NGN Broadband Access: TIA Broadband Drivers, Principles, and VoIP

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NGN Broadband AccessTIA Broadband Drivers,
Principles, and VoIP
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• Contact David Thompson, TIA
• Dan Bart, TIA

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U.S. Market OverviewNew Trends

• Bundled services, flat-rate pricing
• Local/long-distance distinction disappearing
• IP applications entering mainstream
• Wireless data traffic growing
• 3G deployments with enhanced data capabilities
• Cable attracting voice customers

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U.S. Market OverviewNetwork Equipment

• Spending on network equipment fell 73 in last
  three years.
• Rebound anticipated, but not a return to late
  1990s spending levels.

• New drivers broadband, bundled services, data
  transport, digital video, VoIP.
• High-speed access is growing.

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Broadband Benefits

• Broadband is an accelerator of social and
  economic development
• Jobs multiplier
• Increases in worker productivity, wages and more
  service offerings at lower prices
• Creation of new or offshoot industries
• Additional investment in RD
• Greater efficiencies in distribution of goods,
  services and information
• Increased demand for equipment
• Greater investment in next-generation networks
• Reduction in the digital divide

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Broadband Benefits

• Broadband applications enable economic and social
  benefits such as
• Public safety and national security
• Telemedicine
• Teleworking
• E-Government
• Distance learning/educational tools
• Utility applications
• Accessible communications for persons with
  disabilities
• May 7 FCC Summit, VoIP and persons with
  disabilities

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Broadband Platforms

• Wide variety of broadband platforms
• DSL/fiber to the premises (FTTP), Fiber to the
  Zone
• Cable modems
• Mobile wireless networks (3G)
• Fixed wireless (licensed, Wi-Fi, WiMAX)
• Satellites
• Powerline technologies
• Whats next?
• "Wi-Fi" is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi
  Alliance

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Broadband Sector Snapshot

• High-speed access by consumers and businesses is
  growing.
• Spending on services reached 13 billion in 2003
  and is expected to grow to 25 billion by 2007.
• Cable will retain subscriber advantage, but
  spending on DSL services will pass spending on
  cable in 2006.
• Wireless and fiber access will generate 3.4
  billion in revenue in 2007.

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Broadband Worldwide Deployment

• U.S. Lags Behind in Broadband
• Deployment
• Other countries, led by Korea and Canada, have
  strategic vision for broadband deployment.
• U.S. must not be outpaced by major trading
  partners in deployment of cutting-edge
  technologies and networks.
• Lack of broadband connectivity inhibits job
  creation in the U.S.

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Broadband New Applications

• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
• Personalized, unified communications
• Integration of voice, data, other applications in
  a manner not previously possible
• Flexibility and computing power not found in
  circuit- switched networks

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Broadband TIA Broadband Principles

• The United States needs a national broadband
  policy to drive widespread deployment.
• Affordable, highly advanced and secure
  communications services should be available to
  all Americans.
• Competitive market forces, not regulations,
  should be the principal means of achieving this
  goal.
• Governments should intervene only where such
  intervention (1) is necessary to effectively
  address a specific, critical problem and (2) is
  targeted and otherwise designed to minimize
  disruption to competitive market forces.

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Broadband TIA Broadband Principles

• Governments should make available the necessary
  radio spectrum for the deployment of advanced
  communications services.
• Governments should implement policies that
  encourage investment in new and diverse
  communications technologies.
• All players government, private sector and
  consumers should participate in the formulation
  of broadband policy.

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Broadband TIAs Broadband Mission

• Promote ubiquitous broadband deployment globally.
• Seek regulatory-free zone for new, last-mile
  broadband investments.
• Work for removal of barriers to broadband
  deployment including rights of way, franchise
  fees and excessive taxes.
• Support fiscal incentives, such as tax credits,
  grants, pilot-project funding and low-interest
  loans.
• Assist international organizations to realize the
  economic and social benefits of broadband.
• Encourage deployment of all broadband access
  technologies.
• Seek additional globally harmonized spectrum
  allocations.

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TIA VoIP
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Broadband TIA VoIP PolicyPrinciples for the U.S.

• Regulation should not be applied to VoIP without
  thorough justification that it is necessary as a
  matter of public policy.
• A single federal policy for VoIP regulation is a
  must and, in fact, the nature of the technology
  demands such an approach.
• All communications technologies should play a
  part in advancing core public interest issues,
  such as emergency response needs and universal
  service.
• VoIP offerings should be marketed in a manner
  that allows consumers to make informed choices.

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Broadband TIAs U.S. VoIP Mission

• Promote growth of IP networks and applications
  unfettered by economic regulation.
• Ensure one national policy on regulatory
  treatment of VoIP.
• Seek industry-driven solutions for core public
  interest issues.