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1 Global mobile Suppliers Association www.gsacom.com Alan Hadden, President, GSA Global mobile Suppliers Association www.gsacom.com The Future Development of Spectrum for Telecommunications in Asia 1 References GSA’s reports and information papers published up June 10, 2014
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Page 1: GSA: LTE MARKET UPDATE (presentation at CommunicAsia 2014)

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Alan Hadden, President, GSA

Global mobile Suppliers Association www.gsacom.com

The Future Development of Spectrum for Telecommunications in Asia

1 References GSA’s reports and information papers published up June 10, 2014

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LTE: 300 commercially launched networks

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2 Data source: GSA’s Evolution to LTE report Published on June 10, 2014

300 commercially LTE launched networks in 107 countries

245.4 million subscriptions (Q1 2014)

Most networks are deployed in paired spectrum (FDD)

TDD is gaining traction

1 in 8 LTE networks use TDD mode (TD-LTE)

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LTE subscriptions worldwide growth

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Q1 2014 = 245.4 million LTE subs 135% YoY growth 141 million LTE subs added in past year 40 million LTE subs added in the quarter Forecast: 2.6 billion subs by 2019 (source: Informa Telecoms & Media)

LTE subscriptions to reach 2.6 billion by 2019

Ericsson Mobility Report – June 2014

Growth drivers: !  Smartphones (1.9 billion subs in 2013 rising to 5.6 billion by end 2019) !  Data traffic growth, especially video content (65% growth between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014) !  Users expect to be able to use their apps (i.e. all apps) anywhere, anytime

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LTE subscriptions: regional shares

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APAC"added"50"million"LTE"subscrip<ons"in"the"past"year"

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Mobile broadband outlook

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80% of mobile subscriptions in APAC will be 3G/4G in 2019

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Central and Eastern Europe shows a strong increase in HSPA subscriptions. LTE will initially grow in the most developed parts of the region and will be present in almost all countries by 2015.

The Asia Pacific market continues to see a significant increase in mobile subscriptions with 1.4 billion net additions by the end of 2019. This market represents more than 50 percent of mobile subscription additions globally. Markets such as Japan and South Korea took up LTE subscriptions earlier than emerging markets. By the end of 2013, LTE penetration had already reached over 30 percent in Japan and over 50 percent in South Korea – the highest in the world. It is estimated that Japan and South Korea will account for around 25 percent of the world’s LTE subscriptions at the end of 2014. Mainland China has started to roll out LTE and will add a significant number of LTE subscriptions during

the forecast period, reaching over 700 million by the end of 2019. This means that China will represent more than 25 percent of total global subscriptions for LTE. In 2013, around 75 percent of mobile subscriptions in Asia Pacific were 2G, whereas in 2019 around 80 percent will be 3G/4G.

In 2013, the Middle East and Africa was dominated by GSM/EDGE, which represented around 85 percent of mobile subscriptions in the region. Mobile subscriptions will grow from 1.2 billion in 2013 to 1.9 billion in 2019. By this time WCDMA/HSPA will be the dominant technology with 65 percent of total mobile subscriptions. However, GSM/EDGE-only subscriptions will still be significant. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, GSM will remain the dominant technology until 2018, due to the dominance of lower income consumers using 2G-enabled handsets.

85%of North American mobile subscriptions will be LTE by 2019

80%of mobile subscriptions in Asia Pacific will be 3G/4G in 2019

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Ericsson Mobility Report – June 2014

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1800 MHz: mainstream / most prominent LTE band globally

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LTE is deployed using 1800 MHz (band 3) spectrum in 43% of commercially launched LTE networks

Most used contiguous bands for LTE: #1 Band 3 (1800 MHz) #2 Band 7 (2.6 GHz) #3 Band 20 (800 MHz)

1800 MHz has the largest LTE devices ecosystem

589 LTE1800 (band 3) user

devices announced 152% YoY growth in no. of LTE1800 products

37% of LTE devices can operate in

1800 MHz

129 LTE1800 systems launched in 67 countries … several more are being deployed

25 commercially launched LTE1800 deployments in APAC

Optus: Australia Telstra: Australia

Vodafone: Australia Bhutan Telecom: Bhutan

DST: Brunei Smart Axiata: Cambodia

Vodafone: Fiji 3: Hong Kong

CSL Ltd: Hong Kong PCCW-HKT: Hong Kong SmarTone: Hong Kong

eAccess: Japan Maxis: Malaysia

Telecom New Zealand Vodafone: New Zealand

Globe: Philippines Smart: Philippines

M1: Singapore SingTel: Singapore

StarHub: Singapore KT: South Korea

SK Telecom: South Korea Dialog: Sri Lanka Mobitel: Sri Lanka

Chunghwa Telecom: Taiwan

(GSA Evolution to LTE report: June 10, 2014

Refarming (especially 1800 MHz) has accelerated LTE development

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LTE user devices

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FDD and TDD products

1,563 LTE user devices announced

742 new LTE devices

announced in past year = 90% YoY growth

154 manufacturers = 58% YoY growth

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!  Most LTE operators have existing 2G and 3G network operations !  These networks generally offer wider & deeper coverage than LTE networks in the initial deployment phase !  Offering LTE users the opportunity to use i.e. “fallback to” 3G systems is of major strategic importance • 1,130 LTE devices also operate on either HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks • 570 LTE devices support DC-HSPA+ • 359 LTE devices support EV-DO • 105 LTE devices support TD-SCDMA 99% of LTE handsets are 3G/multimode

40.6% of LTE devices are smartphones

LTE / 3G fallback

1,563 LTE User Devices GSA monitors and researches worldwide mobile broadband developments and publishes facts, statistics and trends. 275 LTE networks are commercially launched globally. GSA forecasts this will rise to 350 networks by end 2014 (see GSA’s Evolution to LTE report). There were 200.1 million LTE subscriptions globally by December 31, 2013. 1,563 LTE user devices including frequency and carrier variants are announced by 154 suppliers according to GSA’s latest research. 742 new LTE devices were launched in the past year, representing 90% YoY growth. The number of suppliers increased by 58% to 154 in the same period (March 2013 = 97 suppliers). LTE devices address all product segments – see chart below:

1,563 LTE user devices - form factors March 2014 © GSA – Global mobile Suppliers Association Smartphones are the largest LTE device category. 636 smartphones are announced, including operator and frequency variants, representing 40.6% share of all LTE device types. LTE-connected tablets and personal hotspots are both fast-growing segments. Most devices operate in the FDD mode. However, 387 devices now support LTE TDD mode (TD-LTE).

LTE user devices growth © GSA – Global mobile Suppliers Association

Download above charts via the links on www.gsacom.com

LTE network operating frequencies LTE networks are operating in many bands (see chart “Spectrum used in LTE networks (FDD and TDD deployments)” via the link on http://www.gsacom.com. The table below confirms which bands are most supported by the devices ecosystem. Several devices are multiband and/or multimode.

LTE FDD 1800 MHz band 3 589 devices 2600 MHz band 7 582 devices 2100 MHz band 1 423 devices 800 MHz band 20 392 devices 800/1800/2600 tri-band 340 devices AWS band 4 334 devices 700 MHz bands 12 or 17 327 devices 850 MHz band 5 282 devices 700 MHz band 13 275 devices 900 MHz band 8 246 devices 1900 MHz band 2 169 devices 1900 MHz band 25 97 devices

LTE TDD 2600 MHz band 38 278 devices 2300 MHz band 40 269 devices 1900 MHz band 39 125 devices 2600 MHz band 41 120 devices 3500 MHz band 42,43 17 devices

Note 1: Manufacturers have not declared operating frequencies or fallback modes for some products Note 2: Certain products are carrier or country specific and are therefore not available in all markets LTE / 3G fallback support

• 1,130 LTE devices also operate on either HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks

• 570 LTE devices support DC-HSPA+ • 359 LTE devices also support EV-DO • 105 LTE devices also support TD-SCDMA

99% of LTE phones are multimode/3G capable

36% of LTE phones support DC-HSPA+ 93% of LTE tablets are multimode/3G capable

26% of LTE tablets support DC-HSPA+

Category 4 devices LTE UE device Category 4 offers an enhanced user experience supporting a peak downlink data rate up to 150 Mbps and peak uplink up to 50 Mbps. Operators in at least 25 countries have

1,563 LTE User Devices GSA monitors and researches worldwide mobile broadband developments and publishes facts, statistics and trends. 275 LTE networks are commercially launched globally. GSA forecasts this will rise to 350 networks by end 2014 (see GSA’s Evolution to LTE report). There were 200.1 million LTE subscriptions globally by December 31, 2013. 1,563 LTE user devices including frequency and carrier variants are announced by 154 suppliers according to GSA’s latest research. 742 new LTE devices were launched in the past year, representing 90% YoY growth. The number of suppliers increased by 58% to 154 in the same period (March 2013 = 97 suppliers). LTE devices address all product segments – see chart below:

1,563 LTE user devices - form factors March 2014 © GSA – Global mobile Suppliers Association Smartphones are the largest LTE device category. 636 smartphones are announced, including operator and frequency variants, representing 40.6% share of all LTE device types. LTE-connected tablets and personal hotspots are both fast-growing segments. Most devices operate in the FDD mode. However, 387 devices now support LTE TDD mode (TD-LTE).

LTE user devices growth © GSA – Global mobile Suppliers Association

Download above charts via the links on www.gsacom.com

LTE network operating frequencies LTE networks are operating in many bands (see chart “Spectrum used in LTE networks (FDD and TDD deployments)” via the link on http://www.gsacom.com. The table below confirms which bands are most supported by the devices ecosystem. Several devices are multiband and/or multimode.

LTE FDD 1800 MHz band 3 589 devices 2600 MHz band 7 582 devices 2100 MHz band 1 423 devices 800 MHz band 20 392 devices 800/1800/2600 tri-band 340 devices AWS band 4 334 devices 700 MHz bands 12 or 17 327 devices 850 MHz band 5 282 devices 700 MHz band 13 275 devices 900 MHz band 8 246 devices 1900 MHz band 2 169 devices 1900 MHz band 25 97 devices

LTE TDD 2600 MHz band 38 278 devices 2300 MHz band 40 269 devices 1900 MHz band 39 125 devices 2600 MHz band 41 120 devices 3500 MHz band 42,43 17 devices

Note 1: Manufacturers have not declared operating frequencies or fallback modes for some products Note 2: Certain products are carrier or country specific and are therefore not available in all markets LTE / 3G fallback support

• 1,130 LTE devices also operate on either HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks

• 570 LTE devices support DC-HSPA+ • 359 LTE devices also support EV-DO • 105 LTE devices also support TD-SCDMA

99% of LTE phones are multimode/3G capable

36% of LTE phones support DC-HSPA+ 93% of LTE tablets are multimode/3G capable

26% of LTE tablets support DC-HSPA+

Category 4 devices LTE UE device Category 4 offers an enhanced user experience supporting a peak downlink data rate up to 150 Mbps and peak uplink up to 50 Mbps. Operators in at least 25 countries have

Source: GSA’s Status of the LTE Ecosystem report Published on March 19, 2014

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LTE TDD: network deployments and ecosystem

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TDD (TD-LTE) mode is the optimal solution for use in unpaired spectrum 36 commercially launched LTE TDD networks in 24 countries

!  13 networks are combined FDD + TDD systems: dual mode is becoming more common !  Dozens more LTE TDD networks in deployment or planned !  LTE TDD (TD-LTE) has global traction: 1 in 8 LTE operators has commercially launched using TDD mode

387 devices (221 more than a year ago) operate in LTE TDD mode All form factors supported

Multi-band, multi-mode devices are available from all major chipset and

device manufacturers

Some operators use more than one TDD band

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Japan KDDI In deployment Japan NTT DoCoMo In deployment Japan Softbank In deployment Kazakhstan Altel In deployment Kuwait Viva Trialling Lebanon Alfa In deployment Netherlands Tele2 In deployment Netherlands Vodafone Planned Nigeria Smile Communications Trialled Russia MTS Trialled Russia Megafon In deployment Russia Vimpelcom Trialled Saudi Arabia Mobily In deployment Singapore M1 In deployment Singapore StarHub In deployment Slovakia T-Mobile Slovensko Planned Slovenia Telekom Slovenije In deployment Spain Telefonica Trialling Sweden Tele2 In deployment Sweden TeliaSonera In deployment Switzerland Swisscom In deployment Taiwan Asia Pacific Telecom In deployment Tanzania Smile Communications Trialled Turkey Avea Trialling UAE Etisalat In deployment Uganda Smile Communications Trialled UK EE In deployment USA C Spire Planned USA KPU In deployment USA US Cellular In deployment USA Sprint In deployment USA Verizon Wireless In deployment USA VTel In deployment

VoLTE commitments and deployment status © GSA – Global mobile Suppliers Association

Note 1: The above table is not exhaustive. For example, Vodafone said: “We will begin enabling VoLTE in Europe from H1 2014 and deployed in many markets in next 12 months.” (Vodafone 4G Webinar: 27 March 2014) Note 2: MetroPCS launched VoLTE in 2012. Due to spectrum constraints voice service is narrowband and not included in the above list as W-AMR technology is not used. MetroPCS is now part of T-Mobile US which has launched W-AMR enabled HD voice using VoLTE, and is included in the above list. Dozens of VoLTE-compatible smartphones are available, including products launched by Asus, Huawei, LG, Pantech, Samsung and Sony Mobile. For the status of VoLTE devices availability log in to www.gsacom.com and follow the link to GSA’s latest “HD voice (W-AMR) mobile phones and suppliers report.” Qualified site users can find more details about VoLTE-compatible VoLTE devices using GSA’s GAMBoD database www.gsacom.com/gambod

LTE TDD: Global status

Interest in the TDD mode is global. 36 LTE TDD (TD-LTE) systems are commercially launched in 24 countries, including 13 operators using both LTE FDD & TDD modes. Some networks are multiband. Country Operator TDD band Australia NBN Co. Band 40 Australia Optus FDD & TDD Band 40 Bahrain Menatelecom Band 42 Brazil On Telecomunicacoes Band 38 Brazil Sky Brazil Services Band 38 Canada ABC Communications Band 42 Canada Sasktel FDD & TDD Band 41 China China Mobile 39/40/41 China China Telecom Band 40, 41 China China Unicom Band 40, 41 Côte d'Ivoire YooMee To be advised Hong Kong CMHK FDD & TDD Band 40 India Bharti Airtel Band 40 Indonesia PT Internux Band 40 Japan Softbank FDD & TDD Band 41 Nigeria Spectranet Band 40 Nigeria Swift Networks Band 40 Oman Omantel FDD & TDD Band 40 Philippines PLDT Band 42 Poland Aero2 FDD & TDD Band 38 Russia Megafon FDD & TDD Band 38 Russia MTS FDD & TDD Band 38 Russia Vainakh Telecom Band 40 S. Arabia Mobily FDD & TDD Band 38 S. Arabia STC FDD & TDD Band 40 S. Africa Telkom Mobile (8ta) Band 40 Spain COTA Murcia4G Band 38 Spain Neo-Sky Band 42 Sri Lanka Dialog Axiata FDD & TDD Band 40 Sri Lanka Lanka Bell Band 40 Sri Lanka SLT Band 38 Sweden 3 Sweden FDD & TDD Band 38 Uganda MTN Band 41 UK UK Broadband Band 42, 43 USA Sprint FDD & TDD Band 41 Vanuatu WanTok Band 40

For LTE TDD operator commitments, launches, deployments and the devices ecosystem read GSA’s Status of the Global LTE TDD Market report - log in to http://www.gsacom.com and follow the link.

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Spectrum used in commercially launched LTE networks Source: GSA

LTE FDD networks The bar chart in the graphic (left) shows the frequency bands currently in use in 300 commercially launched FDD networks, according to information provided in GSA’s Evolution to LTE report of June 10, 2014. The majority of LTE operators have deployed the FDD mode of the standard. The most widely used band in network deployments in commercial service today continues to be 1800 MHz which is used in 43% of commercially launched LTE networks. 129 operators worldwide have launched LTE1800 (band 3) systems, either as a single band system, or as part of a multi-band deployment. As 1800 MHz is the prime band for LTE deployments worldwide, it will greatly assist international roaming for mobile broadband services.

The next most popular contiguous bands are 2.6 GHz (band 7) as used in 25.6% of networks in commercial service, followed by 800 MHz (band 20) used in 14.3% of networks, and AWS (band 4) used in 8.3% of networks.

Download the above spectrum chart at http://www.gsacom.com

LTE TDD networks

Around 1 in 8 LTE operators have commercially launched the TDD mode in their TDD network deployments. The frequency bands that are currently in use in 36 commercially launched TDD networks are shown in the table (left).

Note: some LTE TDD networks are deployed in more than one spectrum band. Excludes band for YouMee (Côte d'Ivoire) as GSA is awaiting confirmation of the band in use.

3GPP band Frequency Number of networks

40 2.3 GHz 17 38 2.6 GHz 9 41 2.6 GHz 7 42 3.5 GHz 5 39 1.9 GHz 1

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Spectrum needs

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Most operators require a combination of high & low bands for LTE deployments

!  High bands: 2.6 GHz for capacity for dense urban areas

!  Sub 1 GHz (digital dividend): geographical and rural coverage, in-building including in urban

!  Growing number of dual or multi-band deployments was recently highlighted by GSA

!  1800 MHz (generally refarmed from original GSM use) offers a good balance of capacity and coverage Paired spectrum should be allocated whenever possible (for LTE FDD mode)

LTE TDD is ideal for use in unpaired spectrum: gaining traction globally

The GSM Association estimates 600 – 800 MHz of additional spectrum should be made available at WRC-15 for potential use by 2020 and targets:

! 470 – 694/8 MHz ! L-Band (1300 – 1518 MHz) ! 2.7 – 2.9 GHz ! C-Band (3.4 – 4.2 GHz)

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APT700 band plan – for large-scale growth

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First time that a technology in one band is available almost globally

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Quantifying the opportunity

Figure 5 – Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) 700 MHz, 2 x 45MHz FDD plan (Band 28)

Numerous studies have been undertaken which attempt to quantify the economic and social benefits of allocating digital dividend spectrum to mobile broadband. Some of these highlights include:

> Increase of US$1 trillion in additional GDP by 2020, attributed to digital dividend allocation across the Asia Pacific region ; additionally

> Tax revenue growth of US$215 billion

> Creation of 1.4 million new businesses and

> Creation of 2.7 million new jobs

Additionally, research into the impact of broadband in

general also demonstrates strong social and economic

benefits, including:

> For every additional 1000 broadband subscribers, around 80 new jobs are created5

> A 10% increase in broadband penetration results in a GDP increase of 1%6

> Doubling the broadband speed for an OECD economy increases GDP by 0.3%7

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REAL GDP GROWTH

Based on a study of 33 OECD countries, doubling of

broadband speed increases GDP by 0.3%, equating to

USD126 Billion, due to direct, indirect and induced effects.

The FDD configuration (band 28) has the most support globally

Widely adopted across the Americas, Asia, Oceania representing around 2.2 billion population

Countries that committed to, or recommend allocating, APT700 FDD spectrum for LTE deployments, include:

Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela

Slow progress in Cambodia, China, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines

ITU Region 1 is planning for compatibility with APT700 (lower duplexer)

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Operator perspective The need for exceptional mobile broadband coveragehas never been greater, as users expect their servicesand apps to work virtually anywhere. Additionally,with mobile broadband adoption continuing at anexponential rate, operators must find ways of handlingthis traffic growth, cost effectively. Latest Ericssonforecasts show that global traffic is expected to growby a factor of 10 between 2013 and 2019.2 Furthermore,traffic generated by specific devices is also expectedto increase significantly over the coming years, asillustrated in the following figure.

Figure 2 - Traffic per month per device type, 2013 to 20192

A combination of approaches will be required to deal with this expected growth – including evolution to highly efficient radio technologies, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), multi-path antennas (MIMO), new network architectures including Heterogeneous Networks and small cells, as well as spectrum re-farming and securing of additional spectrum bands.

Of course, any regionally harmonised spectrum isvaluable for dealing with capacity growth; however,low-frequency spectrum is particularly desirable due toits ability to provide excellent in-building coverage, aswell as deliver wide area coverage in regional and ruralareas. This is illustrated in Figure 3 below.

Figure 3 - Relative cell coverage area

With superior network performance proving to be a key differentiator for operators, digital dividend spectrum represents a rare opportunity for operators to cost-effectively enhance mobile coverage and end-user experience, whilst at the same time maximising the re-use of existing mobile sites.

This paper describes the background behind the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) band plan for digital dividend spectrum, referred to as APT700. The economic benefits and vast scale of adoption globally are quantified, in addition to early markets that are leading the way with LTE deployments and which are expected to commence already in 2014.

Finally, an analysis of APT700 characteristics and benefits are summarized, illustrating the superior characteristics of this particular band plan that have enabled it to become a global LTE ecosystem opportunity.

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various Arabia, various Mobily Saudi Arabia with Etisalat UAE SingTel Singapore with Optus Australia SingTel Singapore with CSL Ltd Hong Kong SingTel Singapore with Softbank Japan SingTel Singapore with Maxis Malaysia SingTel Singapore with Globe Philippines SingTel Singapore with SK Telecom South Korea SingTel Singapore with China Mobile China SingTel Singapore with Swisscom Switzerland KT South Korea with China Mobile China SK Telecom Sth Korea with Globe Philippines TeliaSonera Sweden with TeliaSonera Denmark TeliaSonera Sweden with NetCom Norway Swisscom Switzerland with Mobily Saudi Arabia Swisscom Switzerland with A1 Austria Swisscom Switzerland with Rogers Canada Swisscom Switzerland with KT, SK Telecom South Korea Swisscom Switzerland with Bouygues

Telecom France

Swisscom Switzerland with PCCW-HKT, Smartone, CMHK

Hong Kong

Swisscom Switzerland with Softbank Japan Swisscom Switzerland with Globe Philippines Swisscom Switzerland with M1 Singapore EE UK with AT&T (for US) France, Spain,

US Antel Uruguay with Others Various AT&T USA with Various 15 countries The above list is representative only. Send updates to [email protected]

APT700 band plan Over the past 12 months industry and market support for the APT700 band plan has been building and great progress is being made. Although APT700 proposed both an FDD and TDD arrangement, for paired and paired spectrum allocations respectively, it is the FDD band plan that has attracted the overwhelming support from industry and regulators, and has already been identified for use in markets covering almost 2.2 billion people. The FDD band configuration is standardised by 3GPP as band 28, identifying a 2 x 45 MHz arrangement, with uplink and downlink paths separated by a 10 MHz guardband. APT700 FDD band plan (3GPP Band 28)

703-748 MHz for the uplink 10 MHz guard band 758-803 MHz for the downlink Telstra, GSA and the GSM Association joined together last year to jointly promote APT700

spectrum allocations for 4G/LTE networks and embarked on a series of activities including briefings and lobbying at events including ITU Telecom World, Mobile World Congress, CommunicAsia, and on other programmes to explain the benefits and opportunities from using APT700. The main infrastructure systems providers including Ericsson, Huawei and NSN have also been actively promoting APT700. 700MHz is an excellent frequency for wide area coverage in regional and rural environments, and for penetrating homes and buildings, and is an important digital dividend arising from the shift by TV broadcasters from analogue to digital transmissions. The adoption of the APT700 FDD band plan by several countries across the APAC and Latin America regions confirms the strong momentum and has created a major opportunity for near global spectrum harmonization for LTE systems, thus paving the way for ensuring the greatest economies of scale for user devices and capacity for mobile broadband, and for international roaming. Countries that committed to, or recommend allocating, APT700 FDD spectrum for LTE deployments, include: LAC region: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela APAC/Oceania: Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam UAE confirmed adoption of the lower 2 x 30 MHz duplexer. This is also the preferred frequency arrangement for 700 MHz in Europe and throughout ITU Region 1, and ensures compatibility with APT700 APT700 is market reality. APT700 spectrum has been allocated to operators in Australia, Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, and Taiwan. Three operators have commercially launched LTE services using APT700:

APT700 Network Country Launch date Digicel Papua New Guinea 26.03.14 FarEasTone Taiwan 03.06.14 Taiwan Mobile Taiwan 03.06.14 Leading chipset and device manufacturers including Qualcomm and others support APT700. Several smartphones with support for APT700 are

3 APT700 commercially launched networks - many more expected by mid-2015

Rapidly building devices ecosystem for APT700 band

CPE and MiFi products e.g Huawei-Telstra WiFi 4G Advanced Pro X (Cat 6)

Smartphones include: Alcatel OT-6036X LTE-A, Asus Fonepad 7, HTC One (M8), Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo, Sony Xperia Z2a D6563, ZTE TWM Amazing X2, ZTE TWM Amazing P6

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Zambia MTN commercially launched LTE1800 on January 16,

2014 in Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola and Livingstone.

Massnet is deploying a 2.6 GHz LTE FDD network.

Zamtel ran a trial network for delegates of

UNWTOGA in Livingstone in August 2013, followed

by commercial launch in Kitwe on January 21, 2014.

Zimbabwe

Econet Wireless commercially launched LTE using

1800 MHz (LTE1800) on August 22, 2013 in Victoria

Falls area to provide coverage at the UNWTOGA.

Coverage is now available in Bulawayo Harare, and

Victoria Falls. NetOne is deploying LTE nationwide.

WiMAX™ operator Aqiva Wireless is planning to

deploy an LTE network.

LTE-Advanced global status

Country Operator

LTE-Advanced Status Commercial service

Angola Unitel

Trialled CA in B3 & B8

Australia Optus

Trialled 2 x 20 MHz B40

Australia Telstra

Trialled CA in B3 & B8 Trialling CA in B3 and B7

Trialled 450 Mbps CA with 20 MHz B3 + 40 MHz B7

Austria

A1 Telekom Trialled CA

Austria T Mobile

Trialled CA B3 and B7

Belarus Becloud-MTS Trialling inc EMC tests

Belgium Base

Trialled 2 x 20 MHz CA

Belgium Mobistar

Trialled CA B3 + B20

Croatia T-Hrvatski Telekom Trialled CA using 10 MHz

B3 + 10 MHz B20

Estonia Tele2

Deploying 300 Mbps

Finland Elisa

Trialled CA B3 + B7

France Bouygues Tel Trialled CA B3 + B7 + B20

France Orange

Trialling CA B7 + B42

France SFR

Trialled CA B20 +B7

Germany DT

Deploying CA

Germany O2

Trialling CA

Hong Kong CSL Trialling CA for Cat 6

20MHz B3 + 20MHz B7

Hungary T Mobile/MT Trialled CA B3 + B7

Italy 3 Italia

CA planned B3 + B7

Italy Vodafone

Trialled CA B3 + B7

Japan DoCoMo

CA target 2015

Japan eAccess

Trialling CA B9 + B42

Japan KDDI

CA target 2014

Japan Softbank

5 carrier LTE TDD CA demoed. Trialling in B42

Jordan Zain

Deploying

Kuwait Viva

Deploying

Kuwait Wataniya

Planned

Kuwait Zain

Deploying CA

Netherlands Vodafone Completed lab trials

New Zealand Vodafone CA demoed

New Zealand Telecom NZ Deploying CA 20 MHz B3 + 20 MHz B7

Philippines Smart Trialling CA

Poland Polkomtel & Cyfrowy Polsat Trialling CA

Portugal Optimus

Trialling CA

Portugal Vodafone Trialled CA B3 + B7

Romania Orange

Trialling CA for Cat 6

Romania Vodafone

Deploying CA for Cat 6

Russia MegaFon

Commercial Cat 6 CA 20 MHz B7 + 20 MHz B7

Russia Yota

Trialling CA for Cat 6

Saudi Arabia STC Commercial TDD LTE-A TDD LTE-A

Singapore M1 CA planning for Cat 6

Singapore SingTel Commercial Cat 6 CA

300 Mbps

South Korea LG U Plus Commercial CA

20MHz B5 + 20MHz B1

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LTE-Advanced improves spectrum efficiency, delivers increases in capacity & coverage, supports more customers & devices more efficiently, to maintain and improve the user experience of mobile broadband. Key features include:

!  Carrier Aggregation !  Higher order MIMO !  SON/Hetnets !  Interference management !  Relays

LTE-Advanced is market reality today Carrier aggregation is commercially in service; combines spectrum in different bands (interband) Major deployment trend in 2014 Several operators deploying up to 20 MHz paired spectrum using the carrier aggregation feature “intraband” with contiguous or non-contiguous spectrum to achieve similar performance when used with Category 4 terminals

!  233 models of Category 4 devices (about 15% of all LTE devices) are announced LTE networks that support Cat 4 user devices are commercially launched in 33 countries Many operators are deploying two paired 20 MHz carriers (e.g. 20 MHz paired in 1800 MHz combined with 20 MHz paired in 2.6 GHz) to support Category 6 devices (peak 300 Mbps downlink)

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Trialling B5 + B1 + B7

South Korea KT

Commercial CA

10MHz B3 +

10MHz B8

South Korea SK Telecom Commercial CA

10MHz B3 +

10MHz B5

Spain Orange

Trialling CA using 20 MHz

b7 + 10 MHz b3

Spain Vodafone

Trialling CA B3 + B7

Sweden Tele2-Telenor

Trialling CA

Taiwan FarEasTone

Deploying CA B3 + B28

Taiwan Taiwan Mobile Deploying CA B3 + B28

Turkey Turkcell

Trialling CA

UK

EE

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20 MHz B3 + 20 MHz B7

UAE

Etisalat Trialling CA for Cat 6

B3 + B20

USA

AT&T

Commercial CA Chicago B4 + B17

USA

DISH

Planned

USA

Sprint

Commercial CA

B25/B26/B41

USA

Verizon Planned

India

Regulator Consultations

The table will be updated to incorporate market developments

and new information. Inputs are invited by email to

[email protected]

Cat 4 networks global status

LTE networks capable of supporting 150 Mbps peak

downlink (for Cat 4 devices) are commercially

launched in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Canada,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,

Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Latvia,

Lithuania, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Netherlands,

New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia,

Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, UAE, UK and the USA.

VoLTE global status

LTE systems are all-IP

, optimized for data transfer

and do not include any circuit switched capability as

used on previous technologies for voice and SMS

services. Voice service is needed on LTE networks

and is a priority for many LTE operators as network

coverage improved (increasingly nationwide) and as

penetration and usage of LTE smartphones

increased. The first wave of VoLTE service launches

with support for W

-AMR HD voice has begun – see

table below, which confirms that 62 operators are

investing in VoLTE studies, trials or deployments,

including 8 operators that have commercially

launched HD voice using VoLTE.

In the firs

t phase of voice evolution, voice calls are

handled in a circuit switched network by using CSFB

(circuit switched fall back). The LTE data connection

“falls back” to a legacy 2G/3G voice network

connection prior to initiation of a voice call. This

solution is favoured by many LTE operators initially,

with VoLTE being the eventual goal. However, some

LTE operators will launch voice service by going

directly to VoLTE in one step. With the VoLTE

solution (GSMA specification VoLTE IR.92, based on

3GPP standards), subscribers can use HD voice and

other richer communication services using LTE

smartphones. VoLTE aims to provide a voice service

that is at least as reliable as on current cellular

systems, over an all-IP network in a shared resource

environment. An operator needs an IMS (IP

Multimedia System) core network and the LTE radio

access network and Evolved Packet Core must also

support VoLTE by means of software upgrade.

Country

Operator

VoLTE status

Hong Kong HKT-PCCW

Launched

Hong Kong 3 HK

Launched

Singapore SingTel

Launched

South Korea KT

Launched

South Korea LG U+

Launched

South Korea SK Telecom

Launched

USA

AT&T Mobility

Launched

USA

T-Mobile US

Launched

Algeria

Algérie Telecom

In deployment

Australia

Optus

Trialling

Australia

Telstra

Planned

Austria

T Mobile

Trialling

Bulgaria

Max

Planned

Canada

Rogers Wireless

Planned

Canada

Sasktel

In deployment

Canada

Telus

In deployment

China

China Mobile

In deployment

Czech Republic T-Mobile

Trial planned

Ecuador

CNT

In deployment

France

Bouygues Telecom In deployment

France

Orange

Planned

Germany

DT

In deployment

Germany

E Plus

Planned

Germany

O2

In deployment

Germany

Vodafone

Trialled

Hong Kong CSL

Soft-launched

India

Bharti Airtel

Trialling

India

RIL

Trialling

India

Videocon

Planned

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Extending LTE-Advanced to Unlicensed spectrum

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!  500 MHz unlicensed spectrum available around 5GHz

!  Shared means “free” but unpredictable QoS: use only for data

!  Usage anchored in licensed spectrum: unified LTE network

!  Leverage LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation feature to boost downlink and uplink

!  5GHz spectrum, lower TRX power allowed - ideal for small cells

!  Leverage existing LTE standards, ecosystem and scale

!  Co-exists with WiFi

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Shared Licensed Spectrum

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Complementary licensing for 4G (and 3G) Authorised Shared Access enables shared exclusive use Aim is to make dynamic use of spectrum possible, using tools such as dynamic databases For when government spectrum cannot be cleared within a reasonable time, or at all locations In Europe, spectrum initially targeted for shared use is:

!  2.3 GHz: sharing with military applications and wireless cameras !  3.8 GHz: mobile with satellites

Regulatory perspective: operated under an individual licensed regime, in specific bands characterised by fragmented incumbent uses, safeguards existing national spectrum usages which cannot be refarmed

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Voice on LTE networks

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!  Drivers"for"suppor<ng"voice"in"LTE"networks"!  Expanding"LTE"network"coverage"!  Increase"in"LTE"smartphone"usage"!  Spectrum"efficiency"and"other"opera<onal"aspects""!  VoLTE"is"the"preferred"implementa<on"

!  CSFB"can"be"considered"as"the"first"phase"of"voice"evolu<on"for"mobile"LTE"services"

!  Many"operators"commiSed"to"commercially"launch"VoLTE"in"2014"

!  No"need"to"wait"…………………"

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8 operators launched HD voice on LTE networks enabled by VoLTE

!  VoLTE-enabled HD voice services and user terminals are market reality !  The first wave of VoLTE service launches that include HD voice (W-AMR) has begun !  Operators preparing for international roaming of VoLTE/HD voice service

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Trialling B5 + B1 + B7 South Korea KT Commercial CA 10MHz B3 +

10MHz B8 South Korea SK Telecom Commercial CA 10MHz B3 +

10MHz B5 Spain Orange Trialling CA using 20 MHz

b7 + 10 MHz b3

Spain Vodafone Trialling CA B3 + B7 Sweden Tele2-Telenor Trialling CA Taiwan FarEasTone Deploying CA B3 + B28 Taiwan Taiwan Mobile Deploying CA B3 + B28 Turkey Turkcell Trialling CA UK EE Pre-commercial CA trial

20 MHz B3 + 20 MHz B7

UAE Etisalat Trialling CA for Cat 6 B3 + B20

USA AT&T Commercial CA Chicago B4 + B17 USA DISH Planned USA Sprint Commercial CA B25/B26/B41 USA Verizon Planned India Regulator Consultations

The table will be updated to incorporate market developments and new information. Inputs are invited by email to [email protected]

Cat 4 networks global status

LTE networks capable of supporting 150 Mbps peak downlink (for Cat 4 devices) are commercially launched in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK and the USA.

VoLTE global status LTE systems are all-IP, optimized for data transfer and do not include any circuit switched capability as used on previous technologies for voice and SMS services. Voice service is needed on LTE networks and is a priority for many LTE operators as network coverage improved (increasingly nationwide) and as penetration and usage of LTE smartphones increased. The first wave of VoLTE service launches with support for W-AMR HD voice has begun – see table below, which confirms that 62 operators are

investing in VoLTE studies, trials or deployments, including 8 operators that have commercially launched HD voice using VoLTE. In the first phase of voice evolution, voice calls are handled in a circuit switched network by using CSFB (circuit switched fall back). The LTE data connection “falls back” to a legacy 2G/3G voice network connection prior to initiation of a voice call. This solution is favoured by many LTE operators initially, with VoLTE being the eventual goal. However, some LTE operators will launch voice service by going directly to VoLTE in one step. With the VoLTE solution (GSMA specification VoLTE IR.92, based on 3GPP standards), subscribers can use HD voice and other richer communication services using LTE smartphones. VoLTE aims to provide a voice service that is at least as reliable as on current cellular systems, over an all-IP network in a shared resource environment. An operator needs an IMS (IP Multimedia System) core network and the LTE radio access network and Evolved Packet Core must also support VoLTE by means of software upgrade. Country Operator VoLTE status Hong Kong HKT-PCCW Launched Hong Kong 3 HK Launched Singapore SingTel Launched South Korea KT Launched South Korea LG U+ Launched South Korea SK Telecom Launched USA AT&T Mobility Launched USA T-Mobile US Launched Algeria Algérie Telecom In deployment Australia Optus Trialling Australia Telstra Planned Austria T Mobile Trialling Bulgaria Max Planned Canada Rogers Wireless Planned Canada Sasktel In deployment Canada Telus In deployment China China Mobile In deployment Czech Republic T-Mobile Trial planned Ecuador CNT In deployment France Bouygues Telecom In deployment France Orange Planned Germany DT In deployment Germany E Plus Planned Germany O2 In deployment Germany Vodafone Trialled Hong Kong CSL Soft-launched India Bharti Airtel Trialling India RIL Trialling India Videocon Planned

62 operators are investing in VoLTE studies, trials or deployments including

8 operators that have commercially launched HD voice using VoLTE

109 mobile operators launched W-AMR HD voice

!  100 on 3G/HSPA networks !  9 on GSM networks !  8 on LTE networks using VoLTE Some operators launched HD voice service on more than one radio access network

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