true corporation's business plan for mobile broadband with frequency re-farming

True Corporation Public Company Limited

Business Plan for Mobile Broadband withFrequency Re-farming

October, 2013

Changing User Behavior

Source : Nokia Siemens Network

Mobile Data Traffic Explosion Drivers

Key Drivers

IT Product Shipment Forecast

Source : IDC

Global Traffic

Source : Adobe

Source : StatCounterGlobalStats

Global Mobile Traffic

Source : ZocialInc

Thailand Online Users

24/7 Multi-Platform Consumption

Source : ORMLondon, Comscore

Source : CISCO Visual Networking Index

8x

4x

5x

4x

Data Consumption on Device

2x

Roger's Theory of Innovation (Everette M. Rogers)

Subscriber Distribution Model

Heavy User

20% Subs 80% Subs

20% Data Volume

Average User Light User

80% Data Volume

Source : True, Technology Strategy

Subscribers/Connectivity

Data Usage Volume

5 Years Traffic Forecast (2013 - 2018)

9.5 times

3.4 times

Source : True, Technology Strategy

More than 50 MHz bandwidth would be required

for support data usage volume in the near future

Source : Qualcomm/ 3G America

Technology Evolution

Technology Trend

Source : Qualcomm

Cognitive Radio(SDR)

eMBMS LTE-A MIMO

Software Defined Radio Multi Broadcast Multi Service LTE-Advanced Multiple Input Multiple Output

Source : 3G America

Heterogeneous Network

Coverage Prospect

Capacity Prospect

Offload Prospect

Low Band

High Band

High Band

Deployment objective, Deployment area and Frequency band would relate each other

3G Coverage

4G Coverage

WiFi Service

Component Carrier for LTE-Advanced

1.4,3,5,10,15,20 MHzFrequency Bandwidth

Frequency Spectrum in Developed Market

Frequency Spectrum Allocation

Source : NBTC

To maximize frequency spectrum efficiency, Allocated frequency for LTE

technology should be concerned about further upgrade to LTE-A technology

Summary

• Tablet, Portable PC, Video content and Cloud service would be key drivers to boost up network traffic.

• In next 5 years, Subscribers will grow 3.4 times while Data traffic will increase 9.5 times.

• At least 50 MHz spectrum would be required to support our forecast data traffic in 5 years

• Ways for efficient utilization : Coverage prospect, Capacity prospect, Capacity offload prospect

• Technology aspect, LTE would give better spectrum efficiency. LTE-A would make even better spectrum efficiency.

• 20-40 MHz bandwidth assigned by regulator for LTE-A and further new technology should be taken into account.