Broadband Internet Evolution in ITU
and broadband infrastructure in
Africa & around the world.
Louisa Ama Sosu,
Network Quality and Reporting Manager,
MTN Ghana
lafagbegee@mtn.com.gh
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Video
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Broadband
which simply means a fixed-line
and/or wireless connection that
enables the delivery of voice, video,
and data at high speed to any node
with a similar connection, whether
around the corner or around the
world
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-has changed the way the world works
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Mobile Broadband
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Network Evolution
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Demand Scenario
Users: good audio, video and Internet
access. They don't care about the
underlying technology.
Operators know that in order to avoid
client attrition that they need to ensure
QOE and in order to do so they need to
ensure that their infrastructure can
accommodate growing demand from its
clientele.
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Africa
The distribution of mobile operators on
the continent provides an opportunity
for growing mobile broadband.
Africa needs to develop a unique model
to promote this growth
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Mobile Operators in Africa
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Main issues affecting Infrastructure
Base Station: Evolving and new
introductions with new technologies
Transmission: Microwave, Fiber
Core: Packet core evolving (IP)
Spectrum
Regulation
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Improvement Areas
An
area
where
improvements
in
bandwidth efficiency and QoS will have
the greatest impact on QoE and margins
will occur in metro aggregation and
transport networks, and at the very edge
of the network itself, where bottlenecks
can easily occur as IP-based devices
proliferate
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ITU’s Role
ITU is working closely with Member
States and other partners to make
sure that the latest legislative
approaches and best practices aimed
at facilitating broadband infrastructure
development are well-known and
implemented worldwide
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Infrastructure sharing
Infrastructure sharing is the latest
trends. However some countries are yet
to make this a reality. African operators
are passive network sharers.
Active network sharing is a much more
complex topic than tower sharing. Active
networks are vital to mobile operators
and are the revenue-generating assets
that define it as an operator.
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Under sea cables linking Africa
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Fibre
A critical component of the mobile network.
2G cannot serve end users anymore, and 3G is running
out of capacity fast.
LTE requires massive investment in fibre optic for metro
backhaul.
Fibre is playing an increasing role in mobile backhaul.
Infonetics found that fibre will continue to grow
and continue to increase its architectural share
of mobile backhaul installed connections, and
will grow to 43 per cent of the mobile backhaul
market in 2017.
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Fibre
Fibre Optic Backhaul Lays the Foundation for High Quality User
Experiences
Wireless backhaul is easy to deploy, and allows moving points
of presence, however, these wireless connections are slower,
occupy spectrum that could be used by user devices
(especially as 5.8 GHz devices proliferate), require more truck
rolls (typically three times as many) as wired backhaul, are
limited in bandwidth and is often viewed as an initial or
temporary measure.
With a fibre optic backhaul solution, efficient roll-out of
network expansions can be conveniently supported.
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Fibre Optic
penetration
by country
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International Trends
Due to proliferation of fibre networks, ,mobile broadband market
in Europe experiencing intense competition in LTE many
countries, driving data prices into the ground
Fierce competition between operators has enabled customers in
Europe to take advantage of some of the lowest 4G data tariffs
in the world, - GSMA Intelligence.
First commercial cellular LTE networks were switched on in
Europe in December 2009
The most competitive LTE market in Europe is identified as
Sweden - all four of the country’s mobile operators have
launched the next-generation technology.
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International Trends
Europe use the deployment of LTE to overhaul their
mobile broadband pricing models.
Operators struggling with overloaded networks have
taken the opportunity to phase out unlimited data
deals in favour of speed-based offerings tied to data
allowances in an effort to more effectively monetise
mobile data.
Over 90 percent of the LTE operators surveyed in
Europe were found to use a speed-based element in
their LTE tariffs. LTE operators trying to make more
profitable use of their new high-speed network
capacity, with most of them adopting speed-based
pricing
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International Trends
This new mobile broadband tariff model, which operators have
developed in line with the rationalisation of their device portfolios,
allows the pricing of data on a quality of service basis for the first
time, with operators offering mobile broadband packages at a range of
differently-priced download speeds.
The principal benefit of this approach is that it allows operators to
manage their network capacity in a more revenue efficient way, and
further enhance profitability by charging a premium for the highest
speeds.
This strategy offers advantages in terms of quality of user
experience, as subscribers that exceed their monthly GB allowance will
typically have their connections throttled back to 2G speeds (unless
they buy an additional data allowance at a premium rate), freeing up
more high-speed network capacity for those users paying the highest
tariffs.
It is expected that this pricing model will spread from Europe to the rest
of the world, as more operators deploy LTE and 4G competition ramps
up across the globe. – GSMA Intelligence
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Recommendations
Stimulating an efficient investment
environment through:
Regulation
Promoting infrastructure sharing
Developing Guidelines for the Rapid
Deployment of fibre optic infrastructure
Removal of unnecessary red tape for
wayleaves and cross border deployment
Education on the benefits of broadband
infrastructure
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THANK YOU
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