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Engelman d Chief, Planning & Negotiations Division LInternational Bureau  X14 Federal Communications Commission#XQ\  P6QXP#    \ GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THAT NICE INTRODUCTION. I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE TALKING WITH YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART THIRD GENERATION WIRELESS SYSTEMS OR, AS THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION CALLS IT, "IMT2000".  X4[HISTORY]  X4AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE ITU BEGAN LOOKING AT THIRD GENERATION WIRELESS BACK IN 1985. AT THAT TIME, IT WASN'T KNOWN AS THIRD GENERATION WIRELESS BECAUSE FIRST GENERATION WIRELESS WAS ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED. IT ALSO WASN'T KNOWN AS IMT2000 THAT WOULD COME LATER. INSTEAD IT STARTED AS A CONCEPT: AN AMERICAN AND A CANADIAN SCRIBBLING OUT SOME IDEAS ON A NAPKIN. WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING FOR?  X#4X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8: E %s?>  DEBATE. A PUBLIC NOTICE, COPIES OF WHICH ARE BEING HANDED OUT NOW, IS BEING ISSUED. THIS PUBLIC NOTICE ASKS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SPECTRUM ISSUES RELATED TO THIRD GENERATION WIRELESS/IMT2000.  %s??  THIS PUBLIC NOTICE IS INTENDED TO NOT ONLY %s?GINTENDED TO BROADEN THE DEBATE, BUT ALSO TO HELP CREATE A RECORD ON WHICH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN BEGIN TO FORM ITS POSITIONS. 7%s?NTHIS U.S. GOVERNMENT POSITION WILL BE FORGE7I HOPE THAT EACH OF YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS PUBLIC NOTICE AND CONSIDER RESPOND %s?P ING %s?P  TO THE QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED EFFORT TO ENSURE %s?RBE SURE THAT THE FINAL U.S. POSITIONS .%s?SFOR WRC2000 ON IMT2000 SPECTRUM .ULTIMATELY MEETS YOUR NEEDS. [FUTURE] I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE PAST. AND I'VE JUST TALKED %s?]ALSO ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PRESENT WITH RESPECT TO STUDIES ON SPECTRUM FOR IMT2000. I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY TALKING A BIT ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND BEFORE I DO, LET ME PUT IN THE STANDARD FCC DISCLAIMER  %s?^   %s?^ THE VIEWS THAT I AM EXPRESSING THIS MORNING ARE MINE AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ITSELF. ":&0*((B$"ԌTHERE'S LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE IMT2000 SPECTRUM ISSUES. SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS NEED TO BE MORE FULLY DEVELOPED, REVIEWED, AND REFINED. IF ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM IS FOUND TO BE NEEDED FOR IMT2000 (OR IMT2000LIKE) SERVICES, THEN POSSIBLE BANDS THAT COULD BE USED TO SATISFY THOSE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE IDENTIFIED AND SELECTED. THIS WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE QUICKLY. ITU RADIOCOMMUNICATION %s?_S  TASK GROUP 8/1, THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEVELOPING THE RADIO RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMT2000, MUST COMPLETE ITS STUDIES REGARDING THE SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS FOR IMT2000 BY ITS MARCH 1999 MEETING. U.S. PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL BANDS FOR IMT2000, IF ANY, WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE 2000 WORLD RADIO CONFERENCE (IF NOT SOONER). THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN DEVELOPING U.S. POSITIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL BE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY AND DEBATE BEFORE THESE POSITIONS ARE FINALIZED. WHY? WELL, LET ME CLOSE BY OFFERING WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE SOME "LAWS OF IMT2000" THAT MAY GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT IS TO COME. THESE LAWS ARE PERHAPS SOMEWHAT LIKE THE LAWS OF PHYSICS %s?`  OR THE LAWS OF SOCC %s?d ER %s?d ; THEY PROBABLY WON'T CHANGE BUT THEY ALSO MAY NOT":& 0*((B$" TELL YOU HOW TO GET THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. LAW ONE THE DEMAND FOR WIRELESS SERVICES IS GROWING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW AT SIGNIFICANT RATES FOR SOME TIME. [ELABORATE] LAW TWO PEOPLE WILL WANT AND EXPECT TO HAVE NEW CAPABILITIES IN THEIR WIRELESS SERVICES. [ELABORATE] LAW THREE THERE IS A FINITE AMOUNT OF SPECTRUM, AND MOST OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED. [ELABORATE] LAW FOUR THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPETING USES FOR SPECTRUM %s?h . %s?h  [ELABORATE] LAW FIVE NO ONE WANTS TO GIVE UP SPECTRUM THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE. [ELABORATE] LAW SIX THERE'S NO "FREE RIDE" IN LIFE. SIMILARLY, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FREE SPECTRUM. [ELABORATE] %s?i  %s?n LAW SEVEN  WHILE I THINK THE ROAD AHEAD IS LIKELY TO BE BUMPY, I ALSO BELIEVE":& 0*((B$" THAT "WHERE THERE'S A WILL %s?o , %s?o  THERE'S A WAY." IT WILL BE IMPORTANT, INDEED CRITICAL, THAT THE U.S. WIRELESS INDUSTRY FORGE CONSENSUS POSITIONS ON THE IMT2000 SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS. IT WILL ALSO BE CRITICAL THAT INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT WORK TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH THOSE LOOKING FOR NEW SPECTRUM AND THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY USING THE EXISTING SPECTRUM. WHEN I LOOK BACK AT WHAT'S GONE ON WITH IMT2000 AND FPLMTS SINCE 1985, I OFTEN THINK OF HOW SLOW THINGS HAVE GONE. IT HAS BEEN 13 YEARS SINCE THE WORK STARTED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STILL NOT COMPLETE. YET AT THE SAME TIME, I CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORT THAT MADE TO REACH CONSENSUS AND FORGE DECISIONS %s?p  ON A NATIONAL AND GLOBAL BASIS %s?p . THE NEXT TWO YEARS WILL BE CRITICAL IN DETERMINING WHETHER  %s?q A GLOBAL PROGRAM SUCH AS  %s?q IMT2000 WILL REALLY BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE U.S., OR FOR THAT MATTER THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TODAY TO START SOME DIALOGUE THAT COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPORTANT U.S. POSITIONS AND, PERHAPS, NEW AND BETTER WIRELESS SERVICES FOR THE FUTURE. I HOPE YOU'LL FIND THE DIALOGUE STIMULATING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT ACTIVITY.