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3G/UMTS Evolution: Towards a New Generation of Broadband Mobile Services – Perspectives for the Arab Region 3G/UMTS Evolution: towards a new generation of broadband mobile services – Perspectives for the Arab Region Jean-Pierre Bienaimé Chairman, UMTS Forum ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain Summary • About the UMTS Forum • 3G/WCDMA/HSPA worldwide market update • From 2G/GSM to 3G/WCDMA/HSPA – cost-effective steps • Towards mobile and wireless broadband: • UMTS/HSPA and Fixed Wireless Access complementary technologies (WiFi, WiMAX,…) • A look to the future: 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE) • Perspectives for the Arab Region ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 1 About The UMTS Forum The UMTS Forum is an international, cross-sector industry body comprising operators, manufacturers, regulators, application developers, research organisations and IT industry players. OBJECTIVES To promote a common vision of the development and evolution of 3G/UMTS and to ensure its worldwide commercial success: by expressing a strong industry voice promoting 3G/UMTS technology and its evolutions through lobbying and promotional actions globally by forging dialogue between operators, manufacturers, administrations & regulators, and other market players that can ensure commercial success for all by providing market knowledge to aid rapid development and uptake of new services and applications To provide practical support to industry, administrations and policy-makers: by offering guidance to governmental and financial communities, providing marketing input to technical standardization bodies (the Forum is a Market Representation Partner of 3GPP), and advising on spectrum requirements both for the present and future 3G systems through its membership of the three sectors of ITU, in the activities of which it participates regularly - such as the ITU-R WP8F – in view of preparation for the next World Radio Conference 2007 (WRC-07) The UMTS Forum serves the interests of all its members through educational and promotional activities in its role as the voice of the 3G mobile market. ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain UMTS Forum Key Focus Areas Work-plan 2007 in summary ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 2 The mass market embraces 3G/UMTS More than 180 million 3G subscribers worldwide, including over 120 million 3G/UMTS subscribers More than 2 times as many UMTS/W-CDMA subscribers as CDMA2000 EV-DO worldwide Over 160 W-CDMA networks launched in 70 countries, and around 200 EDGE networks in 105 countries… Over 100 HSDPA networks launched commercially Over 900 W-CDMA/HSDPA devices launched Industry sources including Wireless Intelligence, April 2007 ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain A regional view W. Europe and Asia Pacific largest W-CDMA markets Total global W-CDMA subscriber base: 120 million (April 2007) Source: Wireless Intelligence ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 3 HSDPA and WCDMA: Global deployments ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain European regional focus: HSDPA and WCDMA deployments ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 4 3G/UMTS Terminals • April 2007: Over 900 3G/W-CDMA/HSPA terminals (handsets and PC cards) commercially available by a growing range of European, Asian and US vendors • Latest models compare with 2G handsets in terms of battery life, weight and size ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain Growth driven by an improved customer experience Increased 3G/UMTS market uptake driven by: • Increased choice of terminals • Smaller size and lower weight • Improved battery life • Reduction in entry cost (e.g. Christmas promotional offers by operators) • Strong customer incentives through attractive tariff plans (e.g. pre-pay and fixed-price packages) – often aligned with 2/2.5G pricing • Better customer experience through improved network coverage ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 5 3G Operator Evolution Options 3G/UMTS PDC TD-CDMA HSDPA/ TD-SCDMA GSM GPRS HSUPA W-CDMA 90%+ TDMA EDGE CDMA2000 CDMA2000 CDMA One 1x RTT 1x EV-DV CDMA2000 1x EV-DO ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain Many Upgrade Paths GSM EDGE WCDMA HSPA LTE Non-3GPP technologies ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 6 From GSM to GSM/UMTS The efficient path to 3G • For GSM operators, UMTS offers a smooth migration from 2G to 3G – Dual mode mobile stations – Core Network common to GSM and UMTS – Reuse of 2G services • Since MAP is common to GSM and UMTS, the success of GSM roaming can be kept and extended – UMTS subscribers will benefit from the GSM foot print + Japan ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 3G/UMTS: The benefits to operators Network Optimisation • UMTS builds on investments in GSM providing a network optimisation opportunity for operators. Operators can retain legacy 2G core network, IT and service platforms; can also re- use existing sites and implement site sharing Cheaper Additional Capacity • UMTS gives operators additional capacity compared with 2G to support more subscribers (especially in urban centres) as well as greater speeds and ability to support new multimedia services including video… • UMTS allows operators to add additional network capacity at a cost up to 8 times lower than providing incremental 2G capacity. This gives operators the opportunity to reduce the proportion of investments in relation to total turnover Increase in Revenues • 3G/UMTS drives ARPU: 3G customers at NTT DoCoMo in Japan spent €21 each month more than DoCoMo’s 2G customers, i.e. an ARPU of €65 for 3G compared with €44 for 2G [Sept. 2005] Average 3G customers in the UK also spent €21 each month more than 2G customers, i.e. an ARPU of €64 for 3G compared with €43 for 2G [Sept. 2005] ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 7 HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) The next step in evolution of the 3GPP air interface HSDPA = high speed mobile broadband , enabling a wide variety of high bandwidth multimedia services including: - high quality streaming video, - fast downloads of high resolution images and large files, - interactive e-mails & gaming, - telematics,… Compared with WCDMA, HSDPA: 1. increases throughput (2 →14.4 Mbps): total and average per user 2. reduces latency 3. increases data capacity up to 5x in dense urban environments (micro-cells) ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain HSPA Service Impact •High Speed Browsing Device •Multi-player Gaming Capabilities •Voice over IP •E-mail with attach’nt •Video Downloads •Mobile TV •Music Downloads New Services •E-mail text with HSPA •MMS exchange •MS Office apps Services with •SMS •Low Speed Browsing improved Services experience Unchanged 10 20 50 100 200 500 kbps ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 8 HSDPA: Global deployment status ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain HSDPA: Now a market reality - 100+ HSDPA networks already in service - 50+ HSDPA networks planned, in trial or in deployment… EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC • Orange France launched September 06 • NTT DoCoMo (Japan) launched September 06 • T-Mobile Germany-Austria & Hungary • SmarTone Hong Kong launched June 06 launched March 06 & May 06 • SKT & KTF Korea launched May & July 06 • Mobilkom Austria launched Jan 06 • Dialog Telecom Sri Lanka launched August 06 • H3G Italy launched Feb. 06 • TIME dotCom & Celcom (Malaysia) June 06 • Amena (Spain) launched June 06 • Smart Com & Globe (Philippines) April 06 • Vodafone Germany-Portugal & Italy-Spain- UK-Romania launched Mar. 06 & June 06 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA • SFR (France) launched June 06 • Wataniya Kuwait launched Feb. 06 • Optimus Portugal launched April 06 • Etisalat UAE launched April 06 • Elisa Finland & Estonia launched April 06 • MTN & Vodacom (RSA) launched March 06 • Swisscom Switzerland launched Mar. 06 • Mobily Etisalat & STC (Saudi Arabia) June 06 • TIM (Italy) launched May 06 • Mobiltel Bulgaria launched March 06 NORTH AMERICA • Eurotel Czech Rep. launched Apr. 06 • Cingular AT&T US launched Dec 05 • Cosmote Greece launched June 06 • Rogers Wireless Canada launch Nov 06 …plus HSUPA launches from February 2007 ITU-D/ITU-T Seminar on Standardization & Development of NGN for the Arab Region 29 April-2 May 2007, Manama, Bahrain 9 HSDPA already live in emerging markets! Kuwait’s number 2 cellular operator Wataniya Telecom has launched the Middle East’s first HSDPA network. • Enables customers to access the Internet and obtain audio and video services, with initial speeds ranging between 1 Mbps and 2 Mbps / Accessed initially via PC data card. • Additional upgrade to the operator's network (provided by Nokia) creates an EDGE layer, supporting mobile data service provision outside areas of WCDMA-based 3G coverage. MTN Group and Vodacom have launched commercial HSDPA services to users in South Africa, initially in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
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