1. BEYOND 3G SERVICES &
NATIONAL NETWORK PROVIDER
Adit Harinasuta
6 November 2009
2. Evolution: Four Mobile Generation
Core Services & Network Speed
Mobile Network
Generation
Core Services & Applications Speed
1G Voice only (analog) NA
1980s
2G SMS / data (digital) 0.01-0.1M
1990s
3G Internet / Multimedia 0.4-42M
2000s
4G Cloud Computing 100M-1G
2010s
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3. Thailand’s “5 Licenses With 5 Networks”
An Inefficient Model
Services Oligopoly
OPEX
Operation
Redundancy
CAPEX
Net. Deploy
TOT ? ? ? ?
15 15 10 10 10
MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz
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4. For Illustration Only
2G Thailand Already Wasted > 100 Billion Baht
NOT sharing (individually owned) Site Sharing
Today
AIS 16,000
DTAC 11,000
>55% Saving
trueMove 6,000
Hutch 3,000
TOT 500
Total 36,500 Total 16,000
182 billions baht 80 billions baht
Note: If site cost 5M per site, today Thailand already invest = 182 billion baht
If we can share these towers, we would only need 16,000 sites and would save 102 billion baht 4
5. 3G Network Required Even More Investment
New and Small Players Cannot Compete
Mkt Share
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
2%
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$ 24%
$$$$$ 30%
$ $ $ 44%
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6. T-Model Helps Lower “Total Cost of Ownership”
Network Shared Among All Service Providers
3G Service Providers
Service Small SPs
Network
100B 100B 100B 100B 100B 100B
TOT + 4 Licenses Model T-Model 6
7. T-Model Promotes “Real” Competitions
New & Small Services Providers With Same Services & Cost Structure
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Different Elements of Telecommunications:
1. Core Network = Superhighway/Lanes
2. Services Operators = Different Vehicles/Drivers
3. Services & Applications = Passengers/Goods
4. NTC / ICT = Law enforcements
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8. All Technologies Moving toward 4G/NGN
3G is a Foundation Toward Next Generation Network (NGN)
WAN Mobile: … 2G … 2.5G … 3G …
MAN WiMax 802.16 …
4G
LAN Wifi 802.11 … &
NGN
PAN Bluetooth 802.15 …
Fixed Line … ADSL & FTTH …
& Broadband
Note: WAN-Wide Area Network; MAN-Metropolitan Area Network; LAN-Local Area Network (Office); PAN-Personal area network
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ADSL- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (Home Broadband Internet < 12M); FTTH-Fiber To The Home (>100M)
9. Six Benefits of Information Superhighway
The National 3G+/Broadband Network
• Use new technology with lowest price
• Promote real competition
• Create new services
• Cheaper rural broadband rollout
• Faster broadband penetration
• Ensure national security
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10. Five Key Concerns From Service Providers
Five key concerns
Business Neutrality: Related concerns:
• Structure & operation separation
• Who will be the party to run this
Fair Business model & price Network company?
• Overall CAPEX & OPEX saving
• How to convert revenue sharing
scheme toward this new model?
Network Reliability
• 99.99% professional SLA • What is CAPEX/OPEX saving?
• Will this help with AC/IC, number
Network Availability portability, & other legal issues?
• Coverage and capacity as plan
Continuous Innovation
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