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To: gdichaz who wrote (24303)	5/7/2000 11:37:00 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Cha2, << no celebration is called for yet >> Well, if it goes our way, a celebration is called for. << Istanbul: What is this about five 3rd gen standards being approved? What are the two which seem to have been added and why were they? We seem to get little feedback on standards and spectrum deliberations on SI >> Nothing new. Its been 5 air interfaces and 6 network related standards for some time. I have not gotten any new word yet on status of approval of proposals or status of specification finalization. The 5 IMT-2000 Radio Interface Specifications were announced on November 5: itu.int The six agreed network-related standards were announced on December 10, 1999: itu.int The Istanbul WRC-2000 conference just opened (it is a month long). This release is a VERY worthwhile read particularly as it bears on spectrum allocation: itu.int There is nothing else really newsworthy on the GSM Association, ETSI, 3GPP, 3GPP2, sites that I have found, but the UMTS Forum site has a good article about the conference and it has a host or good reference links: umts-forum.org There is also another interesting spectrum article there at: umts-forum.org Here is an excerpt from that article: >> Spectrum Backgrounder The inter-governmental World Administrative Radio Conference ?92 (WARC-92) identified the frequency bands 1885 - 2025 MHz and 2110 - 2200 MHz for IMT-2000, and which includes between 30 and 45 MHz (depending on region) of paired bands for the satellite component of IMT-2000. IMT-2000 spectrum bands are identified in the International Radio Regulations (RR) and are intended for use on a worldwide basis by administrations wishing to implement IMT2000. Further details of the ITU?s IMT-2000 spectrum planning can be found in ITU Recommendation M.1036-1 and forms part of the process of specifying the radio interface(s) of IMT-2000. Many countries around the world have already announced their commitment to deploying IMT-2000 in the ITU IMT-2000 core bands. IMT-2000 used to be known as "Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications Systems" (abbreviated to FPLMTS) until it was changed in 1997 at WRC-97. At the inter-governmental conference WRC-2000 to be held in Istanbul during May and June 2000, the UMTS Forum will be supporting proposals from many National Administrations from around the world who are seeking a further 160 MHz of mobile spectrum that will be required to support the forecast growth of IMT-2000 up to year 2010, depending on local market factors. This spectrum will be especially important to support the highly interactive, multimedia-rich services in high population areas. << We have an interesting couple of months coming up. - Eric -