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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (39991)	10/22/2003 9:42:01 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Telecom New Zealand contemplates dumping cdma2000 By DeHavilland staff, for TOTAL TELECOM 21 October 2003 Reports say NZ incumbent may opt for WCDMA. Telecom New Zealand is reportedly considering replacing its recent cdma2000 upgrade with the incompatible WCDMA network favoured by other operators in the region. Citing a report in the New Zealand Herald, Cellular news reports that engineers from Alcatel and Ericsson have been commissioned by the company to research the potential for adding WCDMA overlay to the current CDMA network. Telecom New Zealand's partnership with Australian interest Hutchison 3G has already given it some experience of WCDMA, and the move could be stimulated by a desire to secure roaming revenues and gain access to the superior purchasing power of the Hutchison group. According to Cellular News, the proposals are believed to centre on a WCDMA network being built in five important cities with a roaming agreement signed with either Vodafone or TelstraClear, both of which are already committed to a WCDMA rollout. (c) 1998-2003 DeHavilland Information Services plc. All rights reserved.