What’s New
Which Markets
Why Success
DECT
News & Views
Why DECT Forum
Presented by
Peter BERWING, Chairman of the Board
DECT Forum
...in Regulation
What’s New
 New terminal directive in force in April 2000 :
R&TTE (Radio & Telecommunication Terminal
Directive)
 Regulation restricted to harmonised standards
(essential requirements) and spectrum matters
 All quality aspects e.g. interoperability need to be
covered by voluntary agreements, testing and
certification
 DECT Forum is committed to ensure and maintain
DECT quality
 Close cooperation with ETSI is established
 DECT Forum supported ERC decision to allocate
10 MHz for license excempt use in the initial 3G
UMTS band
...in Standardization
What’s New
 Main focus on new standards for data and multimedia
applications
 DPRS (DECT Packet Radio Service)
 Packet based data profile
 Supports Ethernet, Token Ring, IP, Point to Point
protocol, V.24
 Provides Interoperability
 DMAP (DECT Multimedia Access Profile)
- Combines GAP and DPRS to a versatile Multimedia
Profile
 DECT data rates up to 2 Mbit/s (8 level-PSK)
 DECT included in the WAP (Wireless Access Protocol)
specification as a WAP carrier
 DECT adopted as a 3G Radio Technology within ITU´s
IMT 2000 family
...in Standardization (cont’d)
What’s New
Future tasks:
 Finalization on test specifications for DPRS and
DMAP providing interoperability
 USB over DECT
 DECT in the ISM band (2,4 GHz)
 following FCC decision on modified use
 co-existence with other radio technologies
 DECT and IMT 2000
 Input to ITU-T regarding protocols and
services
Global Trend is GROWTH !
70
65
Which Markets
59
60
Million Units per year
52
50
45
37
40
28
30
20
20
13,5
10
6,5
3,2
0
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Global Trend is GROWTH !
Residential
18 Million
terminals
20000
Which Markets
1999:
15000
10000
5000
Million Lines
0
1998
1999
20
WLL
1 200
1999:
1 100
1.2 million
lines
1 000
900
1998
Business
0
800
1999:
780
800.000
terminals
shipped
740
720
1998
1999
10
5
1999
760
15
1998
1999
Business & Corporate
Which Markets
 Installed base of almost 100´000 multicell systems
 DECT accounts for almost 100% of cordless
business solutions
 Addition of messaging in existing infrastructure
 Integral business mobility functions ( DECT/GSM )
DECT Handsets in Business
3000000
2500000
2000000
1500000
1000000
500000
1999
2000
2001
year
2002
2003
Residential
70
60
50
Millions .
Which Markets
 Installed based of over 40 million terminals
 59% of residential cordless market is DECT based
 Europe still accounts for over 90% of the residential
DECT market, but with strong growth elsewhere, this
share will be only 70% by 2004
 DECT penetration in German households is over 80%
40
30
20
10
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Fixed Wireless Access
Which Markets
 Flexibility on Frequency Bands:
 DECT FWA can also operate in the 3.5 GHz
band (e.g. Argentina, El Salvador);
 DECT technology : extended range up to 15 km
 DECT systems combined with V-SAT and/or PMP :
coverage up to several hundred kms
 Advanced services facing the wireless Internet
challenge: 56 kbit/s (V.90) using double slot and
LU7 service; ISDN BRA; packet mode (DPRSbased) soon.
 New market wins in Latin America & China
 Fast and Reliable Deployment: largest WLL
deployed and operating networks world-wide
(South Africa, Indonesia, Egypt, Poland, China,
Turkey, Colombia...)
 Newcomers on the WLL market
DECT FWA Positioning Today
Which Markets
1999
1998 :DECT leads
DECT FWA leads with
installed lines world-wide
Wireless market with
installed lines
Other
Cordless
12%
Analogue
Cellular
6%
Analogue
Other
Cellular
Cordless
3%
10%
DECT
32 %
DECT
34.7 %
PMP
15%
PMP
14%
Proprietary
18%
GSM
10%
Other Digital
Cellular
8%
Proprietary
21%
GSM
5%
Other Digital
Cellular
11.3%
Data & Multimedia
Which Markets
 Strong growth of wireless
data expected in all
corporate, residential and
WLL markets
Today:
 Value added applications
like
 Cable replacement
 Barcode readers
 Point of Sale terminals
Tomorrow:
 Mobile Multimedia
 LAN connectivity
 Wireless video
conferencing
 Wireless Internet access
data speeds up to 2 Mbit/s
1999
2000
2001
Year
2002
2003
Merging Voice & Data
Projected Traffic Growth
Which Markets
Data
Voice
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Source: Analysis
Merging Voice & Data
Which Markets
 In mobile networks, volume of data traffic will
exceed voice traffic from year 2004 onwards
 Internet access is the key volume driver; IP
assumed as the main protocol for multimedia
applications
 Other important growth areas
 Local networking of terminals e.g. PC‘s,
printers, scanners ...
 Connectivity between devices and modules
 Messaging
 DECT is perfectly suited to support today‘s and
future voice (GAP), data (DPRS) and multimedia
applications (DMAP)
DECT Developments
 GSM/DECT dual mode phones available from
several suppliers
Which Markets
 DECT modules available
 DECT Merging of voice and data
Why DECT is successful
Why Success
 An open and flexible low power radio technology
 Suitable for Residential Cordless, Wireless
Enterprise Systems and Fixed Wireless Access
(FWA)
 Optimized range for most residential and business
applications
 For FWA with directive antennas range is
up to 15 km
 Incorporates all necessary extensions for multicellular structures to cover bigger areas
 Standardized encryption
 Exclusive frequency band in most countries;
robust against interference
 Spectrum available in over 110 countries
worldwide
Why DECT is successful (cont’d)
Why Success
 Today : 45 million DECT terminals mainly for voice
applications
 Excellent voice quality (32 kbit/s ADPCM)
 Future is voice, data and multimedia
 Variety of data profiles already in place
 New profiles DPRS and DMAP suit fastest growing
applications and provide interoperability
 Flexible data rates up to 2 Mbit/s
 High volume production allows for competitive
costs
 Future-proof : accepted by ITU as an IMT 2000
technology
DECT Success Keys
DECT accepted
in over 110
countries
Why Success
DECT Data
products already
operating
45 million DECT
lines & terminals
in ‘99
Continuous
double-digit
GROWTH
Over 200 DECT different
products available
on the market,
growing every day
DECT
fulfils requirements
of ITU for 3G
applications
DECT
perfectly suits
DATA &
Multimedia
DECT
belongs
to IMT 2000
Inter-working with Key Bodies
Interactive
Co-operation & Promotion
ETSI
Operators
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Users
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DECT: a future-oriented standard
DATA Products for Today
Why DECT Forum
 DECT Forum Members have exhibited DATA
demos at the DECT 2000 Congress-Rome
 Transmission of still pictures by ALPS
 A wireless PDA for real-time corporate
information by Ericsson
 A wireless ISDN system by RTX
 A wireless video conference system by RTX
 Combined cordless speech and data
transmission by Siemens
 Barcode reader with wireless connection to a
PC by URMET
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