To avoid confusion with Europe's (quite different) "2100" band, Phone Scoop refers to AWS simply by the 1700 part, hence "WCDMA 1700". It is important to not confuse WCDMA with CDMA.
The 3 rd generation wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) system is a mobile radio communication system that provides for high-speed data and voice communication services. WCDMA is one of two ...
These systems include cdma2000, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) FDD, UMTS WCDMA TDD, and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) system known as Universal ...