MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Status Report on the Serbian Mobile Communications
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Status Report on the Serbian Mobile Communications MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Radmila Simic Director of Development Department ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 21-24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is located on the Balkan. The Republic of Serbia extends to 88.361km2 with population of 9.779.000 inhabitants (110 inh/km2). The Republic of Montenegro extends to 13.812km2 with population of 615.000 inhabitants (44 inh/ km2). ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview GSM OPERATORS IN Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Republic of Serbia: MOBTEL – Mobile Telecommunications “Srbija”, BK-PTT “Telekom Srbija” Republic of Montenegro: ProMonte GSM Monet ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Current Status The Company for Mobile Telecommunications “Serbia” BK-PTT operates as a Limited Liability Company with its Headquarters in Belgrade. MOBTEL is joint-venture company founded in 1994 by : 1) “BK Trade” from Moscow (51% shares - private) 2) Public Enterprise for PTT Services “Srbija” from Belgrade (49 % shares - state). The Quality Management System of MOBTEL has been approved in 2000 by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance according to the ISO 9001 Standard. ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview NMT-900 and GSM-900/1800 Network Evolution 900 MHz Pilot I/1 1995 NMT Ia Ib Ic GSM Ic+ Id 1800 MHz phase 2, 3 & 4 phase 5 & 6 phase 7 I/2 1996 1997 1998 ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview NMT-900 and GSM-900/1800 Spectrum Planning Available bandwidth for MOBTEL networks: NMT-900 : 2 x 3.8 MHz GSM-900 : 2 x 9.6 MHz GSM-1800 : 2 x 20 MHz UMTS : not available Fees are based on each Tx/Rx frequency operating on the particular base radio-station (10 years period), without initial down-payment for the available bandwidth. ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview NMT-900 Network – Current Status MOBTEL NMT Network covers 9% of the territory and 50% of the population of the Republic of Serbia. Installed capacity of the NMT Mobile Exchange is for the ~11.000 subscribers. Installed capacity of the NMT Radio Network is for the ~10.000 subscribers. ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview GSM Network Current Status Number of subscribers, post and pre-paid: 1.300.000; 85% pre-paid subscribers, 15% post-paid subscribers. Percentage of territory coverage: 70%. Percentage of population coverage: over 94%. Vendor of GSM System: Ericsson. Producer of the equipment: Switching ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution : Ericsson PrePaid : Ericsson, Sema IN : Ericsson SMS : Comverse VMS : MXE/Ericsson GPRS : Ericsson, MPS : Ericsson Base Stations : Ericsson MW (PDH), DXX : Ericsson MW (SDH), Flex-Plex: Marconi (Bosch) IT : Compaq, Delta, Cisco Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview GSM Network Current Status Services in operation: all GSM Phase 2 and partly Phase 2+ services (wap, pre-paid roaming terminating, intern. roaming, sms, sms to e-mail, vms, conference call...) ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Growth of the number of Subscribers Growth of the Number of Subscribers Post Paid subs. Pre Paid 1,200,000 1,100,000 1,000,000 820,000 800,000 600,000 545,000 400,000 230,000 170,000 200,000 185,000 152,000 2,000 172,000 70,000 50,000 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution 2000 2001 2002 2003 year Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview GSM Network Current Status Number of Switching Centers + Transit Exchange 6+1 at 5 sites in 4 cities Number of Radio Base Stations 900/1800 358 90% macro 55% indoor 35% outdoor 10% micro FH (baseband and synthesized) A5/1 FR and HR ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Number of Radio-Relay Hops 394 mini link hops 4, 8, 16 and 34 Mbit/s 7, 15, 23 and 26 GHz (1 + 0) 20 backbone hops 155 Mbit/s 6, 13 and 23 GHz (1 +1) and (2 +1) Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview MOBTEL GSM Coverage of The Republic of Serbia Current Status ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview GSM MOBTEL COVERAGE January 22nd, 2003. Population coverage 94% Area coverage 70% Highway coverage 100% Main road coverage 65% Railway coverage 73% Percentage of covered territory Level of signal % of territory > -72dBm > -85dBm > -95dBm 13 35 52 ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview MOBTEL GSM NETWORK Te ritory of Se rbia, J anuary 2003. KEY: RR links 15 GHz RR links 23 GHz RR links 7GHz Le a s e d line s (HDSL) Le a s e d lines (PDB) "Ba ckb one " 155Mb/s MS C/BSC Ba s e sta tion RBS200 Ba s e sta tion RBS2000 RR site DXX micro node DXX b as ic 6 MOBTEL GSM Network Overview Current Status Serbia ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution DXX b as ic16 Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM Transmission Backbone Network Serbia MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Map key: Back-bone hops Capacity of hop 1xSTM-1 MSC/BSC Transit MSC Kula MOBTEL Backbone Transmission Network Current Status Radio relay points N.Sad BK N.Sad TKC Brankovac Aeroinzinjering Avala TKC Beograd Kosmaj Beograd Rudnik Aeroinzinjering Ovcar Avala TKC Beograd Kragujevac Crni Vrh Zezelj Goc Jastrebac Nis TKC Nis BK Novi Sad N.Sad BK Kragujevac Nis Jastrebac Kragujevac Nis TKC Brankovac N.Sad TKC Rudnik MSC/BSC Nis BK Zezelj Crni Vrh MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Core Network Configuration HLR HLR AUC AUC 1 2 CAS Gr Gr Billing WAP GW Signalling BGW Traffic Tigris GPRS ISMSC INTERNET Gd VMS PPS Transit Beograd Gs, Gr Gs, Gr Beograd 3 GMSC/VLR/ BTS GGSN Gi Beograd 2 BSC GMSC/VLR/ SSF PCU Gb BSC GMSC/VLR/ SSF Gb Gn PCU BSC GMSC/VLR/ SSF SGSN SSF PCU Gb Gs Kragujevac Niš BTS Gb Gb BSC BTS GMSC/VLR/ SSF BSC BTS Gb BSC PCU GMSC/VLR/ SSF Gs Gs Beograd 1 PCU Gb Gs Novi Sad 1 OSS PCU Gs BTS BTS INTERNET PSTN ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview MOBTEL GPRS Network (SGSN&GGSN) BSC3 Ericsson Design PCU Novi Sad Gb BELGRADE 1-TKC SS7 BSC1 PCU Gb PCU BELGRADE 3ANNEX BSC5 Kragujevac Gb SGSN G 3.0 Gb Gn Gn Gb IP Backbone Primary Site 1 Service Cluster AXI 520 Router ISP GGSN J20 1.0 Gi PCU BSC2 Gs, Gd, Gr BSC6 BELGRADE 3-ANNEX BELGRADE 2-AERO BSC4 PCU Gb PCU PXM BGw NTP Nis ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Traffic level per user in busy hour Average traffic per user in BH (mErl) Percentage of users Urban (Belgrade) 15 15% City Suburban (BG, NS, NI, KG) 12 22% Suburban (country) 9 45% Rural (country) 7 18% Cell Category Throughput requirement for GPRS users = ? ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview SMS Traffic Current Status 24/01/03 1.600.000 SM per day (charged) 180.000 BHSM 300.000 BHSM licence ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Primary Objectives of MOBTEL Business Policy in 2003 To increase number of subscribers to 1.7 million users. To extend the GSM network coverage to 85% of the territory. To increase the post-paid and pre-paid market penetration. To increase number of post-paid subscribers for additional 110.000 new customers. To increase number of pre-paid subscribers for additional 440.000 new customers. To increase monthly usage to the level of 130 minutes per customer in the post-paid, and 35 minutes in the pre-paid. ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Primary Objectives of MOBTEL Business Policy in 2003 To increase the number of satisfied customers with respect to: • Improvement of service quality • Enlargement of the number of services • Enlargement of the network capacity • GSM signal coverage and quality • Achieving roaming with ~ 200 GSM mobile operators. ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview New Services Towards 3G supported by ERICSSON The High-Speed Data Transmission (GPRS) The GSM Pro System (GSM professional) The Mobile Virtual Private Networks (MVPN) The Mobile Positioning System (MPS) The Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) New Roaming Services. Preliminary contracts with GPRS and UMTS operators in order to provide the GSM/GPRS UMTS compatibility and Dual-Mode/Band operation. ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Projected Growth through the year 2006 Expected Number of Subscribers 4500000 4000000 3500000 3000000 GSM WAP 2500000 GPRS EDGE 2000000 UMTS 1500000 1000000 500000 0 2001. 2002. 2003. ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution 2004. 2005. 2006. Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview Developing Strategy 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Number of customers planned 1 mil 1,3 mil 1,7 mil 3 mil 3,9 mil 4,2 mil Dual-band operation 900/1800 New HW/SW Versions of the Pre-Paid systems PrePaid Strong upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade Access to the Internet and Intranet WAP upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade E-commerce Services SMS Email upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade GPRS upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade GSM Pro upgrade upgrade upgrade VPN upgrade upgrade upgrade EDGE upgrade upgrade UMTS upgrade High-Speed Data Transmission Functional systems Virtual Private Networks in GSM an with PSTN High-Speed Data Transmission UMTS Experimental Operation UMTS Commercial Operation ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution UMTS Sofia 24/01/03 MOBTEL GSM/GPRS Network Overview UMTS licenses are not yet issued! New Telecommunications Law will be put into force approx in the first half of this year! ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 24/01/03 Thank You! Radmila Simic Director of Development Department radmila.simic@mobtel.co.yu Status Report on the Serbian Mobile Communications Presentation of MOBTEL Company Aleksandra Stefanovic VAS Product Manager aleksandra.stefanovic@mobtel.co.yu ITU-BDT Seminar on Network Evolution Sofia 21-24/01/03
