What is happening on the continent? 1 4G DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICA
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What is happening on the continent?
1
4G DEVELOPMENTS IN
AFRICA
LTE market share in Africa trails global adoption
LTE subscriptions are
expected to reach
1 billion
in 2017
*Source GSMAi, Q4 2014
Mobile data traffic is exploding 3
Source: Ericsson
Mobile subscriptions in Africa is growing 4
Source: Ericsson, June 2105
Smartphone adoption in Africa is also growing
5
Source: Ericsson, June 2105
What is happening in Sub-Saharan
Africa? 6
Source: Ericsson
More networks, more subscribers
LTE
subscriptions
are forecast
to grow 10x
by 2019
As of February:
There were 34 LTE network deployments across Africa, up from 22 in mid 2014
11 million LTE subscriptions, up from 1.6 million in the first quarter of 2014
In 2019, the number of LTE subscriptions across Africa is expected to surpass 100 million.
In 2011, GSM-only penetration was 56%
Analysing A MEA Operator’s network
for UE capabilities
LTE adoption will accelerate with proliferation of low
cost, quality LTE capable smartphones
Tier1 OEMs presented known portfolios and just introducing mid-range phones
China-based “white box” OEMs have fully embraced the smartphone category,
including LTE.
Lenovo A320T 4.0'' Android 4.4 1.3GHZ MTK6582 at lowest cost range to date
around 40 USD, TDLTE+2G
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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
SOUTH AFRICA?
LTE networks in South Africa 12
2x10Mhz 1800Mhz (Band 3) – FDD
2x10Mhz 1800Mhz (Band 3) – FDD
2x5Mhz 2100Mhz (Band 1) – FDD
60Mhz 2300Mhz (Band 40) – TDD (FWA)
LTE speeds are quite low 13
According to OpenSignal’s
State of LTE global report,
Q3 2015, South Africa came
58th of 68 countries
compared
Coverage is doing much better 14
We are doing much better
coverage wise, with LTE
subscribers connecting to LTE
networks 58% of the time
Why coverage is ok, but speeds slow
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SPECTRUM
Spectrum is scarce 16
SA operators
don’t have
enough
spectrum
Operators don’t have enough spectrum
Vodacom and MTN are refarming their 2G networks
CellC is refarming their 3G network
Telkom has lots of band 40 spectrum, but they are currently only using it for fixed
More spectrum to become available 17
Digital TV
switchover
delays has
delayed the
issue of new
spectrum to
operators by
years
Digital TV migration yet to be
completed
Spectrum auction to be held
Auction structure
Operators are
only allowed
to bid on a
single lot
Simultaneous Multi-Round Ascending
Reserve price
Bidders will be pre-qualified
Winners to distribute set-top boxes for
digital TV migration
Lots
LOT 700Mhz 800Mhz 2600Mhz FDD 2600Mhz TDD
A 2x20Mhz
B 2x9.305Mhz 2x20Mhz
C 2x10Mhz 2x20Mhz
D 2x10Mhz 2x20Mhz
E 2x10Mhz 2x10Mhz
F 20Mhz
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