1. TOT and MBB Spectrum Requirements
Peera Pacharintanakul, Ph.D., TOT Plc
4 October 2013
2. VisionTOTMobileMission
To be a leading telecommunications operator that closely responds to demands of its customer and
the general public in both economic and social aspects.
• To provide telecommunications services with innovative and timely response to customer
requirements
• To sustain information assurance for national security
• To enable information and public service availability of the people with quality, equality, and
accessibility in compliance with economic and social conditions
• Thai citizens have access to TOT 3G (2100 MHz) network which covers almost the entire country
• TOT customers can access the highest speeds on the latest devices, tablets, and smartphones
• HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Plus) 42/11 Mbps in Bangkok and Metropolitan Area
• HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Plus) 21/11 Mbps upcountry
3. Investment Benefits on National Economy
• Increase Broadband Coverage
• Reduce Telecommunications Cost
• Improve Service Quality
• Extend Access to ICT Services
• Enhance Quality of Life
Network Rollout Plan
• Made on the criteria basis of population density, gross provincial product per capital,
and current penetration rate of existing service providers to maximize revenue
generation opportunity while minimizing risk.
TOT Vision on 3G
4. Smart Thailand
• Expand broadband coverage to 80% of population by 2015 and
95% by 2020
• Require ~ Bt80 billion investment of Backbone and Backhaul
Smart Network
• Smart Education, Health, Government, Agriculture, e.g., Smart Card, Smart City, etc.
• In 2010, E-transaction in Thailand circulates ~Bt1.2hundred trillion
• Require collaboration among government agencies
Smart
Government
• Business Matching
• National e-Business RegistrySmart Business
• ICT AcademySmart People
ICT is an important driver towards a stronger economy, social equality,
and environmental friendliness
5. 5
Smart 3/4G
Smart Network
Decreasing the digital
divide
Smart Govn’t
Public service
Smart Biz
ICT-enabled Biz
• 80% network coverage
by 2015
• Reduce the nation’s
over-investment
• Free Wi-Fi
• Deliver an efficient,
effective, and
accountable
government for the
people it serves
• Minimize the service
costs and time
• Support SMEs in ICT
industry
• Build confidence in e-
transactions
• Promote e-content and
applications
• Increase ICT skills in the
labor market
• ICT literacy?
TOT Support to Smart Thailand
7. Sustainability
Society • Foster a customer centric quality for
sustainable growth and long-term profitability
• Bridge the business-technology-people gapReduce economic gap
and social divide
TOT Support to Smart Network
9. HSPA+ Long Term HSPA Evolution
84 Mbps
10 MHz
2x2 MIMO
10 MHz
No MIMO5 MHz
No MIMO
42 Mbps
21 Mbps
20 MHz
2x2 MIMO
168 Mbps
LTE LTE-Advanced
20 MHz
2x2 MIMO (4x4 MIMO not optimized)
100 Mbps (Cat.3 devices)
150 Mbps (Cat.4 not yet available)
40 MHz
2x2 / 4x4 MIMO
300 Mbps
(Cat. 6, 7 devices)
100 MHz
8x8 MIMO
3Gbps
(Cat. 8 devices)
• Currently, TOT is at HSPA+ 42
Mbps where we are studying
the next step towards LTE.
Then after LTE–A where carrier
aggregation on multiple
frequencies.
• Multi-frequency bands are
important to support the
network evolution path
strategy
TOT3G Spectrum and Network Evolution Path
Release 7 Release 8 Release 9 Release 10 3GPP timeline
10. *All throughputs are theoretical maximum values.
TOP speeds of the different MBB deployment alternatives
DORev-B,2.5MHz
DORev-B,3.75MHz
3MHzFDDLTE
5MHz64QAMHSPA+
5MHzHSPAMIMO,28
5MHzFDDLTE
5MHzHSPAMIMO,64
10MHzDC-HSPA
10MHzFDDLTE
20MHzFDDLTE,1:1
10MHzDC-HSPAMIMO
20MHzTDDLTE,3:!
20MHzFDDLTE
Downlink 9.80 14.70 25.30 21.00 28.80 42.50 42.00 42.00 85.70 82.00 84.00 112.00 172.10
Uplink 3.50 5.40 8.60 11.00 11.00 14.40 11.00 23.00 28.80 28.00 23.00 14.00 57.60
11. “Technological Leader
in Mobile”
• Enhance network coverage while maintain cost
competitiveness (Focus investment)
• Seamless Roaming
•Focus mobile broardband
• Evolve to LTE
•Levarage partner relationships
(services / contents / devices)
• Multi-services offering
•Phase 1 Fulfillment
•Grow MVNO relationships
while balancing TOT sustainability
•Build up retail brand
Now
Strategic Directions
14. Great added number of devices connected to networks,
Great numbers and types of communications between machines
Tremendous traffic volume increase with much higher number of
subscribers from both end users and machines
Various types of new applications and usage requirements that
require Multi-Gbps in specific Scenarios
1GB per user per day in 2020
Factors influencing future mobile service’s requirements
15. A thousand times more capacity
Ten times more cell
Ten times more performance
Ten times more spectrum
Towards one GB per mobile user per day …
17. mobility
Mobile videoSmart communications Video surveillance
Hi def video for medical
Remote monitoring
Education on the go
MultimediaSmart Objects
Services
Enablement
Smart Objects
Connectivity
Smart Objects
Partners
Enterprise
Applications
M2M & Cloud: Strong connected device business momentum
18. Network evolution roadmap
Consider small cell technology, LTE, and carrier
aggregation technology such as LTE-A to ensure
the high capacity and network performance
requirements from Gov’t projects and consumers
in years to come
Phase II and beyond
• Phase II focuses on capacity & nationwide
coverage, filling in coverage holes inc.
highway, rural, village, rain tree, national park,
islands
• Ensure that coverage is enough by roaming as
now already with AIS2G (esp. for voice) and
CAT
M2M applications
• M2M applications, everything at home is SIMed,
Metrics, surveillance, cars,
Next steps …
Significant growth
Ensure to be on top
of the data
exploration trend 1GB
per user per day in
2020
19. TOT Strategic
Partnership
Future Proof
technology
Best Network
quality
TOT
Smart
combinations for
Smart government
3G, LTE, TD
LTE
• Make services
available everywhere
• Best quality of services
• Address core
enterprise customer
needs
• Opportunities in large
scale
• Leverage differentiated
delivery
• Opportunities in various
segments of M2M
• G-Cloud, Software as services
Consumer
Government
MVNO Capacity
Coverage
M2M
Partner
Security
• National Roaming with
• Content Owners/Creators
• Developers
• Site
