed network. It is easier to understand the caller, and he/she hears the other party more clearly.
- Improved indoor coverage: optimum voice quality is also achieved in rooms or during car journeys.
- Outstanding success rate of at least 94% for call set-up and handover from one cell to another thanks to precision network planning.
- Dropped calls kept to a minimum (less than 3%) even during peak periods with high traffic volumes.
- More efficient use of the Internet and SMS thanks to high data and picture transfer rates.
- Advanced technology.
- Sophisticated radio planning and optimum network architecture.