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Oportunidades y desafíos de LTE: la perspectiva del operador

Oportunidades y desafíos de LTE: la perspectiva del operador. Bob Calaff Director, Spectrum & Technology Strategy T-Mobile USA. Outline. About T-Mobile About LTE Opportunities Challenges Implications. About T-Mobile USA.

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Oportunidades y desafíos de LTE: la perspectiva del operador

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  1. Oportunidades y desafíos de LTE: • la perspectiva del operador • Bob Calaff • Director, Spectrum & Technology Strategy • T-Mobile USA

  2. Outline • About T-Mobile • About LTE • Opportunities • Challenges • Implications

  3. About T-Mobile USA • 4th largest U.S. operator with 33 milion subs (24 million contract, 9 million no-contract) • Operates UMTS/HSPA+ on AWS band (1.7/2.1 GHz) covering 3/4ths of US population • Operates GSM on PCS band (1.9 GHz) • Presently in process of refarming portion of PCS for UMTS/HSPA • This will LTE launch in 2013 in AWS • HSPA+ services maintained in AWS and PCS • Part of Deutsche Telekom Group, with 130 million customers worldwide

  4. About LTE LTE Ecosystem Advances1 LTE Technology Advances2 Devices Launched Commercial Networks Rel-820+20 MHz Rel-10 LTE-Adv.40+40 MHzby carrier aggregation >2.5x increase >3.5xincrease 24 161 July 2011 July 2011 8X8MIMO 89 417 July 2012 July 2012 1 Gbps 4X4MIMO 2X2MIMO 4X4MIMO Faster Speeds & GreaterSpectral Efficiency 2X2MIMO 1 Source: GSA (the Global mobile Suppliers Association) 2 Source: T-Mobile analysis of 3rd party research and vendor simulation results

  5. Opportunity -> Operators • Increased throughput & cell capacity • Reduced latencies • Full mobility • Flat, IP-based architecture • Scalable spectrum channels • Backwards compatible • QoS enhancements • Interoperability with other access technologies (e.g. CDMA, Wi-Fi) • Better Performance • Network Operational Efficiencies • Potential New Revenue Sources

  6. Opportunity -> Consumers

  7. Opportunity -> Society Developing countries lead the way in deploying mobile technology

  8. Challenges –> Margin per bit Will future revenues support LTE network investments? (Source: Morgan Stanley Research, June 2012) (Source: Kleiner Perkins, May 2012)

  9. Challenges –> Mobile Usage Trends T-Mobile USA Smartphone Consumption Akamai, State of the Internet Report, 1Q2012 “The volume of mobile data traffic almost doubled from the first quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012, and grew 19% between the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012.” 1.3GB1 30X increase 760MB 433MB 133MB 25MB 2009 2010 2011 2012 1Average monthly data consumption among T-Mobile customers using HSPA+ 42 capable smartphones

  10. Challenges –> Spectrum Supply Status quo will result in shortages of mobile spectrum in short order. (Source: FCC, October 2010)

  11. Implications (1) -> The Search for Additional/Harmonized Spectrum • Example – the AWS opportunity & challenge • 3GPP LTE Band Class 10 => 1710-1770 MHz, paired with 2110-2170 MHz • Harmonized throughout the Americas, however, • Encumbered above 1755 MHz in the US by government users • Goal: extend AWS-1 by 25 MHz at upper band edges J-Block(2175-2180) AWS-1 (2110-2155) AWS-3 (2155-2175) AWS-1 (1710-1755) Federal Spectrum (1755-1850) “[U]pcoming AWS auctions are designated in Latin American countries such as Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina, and Peru, complementing current AWS support in the United States, Canada and Chile. Consequently, AWS has become ‘an essential LTE band for LTE roaming support in North America and Latin America, advancing AWS as a solid candidate for one of the essential seven or eight LTE bands deemed critical for global roaming LTE devices and services,’ reports Current Analysis.” (Source: Fierce Broadband Wireless, 12 August 2012)

  12. Implications (2) -> Expediency Required Example: US experience has been minimum 6 years from initial identification to commercial licensing (Source: Rysavy Research, June 2012)

  13. Implications (3) -> Collaboration Among Stakeholders is Vital • Example: End-to-end view of mobile service includes these components – • Devices/Apps • Spectrum • Cell Sites • Backhaul • Interconnection • Numbering/Addressing Resources (not pictured below) • Policymakers play key role in all these areas, in particular cell siting – a critical strategy for increasing LTE capacity going forward (see next slide). • Collaboration amongstakeholders (policymakers, operators, vendors, analysts, interest groups, academia, content providers, and others) increasingly important in considering these multifaceted subjects. Cell Sites External Network(s) (C) (B) (E) (D) (A) Mobile Core Network Devices/Apps

  14. Cell Densification will also be Required Going Forward (as in the Past) Illustrating the significance of small cells and ‘hetnets’ (heterogeneous networks of macro/micro/pico/femto cells) for LTE deployment (Source: SenzaFili Consulting, 2011)

  15. Agradezcosuatención. • Additional Resources • 4G Americas, Sustaining the Mobile Miracle (2011) (en Español) • Peter Rysavy, Mobile Network Design & Deployment (2012) • Chetan Sharma, Competition and the Evolution of Mobile Markets (2011) • World Bank, Maximizing Mobile (2012) 15

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