Wireless Communication in Europe Mario Muth April 5, 2001 Agenda Introduction / Overview Wireless Development The GSM Standard Outlook (What s next?) Devices Q&A 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 2 1
Political Map of Europe GER: C-Netz UK: TACS FR: Radiocom I: RTMI 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 3 GSM Milestones (1982-1997) 1982 Approval of new Pan European Standard to use digital 900 MHz technology. 1985 West Germany, France and Italy sign a joint development agreement for GSM 1986 Heads of Member States of EC agree to issue Directive reserving 900 MHz frequency blocks in every EC country for a limited set of pan-european services to be opened in 1991. 1987 GSM Group formed on September 7th in Copenhagen. 15 members from 13 Countries: France Germany Italy Sweden Norway Finland Spain Holland Belgium Ireland Portugal UK (DTI plus two operators: Cellnet and Racal Vodafone) 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 4 2
GSM Milestones (1982-1997) 1991 First systems are running at Telecom '91 in Geneva - 11,000 calls are made.. 1992 13 "Networks on Air" in seven Countries Groupe Speciale Mobile is branded as Global System for Mobile Communications Major European GSM 900 operators begin commercial services First true handportable terminals available. First international roaming agreement signed between Telecom Finland and Vodafone (UK) First non-european operator (Telstra from Australia)signs the MoU 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 5 GSM - 900/1800/1900 Subscribers December '96 - December '00 Source: GSM World - http://www.gsmworld.com/ 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 6 3
GSM Stats (Flash Graph) http://www.emc-database.com/website.nsf/index/databaseintro 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 7 Quick Stats on GSM GSM Networks on Air (January 2001) - 392 GSM Countries on Air (March 2001) 164 GSM Total Subscribers - 473.1 million (to end of February 2001) SMS messages sent per month - 15 Billion (to end of January 2001) SMS forecast to year end 2000-15 Billion per month GSM accounts for 69.3% of the World's digital market and 63.2% of the World's wireless market Source: GSM World - http://www.gsmworld.com/ 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 8 4
Digital subscribers: 637+m The 4 operational digital cellular technologies : Dec '00 Source: GSM World - http://www.gsmworld.com/ 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 9 GSM - 900/1800/1900 Market share by world region : Dec '00 Source: GSM World - http://www.gsmworld.com/ 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 10 5
Outlook What s Next? WAP Wireless Application Protocol GPRS 2.5 G Network General Packet Radio Service UMTS 3 G Network Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Bluetooth 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 11 WAP Wireless Application Protocol WAP is simply a protocol. A standardized way that a mobile phone talks to a server installed in the mobile phone network. WAP is(was??) hot for several reasons: It provides a standardized way of linking the Internet to mobile phones, thereby linking two of the hottest industries anywhere. Its founder members include the major wireless vendors of Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola, plus a newcomer Phone.com. By April 2000, the WAP Forum had over 350 member companies. WAP failed: Too expensive User-unfriendly 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 12 6
GPRS - General Packet Radio Service Ranking Application Bearer 1. Corporate email GPRS 2. Internet email GPRS/ SMS 3. Information Services- Qualitative GPRS 4. Job Dispatch GPRS 5. Remote LAN Access GPRS 6. File Transfer GPRS 7. Web browsing GPRS 8. Still Images GPRS 9. Moving Images GPRS / HSCSD 10. Chat GPRS / SMS 11. Home Automation GPRS General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a new value added service that allows information to be sent and received across a mobile telephone network. maximum speeds of up to 171.2 kilobits per second (kbps) No dial-up modem connection is necessary 12. Document Sharing/Collaborative Working GPRS 13. Audio GPRS 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 13 Bluetooth Bluetooth refers to a short-range radio technology aimed at simplifying communications among Net devices and between devices and the Internet. It also aims to simplify data synchronization between Net devices and other computers. Bluetooth's founding members include Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia and Toshiba. PROBLEM: 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 14 7
Outlook UMTS UMTS = Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UMTS is a part of the International Telecommunications Union s IMT-2000 vision of a global family of third-generation (3G) mobile communications systems UMTS will play a key role in creating the future mass market for high-quality wireless multimedia communications that will approach 2 billion users worldwide by the year 2010 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 15 UMTS (cont.) UMTS will enable tomorrow s wireless Information Society, delivering high-value broadband information, commerce and entertainment services to mobile users via fixed, wireless and satellite networks UMTS will speed convergence between telecommunications, IT, media and content industries to deliver new services and create fresh revenue-generating opportunities UMTS will deliver low-cost, high-capacity mobile communications offering data rates up to 2Mbit/sec with global roaming and other advanced capabilities UMTS services will launch commercially from 2002 UMTS licenses have already been awarded in several European countries UMTS experimental systems are now in field trial with leading vendors worldwide 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 16 8
04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 17 UMTS Devices 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 18 9
GSM: great example for standard collaboration between multiple countries and companies. Political and geographical situation in Europe forced wireless standards. Big $$$ for UMTS. Will companies receive ROI???? 04/05/2001 Wireless Communication 19 10