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23rd February 2016MWC16, Barcelona

James Body, TruphoneNick Johnson, ip.access

Vendor Perspective:• We have technology that can provide

Multi-Operator solutions, at least as cost-effective and high-performance as WiFi

Licensed Radio struggles to find traction in many valuable vertical markets

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Operator Perspective• Why should I enable my competitors?

Are we happy with that?

Laws of Physics Perspective:• In the congested spectrum future, we

need a technology that manages and coordinates spectrum well, which is LTE

Customer Perspective:• With existing small cell offers, I can’t get

a licensed radio solution that works for all my customers.

• Even if I deploy DAS, I can’t get all the operators interested

• So I just use WiFi

Are we happy with that?

Make Licensed Radio Small Cells the preferred solution for Vertical Market, Multi-Operator Applications

Our mission


To achieve this, we are addressing issues in multiple fields

Business CaseExisting and upcoming TechnologyRegulatorySpectrum Licensing – existing and new licensing regimes

Today, Multi-Operator solutions suffer a “First Mover Disadvantage”• If the operator is the first mover, they simply enable their competitors• If a 3rd party is the first mover, they run a “partial solution” risk if all operators don’t

participate

Business Case


Need to enable a business model that allows everyone to make money

• Identify• Document• Quantify

Market Drivers

Technology Review• DAS• MOCN• MORAN• ePLMN• Multi-Small Cell

Deployments

Other Topics


Standardisation• 3GPP activity• “Shared RAN” Study

ItemRegulatory and Licensing• The Global Situation• Restrictions on Sharing• Existing “exclusive access”• New “Secondary Use”• New “Shared Access”Existing Deployments

• Why they work• Why aren’t there

more of them?

Release 6 – two new documents, one update


Market Drivers

Regulatory Issues

Multi-Operator in the Enterprise

New

New

Update

Demand side:

Approx x2.5 demand enabled by MO

Market Drivers


Market Drivers - Willingness75% of MNOs83% of non-MNO service providers are willing to deploy Multi-Operator in some form

Top four dominate:• Lower cost of

coverage and capacity

• Lower deployment complexity

• Lower churn/higher CSAT

• Higher Venue revenues

Mobile Operator priorities


Key issues:• Monetisation• QoS control• Differentiation

Key non-issue (for MNOs):• Wi-Fi

Market anti-drivers


Spectrum sharing to support Multi-Operator is allowed in most of the key markets surveyed so far:• Allowed (incomplete survey):

• Russia, Czech, France, Hungary, Iceland, Sweden, UK, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, US, Venezuala, Kenya, Rwanda, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam

• Not allowed:• Spain (?)

Two major world movements that are making spectrum leasing much easier• Citizen’s Broadband (FCC Title 47 Part 96) in the US• Licensed Shared Access (LSA) in EuropeOther regions are likely to follow

Regulatory


Availability of spectrum constrains deployment

Historically only MNOs with mobile spectrum (huge investment) could deploy infrastructure

LSA gives access to spectrum to a much wider community at lower upfront cost

2.3 and 3.5 GHz bands – FDD operation

Availability of user devices – limited but improving rapidly

Citizen’s Broadband / Licensed Shared Access


The Market Drivers for Multi-Operator are clear and compellingThere are some Market Inhibitors that we as a Forum can addressThe regulatory framework already allows Multi-Operator deployment in many major markets.Citizens Broadband and LSA regimes will make spectrum sharing more controlled and easier to deploy without extensive bilateral agreements

More news next time!

Summary


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If you’re not active, you’re not on the agenda!

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