Why Migration. Migration to IMT-2000 in Developing countries: The view of Policy Makers and Regulators and market reaction

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1 Regional seminar on fixed mobile convergence, Nairobi 9-12 May 2005 Migration to IMT-2000 in Developing countries: The view of Policy Makers and Regulators and market reaction Why Migration Need of High speed data services Inadequacy of 2 G spectrum Need of additional operators in the market to increase the level of competition Rajendra Singh Advisor (Mobile Network) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 1 These additional operators could offer IMT services 2 1

2 The Key Considerations Existing Licensing Regime Is it a hurdle for migration Availability of equipment Is it that the equipment for IMT-2000 services is available only in a particular spectrum Technological developments SDRs,, Multi Tx-Rx in a single chip Spectrum Policy Efficient Utilisation of Spectrum Spectrum allocation Procedure Spectrum Pricing 3 4 2

3 Growth of Mobile services Targeted Market Level of Competition Current penetration level Tariff Affordability Population coverage Applications Effective charge (in Rs. per min.) Cellular Mobile Growth and effective charge per minute Fixed Cellular WLL(M) Mobile Subscriber base NTP '99 Telecom Tariff Order 3rd & 4th cellular operator WLL introduced Lowering of ADC from 30% to 10% of sector revenue CPP introduced Mar-98 Mar-99 Mar-00 Mar-01 Mar-02 Mar-03 Mar-04 Dec-04 Mar Mobile subscriber base (in Million) 5 6 3

4 Other related issues Spectrum Re-farming Spectrum trading Mergers and Acquisitions Surrender of spectrum 450 MHz Spectrum allocation for 2/2.5 G Cellular Mobile services International allocations* Spectrum allocated in some countries: / / / / / / Details are given in table Indian allocation Not allocated 800 MHz MHz paired with MHz paired with MHz (Used to provide WLL (M) & CDMA based mobile services) 7 8 4

5 900 MHz 1800 MHz 1900 MHz Spectrum allocation for 2/2.5 G Cellular Mobile services International allocations* MHz paired with MHz ( MHz paired with MHz E-GSM band) MHz paired with MHz MHz paired with MHz (North American PCS band) Indian allocation paired with MHz** (Used by 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd Cellular Mobile Service Providers for GSM) paired with MHz (Used by 4 th CMSP and for additional allocations to 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd CMSPs.) MHz is earmarked for Micro cellular technologies based on TDD Data Speed for IMT-2000 Services Stationary Pedestrian Vehicular 2 Mbps 384 kbps 144 kbps

6 Spectrum for IMT-2000 Services ITU-R R Recommendations M.1036 WARC-92 identified bands MHz MHz WRC-2000 identified bands MHz MHz MHz Frequency arrangements Frequency Arrangements in the band MHz band Mobile station transmitter Centre gap Base station transmitter Duplex separation Un-paired spectrum (e.g. for TDD) B ; B None B B4 (harmonized with B1 and B2) B5 (harmonized with B3 and parts of B1 and B2) B6 (harmonized with B3 and parts of B1 and B2) ;

7 Interference Issue: IMT GHz Vs. 1.9 GHz band Spectral Efficiency Concept BaseStation to Base Station Interference:: CDMA2000 TX will cause interference into the WCDMA RX Mobile Station to Mobile Station Interference: WCDMA TX will cause interference into CDMA 2000 RX

8 Efficient Utilisation of Spectrum Efficient Utilisation of Spectrum For cellular mobile systems, it can be expressed as SUE = (Traffic in Erlangs) (Amount of Spectrum in MHz) X (Area in Sq. Kms) For a specified GoS Is it practically possible to measure efficiency based on this formulae? Is it necessary? SUE = Spectrum Utilisation Efficiency

9 Spectrum Pricing Auction AIP Cost Recovery Percentage of Revenue Based on Market indicators Beauty Contest THANK YOU