1. DIGITAL TELEVISION MIGRATION IN MONGOLIA PRESENTED BY BOLORCHIMEG GANBOLD Information, Communication Technology and Post Authority, Government of Mongolia www.ictpa.gov.mn

2. Presentation Plan Overview of television broadcasting in Mongolia Current digital television migration process Conclusion Country overview Challenge Implementation plan

3. Section two Section three Section four Section five Section one Country overview Area: 1.5 mln. sq. km Population:2.7 mln. (2009) In Ulaanbaatar (capital city): 1’000’000 Household:716 thous, West region 97.7 thous, Khangai region 156.9 thous Central region 131.3 thous East region 57.4 thous Ulaanbaatar 273.2 thous Geography: mountains, forest, steppe, desert Political system: President Great Hural (Parliament, 76 seats) Administration:Ulaanbaatar and 21 provinces (aimag, sum) Literacy rate:96.7% Membership:UN, ESCAP, WTO, ITU, APT, APSCO, UPU, APPU,

4. Organizational chart of ICTPA 4 ICT and Post AuthorityChairman Board of Directors Vice Chairman Policy and Planning Department Policy and Coordination Department Public Administration and Cooperation department Information, Statistics and Monitoring Department Professional Council Communication Regulatory Commission National Information Technology Park Radio and Television network state enterprise National Data Center Prime Minister Government and non Government Organizations Business Enterprises in ICT sector

5. Overview of television broadcasting in Mongolia Section one Section three Section four Section five Section two Television broadcasting in Mongolia UHF tv Wire cable tv Wireless cable tv Satellite To Direct tv IPTV Mobile tv

6. Market of television broadcasting Type of television Wire CaTv Wireless CaTv UHF TVSTDIPTVMobile TV License (2010) 353497122 Frequency 630-750 MHZ2.2-2.7 GHZ 470- 790 MHZ 10-14 GHZ-182-502MHZ Standard DVB-C, MPEG2 DVB-T, MMDS, MPEG2 analog MUDS DVB-S, MPEG2 MSVCI MPEG4 T-DMB, CMMB- төлөвлөгөө Coverage Capital, province Capital Only optical cable reached household in capital Capital Subscriber (2010) 105 29627 923296 28160 000--

7. Television penetration /2010/

8. Current digital television migration process Section one Section two Section three Section four Section five LEGAL ENVIROMENT: NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TRANSITION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTINGS TO THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY / 275 th Government Resolution in 2010/ The first aim: To create the legal environment for transition of radio and television broadcastings to the digital technology. The second aim: To make technological solution for transition of radio and television broadcastings to the digital technology. The third aim: To organize framework for transition of radio and television broadcastings to the digital technology according to the unified plan in terms of the geographical position partly and step by step. The fourth aim: To organize the training and advertise about the program to the citizen, institutions and economic entity. Switch off analogue station on July 31, 2014

9. Investment Government will invest for digital television migration of UHF Tv 2011-2013: 10 billion tugrug (USD 8.2 million) for digital tv migration 2014: To support to buy STB for low income household Other television networks will invested by private sectors for digital television migration

10. Implemented work 1.Policies for the transition of digital radio and television system approved. 2.The order, related to the digital radio and television system, worked out. 3.The conditions and requirements, related to the digital radio, television equipments, created. 4.The plan and allocation of the range frequencies, used for the digital radio and television created.

11. 5.We have cooperating with ITU expert for the digital television migration project. Determine standard The digital television migration roadmap Organization structure 6.On may 25-26 th, 2011, ” Vision 2021 of ICT policy “ conference will be organized. Radio, television broadcasting field’s important target is to migrate the digital radio, television broadcasting system and to penetrate new technologies to 2021 based digital technology.

12. Traceable standards Transmission typeStandard Compression Technology Digital television broadcasting transmission by terrestrial DVB-T2MPEG-4 Digital television broadcasting transmission by cable DVB-C DVB-C2 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 Digital television broadcasting transmission by satellite DVB-S DVB-S2 MPEG-2 MPEG-4

13. Section one Section two Section three Section four Section five Implementation plans 1.To organize activities and draft the experienced project of the land network of digital radio and television broadcasting. 2.According the unified plan to lead the organizational activities for transition of radio and television broadcastings to the digital technology and to process the Analogue and Digital system instantaneously in terms of geographical position partly and step by step. YearSiteStandardFrequencyImplementation plan Station power 201110 DVB-T2 470-690 MHZ 1.Sum /Village/ 2.Aimag /Province/ 3.UB /Capital/ 100w, 50w, 20w 201290 2013100

14. 3.Network, which is transmitting the system of Analogue technology in Mongolia now, will be terminated at 12 am, 31 st July, 2014, and the digital technology system will start in use. 4.To take advice from foreign and domestic countries, to disseminate the experiences of the foreign countries, which have been already transmitted to the digital radio and television broadcasting system. 5.To formulate the instructions and recommendation and to advertise to the public. 6.To organize the training and advertisement among the citizen.

15. Challenge 1.Specific problems for Mongolia nomadic lifestyle and population diversity 2.Under budgeted The budget approved in 2010 (standard DVB-T) Penetrate 200 sites as 360 sites

16. Conclusion Section one Section two Section three Section four Section five 1.National program for transition of radio and television broadcasting to the digital technology. 1.Created legal environment 2.Made technological solution for transition of radio and television broadcastings to the digital technology 2.We have cooperated with ITU expert for the digital television migration project. 3.To cooperate with ITU expert 4. To organize framework for transition of radio and television broadcastings to the digital technology according to the unified plan in terms of the geographical position partly and step by step.

17. Thank you for attention