Challenges and Opportunities for Wireless Networks

Informação proprietária WxBR
Challenges and Opportunities for Wireless Networks November, 2014

WxBR Company
•Founded in 2008
•Shareholders: Padtec (77%) and Icatel (23%)
•Expertise focusing on BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) System
•Offering Integrated E2E Solutions
•Operating in the high technology market, specializing in Wireless Solutions for Broadband Access
•Its mission is to develop, industrialize and commercialize innovative products and solutions using broadband access technologies such as LTE, WiMAX and Wi-Fi
•Long term R&D program, key wireless technologies LTE/WiMAX/Wi-Fi jointly with CPqD
•Located in Campinas City – Technology Center

Informação proprietária Wx BR
•HQ: Campinas/Sao Paulo, SP – Brasil.
•Regional Offices: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia
•Argentina, México, France, Italy and Israel
•Equipments and Solutions deployed in 40+ países.
Padtec/Icatel/WxBR

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Wireless Communications Market in America Latina
GSMA Report: Mobile Economy Report Latin America 2013

Mobile Market Latin America
Mobile market in a more mature phase, but still with potential for growth.

Mobile Market Brazil & Latin America
Latin America accounts for 10 % of the revenue of the global mobile market, more than double the results of ten years ago .
Revenues in mobile telephony in the region totaled U$107 billion, which is Latin America„s second fastest growing region in the world in 2012, with annual growth of 9 %
The region had 632 million connections and 319 million subscribers in mid-2013, equivalent to a penetration rate of 104 % and 52 % respectively.
Brazil had 35 % of users (112 million) by 2013 .

The mobile market is heading towards a more mature phase, but still with significant growth potential in the medium term (3.5 % CAGR 2012-17), driven by broadband and M2M connections bandwidth .
Mobile operators have invested significant amounts in building networks and increased capacity, with a total capex of nearly U$50 billion in the last four years.
With the need to increase capacity and build LTE networks, it is expected the industry to invest even more going forward, with a total capex forecast close to U$64 billion by 2017 .

Challenges and Opportunities for Mobile Operators
Support the growing demand for broadband connections
Support the demand for M2M connections and Smart City
Provide coverage and services to customers in rural and remote areas
Offer new applications such as mHealth, mAutomotive, mMoney, mEducation .

 “Urgent need that adequate spectrum is available for profitable implementations of LTE”
 “The spectrum distribution by region is far behind the 1300 MHz per country was set as a reference by the ITU in 2015, despite pressure from the continued strong growth in connections, as well as the growing acceptance of products and services with more intensive data”

What is M2M ?
“ At its most basic level M2M relates to connecting remote sensing, monitoring and actuating devices. However, it is about much more than that. Specifically it concerns enabling new business models and processes through the application of connectivity.” • Increase IT efficiency for business and government. Public and private sector organizations can gain significantly in terms of automated business process management, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and streamlining of customer relationship management (CRM) processes. • Help products gain or maintain a competitive edge. Connectivity can facilitate the addition of new features to products and services. For instance a consumer electronics equipment manufacturer can add a cloud storage solution for a camera, or an insurance company can offer a real-time usage-based insurance solution. The opportunities are endless. • Enabling companies to comply with regulation. Certain national and multi-national (i.e. EU) regulation requires either explicitly (e.g. eCall) or implicitly (e.g. regular utility meter reading) some form of connectivity. These regulated applications provide the strongest growth push for M2M in the next 2-3 years.
Source: Machina Research, 2012

Global M2M connections 2011-22 by technology
Source: Machina Research, 2012
The Global M2M Market: A USD1.2 trillion opportunity in 2022

M2M – More Forecasts...
 By 2022 there will be 18 billion M2M connections globally, up from approximately 2 billion today
 The biggest sector in 2022 will be intelligent buildings with 37% of all connections, dominated by heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) and security systems. Accounting for 32% of connections, the second biggest is consumer electronics, including games consoles, music players, cameras and white goods. These are followed by utilities (10%) and automotive (8%). Short-range technologies will dominate M2M, accounting for 73% of connections in 2022.
 Cellular technologies will grow from 146 million devices at the end of 2011 to 2.6 billion at the end of 2022. Today M2M accounts for only around 2% of cellular connections. By 2022 it will account for 22%. Today, M2M is dominated by 2G, in particular GPRS. By 2022 3G and LTE will between them account for almost 90% of connections, driven by requirements for higher bandwidth applications and demand for technology future-proofing.

Machine-Type Communication (MTC)

LTE in 450 MHz

Broadband access universalization at Brazilian rural areas (PNBL) • 16% of population living in rural areas (≈ 30 millions) • 94% of families living at rural areas without Internet access (≈ 28.5 millions) • 93% of public schools at rural areas without broadband access (≈ 80,000 schools) • Services demand: telephony, Internet, e-Gov Social and economic Brazilian development in rural areas
• Favorable regulatory scenario in Brazil
• Auction of 450 MHz band (June 2012)
• Two events are booting Brazilian economy:
• FIFA World Cup 2014 and Olympic Games 2016
Source: CPqD – LTE 450 - A Solution for Broadband Access Universalition – with modifications
Initial Motivation for LTE 450 MHz in Brazil (M2M and Smart Grid to come...)

Anatel (Brazilian Telecommunication Regulatory Agency) announced in June 2012
2.6 GHz
450 MHz
Source: ANATEL - Edital de Licitação de 450 MHz e de 2,5 GHz – relator Cons. Marcelo Bechara, with modifications
Auction 450 MHz and 2.6 GHz

Jun/2014
Dec/2015
Commitments of Coverage at 450 MHz (nationwide coverage)
• At least 30% of municipalities
• At least 60% of municipalities
• 100% of municipalities
• Commitments to coverage a geographical area of at least 30 km from served locations with individual PSTN accesses
• Voice and Data on retail
• Data Access in rural schools
• Download 256 kbps
• Upload 128 kbps
• Monthly allowance for voice and data on retail: 250 MB
• No Monthly allowance for rural schools.
Dec/2017
• 100% of municipalities
Increase throughput and monthly allowance:
• Download 1Mbps
• Upload 256 kbps
• Monthly allowance for voice and data on retail: 500 MB
Dec/2014

Dec-2014
Jan-2014
Jan-2013
30% municipalities 1652
60% municipalities 3304
Jun-2013
Jun-2014
Auction Winners (Claro, TIM, Oi and Vivo)
Obligations: Jun 2014: At least, 30% of municipalities Dec 2014: At least, 60% of municipalities Dec 2015: 100% coverage of municipalities (DL: 256kbps, UL:128kbps) Dec 2017: 100% coverage of municipalities (DL: 1Mbps, UL:256kbps)

LTE 450 MHz in 3GPP
 Creates enviroment for LTE450 eco system – chipsets, user devices, eNodeB, etc.

LTE 450 Standardization in 3GPP
Scope: Standardization of 450 MHz band, considering compatibility with ANATEL 558 resolution (Dec 2010) and ITU-CITEL recomendation to America (CITEL CCP.II-RADIO/doc. 2854/11 rev.2 );
Q3/2012
WI (Work Item) Approval
Q4/2012
Q1/2013
Q2/2013
Q3/2013
Q4/2013
Coexistence Study
Band Arrangement
Determination of technical requirements of Base Station and Terminal
TR (technical report) Preparation, Identification of Modified Standards and CRs (change request) development

LTE 450 Standardization in 3GPP
Band Arrangement for LTE 450 (Band 31)

Ireland Mozambique Netherlands Norway Nigeria Peru Philippines
Portugal Romania Saudi Arabia Sweden Venezuela Zambia Mexico
Angola
Argentina
Denmark
Russia
Equator
Bolívia
Hungary
450 MHz frequency band already being used in:
Source: Commnunications Ministry of Brazil – Comunicações no meio rural – Possibilidades a partir da faixa de 450 MHz
450 MHz Outside Brazil

Final Remarks
 Mobile market in Latin America is now moving to a new phase of development, with increasing market maturity and slowing revenue and subscriber growth.
 Significant growth potential remains, with future growth driven by new services and applications and by the accelerating take up of mobile broadband.
 Coverage and services to customers in rural and remote areas
 Data demand and new applications (M2M, Smart Grid and others) to grow at high rates in the coming years
 LTE in which frequencies ?
 All of them ! Especially in the Digital Dividend bands,
 470-698 MHz band allocation for mobile services is one of the most important issues in the next World Radiocommunication Conference of the ITU in 2015 in Switzerland .
 3GPP Band 31 (450 MHz) already available for use in Brazil

Thank you!

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