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Abstract

Commencing with the advancements that may be expected in 3G during the first decade of this century, we move on to anticipate subsequent developments based on what society might need and the technologies that may be required. The near demise of mobile satellite networks and removal of radio broadcasting from potential mobile radio bands will provide the necessary bandwidth for high capacity, high quality multimedia mobile services utilising a dense concentration of fibre networks coupled to radio cells of all sizes. The integration of many factors from high aerial platforms (HAPS) (that are located in the stratosphere and from terrestrial cells that can be adjusted in size and moved instantly to suit teletraffic changes) to picocells, body-LANS to the fixed network, software agents to soft telecommunications, will be discussed. Finally, the possibility of our networks metamorphosing into a global brain, and how man-kind might adapt to this supra-intelligence will be addressed.