Fixed-Mobile Convergence: Roaming between Wi-Fi and Cellular CDG Technology Forum on FMC Caesars Palace – Florentine I & II Friday October 7, 2005 2:30PM – 3:00PM
Fixed-Mobile Convergence:Roaming between Wi-Fi and Cellular
CDG Technology Forum on FMC
Caesars Palace – Florentine I & II
Friday October 7, 2005 2:30PM – 3:00PM
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Enable and Protect All Forms of Interactions on Voice and Data Networks
Our Mission
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VeriSign’s Intelligent Infrastructure Portfolio
Internet Services Group Communications Services
Naming & AddressingDirectory
AuthenticationPayments
Managed Security
SS7 / IP ConnectivityIntelligent DatabaseBilling and PaymentsNetwork Mediation
Mobile Content
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Enabling and Protecting Billions Every Day
Communications ContentCommerce
Intelligent Infrastructure ServicesDirectory SecurityConnectivity Mediation
+ 14b DNS queries+ 3b PSTN queries+ 140m IN queries+ 1b security events
+ $100m e-commerce+ 130,000 merchants+ 450,000 websites + 7m billing subs
+ 200m SMS messages
+ 700,000 content transactions
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Exciting New Products
Digital Content Services▪ Market leader in Europe, launching US
Unified Authentication Services▪ U.S. Bank / Bank of America adopt
VeriSign strong authentication
IP Connect Services▪ Suite of VoIP interconnect services
New “VeriSign Secured” Seal▪ Serving 18 million per day
Intelligent Supply Chain Services▪ Awarded contract to run Object Naming System
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Fixed-Mobile Convergence Market Drivers
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs)▪ Counter the wireless substitution serious threat
Broadband Telephone Companies (ASPs)▪ Mobility enhances VoIP value proposition to capture share from ILEC
Multi-Service Operators (MSOs) ▪ Quadruple play – Cable TV, Broadband, VoIP, and Mobility▪ Utilize service bundling to capture market share from ILEC
Mobile Network Operator (MNO)▪ Remove the final barrier to wireless substitution – poor coverage▪ More importantly, add fixed line service (VoIP) capture share from ILEC
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Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)?
Fixed line operator’s call to action on a mobility strategy is critical▪ However, an ill-planned effort will miss the mark
Dilemma, become MVNO and fuel wireless substitution ▪ Reseller of competitor’s product
VoIP over Wi-Fi presents opportunity to add value to MVNO▪ While in home/office, Wi-Fi enabled handset access to landline service
Blended rate plan▪ Move beyond the typical MVNO prepaid business model
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Market Requirements
Support existing usage patterns, seamless user experience ▪ Mobile device, single phone number, mobile address book
Anchor user’s identity and services to residential/enterprise (US/CND)▪ Divert indoor mobile phone minutes of use to landline ▪ Preserves cellular minutes for use outside office/home▪ Single number, direct inward dialing (DID) and caller id (CLI)▪ Single voice mailbox (w/ cross notification)
Facilitate user controlled mid-call handoff (Wi-Fi to Cellular)▪ Capability to turn on/off automatic in-call handoff▪ User acknowledged liability for mid-call rate plan change
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Today’s Work Around Technology Solutions
Most work around solutions, designed to bypass MNO cooperation ▪ Two telephone numbers integrated through presence ▪ “Click Call Delivery” call forward from Class5/PBX, hides mobile number▪ “Click to Call” web access to Class 5/PBX call control, hides mobile CLI
Maintenance of two subscriptions devalues convergence▪ Adds complexity and overhead, reducing margins
Affective technology solution features true service convergence ▪ Wholesale roaming relationship - as apposed to MVNO
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Home-MSC Technology Solution
Ideal solution “true service convergence”▪ Fixed line (VoIP) assumes role of home mobile exchange
Single telephone number homed to user’s landline service▪ Call completion features landline based (voicemail, call forward, …)
Roam to cellular model, calls routed to landline handed off to mobile▪ Enables fixed line infrastructure to interrogate HLR (roaming location)
Public Telephone Network (PSTN)
Handoff
Converge Services Gateway(SIP to IS-41/GSM-MAP)
IP
Directory number homed to residential/enterprise
Landline
No answer handoff to cell phone
CellularMobile phone service
SS7
Handoff to Cellular [call delivery]• step 1 location discovery [TLDN] • step 2 call forward [route to TLDN]
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CellularServing-MSC
VoIPLandline Services
Infringes on Cellular Operator’s Network
Roam-to-Cellular necessitates access to home location register (HLR)▪ SS7 access to query/update roaming information ▪ Provisioning access to customize call completion and messaging features
Cellular operator reluctant to grant such invasive access▪ Landline homed number and HLR access are key market barriers▪ Apprehensive of loosing indoor MoU revenue
Cellular Operator’s Home Location Register (HLR)
Network Convergence Gateway inter-standard roaming (SIP to IS-41/GSM-MAP) simulates Home/Gateway-MSC SS7 access to HLR to identify cellular
presence (TLDN) and updates to HLR to reflect Wi-Fi presence (for SMS delivery)
IP
SS7
SS7
Population of landline numbers anchored to fixed line service
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VeriSign’s has long history of enabling roaming
+ In 1993, received CTIA designation as Cellular Backbone Provider
+ In 1999, VeriSign deployed GSM MAP signaling
+ In 2004, VeriSign began integration of SIP signaling
+ Enabling roaming across all wireless network technologies▪ GSM and ANSI-41 licensed spectrum, SIP unlicensed spectrum
In-Building
Home-CellPico-CellMicro-Cell
UrbanSuburban
Cellular(GSM/CDMA)
Wireless LAN(VoIP over 802.11x)
Inter-Network Roaming(seamless end-to-end service)
Macro-Cell
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VeriSign’s Wireless IP Connect Service
Inter-System Roaming▪ Home System - fixed line infrastructure (unlicensed spectrum) ▪ Visiting System - cellular network (licensed spectrum) ▪ Clearinghouse - VeriSign Managed Service
VeriSign’s Settlement Services▪ Billing feed (CDMA CIBER/GSM TAP)
Visiting Location Register (VLR)
Billing Support System (BSS) Serving Mobile
Switching Center (MSC-S)
Visiting System
Inter-Carrier
Billing Exchange
Roamer
Authentication/Location
Roaming
Inter-System Roaming Clearing and Settlement
VoIPHome System
Appendix:Go to market use case
A tool to expand and better serve the low tier and security/emergence markets
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Target market low-tier subscriber markets
Inter-carrier roaming agreements from ¢15 to ¢35 per minute
Average subscriber logs 490 minutes per month (Yankee Group)▪ Today, “bucket” of 400 anytime minutes $39.95/month ▪ Assuming only 72% of anytime minutes used, cost is 14¢ per minute
Therefore, not attractive option for medium- and high-tier markets
Intermittent cell phone users ▪ Minimal post-paid rate plans,
¢17 to ¢24 per anytime minute ▪ Prepaid rate plans, ¢25 to ¢35
Therefore, attractive option for low-tier and security markets
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Potential market size
Low-tier consumer and business as well as security/emergency markets represent 38% of subscriber base (approx. 48 million)
Low-revenue (ARPU $25 to $40 with acquisition costs of $300)▪ Most cellular operators try to move these users to other segments or
other network operators (ideally one of the operator’s MVNOs)
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A vehicle to increase cellular penetration
Low-revenue consumer markets to drive penetration▪ Pre-teen, teenager and college markets (over 35 million users)▪ 30% of credit worthy population without service (56 million users)
Cellular operator’s contractual sales model is not the answer ▪ Operators need to reduce acquisition and operating costs
Pay-per-use landline channel introduces new business model▪ No cellular contract or paying monthly cellular fees▪ Landline operator bears customer acquisition costs▪ Cellular operator wholesale relationship with landline operator
Cultivating channel means change in cellular business model▪ Cellular operator should remove equivalent amount of acquisition
costs from wholesale roaming charges to impact viability of new consumer product
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Value propositions across supply chain
Mobile Operator▪ Cost effective service delivery for low-revenue subscriber base▪ Try-and-buy service leads to contract cellular subscription
Multi-Service Operator (Cable or Landline)▪ Improves competitive position, addition of mobility▪ Drives broadband penetration
Handset Manufacturer▪ Stimulates handset churn, upgrade to dual-mode▪ Increases market size, cordless phone displacement
Subscriber▪ Improved indoor (home/office) coverage▪ Multi-service bundle, discounted telecom services on “One Bill”
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Product:Wireless IP Connect
Sean Kent – Convergence Product Manager(mailto) [email protected](tel) 703.948.4240