Re: When CDMA is Shutdown... Various Ponderings

[Ext User(Kralizec Craig)]

Al Foyle <al_foyle@yahoo.com.au> writes:

>TelcoGeek said....

>> Which means the Telstra network will be the only operating in 850/2100.

>What do GSMs here operate on now? Isn't 1800 or 1900 or something like
>that? And what will happen there? Is this 3G that's to replace CDMA
>going to be universal or will we still have 2 sets of 3G standards (like
>CDMA/GSM now)?

900 MHz is the normal GSM band, but there are also 1800 MHz 'micro-cells'
all over the place in cities now. I have never come across any 1900 Mhz GSM
gear here - anyone know if there's any in Australia?

The USA's got a system which I think is called PCS which uses the 900 MHz
band so their base GSM band is 850 Mhz instead. Typical idiot americans
picking something different to just about everywhere else in the world.

Craig.
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[Ext User(Paul Day)]

In aus.comms Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> may have written:
> 900 MHz is the normal GSM band, but there are also 1800 MHz
> 'micro-cells' all over the place in cities now. I have never come
> across any 1900 Mhz GSM gear here - anyone know if there's any in
> Australia?

All four mobile telcos and iBurst (PBA) have licenses in the 1.9-2.0GHz
range but I didn't think anyone was using them for mobile (GSM or UMTS)
here.

Interesting, Optus is trying to flog their 1.91-1.15GHz allocation in
Canberra, Darwin and Hobart. Suggests they:
- Need more cash, and
- Don't see the need to keep _all_ of their 1900MHz spectrum because
it's only useful for capacity planning in large capital cities?

3G Investments (Australia) Pty Ltd appear to be holding onto their 10MHz
in each capital city...

PD

Sources: http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/spectrum_search.cat_listing
and http://www.3g-generation.com/license_australia.htm

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[Ext User(Michael)]

"Kralizec Craig" <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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> Al Foyle <al_foyle@yahoo.com.au> writes:
>
> >TelcoGeek said....
>
> >> Which means the Telstra network will be the only operating in 850/2100.
>
> >What do GSMs here operate on now? Isn't 1800 or 1900 or something like
> >that? And what will happen there? Is this 3G that's to replace CDMA
> >going to be universal or will we still have 2 sets of 3G standards (like
> >CDMA/GSM now)?
>
> 900 MHz is the normal GSM band, but there are also 1800 MHz 'micro-cells'
> all over the place in cities now. I have never come across any 1900 Mhz
GSM
> gear here - anyone know if there's any in Australia?

There isnt

> The USA's got a system which I think is called PCS which uses the 900 MHz
> band so their base GSM band is 850 Mhz instead. Typical idiot americans

I heard it was used by the military.

PCS is just one of their stupid terms for a flavour of GSM

> picking something different to just about everywhere else in the world.

Pretty idiotic, but if the band is gone, its gone