And MTN said: Let there be SPEED!... MTN LTE PILOT ITNEWS Africa Dinner Brandon Gombert General Manager : Capital Projects 1
Overview The Evolution: Kanagaratnam Lambotharan MTN SA, CTO MTN s Vision Broadband Everywhere You Go Customer at the Core of our Business Serame Taukobong MTN SA, CMO LTE Pilot Launch Expectations Customer at the Core of our Evolution
MTN Broadband Connectivity - Everywhere You Go Broadband connectivity will be a catalyst for socio-economic development and will enhance South Africa s global competitiveness Bringing Mobility and High Speed internet access Bridging the Digital Divide bringing broadband to the rural/under-served areas Supporting education, socio economic upliftment and innovation Enabling MTN s customers to access information, entertainment, applications and services with much more richness and computing capacity MTN will provide technology & communication solutions in the cloud 3
Evolution to Date 2G (98.6% population coverage) 3G (60% population coverage) GPRS 114Kbps (2002 onwards) R99 384Kbps (2005 onwards) LTE (100+ sites) EDGE 240Kbps (2003 onwards) HSPA 1.8-14.4Mbps (2008 onwards) HSPA+ 21-42Mbps (2010 onwards) LTE 73Mbps- 10MHz (2X2) 147Mbs 10MHz(4X4) (Double speed for 20MHz) 4
Comparison between LTE, HSPA & GSM Source NSN 5
LTE supported rates Achievable & Supported Peak Data Rates 6
MTN LTE current sites 4 LTE clusters are being piloted in Gauteng These clusters comprise of 100+ LTE sites Ericsson and Huawei equipment being used for the Pilot Aim is to trial the LTE technology & understand its benefits/deployment Provide select users the ability to experience the latest mobile broadband technology LTE_Sites_2011_6_28.KML LTE_clusters_2011_6_29.KML 7
Challenges to full LTE deployment LTE Trial on 1800 MHz spectrum using a 10 MHz carrier (FDD) Limitation exists with regards to higher speeds and capacity due to insufficient spectrum. Deployment is limited to small areas where 1800 MHz can be refarmed Access to 2600 MHz and 800 MHz is critical to ensure that future capacity needs are met and full potential of LTE being reached Voice over LTE is not commercialised as yet, need to fallback to 3G/2G network 8
Device evolution towards LTE Early edge device capable of 80 Kbps First 3G device from Nokia capable of 384 Kbps on downlink HSPA dongle, support for speeds from 14.4 Mbps upwards is through USB dongles Huawei Device supports all technologies (GSM, UMTS, LTE). Supports 2X2 MIMO with max speeds at 70 Mbps 9
MBB device projects from Ericsson 137 devices Source: Ericsson 10
Device type penetration by 2013 11
Recently launched LTE devices and offerings 12
The Network Flat architecture of LTE vs traditional 3G 13
Features of LTE Advanced 14
LTE Current Network Fact Sheet Peak Throughput: Average Latency: Coverage per site: 70 Mbps 15 20 ms 600 Meters on average Number of sites: 100+ Number of subscribers: Transmission medium: MIMO configuration: Frequency used: Spectrum: Limited number of stakeholders Fibre 2X2 1800 MHz 10Mhz 15
World Class MTN is committed to giving its customers a world class network Broadband connectivity everywhere you go In the past 3 years, MTN has invested R18bn in its infrastructure, we are investing R4-6bn each year going forward MTN is trialling LTE and testing future technology now 16
Vision for customers
Examples of LTE commercial launches by network, May 2011 18
Why LTE for our customers? Opting into a global technology standard that will enhance customer experience Address our customers growing data appetite Speeds that are between two and three times faster than the current HSPA+ network Better network performance, latency, capacity Better support for data services demanded by today s smartphones New service model 19
MTN s Expectations Give clients a feel for possibilities of the future Understand the improvement in customer experience Understand the richness of services and content Trial the technology and understand the complexity, operational challenges and new concepts Self Organizing Networks Flat architecture Voice over LTE Tools Organisational impact Network design 20
Customer Experience Limited number of SIMs have been provisioned for the LTE network pilot. The pilot will give selected users: Access to the LTE network for broadband usage within coverage areas No Handover to 3G and GSM networks No support for voice calls Theoretical downlink and uplink speeds of 70 and 30 Mbps respectively, with 2X2 Mimo configuration Theoretical Latency of 10 ms 21
How will our customer needs change in future? Proliferation of applications such as real-time multi-user video gaming and multi-media remote health monitoring Wireless in-vehicle systems Multi-megabit broadband data services On-demand and broadcast video services Online, multi-player, latency sensitive gaming Interactive, personalized rich media applications delivered onthe-go 22
Limitless possibilities Long term investment vs. short term/tactical gains Global competitiveness Broadband everywhere you go! Quality focus & Cost of infrastructure Regulatory alignment
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