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TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY

TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY. ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL MIGRATION PROCESS AND ITS IMPLICATION ON THE BROADBAND AGENDA “TANZANIA EXPERIENCE” ICT CONFERENCE ON BROADBAND ACCESS Kampala Uganda, 15 th – 19 th April, 2013 PRESENTED BY ENG. ANDREW J. KISAKA. Agenda.

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TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY

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  1. TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL MIGRATION PROCESS AND ITS IMPLICATION ON THE BROADBAND AGENDA “TANZANIA EXPERIENCE” ICT CONFERENCE ON BROADBAND ACCESS Kampala Uganda, 15th – 19th April, 2013 PRESENTED BY ENG. ANDREW J. KISAKA

  2. Agenda • Migration process in Tanzania • Milestone • Access to broadband • DTT Market and spectrum issues • Challenges • Conclusion

  3. Adoption of digital broadcasting • 2005:Tanzania initiated the migration process by issuing the 1st Public Consultation Document (PCD)on how digital broadcasting may be managed, regulated and implemented • 2006: Second Public Consultation Document on Introduction of Multiplex Operators (Carriers) • 2006: Formation of the National Technical Committee to oversee the migration; • 2007: A series of sensitization to Government and Media stakeholders;

  4. Adoption of digital broadcasting • 2008: Licensing process of Multiplex Operators through Expression of Interest (EoI) in the newspapers; • 2009: Evaluation of applicants and • 2010: Granted National Network Facilities Licence to three Multiplex Operators; Agape Associates Limited, Star Media Tanzania Limited and Basic Transmissions Limited; • 2010/2011: Switching ON digital broadcasting and Extensive Public Awareness started countrywide. • December, 2012: Analogue Switch Off (ASO) by phase starting with capital city – Dar esalaam

  5. Political Will The Government accorded full support to ensure timely migration, as follows:- • Government Buy in; • Cabinet approval in 2008:- -digital migration roadmap; -digital migration strategy; -communication strategy • Support by the President of the URT;

  6. Communication strategy Commutation Strategy Communication is power. One of the key success factors was to identify and categorize the audience/ profiling for effective outreach:- • 2010 TCRA formulated a Communications Strategy (CS) and submitted it to the Government for approval. The Government approved it; • The CS provided for all communications outlets including print and electronic media (newspapers, tv/radio), roadshows, talkshows, meetings/seminars,

  7. Communication Strategy..Co’td jingles and songs(audio and visual) from ward to national level, tailor made for various age groups, various social spheres, government to private sector; • 2011: The President of the United Republic of Tanzania launched the Public Awareness Campaign and the digital logo on 24th August, 2011 (Fig.2); t

  8. DIGITAL LOGO

  9. Analogue Switch Off (ASO) The National Technical Committee adopted criteria for ASO; • The Analogue TV service area should be well covered with digital TV signal • Public awareness campaign on digital migration has been sufficiently done • Availability of the Set Top Boxes • Tax exemption of the STBs • 5 FTA TV channels with National Market segment license are available

  10. Analogue Switch Off (ASO) 1.The phased ASO was adopted and executed on December 31st, 2012 starting with Dar Es Salaam (14 Tx sites ) followed by and:- • Dodoma (6 Tx Sites) and Tanga (3 Tx sites) on 31st January, 2013; • Mwanza (6 Tx Sites) on 28th February, 2013; • Arusha (6) and Moshi (6) on 31st March, 2013; • Mbeya (4) on 30th April, 2013.

  11. Analogue Switch Off (ASO) 2.Second phase of ASO will involve 13 Tx sites after availability of digital signal (Morogoro, Kigoma,Sumbawanga, Songea, Makambako, Iringa, Lindi, Mtwara, Musoma, Shinyanga, Tabora, Singida and Bukoba) 3.The target is to have fully digital switch-over by 2014 before the general elections in 2015.

  12. DTT market and spectrum issues

  13. DTT market and spectrum issues • Each district headquarters in Tanzania apart of Dar eslaam has FIVE digital multiplexes allocated by ITU. • In total Tanzania have been given 83 digital frequency assignments and 431 allotments by ITU in 2006 conference. • Dar eslaam has 9 Multiplexes assigned for digital broadcasting • Each Multiplex operator has THREE multiplexes to provide digital broadcasting services. • One third of usage of the Multiplex is expected to be used for FTA programs while the remain capacity will be for subscription and added value services

  14. DTT market and spectrum issues • Digital Dividend (790 - 862 MHz): 40 analogue TV channels will be released for digital broadcasting after the complete analogue switch off • One third of the released analogue TV channels will be used for mobile broadband services • The introduction of DVB-T2 has increased capacity of digital channels • However, the introduction of HDTV, mobile TV, interactive services will create more demand of spectrum

  15. CHALLENGES AFTER ASO

  16. Challenges • Readiness of the people to go digital - Almost 400,000 people subscribed to digital signal in December 2012 and January 2013 for DSM only - Call centers were overloaded with phone calls seeking for assistance • Poor digital TV reception on some part of the area - It was realized that some part of the TWO service areas (Dar es salaam and Moshi) city was having poor reception of the digital TV signal - Most of the people have to use outdoor antennae • Ignorance on connecting decoders and the TV screen

  17. Challenges • Infrastructure sharing - The network facility licensees (Multiplex operators) are not ready to invest in towers - There is no coordinated efforts among the Multiplex operators for planning of the new transmission sites - New transmission sites needs to be identified to cover more than 50 service areas allocated digital frequencies by ITU - Towers to be built especially in urban areas should be robust to cater for future demand

  18. Access to Broadband

  19. Separation of Jurisdiction MULTIPLEX OPERATOR NETWORK PROVIDER CONTENT SERVICE PROVIDER MUX CSP Granted Spectrum User licence & Infrastructure licence( NF) Granted CSP Licence /

  20. Broadcasting Infrastructure • Key players in the digital broadcasting • Content Service Provider (CSP) • Multiplex Operator (MUXO) • Content Contribution; • Using Satellite Infrastructure • Using Terrestrial Infrastructure i.e. Optic fiber or Microwave Systems • Currently broadcasters are using satellite platform for linking signals with terrestrial transmitters located in different part of the Country • The plan is underway to ensure utilization of terrestrial optic fiber infrastructure to transport video content

  21. Broadcasting infrastructure Access to satellite bandwidth; • Due to the size of the Country, 5 Content Service Providers are using satellite bandwidth for Network Contribution/ Distribution • All THREE Signal Distributors are using satellite bandwidth for Network distribution - All players are using INTELSAT 906

  22. Broadcasting infrastructure Access to Optic Fiber bandwidth • The plan is underway to ensure that all broadcasting sites are connected with OFC • The National optic fiber back borne is now passing near to most of the broadcasting/ transmission sites • The major problem is the last mile connectivity - The Government has invested to the National Optic fiber back borne, and therefore would like to see optimum utilization of the OFC capacity

  23. Infrastructure readiness for OFC Ongoing surveys for the last mile connectivity:

  24. Infrastructure readiness • NICTBB available interface and services • FE (100 Mbps) • GE (1000 Mbps) • STM-1 (155 Mbps)elite • STM-4 (620 Mbps) • STM-16 (2.5Gbps) • STM-64 (10 GE) • Capacity is provided on point –to – point with drop-off points along the primary route • Last mile connectivity to broadcasters site to be provided by network operators

  25. Bandwidth Powerful systemBandwidth guarantee Quality Uncompressed 1080i HD(995 Mbps, 1.3 Gbps, 1.485 Gbps) 1Gbps Uncompressed HDTV 500Mbps SD 100Mbps 50Mbps Compressed HDTV DV MPEG2 / MPEG4 10Mbps Compressed Coded DVD MPEG4 1Mbps H.263 MPEG1 H.261 352x288 720x480 1920x1080 RESOLUTION

  26. Challenges • Understanding of service definition/ business model for broadcasters after digital migration • Broadcasters claim that, the tariff structure is more for telecommunication use and not broadcasting services • Broadcasters readiness/financial commitment • Funding of last mile connectivity projects • Broadcasters’ extended commitment with satellite operators

  27. CONCLUSION • The Coming of the Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) in East Africa Region will increase access to broadband services • The Satellite and OFC platforms have to co exist and complement each other

  28. Thank You

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