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Also known as Cordless Telephone 2nd Generation, Telepoint, Cordless telephone generation 2
CT2 is a cordless telephony standard that was used in the early 1990s to provide short-range proto-mobile phone service in some countries in Europe and in Hong Kong. It is considered the precursor to the more successful DECT system. CT2 was also referred to by its marketing name, Telepoint.
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- Instance of
- mobile telephony
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- replaced by
- Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
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- Deployment and usage
- Similar systems
- See also
- References
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CT2 is a cordless telephony standard that was used in the early 1990s to provide short-range proto-mobile phone service in some countries in Europe and in Hong Kong. It is considered the precursor to the more successful DECT system. CT2 was also referred to by its marketing name, Telepoint.
== Overview == CT2 is a digital FDMA system that uses time-division duplexing technology to share carrier frequencies between handsets and base stations. Features of the system are: Standardized on 864–868 MHz 500 frames/second (alternately base station and handset) 100 kHz carriers 32 kbit/s ADPCM voice channel compression 10 mW maximum power output GFSK data encoding Up to 100 metre (300 ft) range
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