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Future of Roaming Looking at the Mobile and Hubbing Village Lahore, 2 nd April 2007. Belgacom International Carrier Services SA Quentin de Montblanc +32 2 547 52 74 Hans Penu +65 943 01 700. Agenda. The International Mobile Landscape Enhancing Roaming & Inter-Working
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Future of RoamingLooking at the Mobile and Hubbing VillageLahore, 2nd April 2007 Belgacom International Carrier Services SA Quentin de Montblanc +32 2 547 52 74 Hans Penu +65 943 01 700
Agenda • The International Mobile Landscape • Enhancing Roaming & Inter-Working • The Open Connectivity Context • The IP Evolution • Going Forward
Focus on coverage for new services Closed policy to prevent fraud & spam Mature Market Tier 1 Mature Market Tier 2/3 Developing Market Tier 1 Developing Market Tier 2/3 New entrant willing to sign Roaming/IW agreements Limited volumes to justify expansion Universal services, not islands… • Community of 680+ Mobile Operators & 2 Bio+ subscribers MNO MNO MNO MNO
MMS Inter-Working ~20 networks SMS Inter-Working ~250 networks Video Telephony ~20 networks Voice Inter-Working ~650 networks GPRS, WAP, MMS, IMSRoaming in ~25 networks IMS Inter-Working Yet to start ! Voice, SMS Roaming ~250 networks International User Experience Source : BICS
Fraud Agreements Deployment Support Billing Mobile Operators Challenges Enhance service offering & extend the reach
Filling the gaps • User Experience vs International Reach Source : BICS Expand participation to grow international reach
Enhancing the Inter-Working Fabric • For SMS & MMS • 1 agreement with the Hub (AA19, AA70) • 1 technical connection • 1 financial relation Multilateral HUB Non-Roaming Partners Non-GSM Networks Bilaterals Roaming Partners
Towards MMS Usage Take-Up • National Growth Drivers • MMS-enabled handset penetration In 2007, almost 100% of new handsets sold will be MMS-enabled • Adoption of clear & affordable service prices • Improved User experience • Effective Marketing • Value Added Services Content-to-Person applications Mobile e-mail • Networks interoperability • Direct correlation between traffic and reach • National A reality in 60 countries • International 180 operators linked trough MMS hubbing Clear Take off is now reality
PMN A PMN B Costs PMN C Settlement Network Faults Solution Provider Solution Provider Testing Settlement Testing Settlement Signalling Network Faults Signalling Network Faults PMN PMN PMN PMN PMN PMN Enhancing the Roaming Fabric • Three main solutions in the market Sponsor Model, Bi-lateral Efficiency & The Hub approach • Open Connectivity proposes Single IMSI Roaming Hub Model as a long-term viable solution
€ Agreements & IMSI Hub Invoice € Home MNO B Visited MNO C € Enhancing the Roaming FabricCase 1 - Sponsoring new entrants Sponsor MNO A TAP IMSI A TAP IMSI A Signalling IMSI B Signalling IMSI A TAP IMSI B IMSI A Inbound support possible Combination of sponsors Sharing/discounts within Alliances Single testing Restrict Visibility SIM card update with IMSI stack Sponsor for each Participant Notifications to Roaming Partners
Agreements & IR.21 Agreements & IR.21 Hub Invoice testing Visited MNO B Home MNO A € Enhancing the Roaming FabricCase 2 - Bi-lateral Automation Roaming Database TAP IMSI A TAP IMSI A Signalling IMSI A Signalling IMSI A IMSI A Complements clearing solution Efficient use of existing guidelines Up-to-date Com. & Tech. Database Transparency Financial liability not covered Testing for each bi-lateral relation Bi-lateral agreements required Time consuming for new entrants
Hub Invoice Invoice testing Home MNO A Visited MNO B € € Enhancing the Roaming FabricCase 3 - The “Broker” Model Signalling IMSI A Signalling IMSI A TAP IMSI A TAP IMSI A IMSI A Single interconnection & settlement Single testing between hub & MNOs Financial liability shared with hub No clearing house required Require hub interoperability New Architecture to be defined New process for Participating MNOs
GSMA Open Connectivity Initiative • Current paradigm of bilateral relationships will unlikely meet expectations of 600+ operators going forward • One-to-one needs to be replaced by a many-to-many model • Global Roaming • To ensure that an operator is able to allow its customers to roam on the network of any other GSMA member. • Global Inter-working • To ensure that the customers of all 3GSM networks (and in future, other technologies) can send and receive services between themselves. • Optimization of Costs • To ensure cost-optimization for operators in establishing and maintaining global roaming & inter-working agreements.
MNO 2 MNO 3 MNO 1 MNO 4 MNO 6 MNO 5 Open Connectivity Project Detail • An EMC initiative • Supported by the GSMA Board • Started in March 2005 as part of the Roaming Refresh • Focusing on: • Short-term: Improving efficiency of establishing and maintaining bi-lateral inter-working and roaming agreements. • Longer-term: Looking at new solutions, such as Hubs, to enable quick and easy establishment of new (multi-lateral) agreements. MNO 2 MNO 3 MNO 1 MNO 4 Hub PROVIDER Other Hubs MNO 6 MNO 5
OC High Level Requirements (1/2) • Open Solution Interoperability of solutions • Obligation Manage white & black lists • Transparency Full visibility of transactions at commercial & technical level • Cascade billing Remove need for bi-lateral settlement • Efficiency Efficient use of resources and minimize network configuration • End-to-end Quality of Service Measurement of KPIs and commitment on QoS (SLAs)
OC High Level Requirements (2/2) • Service Support Full outsourcing capabilities for O&M activities • Testing Outsourcing of testing activities • One relationship Need to offer One Stop Shopping solution • Fraud & Security Latest tools & functionality for anti-spamming & anti-fraud • Availability Continuous & reliable access to the service • Service & Enabler Support Offer services individually through a single connection
MNO MNO MNO MNO Hub 3 Hub 1 Hub 2 MNO B MNO A Single investment Unique billing & settlement Open competition Trusted environment Extended 2-way reach Termination Revenue Limited implementation Reduced testing Open Connectivity Status • Commercial and Technical framework for Hubbing Proof of Concept SMS successfully demonstrated in Barcelona 3GSM World Congress February 2006 (Orange, SFR, TI & Belgacom) SMS Hubbing Trial completed with 13 hub providers & 29 Mobile Operators and announced at Singapore 3GSM Congress October 2006 Proof of Concept Roaming successfully demonstrated in Barcelona GSM World Congress February 2007
From GRX to IPX • GRX is today ONLY a high quality “Bit Pipe” • We need to add intelligence in the networks • SIP Proxy • Session Border control • Media Gateway control (reach of fixed networks) • Monitoring and reporting platforms • High QoS and SLA’s GRX -> IPX : GRX becomes service aware !!!
IP INTERWORKING FABRIC Quality Routing Interoperability Billing Scalability Security Towards an all-IP Universe xSPs Wireline PSTN/DSL Cable Broadband Portals MVNO MVNE MobileOperators
Going Forward • Interconnection amongst SMS and MMS hubs • Trial Roaming Hub solution • Interconnection amongst Roaming hubs • Mobile Operators Connections • Automated implementation of Roaming • Automated roaming tests • Automated update of Reference Data • Electronic invoicing