WCDMA
Updated: 04/26/2017 by Computer Hope
WCDMA or W-CDMA is short for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access and is a communications standard used in 3G mobile networks. It supports cellular voice, text messaging, MMS (Multimedia Message Service), and high-speed data transmission. As part of 3G, it allowed network providers to support broadband Internet services on mobile devices. The first WCDMA network was called FOMA (Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access) and was launched in 2001 in Japan.