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Broadband Mobility Service Provider Challenges

Mobility ?

Is the future Bright?

Broadband ? Poor competition & Offers

Any potential users ?

TDMA/FDMA/WCDMA CDMA Deployed On-Going Next step HSDPA HSUPA CDMA 1X OFDM WiMAX 16d WiMAX 16e WiMAX 16m WCDMA LTE DO Advanced HSPA+ EVDO Rev A/B GSM/EDGE Broadband Wireless Evolutions

DSL Home Femtocell WiMAX On the move Home Working Socializing DVB-SH CDMA/EV-DO UMTS/HSPA TD-SCDMA LTE FTTx A B R O D B A N D EDGE Anywhere, Anytime, Anyhow

Mobile Broadband services expectations

Congested Networks ?

Aging Infrastructure ?

Central Office FTTN FTTU GPON ADSL2+ Served from central office and multi-dwelling units (fiber-to-the-building) ADSL2+/VDSL2 Extend central office footprint with cost-effective FTTN WiMAX (802.16e-2005) Today Extensions Urban/suburban (mass market) Urban areas (early adopters) Rural/remote communities (mass market) Optimize solution for every deployment strategy Areas with copper Greenfield areas Greenfield areas

Market dynamics

Commercial WiMAX Networks 14 22 26 21 18 21 2006 2007 2008

Latin America WiMAX /Pre-WiMAX Early adopters Short term: BB Dual Play for New Entrants, strong demand for basic services Mid to long term = mobile business model Western Europe Challenging Business Model but strong demand for Nomadic broadband Success based on targeted segmentation, disruptive & innovative content/applications Africa Mid East India Basic needs oriented (VoIP,@ access) due to lack of copper availability Opportunities for a few mobile plays Eastern Europe Huge business opportunity in Russia Numerous but smaller opportunities across Eastern Europe based on Dual Play Asia Pacific License allocation still incomplete despite strong government push for USO/ Broadband for All Mix of high-growth & very mature markets North America WiMAX as an early 4G alternative to LTE Quadruple play opportunity for Cable & Fixed BB First open network for alternative business models (i.e. Google) Diverse Business Models Across the World Business on the move Communication at lower cost Entertainment

Latin America

WiMAX /Pre-WiMAX Early adopters

Short term: BB Dual Play for New Entrants, strong demand for basic services

Mid to long term = mobile business model

Western Europe

Challenging Business Model but strong demand for Nomadic broadband

Success based on targeted segmentation, disruptive & innovative content/applications

Africa Mid East India

Basic needs oriented (VoIP,@ access) due to lack of copper availability

Opportunities for a few mobile plays

Eastern Europe

Huge business opportunity in Russia

Numerous but smaller opportunities across Eastern Europe based on Dual Play

Asia Pacific

License allocation still incomplete despite strong government push for USO/ Broadband for All

Mix of high-growth & very mature markets

North America

WiMAX as an early 4G alternative to LTE

Quadruple play opportunity for Cable & Fixed BB

First open network for alternative business models (i.e. Google)

Distance achieved @ 2.5 GHz PCMCIA in-car and a very stable connection Distance achieved with extended cell outdoor CPE stable downlink 1.5Mbps Speed reached on the highway very stable throughput of 1.8Mbps Total cell throughput in DL 2.5GHz – 10MHz, Static conditions EXCELLENT VOIP QUALITY Mean Opinion Score (5 Max) 4.8km >45km 100 km/h 18.7 Mbps MOS 4.1 Key findings from live network deployments

Applications ?

Mobile Broadband services matching consumer needs

Web 2.0 or The end of the Solitary genius

Thanks for attention ! Laurent Perche [email_address] http://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentperche http://www.visualcv.com/laurentperche