Australia - Mobile Communications - Spectrum Overview

Synopsis

This report provides an overview of information relating to the radio spectrum used to provide wireless and mobile telephony services in Australia. It provides selected details of spectrum ownership and its usage by network operators and gives an overview of the regulatory authority and related developments with respect to services using radio spectrum based on GSM, WiMAX and Ultra-Wideband technologies.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview
  
• 3. Spectrum regulations
  
  • 3.1 Australian Radiofrequency Plan
    
  • 3.2 Regulatory issues
    
  • 3.3 Fifteen-year spectrum licence pathway
    
• 4. Spectrum issue – more to it than meets the eye (Analysis)
  
• 5. Spectrum based services
  
  • 5.1 Mobile services
    
  • 5.2 WiMAX wireless services
    
    • 5.2.1 National Broadband Network
      
  • 5.3 Ultra-Wideband services
    
  • 5.4 Mobile Satellite Services
    
  • 5.5 DECT Services
    
• 6. Spectrum ownership and licences
  
  • 6.1 Apparatus licences
    
  • 6.2 Spectrum auctions (separate report)
    
  • 6.3 Unlicensed spectrum (IMS)
    
• 7. Related reports
  

• Exhibit 1 – Allocations for Wireless Access Services – 2009
• Exhibit 2 – Mobile spectrum by operator in capital city and regional area
• Exhibit 2 – GSM services by operator
• Exhibit 3 – WCDMA services by operator
• Exhibit 4 – Ownership of selected frequencies for WiMAX services