 ::::::::: I know that this topic is a bit stale, but still. First, I have never heard the 444 MHz license-free channels referred to as KDR in Sweden. Ever. It's a good acronym, bit it's not in use in Sweden. People do call it SRBR 444 in Sweden though, and this usage is widely accepted. Just do a search on google, for example. I only happened upon this article by chance; I've searched for information about the band on Wikipedia before but didn't find it; this was due to the lack of mention of SRBR. I think it's highly appropriate to at least mention SRBR in this article. The fact that it says business in that acronym is not important; in fact, even though the band is free for all to use (including non-businesses), here in Gothenburg it appears to be used exclusively by businesses anyway. Second, regarding the history of the band, apparently it came about well before PMR 446. At least in Sweden, there seems to have been doubts about the European initiative, which was taking a lot of time to come about, while demand for a similar band was high in Sweden. And so PTS created the 444 MHz band instead, or at least did so as a stop-gap solution.   