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Americas: Operators have issued a policy document calling for better assignment of spectrum for mobile broadband
July 24th, 2009 | 
Author: “Policymakers have an important and challenging role in obtaining additional spectrum and bringing it to the market to serve society and meet the growing demands of consumers,” stated Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas. “Smartphones and mobile Internet devices are moving from the headlines, out of the shops and into the hands of customers who are quickly exploring a wide variety of productive services and applications for education, healthcare and safety.”
Various analyses have demonstrated the singular importance of spectrum harmonization in meeting emerging mobile broadband. Among the most serious impacts of spectrum fragmentation are the cost and performance of mobile devices. Handset size constraints and component costs place limits on the number of bands and technologies that wireless devices can efficiently incorporate. As a result, support for fragmented spectrum allocations is frequently minimized in favor of more common regional and global brands that leverage economies of scale as well as the capabilities for international roaming.
3G Americas emphasizes the criticality of spectrum harmonization. At the same time, it supports the efforts of standards bodies and industry players in developing techniques to put fragmented spectrum bands to use, while promoting service provider coexistence. In particular, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) continues to develop technical approaches, including various carrier aggregation techniques (permitting the asymmetric pairing of radio channels), to address existing and potential spectrum fragmentation challenges. These approaches are showcased in the paper.
The white paper also reviews steps taken internationally by policymakers to maximize the use of spectrum by diverse parties while concurrently minimizing the potential for harmful inter-system interference. The report summarizes the important considerations for policymakers, which need to be factored hand-in-hand with the technical approaches. Conclusions of the white paper include:
– Spectrum should be harmonized and coordinated to the maximum extent feasible
– New spectrum should facilitate access by new technologies of all stripes
– Appropriate protections should be established for incumbent and/or adjacent service providers to protect against interference
– Spectrum policy should foster, as far as possible, the efficient use of spectrum
– Rules covering the allocation, auction and deployment of spectrum should be predicable and transparent, prior to auctions
“Spectrum is a limited resource and yet it is a key ingredient to the success of mobile broadband in the Americas,” Pearson added. “The challenge and opportunity for countries throughout the Americas is to properly inventory and identify new spectrum for the wireless industry.”
3G Americas Recommends Plan to Maximize Broadband Spectrum
see also 3GPP Technology Approaches for Maximizing Fragmented Spectrum Allocations (registration required)
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China: Telecoms market growth, with 3G and with rural adoption of 2G will overtake Japan to become the largest market in Asia
Communications Markets in China offers a precise profile of the country’s converged telecommunications, media, and technology sectors based on proprietary data from our research in the Chinese market. It provides detailed competitive analysis of both the fixed and mobile sectors, tracks the market shares of technologies and services, and monitors the introduction and spread of new technologies such as WiMax, IPTV, and VoIP. Published annually, this executive study provides a comprehensive view of the Chinese communications market by analyzing key trends, evaluating near-term opportunities and assessing upcoming risk factors.
China’s telecommunications market generated US$110 billion in 2008, making it the second largest telecommunications services market in Asia/Pacific after Japan, notes Daniel Yu, analyst at Pyramid Research and author of the report. “Given continued demand for connectivity and rising adoption of mobile and fixed broadband services, the Chinese market will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent between 2009 and 2014, reaching $187 billion by 2014, surpassing Japan as the largest telecommunications services market in Asia,” Yu says.
“China, like many emerging markets, is becoming an increasingly mobile market, adding 71.2 million mobile subscriptions in 2008, roughly 12 percent of all additions worldwide and second only to India’s 113.3 million net additions,” says Yu. Mobile service revenue growth will be supported by a penetration increase from 58 percent at year-end 2009 to 80 percent at year-end 2014. Pyramid expects mobile services to account for more than 76 percent of total services revenue in China by 2014.
Despite the declining rate of growth in the economy, Pyramid Research expects the mobile industry to experience healthy growth in 2009 as mobile operators roll out 3G networks and extend coverage to rural areas. “China Mobile, for example, is dedicating 30 percent of its total Capex on 2G network expansion, and 70 percent of the allocated portion will be used in the rural market,” Yu says.
China will Surpass Japan in 2011 to Become Largest Telecom Services Market in Asia, finds Pyramid
see also an excerpt of this report
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East Africa: SEACOM landed a 1.28Tbps cable linking South Africa, Kenya and Uganda to India and Europe
The launch of SEACOM opens up unprecedented opportunities, at a fraction of the current cost, as government, business leaders and citizens can now use the network as the platform to compete globally, drive economic growth and enhance the quality of life across the continent.
Highlights/ Key Facts:
The unprecedented capacity, quality of bandwidth and connectivity brought to Africa by the SEACOM network will be demonstrated today at simultaneous events in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique.
SEACOM, in conjunction with Cisco Systems, will provide media and invitees direct access to true broadband connectivity, carry out live broadcasts and interactive real-time presentations across the system.
The demonstration has been made possible by the collaboration of SEACOM and Cisco Systems who have jointly built a voice, data and video platform, relying on the SEACOM network, to create a collaborative environment.
This first-hand experience of the high-speed capabilities will take place through a one-gigabit-per-second live international connection at all locations as well as a live high-definition video feed over an Internet Protocol (IP) network to interconnect representatives and dignitaries across the five countries.
Supporting Quotes:
Brian Herlihy, SEACOM CEO:
“Today is a historic day for Africa and marks the dawn of a new era for communications between the continent and the rest of the world. Our tireless efforts of the past 24 months have come to fruition, and we are proud to be the first to provide affordable, high quality broadband capacity and experience to east African economies. Turning the switch ‘on’ creates a huge anticipation but ultimately, SEACOM will be judged on the changes that take place on the continent over the coming years.”
Yvon le Roux, Cisco VP for Africa:
“Cisco and SEACOM share a common goal to enable accessible broadband across Africa while lowering the cost of communication to spur growth within urban and rural communities. We’re working with SEACOM to help transform Africa by outlining process change, building networks, and then providing the application services and expertise that support key services for citizens, such as education, healthcare, public safety, economic development, and national security. SEACOM will provide the catalyst for African consumers, business and government to realise the benefits of connectivity and collaboration across the globe.”
Mr. Nizar Juma, SEACOM Chairman:
“Today is a momentous day for all associated with SEACOM. Milestones such as this one are unique to any company and even more so to any country or region. It also clearly demonstrates that provided with an enabling environment, the private sector can efficiently mobilise the resources required to deliver complex and expansive projects for the benefit of our people. The SEACOM cable will change the lives of every man, woman and child in the countries connected by making previously unavailable technology accessible to everyone. We truly look forward to the positive utilisation of the cable and the realisation of infinite social and economic possibilities unleashed by our arrival”.
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Global unified communication market totaled $523.4 million in 2008
ANALYST NOTE
“The unified communication market (unified messaging and communicator software) did well in 2008, growing 16% sequentially, a respectable performance given the deterioration in the economy worldwide and its effect on enterprise spending. While reduced enterprise spending will be a drag on the market, revenue in the communicator segment, the most important measure of the overall unified communication market, is expected to nearly double in 2009. Unified communication enables workers to communicate more effectively with mobile and geographically dispersed colleagues, and to integrate multi-modal communication services to help increase productivity. These drivers, combined with aggressive bundling by PBX vendors to increase the competitiveness of their offerings (and to fend off the threat to the PBX business from Microsoft) will push the UC market to relatively good growth in 2009,” said Matthias Machowinski, Infonetics Research’s directing analyst for enterprise voice and data.
MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
– The worldwide unified communication market (unified messaging platforms and communicator software clients) totaled $523.4 million in 2008
– Shipments of communicator clients grew 47% in 2008, to 1.4 million worldwide, after nearly tripling in 2007, when the then newly formed Nortel-Microsoft alliance drove significant growth
– In the fast-growing communicator market, Cisco rose from the no. 5 spot on the revenue market share leaderboard to no. 1 in 2008, followed by Siemens and Avaya, who are neck and neck in second and third, respectively
– The worldwide IP contact center market is growing at a healthy clip, up 54% in 2008 to $956 million, driven by the transition from TDM to IP and demand from Asia Pacific
– Avaya continues to lead in IP contact center revenue market share, followed by Alcatel-Lucent, then Cisco
Infonetics Research: Cisco leads fastest growing segment of UC market
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Ghana: Mobile penetration at the end of 2008 was close to 50% and could reach 60% in 2009
Ghana Ended 2008 With A Mobile Penetration Rate Close To 50%
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