The Telecom perspectivecurrent issues and future enablers

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Title: The Telecom perspectivecurrent issues and future enablers

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The Telecom perspectivecurrent issues and future
enablers
C .S. Rao President CEO April 19, 2006
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SPECTRUM!!moving towards a favorable policy

New Spectrum order for increased spectrum
allotment is a welcome step in the right
direction. However, central to allotment, is
spectrum availability!
Availability of spectrum, a supposedly scarce
resource, is inhibiting the growth of present
2.5G services.proposed availability is
inadequate for operators to deploy 3G services
Long pending defense-related spectrum issues, if
resolved, could see the explosive growth in
telecom services, including M-commerce, P-P
video, visual ring tones, gaming, Multicast
applications etc.
Spectrum availability is the key to higher rural
penetration. Wireless and NOT Wireline is the
only answer to enabling growth in rural telephony
Refarming of relevant applicable bands that are
presently being occupied by various
non-commercial agencies, needs to be expedited.
Urgent need to review spectrum allocations to
various bodies

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QoS and Infrastructure-sharing issuesthe
dichotomy

Quality of Service Levels
Felt that Congestion levels at POIs in the
Inter-Operator networks, main source of poor QoS
TRAI findings that, 50 of the total number of
POIs that were not meeting the benchmark of
lt0.5 congestion, had 10 times higher congestion
levels that the benchmark!
Over 16 of the POIs had congestion levels that
were 40 higher than the benchmark laid down by
TRAI
Congestion trend has been increasing rather than
decreasing..a disturbing situation
More accountability required from all
stakeholders. Should PoI guidelines be relooked
and if so how ?
Are interconnect Xchanges a viable alternative??

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QoS and Infrastructure-sharing issuesthe
dichotomy

Infrastructure-Sharing
Passive Infrastructure sharing cannot be
mandated, but has to be encouraged. else lack of
incentivisation could lead to deterioration in
QoS. Clear approach and objectives need to be
defined
Mandatory geographical sharing of infrastructure,
could lead to division of roll out obligations
and thereby run contrary to overall objectives.
Low ARPUs and low population density expected
from rural India...can we implement the Swedish
infrastructure sharing model ? Viz. 3070 model?
USO fund should provide a major thrust in
providing subsidies for enhancing rural
infrastructure
Avoidance of duplication of resources, commercial
considerations, aesthetics and environmental
impact should be the main drivers
Will infrastructure sharing be the fundamental
challenge to rural growth?

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The Wish List!

Regulatory Levies in India amongst the highest in
Asia.17-26, as against a max of 3, 2.3 and
2 in China, Sri Lanka and Pakistan respectively.
Reduction in Government Levies essential for
higher telecom penetration. Should essentially
cover only USO and other administrative costs
Telecom as impetus to meet national goals of
employment, education, health-care ie.
Incentives to promote local content, application
development, broadband applications, e-governance
Incentives for equipment vendors for providing
products matching rural deployment needs
Develop infrastructure and related sectors e.g.
power for sustaining growth
Availability of allocated Spectrum for voice and
data-centric services, along with Right of Way
guidelines
Mandatory and Accountable PoI policies
Encouraging sharing of passive (and active??)
infrastructure resources
Guidelines for Number Portability

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Evolution to revolution.enablers for growth

New technologies viz. UMTS / HSDPA, WiMax, WiFi,
VoIP and New Applications viz. IPTV and Wireless
Multimedia
Migration to IP centric paradigms
Low cost, relevant feature, attractive
price-point handsets
Broadband as a means to reach the mass market,
coupled with affordable terminals
ASPs churning our varied applications
irrespective of the underlying technology
Focus on rich mobile content in local languages,
encompassing video, ringtones, gaming, and other
such applications..Value Added Services to drive
growth in revenues
Reducing the digital divide.incentivisation for
rural telephony
Mobile Commercea key to growth
Streamlined Spectrum, Tariff, Interconnect and
QoS policy framework would lead to competition
led growth
TRAIs earlier RECommendations for UNIFIED
LICENSING may be adopted and approved
Expeditiously.
For NGN migration in Access networks ,to support
HIGH SPPED BB, services ,BB policy of 2004 may be
reviewed in respect of delicensing some of the
relevant bands