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COUNTRY PAPER For Network & Services Working Group
Presenter: TENZIN DORJIBICMA, BHUTAN
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
AGENDA
1. TELECOM MARKET OVERVIEW
2. INITIATIVES TO ENSURE QUALITY MOBILE HAND
SETS
3. INITIATIVES FOR NGN AND NGA
4. ROAMING AND INTERNATIONAL TARIFFS
5. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
TELECOM MARKET OVERVIEW
TWO MOBILE OPERATORS AND SEVEN ISPS
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
TELECOM MARKET OVERVIEW
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
Internet Service No. of Subscribers
GPRS/EDGE 18457
3G 1549
Broadband (ADSL) 6100
Lease Line 238
Dial Up 2115
ENSURING QUALITY MOBILE HAND SETS
PRESENT SCENARIO:
Actual number of users not known-No study done
Concerns raised BUT no solution yet
BICMA is exploring ways to curb such users
Banning Sale/Individual users
Type approval procedure under consideration
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
ENSURING QUALITY MOBILE HAND SETS
WAY FORWARD:
Education and Awareness among users
IMEI Regulation- Hacking of IMEI
EMC Standards/under TX/RX devices
ISSUES:
Porous border/free trade
Why and Who are the Users?
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
NGA AND NGN INITIATIVES IN BHUTAN
INITIATIVES TAKEN BY BHUTAN
Converged License initiated
Roll out of Fiber is underway-Fibre to the kerb/cabinet
Transition to digital broadcasting-initiated with the
assistance of ITU-Initial Phase
Tariff Order 2009-for leased lines and dark Fibre
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
NGA AND NGN INITIATIVES IN BHUTANINITIATIVES TAKEN BY BHUTAN
Universal communication Access by June 2011
-Roll out of USF for Infrastructure development
Power Company issued FBO License-to roll out fiber
faster -USF also used
Infrastructure Sharing and Interconnection Framework
-Consultation Phase
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
ROAMING AND INTERNATIONAL TARIFFS
Roaming charges are left for the Operators to negotiate
with other parties involved
International Tariffs are fixed by Operators but approved
by BICMA
Expensive and studying ways to reduce
Recommendations of this group will be useful
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
CONSTRAINTS
Small Customer Base
Harsh Terrain and Mountainous
Scattered Population
Local Content and low literacy
No clear policy directives
No internal experts/human resource capacity
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION
These are common issues that could be
solved with common efforts
Providing access is of no use if it is not
affordable
Lack of local content/applications
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909
TASHIDELEKH
&
THANK YOU!
1ST SATRC WORK GROUP MEETING ON NETWORK AND SERVICES 15-16 JULY 2010, COLOMBO, SRILANKA
Post Box 1072, Olakha, Babesa Express Road, Thimphu: Bhutan. E-mail: bca@druknet.bt URL: www.bicma.gov.bt , Tel: 321506, FAX: 326909