REGISTER

J.W.M. Kliffen BE (Elect) Hons, GDBA.

Manager Cellular Systems Ericsson Communications Ltd

This paper provides Ericsson's view of the current and planned developments for mobile communications within Australia and New Zealand. This includes a brief summary of the existing cellular network operators, the outcome of the Australian cellular spectrum auctions, and what is planned for the 2 GHz spectrum auction in New Zealand.

The major trend over the next 5 years, from an end-user perpective, will be increased use of mobile data and the development of high-speed mobile data networks. It is expected that the development of the current second generation TDMA technologies will converge towards a common 3rd generation standard based on Ericsson's EDGE technology. W-CDMA is likely to form an alternative third generation technology using IMT-2000 spectrum, which will be capable of providing up to 384 kbit/s in outdoor mobile environments, and up to 2 Mbit/s indoors. Future low orbit satellite networks will also integrate into these third generation networks, although with a reduced high-speed data capability.