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Wireless Broadband Services and Policy Concerns in Hong Kong

Wireless Broadband Services and Policy Concerns in Hong Kong. Xu Yan HKUST Business School xuyan@ust.hk. Mobile Multi-media Services in Hong Kong. Highly competitive mobile market: 11 2G licenses + 4 3G licenses + 7 MVNO Licenses Market restructuring in past 12 months

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Wireless Broadband Services and Policy Concerns in Hong Kong

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  1. Wireless Broadband Services and Policy Concerns in Hong Kong Xu Yan HKUST Business School xuyan@ust.hk

  2. Mobile Multi-media Services in Hong Kong • Highly competitive mobile market: • 11 2G licenses + 4 3G licenses + 7 MVNO Licenses • Market restructuring in past 12 months • Three trends in the 3G era • Mobile/media Convergence • Synergy of Corporate Resources and Strategies • Fixed/mobile Convergence

  3. Mobile/media Convergence • Mobile + TV • Mobile + Radio • Mobile + Newspaper • Mobile + Internet Portal

  4. Synergy of Corporate Resources • Shared channel by NOW and PCCW Mobile

  5. Fixed/mobile Convergence

  6. Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) • Broadband Wireless Access (BWA): • Multiple Technologies: technology neutral • Short delivery period: “on-demand” high speed connectivity for temporary event • Primarily the wireless extension of conventional wireline based fixed network • An effective solution for Type II Network Interconnection

  7. Accelerated Market Share of New Entrants in Local Fixed Network

  8. BWA: A Solution after Withdrawing Type II Network Interconnection? Network 2 Network 1 A TBE Room MDF B Block-wiring Distribution Point C Local Exchange of Network 1 Building Street

  9. The BWA and Fixed/Mobile Convergence • Mobile operators’ worry: will BWA pose a threat to 3G? • OFTA: BWA will complement rather than threaten 3G – at least until the technology fully matures, namely with the handoff and roaming capabilities.

  10. Handoff between Adjacent Cells Cellular Switch DMS-MTX PSTN

  11. Who Should Get BWA License? • Current licensing and regulatory frameworks for mobile and fixed carriers: • Separated and different • Can fixed carrier holding a BWA license provide mobile service? • No – then what about technology neutrality? • Yes – then what license? Fixed or mobile?

  12. Who Should Get BWA License? • Can mobile carrier get a BWA license? • If yes, can they use their 3G spectrums for BWA service? • If no, how can the mobile/fixed convergence be facilitated? OFTA is positively working on the convergence of mobile and fixed carrier license and conducting a comprehensive policy review of spectrum regulation

  13. Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) in Hong Kong • 1998 – government policy paper to introduce DTT in HK after 2002 • 1999 – technology trials of three DTT standards • 2000/2003 – two rounds public consultation • 2007 – DTT to be launched in Hong Kong • 2008 – 75% coverage in HK • 2012: Analogue switch off

  14. Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) Fixed Reception Only 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 Both Fixed and Mobile Reception

  15. Merger of Telecom and Broadcasting Services • DTT supports all kinds of services including: • Mobile broadcasting service • Interactive multimedia service • Text broadcast services • Telecommunications services • Merger of audio, sound, video and text services

  16. DTT and Its Policy Implications • DTT supports mobile TV and mobile interactive multimedia service, while current licenses do not allow mobile communications • DTT offers both paid and free service while current license are separated for these two business models in accordance with the Broadcasting Ordinance A new regime to deal with the merger of telecommunications and broadcasting services is required.

  17. Towards a Converged Regulatory Framework BROADCASTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA) • Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) • Information Technology Service Department (ITS)

  18. Regulatory Framework • Communications Authority (CA): Merger of Telecommunications Authority (TA) and Broadcasting Authority (BA) • The industry don’t see any urgency of merger • Infrastructure may suffer from content-related political controversies • Policy level merger may be more critical

  19. Spectrum Policy • Innovative royalty auction of 3G license • Consistency of renewed 2G licenses • Urgency for flexible trade of spectrum • Spectrum regulation for Digital Terrestrial TV • Comprehensive frequency policy review: • Asymmetric regulation between mobile &. wireless fixed technology?

  20. Towards a Converged Regulatory Framework • From technology-orientated regulation towards application-orientated regulation • The political objective of telecom policy should be guaranteeing “Universal Connection” rather than guaranteeing “Universal Service” in the specific context of EoIP • Efficiency remains the economic objective of telecommunications policy, while competition between different technologies and different players remains the best option to achieve the economic objective

  21. Thank You!

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