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Successful commercial operation of CDMA450 network in Russia

CDMA 450 Digitalization Conference Romania September, 2004. Successful commercial operation of CDMA450 network in Russia. Gennady Golant Deputy CEO, Technical Director, JSC « Delta Telecom ». First CDMA450 network in Russia (SKYLINK) was launched on December, 16 2002

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Successful commercial operation of CDMA450 network in Russia

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  1. CDMA 450 Digitalization Conference Romania September, 2004 Successful commercial operation of CDMA450 network in Russia Gennady Golant Deputy CEO, Technical Director, JSC «Delta Telecom»

  2. First CDMA450 network in Russia (SKYLINK) was launched on December, 16 2002 Infrastructure equipment: Lucent Technology Simultaneous operation of two networks analog NMT-450 digital CDMA450 in the same with NMT frequency band (4.5 MHz) CDMA450 Network Launch in St. Petersburg

  3. In November, 2003 CDMA450 network in Moscow was launched All NMT operators obtained the CDMA-450 licenses in the end of last year The major part of them will be united under SKYLINK “umbrella” There are 5 acting CDMA-450 networks with total number of subscribers about 100 000 SKYLINK metworks: St.Petersburg Moscow Acting operators which were launched not under SKYLINK brand) Kemerovo Bashkiria Nizhnevartovsk Other SKYLINK fragments are to be launched till the end of this year: 12 large cities, including main regional centers with the population over 1 mln, such as : Nizhny Novgorod (Central region) Ekaterinburg (Urals region) Novosibirsk (Siberian region) SKYLINK in Russia. Network Status

  4. Coverage area - St. Petersburg and its suburbs, North-West region of Russia (Novgorod and Pskov region, Rep. of Carelia) The North-West fragment of all-Russia SKYLINK network Total number of BTS – 195 To be increased up to 225 till the end of this year Number of subscribers – 72 000 in St.Petersburg The coverage is almost the same as in NMT network Huge average traffic per user: MOU = 1500 min ARPU = $68 Comparing current MOU with the average, normal subscriber’s traffic, the load of network is equal to 700 000 subscribers Network capacity was increased by launching 2nd carrier (2x) SKYLINK is the first CDMA450 operator who use 2x The most cost effective solution 2nd carrier (2x) was implemented only in the city boundaries, at the 100 BTS (130 BTS till the end of this year) Delta Telecom - the most developed fragment of SKYLINK in Russia

  5. CDMA450 spectrum aspects BTS TX band CarrierA 463.975 MHz CarrierB 465.225 MHz CarrierC 466.475 MHz Guard band Guard band 0.35 MHz 0.4 MHz 260 ch. 160 ch. 210 ch. 1.25 MHz 3.75 MHz 465.85 MHz 467.1 МHz 4.5 МHz 467.5 МHz 467.3 МHz 463 МHz 465.65 МHz Clearing spectrum of (2 x 1.25 MHz+ guard bands) from the NMT band

  6. EV-DO trial was successfully finished 2.1 GHz trial network is deployed Successful first call Testing the electro-magnetic compatibility of cdma2000 and UMTS in the 2.1 GHz frequency band Expected that till the end of this year the Telecommunication Ministry will define the conditions of UMTS & cdma2000 licenses distribution for 2.1 GHZ band In January, 2004 R-UIM technology was implemented: R-UIM cards are used in the network Only R-UIM supported handsets are purchased from the vendors ANSI-41/GSM MAP converter is under deployment CDMA/GSM “plastic” interstandard roaming will be tested New solutions tested on the SKYLINK network

  7. Business plan for development in year 2005 anticipates: Increasing number of subscribers up to 190 000 75% of them – “heavy”, with the high value of MOU 25% of subscribers – with MOU not higher than 500 min Total amount of BTS in St.Petersburg and in North-West region of Russia will reach 300 BTS Deployment of EV-DO in St.Petersburg and it’s suburbs BREW technology implementation Plans for development CDMA450 in North-West Region

  8. Highly competitive environment: 4 GSM operators in St.Petersburg Total subscriber base is more than 3.5 mln. subscribers Penetration > 65% Basic marketing strategy: Orientation to profitable and heavy speaking business subscribers willing to use data transmission (HSPD) Combination of voice services and HSPD services Offering packages, including voice+data for the fixed price: Voice included in the package – 500 / 1000 / 1500 / unlimited minutes Monthly fee for package – from $20 to $90 Successful SKYLINK development strategy in St.Petersburg

  9. HSPD subscriber’s demand • HSPD promotion (free of charge unlimited HSPD traffic) demonstrated the huge interest of the subscribers to this service • After 2x implementation and after decreasing the load of BTS, the average data speed in the city increased to 50-60 Kbits/sec

  10. Current status of CDMA450 infrastructure equipment • Since the launching of CDMA450 network in St.Petersburg the situation has been essentially changed • The number of infrastructure vendors increased • The products of 4 vendors certified in Russia (Lucent, Huawei, ZTE, Nortel) • Ericsson, Samsung and Alcatel expressed their intention to produce & certificate CDMA450 equipment

  11. Current status of CDMA450 mobile equipment • At the early stage: • Only two not attractive and very expensive models • The lack of mobile terminals was essential disadvantage • At present: • Range of mobile terminals, including PCMCIA cards are going to be significantly increased • The number of handset vendors increased from 2 to 9 • 9 models including Compact Flash card for PDA & PC are already sold in our market • About 10 models of different levels (hi-, mid- and low-end) are expected to commercially appear till the beginning of next year

  12. Commercially available CDMA450 terminals

  13. Thank you for your attention! Gennady Golant Deputy General Director Technical Director JSC «Delta Telecom» GGolant@deltatel.ru

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