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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21836)	6/6/2007 12:58:25 AM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (1) of 46821

The inclusion into IMT-2000 has been expected but comes a bit earlier than some had suspected. This might be the outcome of earlier decisions which precluded use of IMT-2000 spectrum for alternative applications. That put barriers up for consideration of WiMAX but that now turns out to be a governance determination - to keep spectrum within the IMT-2000 designation. Now that WiMAX is part of IMT-2000 it becomes fair game for consideration. Practically, however, decisions about the use of spectrum has much to do with how adjacent spectrum is being used by service providers: if they have profitable and growing 3G network service, then that weighs against deployment of WiMAX, or at least until WiMAX becomes a bit more capable and mature as a mobile system. The longer term trend is for development of 'multi-service capable networks' which have not just the ability to be mobile but to also serve high bandwidth networking and backhaul requirements and become 'smart wireless broadband networks' that are increasingly self-configured and granularly locally self managed. The inclusion into IMT-2000 is a very positive step because it sets the stage for inclusion into IMT-ADVANCED, the truer domain of OFDM evolution into 4G multi-service environments. And that comes about as the standard that requires a shift of wireless mobile to a new platform that forces discontinuity from legacy CDMA/WCDMA technology road maps. LTE will follow a similar technical framework as WiMAX.. both are disruptive because they will require relinquished or new spectrum. Neither is evolutionary from the standpoint of spectrum (anyone who says that LTE is an evolution of 3G needs to do a reality vs. bullshit check). A major hurdle in market development is gaining access to spectrum and, in the process, gaining the hearts and minds of regulators and spectrum holders.

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