Deploying Digital Dividend Spectrum To Achieve Universal Broadband Access Shivendra Nautiyal Chief Technical Officer, Emtel Ltd 4th September 2018 Commonwealth Spectrum Management Forum 2018 Port Louis, Mauritius

Digital Dividend Spectrum 1 Digital Dividend Spectrum Digital Dividend refers to the spectrum that is made available when existing analogue television services are deployed using digital video compression techniques in the UHF band The digital dividend refers to the radio spectrum which is released in the process of digital television transition. When television broadcasters switch from analog TV to digital-only platforms, part of the electromagnetic spectrum that has been used for broadcasting will be freed-up because digital television needs less spectrum than analog television. Source: Digital dividend ITU 2010

Digital Dividend Spectrum 2 Digital Dividend Spectrum 800 MHZ Band : 790 – 862 MHz Allocated to mobile service for Region 1 WRC-07, WRC-12 2x30 MHz 700 MHZ Band : 694 – 790 MHz Allocated to mobile service for Region 1 WRC-15 2x30 MHz Source: Huawei LTE APT 700 Whitepaper , 2016

How do we achieve Universal Broadband Access ? 3 How do we achieve Universal Broadband Access ?

4 Mobile Broadband Mobile broadband is the already the main broadband access medium Mobile broadband penetration is 4 times higher than fixed broadband Source: ITU Key ICT Indicators, 2017

Mobile Broadband 5 Similar trend is observed in Mauritius Escalated growth in last 2 years

Faster network deployment (Improved Time to market) 6 Why Mobile Broadband ? Faster network deployment (Improved Time to market) Cost effective mobile phones and dongles Mobility is essential for many applications – Maps, Transport, ePayment Affordable and Flexible data packages Daily, Weekly , Monthly

Mobile Data Growth 7 Source: Ericsson Mobility Report, June 2018 Mobile data traffic to grow by a CAGR of 47% over the period 2016-2020

8 Economic Impact The Mobile Telecom sector continues to offer unprecedented opportunities for economic growth in both Developing and Developed markets. In 2017, Mobile industry contribution to GDP was 4.5%, and expected to contribute 5.0% by 2022 Increasing mobile broadband penetration has a significant impact on a country's economy As mobile broadband penetration increases by 10 percent; a 0.6 – 2.8 percent growth in GDP is observed. Mobile data traffic to grow by a CAGR of 47% over the period 2016-2020 Source: Ericsson and the Imperial College of London Research, 2017

How to support mobile data growth ? 9 How to support mobile data growth ? Spectrum efficient technologies (UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, 5G) Additional sites More spectrum - Spectrum for capacity - Spectrum for coverage Deployment of the latest mobile technologies is still ongoing. In 2017, 4G accounted for 29% of global mobile connections (Mobile Economy 2018, GSMA) which shows that there is still a lot of work to be done to increase adoption of 4G However, it is expected that 4G will become the lead mobile network technology in 2019 (at more than 3 billion) and will continue to dominate over the period to 2025 To support the mobile data growth, investment in infrastructure and rollout of mobile base stations is also necessary. This may be in form of the traditional macro sites, but we are seeing more micro sites as well. Thirdly, to sustain the mobile data growth, it is imperative to have more spectrum available for mobile technologies. There are different frequency bands which serve different purposes in different scenarios. 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz are examples of frequency bands more suited for delivering high capacity throughput for mobile. Digital dividend spectrum, 700 MHz and 800 MHz are essential building blocks for deployment of mobile networks in rural regions, but also for improved indoor penetration. Global mobile adoption by technology Source: Mobile Economy 2018, GSMA

Spectrum to sustain mobile data growth 10 Spectrum to sustain mobile data growth Coverage Comparison Bandwidth Available High band 2600 MHz, 2100 MHz & 1800 MHz Capacity 1x 60MHz for LTE 2.6GHz 60MHz for LTE 2.1GHz 60MHz for 3G/LTE 2x 1800MHz 75MHz for GSM and LTE FREQUENCY BAND 900MHz Low band 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz Coverage 35MHz for GSM/3G/LTE 4x 800MHz Digital Dividend EU800 30MHz for LTE 700MHz Digital Dividend APT700 45MHz for LTE

Importance of Digital Dividend Spectrum 11 Importance of Digital Dividend Spectrum Ideal for deployment of mobile networks over large areas, especially rural areas. Better indoor penetration in urban deployments. Additional spectrum necessary to meet the demand for mobile data growth IMS and VoLTE - Requirement of improved contiguous and indoor coverage to have a good quality VoLTE service

Benefits of Digital Dividend Spectrum 12 Benefits of Digital Dividend Spectrum Fewer sites required – incentive for mobile operators for rural deployment Stimulate growth of mobile broadband in rural regions Serve users in coastal waters Spur new applications of mobile broadband – Agriculture, Finance, Healthcare Fully developed device ecosystem LTE FDD Band Number of unique Devices 1800 MHz Band 3 7,054 2600 MHz Band 7 6,428 2100 MHz Band 1 5,707 800 MHz Band 20 4,110 700 MHz Band 17 2,060 700 MHz Band 13 1,100 APT700 Band 28 1,040 700 MHz Band 12 936

13 In Summary …… Economic growth Digital inclusion and new applications of mobile broadband Efficient and enhanced broadband connectivity for rural areas and good indoor penetration Digital Dividend Spectrum Bands for LTE

Digital Dividend Spectrum assignment - 2010 14 Digital Dividend Spectrum assignment - 2010 Source: GSMA, 2017

Digital Dividend Spectrum assignment - 2013 15 Digital Dividend Spectrum assignment - 2013 Source: GSMA, 2017

Digital Dividend Spectrum assignment - 2016 Digital Dividend adoption risen from 3 countries in 2010 to 90 countries in 2016 Digital Dividend now the coverage foundation of many multi-band networks The momentum for digital dividend spctrum is clearly there! Well established interworking and deployments Source: GSMA, 2017

Success story – Unitel/Huawei (Mongolia) 18 Success story – Unitel/Huawei (Mongolia) Mongolia is a country with a large geographic area and is home to 3 million people, roughly 850,000 families and low population density (1.9 person per km2) Rural home broadband penetration in the country was less than 2% DSL services only available in center of provinces Only 1000 households were connected to DSL service outside the capital To reduce the digital divide, Unitel decided to launch ‘Ger Internet’ Use of the 4G network to deliver home broadband 2.3 GHz band was used for the capacity layer 700 MHz band was used for the coverage layer Coverage for 94% of Mongolia 50,000 households connected to ‘Ger Internet’ after 12 months Unitel and Huawei’s ambition is to connect 300,000 households Source: Huawei

Success story – Spark New Zealand 19 Success story – Spark New Zealand Deployment of LTE on APT700 band - 2014 Launched mobile broadband service in rural areas New service marketed as fixed broadband alternative LTE 1800 LTE 700 Source: Huawei, 2016

Mauritius – ICT Development Index 2017 IDI Rank 2016: 75 (5.51) IDI Rank 2017: 72 (5.88) Percentage of individuals using the Internet: 53.23 Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 51.75 Source: ITU, 2017

In Summary – Mauritius High mobile broadband penetration 21 In Summary – Mauritius High mobile broadband penetration ~120% Volume growth year on year on data consumption Off Island capacity investments by all operators (SAFE, LION, IOX, METISS) ICTA has been supportive with driving required spectrum to sustain the Mobile Broadband growth (1800,2100, 2600 for LTE and 900, 2100 for UMTS Services) Moving Positively in right direction : Consultation started on L700 and L800. We are on right track to embrace the data explosion which we are going to see in next 3-5 years

22 Near future - 700 MHz for 5G 700 MHz band earmarked for 5G by the European Commission 700 MHz band will be critical to achieve key 5G applications large area coverage with outdoor-to-indoor penetration massive machine type communication (mMTC) ultra reliable – low latency communication (URLLC) 3GPP has also agreed to use UL of low frequency bands for 5G, paired with the 3300-3800 MHz and 4400-5000 MHz bands T-Mobile USA planning to deploy nationwide 5G using 600 MHz band