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Samena Trends Exclusively for Samena Telecommunications Council's Members Building Digital Economies Volume 09, June, 2018 A SAMENA Telecommunications Council Newsletter www.samenacouncil.org SAMENA TRENDS EXCLUSIVELY FOR SAMENA TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL'S MEMBERS BUILDING DIGITAL ECONOMIES Cisco: IoT and 5G - Opportunities for Tomorrow’s... 25 Huawei: Transport Networks are the First Step Towards 5G 34 Interview Mr. Fadi Kawar CEO Lebara Mobile KSA THIS MONTH 5G USAGE SCENARIOS VOLUME 09, JUNE, 2018 Contributing Editors Contributions Publisher Izhar Ahmad Cisco SAMENA Telecommunications Council SAMENA Javaid Akhtar Malik Huawei Subscriptions TRENDS [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Advertising Bocar A. BA [email protected] SAMENA TRENDS [email protected] Tel: +971.4.364.2700 CONTENTS INTERVIEW 04 EDITORIAL 07 REGIONAL & MEMBERS UPDATES Members News Regional News 36 SATELLITE UPDATES Satellite News 43 WHOLESALE UPDATES Wholesale News 47 TECHNOLOGY UPDATES The SAMENA TRENDS newsletter is wholly Technology News owned and operated by The SAMENA 05 Mr. Fadi Kawar Telecommunications Council (SAMENA 53 CEO Council). Information in the newsletter is not REGULATORY & POLICY UPDATES Regulatory News Lebara Mobile KSA intended as professional services advice, and SAMENA Council disclaims any liability for use of specific information or results thereof. A Snapshot of Regulatory Activities in the SAMENA Region Articles and information contained in this publication are the copyright of SAMENA Telecommunications Council, (unless Regulatory Activities otherwise noted, described or stated) and Beyond the SAMENA Region cannot be reproduced, copied or printed in any form without the express written ARTICLES permission of the publisher. 25 34 The SAMENA Council does not necessari- ly endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the content, comments, opinions or statements made in The SAME- NA TRENDS by any entity or entities. Infor- mation, products and services offered, sold or placed in the newsletter by other than The SAMENA Council belong to the respective en- tity or entities and are not representative of The SAMENA Council. The SAMENA Council hereby expressly disclaims any and all war- ranties, expressed and implied, including but not limited to any warranties of accura- IoT and 5G - Opportunities for Transport Networks are the First cy, reliability, merchantability or fitness for a Tomorrow’s Service Providers Step Towards 5G particular purpose by any entity or entities offering information, products and services in this newsletter. The user agrees that The SAMENA Council is not responsible, 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 Council’s only liability in the event of errors shall be the correction or removal of the erroneous information after verification. CONTENTS© 2018 - All rights reserved. SAMENA TRENDS is a trademark of SAMENA Telecommunications Council. EDITORIAL SAMENA TRENDS 5G Usage Scenarios Developing 5G use cases remain an exciting data between networks and users, and thus and important challenge area for the Industry. Operators would be able to conduct their data offerings more cost-effectively. When seen how the cellular market currently operates, the first primary use cases of 5G 5G also has the potential to create a sustainable are expected to be centered on cost-effective digital society. For average consumers, 5G broadband data capacity - an offering which, technologies and services could speed up arguably, may actually be realized from connections, allowing implementation and improved versions of 4G as well. However, easier use of virtual reality and augmented because reducing complexity is an important reality. For professionals, improved connectivity aspect of any new system design, and next- and low-latency based communications generation cellular systems are no exception, would open windows of new opportunities. it is important that an altogether different, For businesses, 5G could help accelerate Bocar A. BA fifth-generation set of cellular and mobile deployment of enterprise-centric technologies, Chief Executive Officer & Board broadband technologies are developed, including of IoT products. The low latency - Member instead of continuing to introduce newer rather than just faster speeds - will be a great SAMENA Telecommunications versions of 4G cellular technologies - of which game-changer, and would enable the creation Council there have been plenty since 2010. It is time of new business models. for an utterly new version of a global cellular technology, which should support Operators’ Efficient use of existing (and gradually being need to control costs of growing data traffic freed and re-utilized) spectrum is among due to mobile broadband, and to help maintain 5G’s most notable features, causing the QoS with a competitive edge. Other use cases, addition of new bands to be added to cellular such as trans-national and trans-regional communications. This will enable 5G to connectivity requirements would also help offer unprecedented user speeds and digital drive deployment of of 5G, which can provide experience for mobile broadband applications, a universal platform to support and adapt including for those that require congestion-free to applications or services that will benefit networks, reduced buffering, speedier access both the Industry and the currently under- to content, and robustness in both urban and development digital society. non-urban settings. Industry-wide discussions, anticipation, In any given practical and implementable excitement, and challenges revolve around 5G scenario, new business model development promising to be a unified interface offering in the 5G world will be centered on end-users. multi-gigabit speeds and sub-millisecond Building viable 5G business cases requires latency; supporting distributed architecture creativity, stakeholder co-operation building, and intelligent edge; network slicing for and defining new partnership prospects service differentiation; and a capability to that transcend traditional roles and modes serve equally well the common man and of engagement. Furthermore, for parallel specialized fields, such as the performing investments to take place and yield returns, arts. 5G will not only offer ultra-high speeds both private-sector and governments need to for enhanced broadband, ultra-low latency collaborate and help create use-cases that for mission-critical applications, and help have the potential to meet success in the drive the IoT ecosystem, but will also prove shortest possible time, to help make initial to be substantially more efficient. This would phases of 5G deployment over the coming year translate to lower costs per bit to haul wireless successful. 4 JUNE 2018 INTERVIEW SAMENA TRENDS Mr. Fadi Kawar Fadi Kawar has over 25 years of experience as an CEO executive in the telecommunications industry. He was appointed CEO of Lebara Mobile in Saudi Arabia in Lebara Mobile KSA 2014, after previously working as Senior VP Finance & Strategy and acting CFO at Mobily. Previously, he was Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and CEO of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission in Jordan. He holds a degree in accounting and business management from the University of Jordan and obtained his MBA from the University of Hartford. 5 JUNE 2018 INTERVIEW SAMENA TRENDS Q. How have you positioned Lebara Mobile customers, and as the country opens up, the data demand of our customers. The as mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) we explore new tools and partnerships to shift to data is a global, and similarly to in the telecommunication landscape? provide more products and services. Vision our operations in other countries, we are 2030 gives unique momentum to agile and building our projects and offerings around A. The Middle Eastern mobile markets have dynamic companies to grow quickly and to this, for example, free minutes along relatively high barriers to entry for MVNOs, serve customers better, and we want to be with data packages. IoT, along with other though we have succeeded in capturing part of that wind of change. data-heavy mobile phone applications our market share nonetheless. We found a like video streaming and online gaming, niche with our offering and have gathered Vision 2030 has opened up will boost data demand in the years to a strong subscriber base. The frequent come. For gaming, we are working on new changes in the regulations in the Saudi major opportunities for the partnerships telecommunications have not distracted technology sector, and we us from our focus; it encouraged us to will certainly be part of this Q. What are your ambitions for the coming streamline our operations. Globally, our years? focus is to target migrant communities journey. and Medium Low Income nationals with A. We want to diversify and transform pay-as-you-go SIM cards, and that is Q. How has your mobile virtual network our telecoms business to align with how we started in 2014. Before entering enabler (MVNE), in collaboration with vision 2030 requirements. The the Saudi market, Lebara has experience Huawei, advanced since its inception in telecommunication industry is rapidly in building a successful MVNO in eight 2016? developing, and we want to ahead of the countries, and we have the know-how to game. Telecommunications—voice and target the underserved segment of the A. This was an excellent partnership and data—will remain our bread and butter market that we are in. Simplicity and trust it has been
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