Herman Schepers Senior Director, Spectrum Campaign GSM Association At the GSMA, Herman and his team of policy professionals, technical experts and external advisors are responsible for the execution of a critical global campaign to secure additional future spectrum for the mobile industry. The end goal is to deliver a successful outcome at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) in Geneva. This is a multi-faceted campaign bringing together leaders and experts from the wider mobile ecosystem (such as vendors and content), NGOs and research institutions to build consensus and advise governments / regulators across regions on the mobile industry's position. Herman has more than a decade of experience as a business and policy advisor to multinational companies and trade associations in the ICT sector. Previously he was vice-president and public affairs leader for EMEA at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide—a global communications’ agency. Before joining Waggener Edstrom, Herman worked for British Telecom in a variety of roles ranging from product operations to sales and European public affairs. In 2008 Herman acted as interim Director of GSMA Europe. Herman has an MBA from Henley Management College, UK and a Masters in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Groningen, Netherlands.
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Herman Schepers Senior Director, Spectrum Campaign GSM Association
At the GSMA, Herman and his team of policy professionals, technical experts and external advisors are responsible for the execution of a critical global campaign to secure additional future spectrum for the mobile industry. The end goal is to deliver a successful outcome at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) in Geneva. This is a multi-faceted campaign bringing together leaders and experts from the wider mobile ecosystem (such as vendors and content), NGOs and research institutions to build consensus and advise governments / regulators across regions on the mobile industry's position.
Herman has more than a decade of experience as a business and policy advisor to multinational companies and trade associations in the ICT sector. Previously he was vice-president and public affairs leader for EMEA at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide—a global communications’ agency. Before joining Waggener Edstrom, Herman worked for British Telecom in a variety of roles ranging from product operations to sales and European public affairs. In 2008 Herman acted as interim Director of GSMA Europe. Herman has an MBA from Henley Management College, UK and a Masters in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Groningen, Netherlands.
IN INDIA….. The market is undergoing a major transformation
– 2nd largest mobile market globally by subscribers BUT until 2010 it was 2G-only– By 2013, 12% were mobile broadband subscribers – in 2017 this is expected to be 35%
Mobile data usage doubled in 2013– Bharti Airtel: mobile data grew 112% between 3Q 2012 and 3Q 2013*– Reliance Communications: mobile data grew 116% between 3Q 2012 and 3Q 2013*– Follows news from NSN that mobile data in India increased 87% in 2013
Smartphone adoption almost tripled in 2013– IDC: sales grew to 44 million units in 2013 – up from 16.2 million in 2012– CyberMedia Research: year-on-year smartphone sales grew 172 percent in 2013– This makes India one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world
MORE DATA = MORE SPECTRUM On average 600-800MHz additional mobile spectrum needed by 2020 globally– Not including existing ITU mobile bands (e.g.1800MHz & 2.1GHz) that India should license – Coverage and capacity bands required for fast, low-cost, ubiquitous services – New low frequency bands essential for markets like India with large rural populations
Allocations at WRC-15 could licensed around 2020-2025 – Would meet the vision outlined in India’s National Telecom Policy 2012 – Otherwise costs and consumer prices will increase as lots more base stations will be required
Some administrations may not support new allocations due to the belief they currently have sufficient mobile spectrum
Spectrum needs will be much higher in 2025 AND admins that support major allocations in 2015 will benefit from lower cost equipment for their later roll-outs
– India benefits from low-cost smartphone chipsets driven by mass roll-outs in other markets