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To: gdichaz who wrote (37948)8/12/1999 11:38:00 AM
From: Lance Bredvold  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
You said:
" Europe does indeed intend to allocate new spectrum for 3rd gen CDMA - presumably the WCDMA flavor. This is not a virtue necessarily but a necessity. No other room at the inn. Also the US has in fact done nothing as gdog says. There is a hint of politics in that, but of course that couldn't possibly be true.

"Eventually the FCC may initiate some action, but in international forums (fora?) the US has been less than forthcoming on agreeing to new worldwide sprectrum (including the US) for 3rd gen use. Why? Not clear. Perhaps just bureaucratic inertia, but there have been a few suggestions that perhaps CDMA has some influence in the administration and/or other US relevant agencies and that keeping current frequency allocations may help CDMA. What lies behind all these moves, or nonmoves, is very difficult to find out...."

I speculate that the US is more spectrum constrained than most other places on the globe. If this is indeed true, the spectral efficiency of CDMA may be of greater value in the US and Zaire may find it more economical to simply grant spectrum to any system which desires to build.

The reason I assume spectrum is more in demand in the US is primarily military usage and reservations. On the other hand, it may be that Europe with many militaries within a small area, may find more problem in obtaining sufficient suitable spectra.

Lance
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