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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


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”


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)


Comparison between LTE, HSPA & GSM

5Source NSN


LTE supported rates

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Achievable & Supported Peak Data Rates


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

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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


MBB device projects from Ericsson

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137 devices Source: Ericsson


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


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


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


Vision for customers


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


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


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


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”


Limitless possibilities

• Long term investment vs. short term/tactical gains

• Global competitiveness –Broadband everywhere you go!

• Quality focus & Cost of infrastructure

• Regulatory alignment

THANK YOU!

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