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MTN LTE PILOTITNEWS Africa Dinner
Brandon GombertGeneral Manager : Capital Projects
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And MTN said: Let there be SPEED!...
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Overview
• The Evolution: Kanagaratnam Lambotharan – MTN SA, CTO
MTN’s Vision
Broadband Everywhere You Go
• Customer at the Core of our Business – Serame Taukobong MTN SA, CMO
LTE Pilot Launch Expectations
Customer at the Core of our Evolution
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MTN Broadband Connectivity - Everywhere You Go
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•• Broadband connectivity will be a catalyst for socio-economic development and will enhance South Africa’s global competitiveness
• Bringing Mobility and High Speed internet access
• Bridging the Digital Divide – bringing broadband to the
rural/under-served areas
• Supporting education, socio economic upliftment and innovation
• Enabling MTN’s customers to access information, entertainment, applications and services with much more richness and computing capacity
• MTN will provide technology & communication solutions in the “cloud”
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Evolution to Date
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2G (98.6% population coverage)
GPRS
114Kbps
(2002 onwards)
EDGE 240Kbps (2003 onwards)
3G (60% population coverage)
R99
384Kbps
(2005 onwards)
HSPA
1.8-14.4Mbps
(2008 onwards)
HSPA+ 21-42Mbps
(2010 onwards)
LTE (100+ sites)
LTE
73Mbps- 10MHz (2X2)
147Mbs – 10MHz(4X4)
(Double speed for 20MHz)
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Comparison between LTE, HSPA & GSM
5Source NSN
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LTE supported rates
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Achievable & Supported Peak Data Rates
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MTN LTE current sites
• 4 LTE clusters are being piloted in Gauteng
• These clusters comprise of 100+ LTE sites
• Ericsson and Huaweiequipment being used for the Pilot
• Aim is to trial the LTE technology & understand its benefits/deployment
• Provide select users the ability to experience the latest mobile broadband technology
• 4 LTE clusters are being piloted in Gauteng
• These clusters comprise of 100+ LTE sites
• Ericsson and Huaweiequipment being used for the Pilot
• Aim is to trial the LTE technology & understand its benefits/deployment
• Provide select users the ability to experience the latest mobile broadband technology
7LTE_clusters_2011_6_29.KMLLTE_Sites_2011_6_28.KML
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Challenges to full LTE deployment
•• LTE Trial on 1800 MHz spectrum using a 10 MHz carrier (FDD)
• Limitation exists with regards to higher speeds and capacity due to insufficient spectrum.
• Deployment is limited to small areas where 1800 MHz can be refarmed
• Access to 2600 MHz and 800 MHz is critical to ensure that future capacity needs are met and full potential of LTE being reached
• Voice over LTE is not commercialised as yet, need to fallback to 3G/2G network
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Device evolution towards LTE
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Huawei Device supports all technologies (GSM, UMTS, LTE). Supports 2X2 MIMO with max speeds at 70
Mbps
HSPA dongle, support for speeds from 14.4 Mbps upwards is through USB dongles
First 3G device from Nokia capable of 384 Kbps on downlink
Early edge device
capable of 80 Kbps
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MBB device projects from Ericsson
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137 devices Source: Ericsson
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Device type penetration by 2013
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Recently launched LTE devices and offerings
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The Network
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Flat architecture of LTE vs traditional 3G
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Features of LTE Advanced
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LTE Current Network Fact Sheet
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Peak Throughput: 70 Mbps
Average Latency: 15 – 20 ms
Coverage per site: 600 Meters on average
Number of sites: 100+
Number of subscribers: Limited number of stakeholders
Transmission medium: Fibre
MIMO configuration: 2X2
Frequency used: 1800 MHz
Spectrum: 10Mhz
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World Class
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MTN is committed to giving its customers a world class network
Broadband connectivity everywhere you go
In the past 3 years, MTN has invested R18bn in its infrastructure, we are investing R4-6bn each year going forward
MTN is trialling LTE and testing future technology now
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Vision for customers
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Examples of LTE commercial launches by network, May 2011
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Why LTE for our customers?
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• Opting into a global technology standard that will enhance customer experience
• Address our customers’ growing data appetite
• Speeds that are between two and three times faster than the current HSPA+ network
• Better network performance, latency, capacity
• Better support for data services demanded by today’s smartphones
• New service model
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MTN’s Expectations
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• Give clients a feel for possibilities of the future
• Understand the improvement in customer experience
• Understand the richness of services and content
• Trial the technology and understand the complexity, operational challenges and new concepts
� Self Organizing Networks
� Flat architecture
� Voice over LTE
� Tools
� Organisational impact
� Network design
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Customer Experience
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• Limited number of SIMs have been provisioned for the LTE network pilot.
• The pilot will give selected users:
•Access to the LTE network for broadband usage within coverage areas
•No Handover to 3G and GSM networks
•No support for voice calls
•Theoretical downlink and uplink speeds of 70 and 30 Mbps respectively, with 2X2 Mimo configuration
•Theoretical Latency of 10 ms
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How will our customer needs change in future?
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• Proliferation of applications such as real-time multi-user video gaming and multi-media remote health monitoring
•Wireless in-vehicle systems
•Multi-megabit broadband data services
• On-demand and broadcast video services
• Online, multi-player, latency sensitive gaming
• Interactive, personalized rich media applications delivered “on-the-go”
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Limitless possibilities
• Long term investment vs. short term/tactical gains
• Global competitiveness –Broadband everywhere you go!
• Quality focus & Cost of infrastructure
• Regulatory alignment
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