1 Mobile Broadband Proposal AAC June 8 th, AARNet Mobile Broadband Project QUESTnet November, 2011

2 AARNet Mobility Services AARNet3 Eduroam – radius server and authentication NVCS (National Video Conference Service) – MCU UCX (Unified Communications Exchange) – Session Border Controller AARNet Anywhere – Multi-user Skype)

3 What? AARNet Mobile Broadband (MBB) – Data Only

4 Why? Increasing need to access data through multiple mobile devices

5 Who? 3G Mobile Broadband Wholesalers ? 3 7 …?... 3

6 When? Groups and Individuals

7 How Much? The Retail Market

8 How Much? Individual Plans PlanData Allowance Indicative Pricing ($/month) 11.5 GB$20 25 GB$30 39 GB$ GB$ GB$80

9 How Much? Data Bucket Plans PlanNumber Of Users Shared Data Allowance (GB/month) Indicative Pricing ($/GB) Indicative Pricing ($/month) GB$17$ GB$16$ GB$15$1, GB$14$1, GB$13$3, GB$12$6,000

10 How Much? The Business Case Break even

11 Who Else? Other NRENs

12 Who Else? Other NRENs

13 What Else? Value Add

14 What Else? International Roaming Data ServicePrice per GB Broadband$1’s Mobile Broadband$10’s Reasonable International Roaming$100’s Wholesale International Roaming$1,000’s Retail International Roaming$10,000’s ?$100,000’s SMS$1,000,000’s

15 Any Opportunities? – The University of Adelaide

16 CAUDIT Commitment? AARNet set-up costs = $300K Break-even = 2,500 users Average 50 users per CAUDIT member At $10/user/month = $6K per CAUDIT member per year Equivalent to one 30 user data bucket per CAUDIT member

17 AARNet’s MBB Experience Number of staff: 50 Number of data devices: 100 (1 x phone, 1 x USB) Total cost: $3,000/month Aggregate data allowance: 200 GB/month (= $15/GB) Number of different device plans: 13 (from 100 MB to 15 GB) Aggregate usage: 25 GB/month (= 12.5% of allowance) Average usage: 250 MB/device (= 500 MB/user) Potential saving: $1,000/month (based on 100 device data bucket at $20 per device)

18 AARNet Mobile Broadband Questions?!