the nostalgy thread | all about the early days of mobile telephony

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Originally Posted by inquisitor

I think the demand for dualband phones came primarily from Scandinavian network operators, who were the first to be issued licenses for both frequencies (900 & 1800) and so to run dualband networks, requiring handsets, that could operate on both frequency bands.

I think E-Plus was keen on it, in part because in 1997 it was still owned 17 percent by Vodafone, which otherwise owned the UK GSM 900 network or minority holdings in foreign 900 networks (its pre-behemoth business strategy), and this would have enabled roaming on Vodafone-associated networks. (The other owners of E-Plus at the time were non-telcos, as I recall.)