1. Communicasia2010 Summit
“Next Generation Mobile Broadband”
Singapore, Thursday 17 June 2010
Digital Dividend and Other
Spectrum Issues
Alex Orange
for UMTS Forum

2. UMTS Forum 2010 key focus areas
Key focus areas
Spectrum & Regulation Global Broadband/LTE Ecosystem
Advice to industry and administrations on Study of LTE in conjunction with the Digital Home
3G/LTE licensing & regulation and Consumer Electronics
Global spectrum and spectrum arrangements for
Roadmap and competitive benefits for HSPA, LTE
UMTS/IMT-2000
and beyond
and IMT-Advanced
Key Growth Markets
Studies and workshops on mobile broadband Promotion of the use of mobile service allocations
and technical choices and Digital Dividend
Main activities
Studies, Reports and White papers
Communication and Promotion
Visibility and participation at conferences, Relationships with regulators, administrations,
exhibitions, seminars and workshops international media and financial community
Contributions to international organizations (ITU, EC, CEPT/ECC, 3GPP)
Partnerships with international bodies (ETSI, NGMN, GSMA, ICU, COAI, APT, 3GAs…)

3. 3G Subscriber Growth
Smartphones &
Available Applications
Data Intensive
Services
Fixed Mobile
Substitution
USB Modems
& Embedded
Notebooks
Flat Rate Bundles
By 2014, Monthly Worldwide Mobile Data
Traffic Expected to Exceed the Total Yearly
Traffic of 2008
Source: ABI Research, Sept ’09

4. “The Internet of Things”
Safety Communication
& Security
Asset Management

5. Emerging Regions:
Connecting the Unconnected
By 2012, Emerging Regions are Expected
to Represent >50% of 3G Handset Shipments
Bridging the Digital Social Benefits Affordable Internet
Divide of Wireless Connectivity
Source: Informa Telecoms & Media, (Oct’09)

6. Why wireless connectivity matters
+10% +0.8% +1.3% +10%
Mobile Internet
Penetration Per capita GDP Per capita GDP Penetration
Developing Developing
Countries Countries
Source: World Bank Report
on ICT for Development 2009

7. Mobile Broadband Spectrum
Bandwidth
Deployment Options1
US/Canada Europe FDD Blocks/ 5 10 20
700, 850 MHz 800, 900 MHz
1.7/2.1, 1.9, 2.5 GHz 1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz Spectrum band MHz MHz MHz
Asia-Pacific
450, 700, 850, 900 MHz
1.7, 1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.3, 2.5 GHz 2.5/2.6 GHz2
2.1 GHz
(1.7 or 1.9 uplink)
1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
GHz
Latin America
450, 700, 850, 900 MHz
1.7/2.1, 1.8, 1.9, 2.5 GHz
900 MHz
Africa & Middle E.
450, 800, 850, 900 MHz
1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz
800/850 MHz
1Usablespectrum blocks for product implementation. 2IMT extension 2500 to 2690 MHz, 70 MHz+70
MHz FDD in most countries. 3Digital dividend; Region 1 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 790-862 MHz, Digital Dividend3
Region 2 (Americas) 698-806 MHz. Region 3 (Asia) – some 698-790 MHz (e.g. China, India, Japan, (700 to 800 MHz)
Bangladesh, Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Singapore) others 790-806 MHz

8. The Digital Dividend
 The dividend is once in a lifetime opportunity
 UHF Analogue TV is being replaced by Digital TV
 Digital TV is spectrally more efficient than analogue TV
 After digital switch over Digital TV spectrum can be reorganised and
restacked – freeing spectrum
 The freed spectrum is the digital dividend
 Spectrum below 1 GHz (470 to 862 MHz) is suited for coverage
Given that digital TV is many times more efficient than
analogue, what is the amount of spectrum that could be
made available for mobile?

9. The case for a Mobile Dividend
• Economic Studies show if the dividend is mobile:
• Australia: a net benefit of $7 -10 billion generated1
• Europe: €63 - €165 billion generated2
• Social Benefits (non-exhaustive)
• Mobile Healthcare
• Education and distance learning
• Mobile Commerce and advertising
• Mobile Entertainment and enhanced multimedia
• Social Networking
1 Getting the most out of the digital dividend in Australia, Spectrum Value Partners /Venture Consulting April 2009
2 Getting the most out of the digital dividend, Spectrum Value Partners March 2008

10. 694 698 704 716
US band plan
734 746 756 776 786 806
52 53
AT&T UL
54 55 56 57 58
AT&T DL
59 60
VZ DL
61 62 63
PS
64 65
VZ UL
66 67 68
PS
69
US TV
AT&T
18 MHz AT&T VZ
20 MHz VZ
UL DL DL UL
30 MHz 30 MHz
Considerations:
1. Aligns with US 7 MHz TV channel raster
2. Accommodates US policy objectives (PS, GPS, Mobile TV)
i.e. is tailored to suit the US environment

11. European band plan
LTE BTS to DVB-T
TV channel 60 791-796 796- 801 801-806 806- 811 811-816 816- 821 821 - 832 832- 837 837- 842 842- 847 847- 852 852- 857 857- 862
782-790 Duplex
Downlink gap Uplink
30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz) 11 MHz 30 MHz (6 blocks of 5 MHz)
DVB-T to LTE device
Considerations:
1. Different ITU-R spectrum allocations to Asia Pacific
2. Different spectrum utilisation to Asia Pacific
3. Accommodates ITU GE06 agreement
i.e. optimised for the European environment

12. Asia Pacific
• ITU Region 3 (Asia Pacific) Mobile Allocation is 470 – 960 MHz
• 9 Asian Pacific nations identified 698 – 806 MHz for IMT*
• New Zealand, Australia announced mobile digital dividend
• Japan desire to harmonise
• New Zealand, Australia transition to DTV underway
• Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea DTV planned
Multi-lateral Asia Pacific band planning is currently underway in
APT Wireless Forum
* Bangladesh, China, Korea (Rep. of), India, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Singapore

13. AWF band plan
• AWF Recommendation/Report due in September 2010
• Ratification by APT Management in December 2010
• Current status:
• FDD (2 x 45 MHz) and TDD option
• Duplex, centre band gap, guard bands being developed

14. Benefits of harmonised
Asia Pacific band plan
• Tailored for Asia Pacific by Asia Pacific
• Economies of Scale, Asia Pacific region = 2/3 world’s pop.
• Maximum Spectrum Efficiency
• Eases Cross border interference
• Provides alternative for other parts of world

15. Summary
• Demand for broadband is increasing rapidly
• Harmonised Spectrum required to meet
demand & economic goals
• US and European plans not tailored for
Asia Pacific
• Asia Pacific Plan (698 – 806 MHz)

16. Thank you
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