Presented at P1 Expert Net (2009)

1. Enabling
Technology
for
Connec2ng
Communi2es
Dr.
Mazlan
Abbas
Head,
Wireless
Communica8ons
Cluster
MIMOS
Berhad
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2. Agenda 2
• Webciety vs Non-Webciety
• Bridging Digital Divide - National Agenda
• Challenges and Obstacles
• Technology of Choice
– WiWi! Gen 1.5
– What’s After Mobile WiMAX?
• Summary
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3. Digital Natives - WEBCIETY
We create the Internet We use the Internet We live and breathe in
the Internet
Create Use Live
3
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4. Rural Subscribers Present an
Unlocked Potential
Close
to
3.4
Billion
people
live
in
Rural
Area
(World
popula8on
6.7
Billion)
In
Africa
about
70%
and
in
Asia
60%
OCen
there
is
NO
communica8ons
service
available
Characteris8cs
of
a
poten8al
village
subscriber
• Income
less
than
USD
3
per
day
• Awareness
and
educa8on
level
is
low
• Lack
of
basic
infrastructure
such
as
power,
roads,
etc
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5. Understanding the Digital Divide
Gap
• Poor Value
realization due Social & economic
Socio-economic value of ICTs
impact of ICTs
insufficient value
creating content
3
Value gap
Intensity of
ICT adoption
2
Adoption gap
Diffusion of
• Barrier to entry due ICT infrastructure
to literacy level and
language
• Complexity of 1
computers Access gap
• Connectivity
• High cost of
deployment
PHASE 1. Employ indicators of ICT diffusion
PHASE 2. Employ indicators of
Time
intensifying adoption
PHASE 3. Employ indicators of
socio-economic impact
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6. Can
we
really
achieve
the
100.1%
50%
Mobile
Household
broadband
22.9%
penetra8on
Household
BB
target?
[Source:
Household
use
of
the
INTERNET
Survey
2008,
SKMM]
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7. BDD
-­‐
Holis8c
Approach
1
ACCESS
GAP
3
VALUE
GAP
• Improved
service
• Relevant
content
delivery.
• PlaXorm
for
business
ecosystem
USER
USER
ATTACHMENT
EXPERIENCE
2
ADOPTION
GAP
• Easy
to
use
internet
device
USER
CONFIDENCE
Digital
Divide
must
be
tackled
from
a
holis8c
approach
rather
than
hardware
or
connec8vity
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8. Zones Distribution
Technology
Population %
Choice
FTTH, ETTH, VDSL,
Zone 1 13,318,703 48.03%
HSPA+, WiMAX
ADSL2+, HSPA+,
Zone 2 5,499,180 19.83%
WiMAX
Zone 3 8,911,813 32.14% HSPA+, WiMAX, etc
Total 27,729,696 100.00%
Zone 1 : High Speed Broadband (HSBB)
• High Impact Area (>10Mbps)
• TM and Gov partnership
• Target to cover 50% of household (2.5 million) by
2010
Zone 1&2 : Broadband for Zone 3 : Universal Service Provision (USP)
General Population (BBGP) • Telephone and Broadband (>384kbps)
• Medium Impact Area (<2 Mbps) • Less than 80 people in 1 square km
• RM 2.5 Billion from Operators Contribution
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
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9. Current Challenges
Lack of basic infrastructure such as road
access & power supply
Difficult to maintain due to distance and
rough geographical terrain
Low return on investment: High cost, low
ARPU
Un-optimize network resources for sparsely
populated areas
Limited income to spend on communication
Perceived lack of direct value from Internet
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10. Household Use of Internet
[Source: Household use of the INTERNET Survey 2008, SKMM]
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11. Monthly Income Salary
[Source: Household use of the INTERNET Survey 2008, SKMM]
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12. Imagine … If We Can Bring Value to the
Community
The
Success
Story
of
e-­‐Bari
o
One
of
the
most
important
is
that
to
be
successful,
ICTs
cannot
just
be
dropped
into
a
rural
area
but
must
be
part
of
an
integrated
approach
that
takes
into
account
the
community s
informa8on
needs
and
capacity
to
absorb
use
new
technology.
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13. Imagine … If We Can Bring Value to the
Community
Registered
Users
~
50K
Launched
in
2004
Average
Connects
food
transac2on
value
producers,
=
RM
50M
per
70%
Sellers
wholesalers,
year
30%
buyers
distributors,
entrepreneurs
and
consumers
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14. Strategies
Community’s
IT
Needs
and
Capacity
to
Absorb
Synergize
Con2nuous
Efforts
Sustainability
Strategies
People
/
Local
Right
Choice
of
Community
Technology
Buy-­‐in
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15. Selecting the Technology
Speed
&
Access
Robustness
&
Maintenance
Stability
WiMAX
Quality-­‐of-­‐ LOS/NLOS
Service
Cost
of
Deployment
&
Coverage
Zone
Pricing
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16. A
Step
Towards
Reducing
the
Gap
“Bringing Broadband to the Users”
MIMOS WiWi Gen 1.5
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17. MIMOS WiWi Gen 1.5 – Hybrid WiMAX/WiFi
CPE
Provides
Fixed,
Portable
and
Mobile
Wireless
Broadband
IEEE
802.16e
Enhanced
Mobile
Mul2cas2ng
WiMAX
MIMOS
IPv6-­‐enabled
WiWi
Ease
of
Deployment
Hybrid
WiMAX/WiFi
CPE
Integrated
Cheaper
Solu2on
2.3
GHz
(802.16e
WiMAX)
2.4
GHz
(802.11b/g
WiFi)
access
(WiFi
built-­‐in)
Indoor/Outdoor
Unit
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18. MIMOS WiWi Gen 1.5 Actual
Deployment Scenario
WiMAX
Internet
Coverage
WiMAX
BS Community
Bus
Tele- Ambulance
center or WiWi
House Gen 1.5
WiFi Fire Brigade
Network
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19. MIMOS WiWi – Delivering
Multimedia
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20. WiMAX Deployments (as of June 2009)
Deployment
Frequency
Total
2.3
GHz
Deployments
23
2.5
GHz
Deployments
63
[Source:
hdp://www.wimaxmaps.org/]
3.3
GHz
Deployments
9
3.5
GHz
Deployments
240
5+
GHz
Deployments
20
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21. WiMAX Forum Certified™ Products
In
June
2009,
WiMAX
Forum
cer8fied
10
new
devices
This
Month
(June)
Last
Month
Total
WiMAX
Forum
Cer2fied
Products
114
104
WiMAX
Forum
Cer8fied
Product
Vendors
WiMAX
Vendors
with
WF
Cer2fied
Products
Total
Base
Sta8on
Vendors
48
Subscriber
Sta8on
Vendors
66
Base
Sta8on
Vendors
Airspan
Networks,
Alcatel-­‐Lucent,
Alvarion,
Aperto
Networks,
Axxcelera,
Cisco
Systems,
E.T.
Industries,
Huawei
Technologies,
Motorola,
NEC,
Nokia
Siemens
Networks,
Nortel,
PointRed
Telecom
Pvt
Ltd,
POSDATA,
Proxim
Wireless
Corpora8on,
Redline
Communica8ons,
Runcom
Technologies
Ltd.,
Samsung,
Selex
Communica8ons,
SEQUANS
Communica8ons,
Soma
Networks,
SR
Telecom,
Telsima,
WiNetworks,
ZTE
Corpora8on
Subscriber
Sta8on
Vendors
Airspan
Networks,
Alcatel-­‐Lucent,
Alvarion,
Aperto
Networks,
Axxcelera
Broadband
Wireless,
Beceem,
E.T.
Industries,
Fujitsu,
GCT
Semiconductor,
Inc.,
Gigaset
Communica8ons,
Huawei
Technologies,
Intel
Corpora8on,
MITSUMI
ELECTRIC
CO.,LTD.,
MODACOM
Co.,
Ltd.,
Motorola,
NEC,
Oki
Electric
Industry
Co.,
Ltd.,
Onkyo,
Panasonic,
POSDATA,
Redline
Communica8ons,
Runcom
Technologies
Ltd.,
Samsung,
Selex
Communica8ons,
SEOWON
INTECH
Co.,
Ltd.,
SEQUANS
Communica8ons,
Siemens
AG,
Sony,
SR
Telecom,
Telsima,
Toshiba,
Wavesat
Inc.,
ZTE
Corpora8on,
ZyXEL
Communica8ons
Inc.
[Source:
WiMAX
Forum
Industry
Research
Report
-­‐
Review
of
June
2009]
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22. A
Step
Towards
Reducing
the
Gap
Fixed
Mobile
Relay
WiMAX
802.16d
WiMAX
802.16e
WiMAX
802.16j
“The New Upcoming Standard IEEE 802.16j”
Multi-Hop Relay WiMAX
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23. 802.16j Usage Models RS
Coverage hole
RS
Coverage extension to
Shadow of
RS isolated/rural area
buildings
Penetration into inside
room
BS RS
RS
RS Valley between
buildings
Coverage at cell edge
Underground
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24. Summary
Holis2c
Approach
Internet
as
the
Enabler
Wireless
BB
(WiMAX)
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25. THANK YOU
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