ASSOCIATION. 3G Association, Russia CDMA 450 Seminar Hong Kong, 19 November, 2004 GREETINGS TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE SEMINAR!

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1 GREETINGS TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE SEMINAR! 1

2 PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES AIMED AT 3G NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT IN RUSSIA Vladimir PAVLOV Adviser 2

3 Contents Cellular communications in Russia today: peculiarities 3G incentives and impediments 3G Association: aimes results planes Future of IMT-2000 in Russia: IMT-DS(WCDMA, UMTS) & IMT-MC(CDMA2000) coexistence? 3

4 Cellular Communications in Russia - 2 Concentration of capital 87% of the market shared by 3 operators Concentration in megacities Penetration in Moscow & St.Petersburg over 85%, in the rest of Russia 35% Regional expansion of nationwide operators Mobile TeleSystems 61, MegaFon 69, VimpelCom 72 regions Claimants to UMTS licenses 4

5 Key factors promoting introduction of new telecom technologies in Russia Limited capacity of networks in operation Loss of ARPU in 2G networks ($12-14 monthly, 2004) Subscribers demand for 2,5G and 3G services Capability to develop market of mobile services and content Responsiveness of vendors to market demand for 2,5G and 3G equipment Deployment of IMT -MC-450 (2,5G) networks Possibility of fragmentary deployment of 3G networks 5

6 Key factors limiting introduction of 3G networks in Russia Delay with licensing Uncertainty with a procedure and timeframe for licensing Insufficiency of legal and regulatory environment Uncertainty with spectrum allotment 2GHz range overloaded with government radio electronic facilities Lack of a programme for spectrum conversion Insufficient development of digital PSTN networks High percentage of analogue systems 6

7 3G Association composition IMT-MC-450 networks operators GSM networks operators Delta Telecom MCC MegaFon MTS Sonic Duo Vimpel Com 7

8 Associated members of 3G Association GSM and D-AMPS cellular networks operators & their associations 60 regional networks in total World famous vendors Alcatel Erisson Huawei Lucent NEC Nortel Siemens ZTE Leading Russian R&D telecom centers Russian IT centers, software producers, consulting and other companies 24 associated members in total (November, 2004) 8

9 3G Association partners 1 Cooperation agreements with: General Radio Frequency Center Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics European Telecommunication Standards Institution UMTS Forum CDMA Development Group International 450 Association Leading Russian telecom press agencies and journals 9

10 Key preparatory activities, Establishment of the 3G Association Start of R & D Deployment of 4 fragments of UMTS trial zone in Moscow and St.Petersburg 2003 Elaboration of a procedure for 3G networks deployment in Russia Submission of documents to the Administration Delta Telecom and Moskovskaya Sotovaya Svyaz started commercial operation of IMT -MC-450 networks under SkyLink brand Other carriers joined the IMT-MC-450 family 2004 Frequency bands in 2GHz range for IMT -MC trial zone deployment were allotted by the Administration 2004 The Administration announced UMTS networks licensing in

11 Preparatory activity priorities, 2005 Finding solutions for: coordinated deployment and development of IMT-2000 networks release spectrum in 2GHz range for 3G networks operators interoperability between 3G, 2,5G and 2G networks transit facilities for 3G networks certification information security service and content providers support complementarity of WLAN and 3G networks satellite segment and HAPS usage in 3G networks MVNO and other means for common use of networks complete preparedness for the anticipated licensing in

12 Thank you! Contacts : Vladimir Pavlov Adviser 3G Association Moscow, Russia Phone: pavlov@a3g.ru 12