FIXEDMOBILE CONVERGENCE: Will NGN help

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FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENCEWill NGN help?
Session 6
Conclusions

• Kiritkumar P. Lathia, C.Eng., FIEE
• Vice President Siemens Mobile Communications,
  S.p.A.
• Vice Chairman - SSG

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4 excellent and thought provoking
presentationsfrom4 excellent speakers (thank
you!)

• Ubiquitous Networks Dr. Hitomi Murakami KDDI
  Corporation
• Wireless Systems beyond IMT 2000, EU research
  agenda Mr. Bernard Barani European Commission
• Seamless Services Delivery across Multiple
  Networks Mr. Dirk Weiler Siemens AG - ICM
• Fixed Mobile Convergence A pragmatic approach
  to take NGN Benefits to Developing Nations Mr.
  Narendra Kumar Mangla Govt. of India

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Highlights from Ubiquitous Networks

• Many societal issues including privacy, requiring
  enlightenment and regulations (MINORITY REPORT
  )
• Numbering addressing will be one of the key
  standardisation issue (note consumption of
  RFIDs)
• RFID tags, M2M and location based communications
  will be major driving force (gt100 billion
  connections)
• Context and location awareness will determine
  many applications (personalisation and context
  driven services)
• NGNs should support capacity, functions and
  different technologies (open, multi-vendor
  standards)

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Highlights from Wireless Systems beyond IMT
2000

• EU Approach Research, Standardisation and
  Regulations form a package (Three pillars for
  success)
• Seamless personalised (wireless) access from a
  range of environments and applications
  (Anytime, Anywhere)
• co-operative interworking of heterogeneous
  networks (need for business, service, technology
  dimensions as well)
• Standardisation and regulation likely to move
  towards higher layers (up to now emphasis was on
  networks)
• Cooperation between a multiplicity of fora may
  become critical (ITU-T can not do it alone! )

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Highlights from Seamless Services Delivery

• Easy-to-use services of different categories
  delivered seamlessly (own and third party
  services)
• Must work with and/or evolve from legacy
  GSM/GPRS and PSTN networks (consider CAPEX and
  OPEX costs)
• IMS already a common platform for IMT-2000
  family(could be extended to fixed networks as
  well)
• Open standards and multi-vendor environment(no
  lock- in to a particular technology / vendor)
• ITU-T should leverage core competences of other
  bodies and work in partnerships (avoid NIH
  syndrome)

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Highlights from Fixed Mobile Convergence

• Developing nations can not afford to throw-away
  existing CS fixed/mobile infrastructure (Digital
  Divide)
• Existing Networks could be considered as access
  networks to NGN (make NGN commercially viable)
• Each person to have a number and could possibly
  share fixed access point equipment ( 10
  billion)
• Existing technologies can be used to provide
  advanced services (CAPEX and OPEX driven services
  deployment)
• Global Standards to allow quantum jumps to NGN
  whenever possible (Unique key role of ITU)

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Overview of issues in the session

• Satisfy the client and do not focus only on
  technology!
• Need to consider trends in Business Scenarios,
  Societal Policy, Regulatory Environment and
  Standardisation
• Numbering and addressing is a key issue (billions
  of id.)
• Co-operative interworking of heterogeneous
  networks
• Must consider needs of developing nations
  (digital divide) who need to re-use existing
  infrastructures due to limited financial
  resources (CAPEX and OPEX are critical)
• ITU-T must avoid Not-Invented-Here (NIH)
  syndrome hence working in partnership with
  others will be critical.

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Recommendations / Follow-up actions

• ITU-T needs to consider four success pillars
  trends Societal Policy - Business
  Scenarios -Regulatory Environment -
  Standardisation
• Societal Policy Have Vs. Have not (for all
  nations)
• Business Scenarios Operators Vs. SPs Vs.
  manufacturers
• Regulatory Environment National Vs. WTO (Global)
• Standardisation Technologies Vs. Overall
  Vision(Fora are good at standardising a
  particular technology)

Can ITU-T create an environment which takes into
account the above four success pillars to
provide leadership ?
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Conclusions - FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENCE Will NGN
help? What are the conclusions from the floor?

Fixed-Mobile convergence (FMC) is essential for
seamless delivery of services and allows two key
telecom. industries to share experiences
However, FMC must not create disruptive
dynamics but cater for an evolutionary path
taking into account competitive environment.
Collaborative working with SDOs and Fora will be
essential as ITU can not produce all standards
for all necessary building blocks
ITU can provide unique platform for global
regulatory environmente.g. M-CIRC and M-UNWANT
for global circulation of mobile terminals
FMC is essential for high level vision to help
resolve societal, business and standardisation
issues of NGN in a multi-operator environment.
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FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENCEWill NGN help?
Session 6
Thank You!

• Kiritkumar P. Lathia, C.Eng., FIEE
• Vice President Siemens Mobile Communications,
  S.p.A.
• Vice Chairman - SSG