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Samena Trends Exclusively for Samena Telecommunications Council's Members Building Digital Economies Volume 05, January, 2017 A SAMENA Telecommunications Council Newsletter www.samenacouncil.org SAMENA TRENDS EXCLUSIVELY FOR SAMENA TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL'S MEMBERS BUILDING DIGITAL ECONOMIES Digitalization of the Senegal Economy 37 Technology Trends for 2017 and Beyond 48 Interview Osman Sultan Chief Executive Officer du The Advent of Next Generation Networks 52 OVERCOMING ASYMMETRIC REGULATORY EFFECTS WITHIN THE ICT INDUSTRY VOLUME 05, JANUARY, 2017 Contributing Editors Subscriptions Izhar Ahmad [email protected] Javaid Akhtar Malik SAMENA Advertising Contributing Members [email protected] TRENDS Sudatel Syniverse Legal Issues or Concerns Editor-in-Chief [email protected] Bocar A. BA Publisher SAMENA Telecommunications Council SAMENA TRENDS [email protected] Tel: +971.4.364.2700 CONTENTS 04 EDITORIAL 10 REGIONAL & MEMBERS UPDATES Members News Regional News 24 SATELLITE UPDATES Satellite News 05 The SAMENA TRENDS newsletter is 34 WHOLESALE UPDATES wholly owned and operated by The Communication with SAMENA Telecommunications Council Wholesale News (SAMENA Council). Information in the Regulatory Bodies on newsletter is not intended as professional Spectrum Decision- 39 TECHNOLOGY UPDATES services advice, and SAMENA Council Making Processes disclaims any liability for use of specific Technology News information or results thereof. Articles and information contained in this 54 REGULATORY & POLICY publication are the copyright of SAMENA Telecommunications Council, (unless UPDATES otherwise noted, described or stated) and Regulatory News cannot be reproduced, copied or printed in any form without the express written A Snapshot of Regulatory permission of the publisher. Activities in the SAMENA The SAMENA Council does not necessari- Region ly endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the content, com- Regulatory Activities Beyond ments, opinions or statements made in the SAMENA Region The SAMENA TRENDS by any entity or entities. Information, products and ser- vices offered, sold or placed in the news- ARTICLES letter by other than The SAMENA Council 07 belong to the respective entity or entities 37 Digitalization of the and are not representative of The SAME- NA Council. The SAMENA Council hereby Senegal Economy INTERVIEW expressly disclaims any and all warranties, IoT: Revolutionizing expressed and implied, including but not 48 Technology Trends for the Way Common limited to any warranties of accuracy, re- 2017 and Beyond liability, merchantability or fitness for a Citizens Experience particular purpose by any entity or en- the World tities offering information, products and 52 The Advent of Next Osman Sultan services in this newsletter. The user agrees Generation Networks Chief Executive Officer that The SAMENA Council is not responsi- du ble, and shall have no liability to such user, with respect to any information, product or service offered by any entity or entities in this newsletter. The SAMENA Coun- cil’s only liability in the event of errors © 2017 - All rights reserved. SAMENA TRENDS is a trademark of SAMENA Telecommunications Council. shall be the correction or removal of the erroneous information after verification. CONTENTS EDITORIAL SAMENA TRENDS Overcoming Asymmetric Regulatory Effects within the ICT Industry In our industry, continually engulfed by through the mutual efforts of regulators and disruptions and on the way to transformation for telecom operators, and to a considerable extent now over a decade, all inhabitants of the digital driven by innovation in digital communication, ecosystem are seeking new value-additions to have made it possible for the general public to be differentiate themselves from the competition, included. This inclusion, subsequently, has taken to maximize their share of customer spend. on other forms, holding new promises in human While telecom operators still have the grip on socio-economics. They also stand reminded the larger share of the ecosystem revenues, that telecom regulation itself faces challenges alternative communication services providers from general regulation, sometimes triggered by have significantly grown their revenue by giving or applied in an ad-hoc fashion. Thus keeping strong competition on affordability, data-rich up with the spirit of digital development goals communications capability, and operating requires transformation in existing regulatory beyond terrestrial borders. arrangements. Keeping up with the pace of this market At the end, what is common to both the public and competition, and the complexities that it encases to private-sector players is that both welcome Bocar A. BA when seen from stakeholder interaction and innovation. For this very reason alone, it may Chief Executive Officer business sustainability within the market, is be argued, we need to do everything to ensure SAMENA Telecommunications one of the ultimate challenges for all of us we keep on track, by continually monitoring Council to overcome in order to eliminate, or at least where asymmetries arise in regulation, and how reduce, asymmetric regulatory effects within our promptly they should be overcome to keep the industry. In relation to telecom operator versus path to innovation clear. alternative communication providers, the notion of asymmetries has been very well-pronounced. Open communication, just as SAMENA Council facilitated this month at the 3rd MENA Spectrum Notably, however, we have been seeing regulatory Management Conference, is of the essence, when steps being taken l to level-up the field in some it comes to understanding asymmetries and markets. finding ways to work around them. Ranging from internet rules to ensure “reasonable” network management, making net- neutrality principles a part of the national telecom acts; requiring over-the-top players to exclusively work with licensed operators; extending telecom rules to Web-based communication service providers; to imposing strict obligations on alternative players to register as local entities with sole ownership or enter through local partnerships and pay industry fees and taxes, the diversity of regulatory attempts to manage the current regulatory imbalances reflects well on government efforts around the world to address the business sustainability challenge. During the transition that telecom operators are making to next-generation services, driven primarily by software technologies, applications, and systems, concerned government bodies too are trying to find new paths to ensure balance in competition, innovation, and new investments in smarter infrastructure. This is because the governments realize that the economics of regulation and the challenges presented by the implementation of next-generation technologies, and, indeed, by digital disruptions that are enabled by those technologies, have changed much in the industry. Cost reductions, made possible 4 JANUARY 2017 SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY SAMENA TRENDS SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY Communication with Regulatory Bodies on Spectrum Decision-Making Processes This month, SAMENA Telecommunications Council moderated a regulatory roundtable on spectrum management at the 3rd Annual The main purpose of the MENA Spectrum Management Conference, held in Dubai from the 24th to the 25th. The conference, which was hosted by TRA-UAE, was a part regulatory roundtable of the Global Spectrum Series – the world’s largest collection of regional moderated by SAMENA spectrum management events. Council was to facilitate The main purpose of the regulatory roundtable moderated by SAMENA communication with Council was to facilitate communication with regulatory bodies from within the Arab region, to provide an overview of the spectrum decision- regulatory bodies from making processes and spectrum allocation plans for the future, within the Arab region. including methods used for allocating spectrum, pricing methodologies, and overall governance of the spectrum. 5 JANUARY 2017 SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY SAMENA TRENDS Spectrum management for developing UAE, Qatar, and Egypt aided clarity on SAMENA Council has reiterated that the next generation of mobile broadband regulatory plans. Insights into spectrum WRC-19, which is to be held in Geneva is among the key priority areas for distribution mechanisms and the use in 2019 and is a key event that the the industry. Thus the Council has of spectrum allocation formulae, future communication industry is anxiously always placed emphasis on the need spectrum allocation and preparatory awaiting, presents a good opportunity for transparent dialogue, visibility and work for 5G, spectrum re-farming after to reach agreements on key frequencies, predictability in decision-making, and phasing out older technologies, and defined across the industry to realize on enhancing common understanding of balancing stakeholder requirements efficient socio-economic benefits and perspectives across stakeholders. and priorities on spectrum and related to accelerate the digital economy. fronts were gained in the presence To enable all communication players SAMENA Council’s member operators, of an audience of 200-plus industry across the terrestrial and satellite space, in particular, believe that the allocation professionals and senior executives. contribute to timely launch of next-gen of certain frequency bands, which are technologies, develop low-cost devices, of importance to the communications Challenges associated with spectrum and to mitigate cross-border frequency industry, at large, require further management and
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