Reginald Coutts

Curriculum Vitae - Reginald Paul Coutts

PERSONAL DATA
Home Address: Lot 100 Winsor Ave, PO Box 381, Hahndorf , SA. 5245
Telephone: 08 8388 1645
Mobile: 0414 477 766
Place of Birth: Australia
Date of Birth: 13th July 1949
Nationality: Australian

BUSINESS ADDRESS
Coutts Communications Pty Ltd
PO Box 381
Hahndorf South Australia
TEL: 0414477766
EMAIL: reg.coutts@adelaide.edu.au

EDUCATION
BSc (Adelaide, 1972) - Mathematics & Computer Science
BE(Hons) (Adelaide, 1973) - Electrical & Electronic Engineering
PhD (Adelaide, 1976)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Senior Member, IEEE
Senior Member, IREE
Fellow, IEAust

PRESENT POSITION
Managing Director, Coutts Communications Pty Ltd
Professor Emeritus, University of Adelaide

OTHER POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD
Director, Telecommunications Society of Australia (TSA) (www.tsa.org.au )

OTHER POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY HELD
Director, Centre for Telecommunications Information Networking (CTIN) (www.ctin.adelaide.edu.au)
Director m.Net Corporation(www.mnetcorporation.com )
Director AITEC Corporate Education and Consulting (www.aitec.edu.au )
Alternate Director, Smart Internet Technology CRC (www.smatinternet.com.au)

Career History (focus on University period)
While this career history covers the 17 years in Telstra till 1993 when Professor Coutts joined the University, these last 10 years in the University sector are summarised in more detail.

Telstra
Dr Coutts joined the Telecom (now Telstra) Research Laboratories in 1976 in Melbourne as a research engineer after completing his postgraduate studies. From 1976 to 1988 he led research teams first building a pioneering group into digital microwave systems and later into the emerging mobile communication technologies of the mid 1980's. In 1982 he became Head of the Radio and Satellite Systems Section in its Research Laboratories. From this date on he deepened his involvement in the broader telecommunications industry issues eventually being seconded to the Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC) in 1984 to assist in their review of Research and Development in Telecommunications in Australia.

Highlights of this 12 years in the Telstra Research Laboratories are:

• Dr Coutts led the research team that undertake comprehensive field trials of high capacity digital radio microwave systems including extensive data acquisition capabilities. The measured results supported a new link planning method which was published in international conferences in 1983 and 1984. This new approach was taken up within the Telstra design methodologies.
  
• In 1984, Dr Coutts was seconded to the Federal Government review by the Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC) into the state of research and development in telecommunications and its impact on Australia's competitive industry position.
  
• As head of the Section, Dr Coutts transitioned the expertise of the section from digital radio to the study of future digital mobile technology which lead to Dr Coutts participating in the first meeting in Canada by the ITU in 1986 to consider a third generation mobile technology now referred to “3G”. This involvement in this development by ITU continued up to 1992 where spectrum was designated for this new technology.
  

In July 1988, Coutts joined the commercial arm of Telecom Australia at the formation of the Mobile Communications Business Unit where he was charged with responsibility for steering the technology and regulatory direction of the business. In this capacity he directed the deregulatory process underway to minimise the erosion of business in the emerging competition environment. To this end he became actively involved in the development of the new competitive, regulatory framework, especially for the Mobile Communications Industry in Australia. Coutts had responsibility for negotiations with Government on spectrum issues, with the industry regulator Austel on competition issues and managing overall business development including research and development. In 1993, the Mobiles Business Unit R&D budget alone was in excess of $11 million.

Highlights of this 5 years in the new Telstra business unit are:

• As National Manager of Strategy for the mobile business unit in 1988, Dr Coutts developed the strategy for Telstra to the new industry regulator Austel in its review of the need for mobile competition so as to maximise the business position of Telstra.
  
• As National Manager of Strategy and Business Development, Dr Coutts and his team managed the $11 million R&D budget to unpin the development of competitive advantage for the business. During this time, several new businesses including the current GSM network were launched and a number of innovative service features were made available.
  

This involvement at the leading edge of the unfolding innovating IT&T technologies has placed Coutts at the centre of telecommunications industry development both nationally and internationally for the better part of 20 years. Consequently he built a unique network of R&D and industry leaders both in Australia and overseas. Internationally Dr. Coutts participated in the International Telecommunications Union – the international standards organisation and as Chaired its Working Group for a Third Generation Mobile Technologies standards known as FPLMTS or IMT2000.

These several roles across the industry, government policy and technical innovation has given him wide management experience and the acquisition of strong people and political skills very useful in isolating areas of disputation and building consensus.

The University of Adelaide
In 1993 Coutts was appointed to the foundation Chair of Telecommunications. Professor Coutts also was Director of a new centre, the Centre for Telecommunications Information Networking (CTIN) at the University of Adelaide. CTIN had to be fully financially self supporting within 5 years. Under Professor Coutts, CTIN achieved this goal and the Centre became a key centre for research, training and business consultancy in telecommunications in Australia and the region. Its scope covered wireless technologies, regulatory issues and the global wireless communications market where the strategy was to link specific technical research with economic/marketing factors as they might impact industry structure and business competitiveness. In addition, Professor Coutts was continuing as Director CTIN lead a number of broader initiatives to build the Universities links to industry and Government. While CTIN was closed in May 2002 with the industry down-turn, it provided the basis for expansion of the ICT expertise which has been integrated into the University.

Highlights of the over 10 years with the University are:

• The successful establishment of a new centre CTIN which was unique in the country in that it was fully industry supported and was built with no foundation grant developing its client base on the east coast of Australian overseas. In addition to the contract research, business consultancy and training done in the centre, a number of initiatives in the application of social science were supported and a myriad of both graduate students were supported at CTIN.
  
• In 1997, Professor Coutts was the foundation Director of the Institute for Information Technology and Telecommunications (IITT) with the aim to build stronger links across all the IT&T groups in the University including Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and the Teletraffic Research Centre associated with Applied Mathematics. From 1998 there has been significant expansion of IT expertise in the University with the appointment of 2 new Professors (including Professor Lang White) and several other academic and contract staff. This research is now done within the Centre for Internet Research (CIR) incorporating the new Convergence Research Group.
  
• In 1999, Professor Coutts assisted the introduction of a new innovative postgraduate program for the education of graduate students across many disciplines in the process of commercialisation launching Master of Science and Technology Commercialisation (MSTC) in 2000 after a successful pilot the previous year. Professor Coutts has been instrumental in developing this program as Chair of the Board of Studies. The program was developed at the University of Adelaide in partnership with IC2 at the University of Texas, Austin. This is core component of the Education Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation (www.ecic.adelaide.edu.au ).
  
• As part of the support from the State Government for new Chairs in IT, the South Australian Consortium for IT&T (SACITT) was formed based on collaboration between all 3 Universities in South Australia and Professor Coutts represented the University of Adelaide. SACITT has gone on to over see major initiatives such as the CEI program for graduate education with DSTO.
  
• In 2000, Professor Coutts developed the participation of Adelaide University in a new Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) called the Smart Internet Technology CRC (www.smartinternet.com.au ). This CRC now sponsors a number of research projects within the University conducted in CIR and TRC.
  
• In 2001 Professor Coutts on behalf of the University Adelaide worked with Professor Mike Miller of University of South Australia to build the broad industry / University consortium to win Government funding to establish the m.Net Corporation (www.mnetcorpration.com ) “3G wireless precinct” in Adelaide to develop wireless internet applications. As well as sponsoring contract research, m.Net has been sponsoring undergraduate projects on applications.
  
• In late 2001, Professor Coutts on behalf of SACITT, chaired the South Australian bid for a stake in the Federal Government's proposed ICT Centre of Excellence with the strategy for an “ICT Cluster” called Innovation Lab Australia (ILA). While ILA was not successful in being part of NICTA , the bid that won the Federal Government support, the University of Adelaide has been working with DSTO against this back drop and will have the first NICTA fellow from 2003 (Professor Lang White).
  

Since May 2002 to November 2003, Professor Coutts while continuing to contribute to the Electrical & Electronic Engineering School, he is Associate Dean Industry Linkages of the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematical and Computer Sciences. He is also Coordinator for the Smart Internet Technology CRC and Director, Technology Strategy for m.Net Corporation as an in-kind contribution.

In summary, Professor Coutts as well as building an industry supported research Centre CTIN which was recognised in the national industry scene, Professor Coutts built on this base to enable the University to expand its core academic expertise in relevant ICT disciplines. While CTIN closed in 2002 with industry down turn, the University is now well placed with its new expertise and its involvement in m.Net, SACITT, the Internet CRC and ILA to take advantage of the return of the ICT sector in 2003/2004.

Professor Coutts is internationally recognised for his contributions to the telecommunications industry particularly in the field of mobile communications from bringing both a business and academic perspective. This recognition is evidenced by ongoing requests for him to give papers at international industry and academic seminars and to take up consultancies in America, Europe and South East Asia.

Services to Government and the Industry

Since being at the University, Professor Coutts has built up consultancy experience with key ones being:

• Advised the Federal Government in 1997 at the time of the introduction of the new 1997 Telecommunications Act on how to introduce greater competition into the mobile sector consistent with the Act.
  
• With the team at CTIN advised the regulator the ACCC in 1998 on the technical aspects on inter-carrier roaming under consideration for Government intervention.
  
• With his team at CTIN and an external partner developed a delivered a course for the technical regular the ACA to assist their staff in understanding the industry dynamics of telecommunications deregulation.
  
• Partnering with an external legal firm, developed and delivered a training program for the regulator in South Africa (SATRA) in 1999 with respect to their regime for expanding mobile competition. This training program was supported by both AusAid and Telstra.
  
• The developed expertise of CTIN was of particular value to new market entrant companies such as Optus, One.Tel, Vodafone, Ericsson and Hutchison where advice on issues included technology, regulatory and market structure.
  
• More recently, Professor Coutts has been engaged by international telecommunication companies because of his unique experience and expertise to assist in patent disputes in North America and the UK.
  

Services to the University

Areas where Professor Coutts has made a contribution to the University of Adelaide are:

• The University is a stakeholder of the Advanced Engineering Centre for training in IT&T (AITEC). Professor Coutts was Chairman of the AITEC Curriculum Committee, member of the AITEC Board of Studies and also the AITEC Board of Directors.
  
• Member of the Department of EEE and has made significant contributions to strategic change in the Department.
  
• Member of the University ARC Small Grants Selection Panel in 1996.
  
• In 1996 member of the University Review Committee constituted to review the Computer Science Department.
  
• In 1996, a member of the “Centres Review” Working Party established by the Academic Board.
  
• Member of the Information Technology and Information Services Strategy Advisory Committee (ITISSAC) established by the Academic Board in 1996.
  
• Member of the Faculty Boards of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
  
• Member of the Engineering Faculty Advisory Committee
  
• Member of the informal University IT&T Steering Group which oversaw the development of several new IT&T related degree courses including the BE (IT&T) degree.
  
• Under direction from the SPRI Council, working with Scott Gillespie of the MFP, developed a strategic options paper for SPRI which called for winding up of the current model and relaunching a new Centre of IT&T in South Australia.
  
• Member of the Academic Board of the University from 1996 to 1999.
  
• Convenor of a Working Group established by the Academic Board to consider “Teaching More Efficiently”
  
• Director of the Institute of Information Technology and Telecommunications (IITT) from 1997 until it ceased in 2001.
  
• Member of the Executive group responsible for initiating and running the Master of Science and Commercialisation course in conjunction with the University of Texas, Austin Texas and was Chairman of its Board of Studies. The established and well recognised course is now part of the Education Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation. (www.ecic.adelaide.au ) which he started.
  
• Member of the Teletraffic Research Centre (TRC) Advisory Board
  
• Proxy member for the Executive Dean of Engineering on the Luminis (pre ARI) Board of directors
  
• Alternate Director nominated by the University to the Board of the Smart Internet Technology CRC (www.smartinternet.com.au )
  
• Director nominated the University to the Board on m.Net Corporation (www.mnetcorporation.com ) and Chairman of the m.Net's R&D Committee.
  

Services to the Community (including the ICT Sector)

Areas where Professor Coutts has made contribution to the community on behalf of the University of Adelaide are:

• Member of the Board of Optcomm, a new Multimedia company spun off from the Crippled Children's Association (CCA) to train people with physical disabilities for work in the industry.
  
• Chairman of the South Australian committee and Director on the national Board of the Telecommunications Society of Australia (TSA).
  
• Member of the South Australian Governments Working Party on IT Consulting Services and member of the Telecommunications Expert Group of the IT Council of South Australia.
  
• Member of the working group of the Prime Minister's Science and Engineering Council (PMSEC) on telecommunications in 1997
  
• Member representing the University of Adelaide of the Board for IT week in South Australia sponsored by EDS.
  
• Founding member representing the University of Adelaide in the South Australian Consortium for IT&T (SACITT) and Chairman of the bid for a South Australian node in the ICT Centre of Excellence.
  

PUBLICATIONS (since joining the University of Adelaide)

1993
1. Coutts, R.P., "GSM and PCS - The Convergence of Technology", Institute for International Research (IRR) Conference on Implementing Competitive GSM Networks and Services, Sydney, 16-17th August (1993)
2. Coutts, R.P., "Spectrum Management in The Digital Age: Problems and Prospects", CIRCIT Seminar, Melbourne, November 23, (1993)
3. Coutts, R.P., "PCS - Not a Technology Evolution Push but a Test Case for Industry Transition to Market Pull", Institute for International Research (IRR) Pan Asian PCS'93 Conference, Hong Kong, 1-3 December (1993)
4. Coutts, R.P., "History of Standards for Mobile Communications", Telecommunications Journal of Australia, Volume 43, No. 2, (1993)

1994
5. Coutts, R.P. "PCS - Not a Technology Evolution Push but a Test Case for Industry Transition to Market Pull", Institute for International Research (IRR) 5th Annual Conference - Mobiles '94, Sydney, 21-23 March (1994)
6. Coutts, R.P., "The Transition to GSM - A Case of Relative Economics and Marketing", The Institute for International Research (IRR) Second Annual Pan-Asian GSM Summit, Hong Kong, 25-27 April (1994)
7. Coutts, R.P. and Kwiatkowski, M, "Opportunities for Intelligent Network Applications with Personal Communication Services (PCS)", Institute for International Research (IRR) Conference on Intelligent Networks, Sydney, 25-26 July (1994)
8. Coutts, R.P., "The Case to Review AMPS Closure", Communications Research Forum, 26-27th September , Sydney 1994
9. Coutts, R.P., "What Factors Are Necessary For The Realisation of PCS?", Institute for International Research (IRR) Pan Asian PCS'94 Conference, Hong Kong, 14-16 November (1994)

1995
10. Coutts, R.P., "Personal Communications in the Global Network", The Asia Business Forum Conference, "Satellite Communications In The Asia-Pacific - An Area Of Growth; An Area Of Challenge", Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-18 Jan 1995
11. Coutts, R.P., "Integrating Terrestrial & Satellite and Mobile & Fixed Services", The Asia Business Forum Conference, "Satellite Communications In The Asia-Pacific - An Area Of Growth; An Area Of Challenge", Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-18 Jan 1995
12. Coutts, R.P., "The Transition from Analogue to Digital" Institute for International Research (IIR) Conference Sydney Mobiles '95 February 1995.
13. Coutts, R.P., "Interconnection Requirement for PCS Services" The Third Annual Pan-Asian, GSM 1995 Summit, Hong Kong 20 - 22 March 1995.
14. Coutts, R.P., "A Strategic View of the Australian Mobile Market - Now and in the Future" IBC Conferences The Benefits Of Mobile Business Solutions 26 - 27 April 1995.
15. Coutts, R.P., Nesterov, S., "Interconnection ->= Requirement for PCS Services" "Philippines Mobilecom Summit '95", Manila, Philippines 28-30 June 1995.
16. Coutts, R.P. and Thomas, B., "Mobile Communications", An Editorial, IREE Monitor, July 1995.
17. Coutts, R.P., "Personal Communications Services (PCS) - An Overview", Special Issue of The Telecommunications Journal of Australia, July 1995.
18. Ostrowski, M., Coutts, R.P., "Simulation Model for Intelligent Network Based Personal Communication Services" Wireless '95, July 10-12 1995 Calgary, Canada.
19. Coutts, R.P., "The Communications Revolution is Changing the Way We Work, Live and Play" APCOM XXV 1995 Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industries Sheraton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia 9-14 July 1995.
20. Coutts, R.P., Ostrowski, M., "Estimation of SS7 Traffic in UMTS Network in proceedings of IEEE 1995 Global Telecommunications Conference, Singapore, 13-17 November 1995.
21. Coutts, R.P., "Interconnection - A Global Issue For All" The 1995 Interconnection & Competition in the Local Loop, Singapore 27 - 30 November 1995.
22. Coutts, R.P., "Interconnect Clearing House - A Possible Way Forward" The 1995 Interconnection & Competition in the Local Loop, Singapore 27 - 30 November 1995.
23. Coutts, R.P. and Burns P., "Extending the Innovation Triangle: Telecommunications Research in South East Asia" Communications Research Forum 1995, Sydney 19 - 20 October 1995
24. Coutts, R.P., "Development and Research of Personal Communications in Asia-Pacific Region" Panellist 1995 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Universal Personal Communications (ICUPC) Record, Tokyo 6-10 November 1995
25. Coutts, R.P., and Madden, G., "Scenario Based Forecasting for New Telecommunications Technologies and Services" IBC Conference on Telecommunications Market Forecasting, 4-5 December 1995, Sydney.

1996
26. Coutts, R.P. “The IT&T Revolution - Some Implications for the Mining Industry" Mining Information Technology '96 AIC Conference Sydney, 15-16 February 1996.
27. Coutts, R.P., "Mobile Mobility: Myth or Magic" Telecommunication Society of Australia guest lecture, 12 March 1996, Perth.
28. Coutts, R.P., "Competition and Interconnection for Network Evolution to PCS" Mobiles '96 Conference Sydney 18-19 March 1996.
29. Coutts, R.P., Ostrowski, M., "Inter-domain Security Issues for IN Based Services", IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '96 Conference, Melbourne, 21 - 24 April 1996.
30. Coutts, R.P., "Access Technologies & Standards for Personal Communications" Wireless Access Technologies Conference 14-15 August 1996, Sydney.
31. Coutts, R.P., "Spectrum Auctions: Choice of Technology Options" Personal Communications Services Conference 26-27 August 1996, Sydney.
32. Coutts, R.P., "DECT & PHS: Let the Market Decide!" Digital Cordless Telephony Conference `96, 2-4 September 1996, Hong Kong.
33. Nelson, S., Rogers, R., Coutts, R.P., "Wireless Personal Communication Systems" Communications Research Forum, Melbourne, 28 - 29 October 1996.
34. Coutts, R.P., "Wireless Access and Network Implications" Networks `96 Conference, Sydney, November 1996.

1997
35. R.P. Coutts, ‘Spectrum Auctions: Revenue, Competition & Incumbents', Mobiles ‘97, IIR Conferences, Sydney Australia, March 3-5, 1997
36. R.P. Coutts, "Customer Service Benchmarking for Mobile Services - A Question of Focus and Balance", AIC Benchmarking for Telecom Operators Conference, Hong Kong 13-14 May, 1997
37. R.P. Coutts, “Industry Regulation: Its Effect on Service Delivery”, Profiting from Wireless Communications Conference Sydney, July 28-29, 1997
38. R.P. Coutts, “A New PCS Competitor? Unlikely under the Proposed Options!”, The 1997 Telecommunications Access Summit, AIC Conferences, Sydney, August 11-12, 1997
39. R.P. Coutts, “Spectrum: What is it? How can I use it? How much is it worth?” AEEMA - Technology Trends and Opportunities Seminar, Melbourne, September 16th, 1997
40. R.P. Coutts, “Strategies for New Entrants in a Competitive Market”, Mobile Communications beyond the Spectrum Auctions, AIC Conference, Sydney September 24-25, 1997
41. R.P. Coutts, ‘Surviving the Information Revolution: Access is the Lifeline' invited ANZAAS Conference presentation, Adelaide September October 28-November 2, 1997

1998
42. R. P. Coutts, “New Mobile Satellite Services - The Answer for Rural and Remote Communities?”, 1998 Australasian Cable & Satellite Conference, Sydney 10-12 February, 1998
43. R. P. Coutts, “Mobile Communications - Export Opportunities or Cargo Cult!”, AMTA Mobile Communications Forum, Sydney 25-27 February, 1998
44. R. P. Coutts, “Research and Development - Harnessing Australia's R&D Potential”, AIC Conferences, Sydney 30-31 March, 1998
45. R. P. Coutts, "Opening Remarks from the Chair!', Mobiles ‘98, Sydney 31 March & 1-2 April, 1998
46. R. P. Coutts, “Mobile Satellite Service as Part of the USO”, 1998 International Wireless & Telecommunications Symposium Exhibition (MTS '98), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11-15 May, 1998
47. R. P. Coutts, “Private sector R & D in the Australian Telecommunications Industry”, The New Zealand Research, Technology & Innovation Conference AIC Conferences, Auckland, New Zealand, 27-28 May, 1998
48. R.P. Coutts, “The Roles of the Players in the new Telecommunications Regime', ‘Telecommunications Law 1998”, Telecommunications Law 1998 , held by the Business Law Education Centre (BLEC), Sydney 10th June, 1998
49. R. P. Coutts, A. Simpson, “Meeting the Needs of Operators for Wireless in the Local Loop”, Increasing Carrier Based Services in Rural Telecommunications, AIC Conferences Sydney 15-16 June, 1998
50. D. Rogers, R.P. Coutts, “Wireless Options for Extending Broadband Interactive Services", Research Report, prepared for CIRCIT Ltd, June '98
51. R. P.Coutts, “Mobile Communications - Australian and Global Overview from Original Equipment Manufacturers' point of view”, 1998 AEEMA National Forum, 17-18 September, 1998, Sydney
52. R.P. Coutts, N. Soonthonsiripong, D. Rogers, “The Potential for Spectrum Sharing”, Communications Research Forum (CRF), Canberra, September 24-25, 1998.
53. R.P.Coutts, “Multimedia and Third Generation”, The Second International Summit CDMA Asia Pacific towards 3G Mobile Systems, 20-30 September, 1999 Tokyo, Japan
54. R.P.Coutts and S. Nesterov “An Analysis of the PCS Auctions in Australia”, Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC'99), Honolulu, Hawaii, January 17-20th 1999
55. R.P.Coutts, “The Basis to extend the USO - Rural and Remote Communications, Improving Access and Communication Based Services to the Bush”, IIR Conferences, Brisbane, 8-9th February, 1999
56. R.P.Coutts, “Beyond 2000 3rd Generation - Australian Mobile Communication Congress, Communication without Boundaries”, AIC Conferences, Sydney, 2-4th March,1999
57. R.P.Coutts, “Technology, Policy and competition – the mix! - Regional Australia On-line Conference”, Barossa Valley, 29-30 April, 1999
58. R.P.Coutts, “3G - If we build, will they come? – 1st International Taiwan 3G Mobile Systems”, IBC Asia Ltd, 31st May – 1st June 1999, Taipei, Taiwan
59. R.P. Coutts, Nittaya Soonthonsiripong, “The Provision of Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation” submission to DOCITA, June '99
60. R.P.Coutts, M. J. Sorell, “Third Generation Mobile Developments”, ACIF Future Networks Directions Seminar, Parkroyal Darling Harbour, Sydney, October 27, 1999

2000
61. R.P.Coutts, M. Sorell, “If the Internet is free, how can you charge for Mobile Data?”, Australian Mobile Communications Congress, AIC Conferences, Sydney, February 9-11th 2000
62. R.P.Coutts, “Wholesale Carrier Services – Winners and Losers”, Network Infrastructure , IIR Conferences, Sydney, May 17-19th 2000
63. R.P.Coutts, “Workshop Paper – Planning for Data Capable Networks”, Optimising Mobile Networks Conference, IIR Conferences, Sydney, June 19 – 21st 2000
64. R.P.Coutts, “The Future of Mobile Commerce”, Mobile Commerce World Australasia 2000, AIC Conferences, Melbourne, July 4-5th 2000
65. R.P.Coutts, “The Wireless Application Space!”, Wireless ASP Conference, Sydney, July 31st – 1st August 2000
66. R.P.Coutts, “One Spectrum, Different Systems”, Convergence & Regulation Conference, NIG Conferences, Sydney, August 15-16th 2000
67. R.P.Coutts, “Paying for WAP – Who will pay & how?”, WAP Australia 2000 Conference, IBC Conferences, Sydney, August 28-29th 2000
68. R.P.Coutts, “Ring home today, your microwave wants to hear from you!”, ACS Student an Young IT Professionals Conference for 2000, Adelaide, October 12th 2000
69. R.P.Coutts, “How to make money from 3G Services”, The Australian 3G Summit, IBC Conferences, Sydney, 31 October – 2 November 2000
70. R.P.Coutts, “Spectrum Auctions for 3G Wireless Licences”, Article for Telecommunications Journal of Australia Volume 50 No. 3 Spring 2000
71. M.Eduardo Mascarenhas da V. Alves, Sergey Nesterov & R.P.Coutts, “Broadband Access & Networking Technologies”, P&QNET 2000, Nanzan University Seto Campus, Japan, November 27-30th 2000

2001
72. R.P.Coutts, ”Bluetooth Empowering Handheld Devices”, Bluetooth Australia 2001, IBC Conference, Sydney, February 19-21st 2001
73. R.P.Coutts, “Market Mechanisms for Spectrum Allocation”, Sydney Network Insight Seminar, RMIT Research Group, Presented to Spectrum Allocation, Sydney, March 19th 2001
74. R.P.Coutts, “Examining the Opportunities and Pitfalls of Making the Business Case for the Deployment of GPRS”, GPRS Summit, IIR Conferences, Sydney, Sydney 29-30th March 2001
75. R.P.Coutts & T.Buot, “Planning the Integration of W-CDMA and UMTS and the Impact on Network Evolution and Service Provisioning", UMTS Network Planning, IIR Conference, Sydney, 24-25th May 2001, Melbourne 28-29th May 2001
76. R.P.Coutts, “Spectrum Auctions Enabling 3G Mobile Communications”, Telecommunications and E-Commerce: Trade and Development in a Knowledge-Based Economy, The International Telecommunications Society's Asia-Indian Ocean Regional Conference, Held by The National Office for the Information Economy, Perth, 1-3rd July 2001
77. R.P.Coutts, “Pricing Strategies”, GPRS Summit, IBC Conferences, Sydney, 25-26th July 2001
78. R.P.Coutts, “mNet Australia”, NextGEN Network Technologies 2001, Marcus Evans, Sydney, 20-21st August 2001
79. E.Alves, S.Nesterov, R.P.Coutts, "Characterisation or Internet Paths Through a Minimum RTT Delay Model", IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communication, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, 21-24th October 2001
80. R.P.Coutts, "Coexistence and Converging Applications", IBC Conferences, CommsWorld - Bluetooth, Sydney, 13-14th November 2001

2002
81. R.P. Coutts, “Innovation Lab Australia – the Adelaide Cluster”, The Warren Centre's Wireless Mobile Clusters Forum, 21st March 2002
82. R.P. Coutts, “The Latest Development Platforms, frameworks and Tools”, Marcus Evans Conference, Creating the Virtual Enterprise, 8-9th August, 2002
83. R.P. Coutts, “The New Wireless Broadband: Chaos or Focus”, Invited Lecture to the Telecommunications Society of Australia, Melbourne, 29th October 2002
84. R.P. Coutts “Lessons from Australia's m.Net Wireless Test bed”, invited speaker on behalf of m.Net Corporation, Next Generation Wireless Services Development, 20th November 2002, The Sheraton Hotel, Hong Kong
85. D. Osborne, D. Rogers, J. Mazumbar, R. Coutts and D.Abbott, “An Overview of Wavelets for Image Processing for Wireless Applications”, SPIE Conference, Melbourne, Dec 2002. Conf Proceedings P.427 –430
86. A. Gyasi-Agyei and R. Coutts, “Analytical model of a Differentiated Service scheme over Wireless IP Links,” proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON'02), Singapore, 27 - 30 August 2002, pp. 223-228.

2003
87. R.P. Coutts, “Technology Forecasting – Telecommunications Graveyard”, CA Business Forum, Adelaide, 14-16th May, 2003
88. M Armstrong, T Barr, R Coutts, P Coutts, A Knowles & S Moore, “Trust in the Internet: The key bottleneck”, Telecommunications Journal of Australia, Autumn 2003
89. R.P. Coutts et al, “Beyond The Wireless Internet Hype - Re-engaging the User”, Comminations Research Forum (CRF'03), Canberra, Oct 1-2 2003
90. R.P. Coutts, “ Market Drivers – the Overview of Here and Now”, Mobile Commerce World 2003, 2-4 September 2003, Melbourne Australia.
91. R.P. Coutts, “Interaction Between WiFi and 3G”, on behalf of m.Net Corporation, WLAN Asia Pacific, IBC Conference, Hong Kong, 7-8 October 2003
92. R.P. Coutts, “m.Net Facilitating the Development and Commercialisation of Applications- A Test Bed for Applications”, on behalf of m.Net Corporation, 3G World Congress, Bangkok Thailand, 3-7 November 2003

2004
93. R.P. Coutts and T. Barr, “An Internet for Transactions – A User Perspective to Inform Future Business Models”, Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC'04), Hawaii USA, 11th-14th January 2004
94. R.P. Coutts, “The Wireless Access Debate”, Invited panellist on behalf of m.Net, Special Panel Session, Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC'04), Hawaii USA, 11th-14th January 2004