Interop: Presentation

Editor's Notes

• #3: During the 90’s, the Internet (dial-up and then broadband) became the #1 driver for more powerful processors and new PCs. Today, mobile broadband Internet is poised to become the #1 driver for whole new classes of mobile devices. BUT, the devices must be affordable and the mobile connectivity needs to be fast & affordable in order for the segment to gain mass market appeal.
• #5: With CLEAR*, one network can deliver five essential services: home broadband, home voice, mobile broadband, mobile voice, and mobile entertainment. Two of the more attractive packages available today are unlimited home broadband + mobile device (with a 2 GB cap) for $45 per month; or, unlimited home broadband + mobile device with unlimited data for $55 per month. Basic home broadband starts at $20 / month. These are great deals when one considers that just fixed broadband service costs around $50 per month for cable; and to get DSL promotional price, the telco’s require basic landline service – which is not useful to people using their cell phones or VoIP for phone service. Once DSL is sold with a landline, the cost is well above $65 per month. And then add mobile data from the local cellco’s at a $32-50 adder above that.  Packages:https://www.clear.com/shop/plans_wimax.php#Gear selection:http://www.clear.com/shop/clear_gear.php The Clear Spot device allows WiMAX subscribers to share their Internet connection via WiFi. Larger than a USB dongle but much smaller than CPE/modem.
• #10: China is the only country in the top 15 where there are not Mobile WiMAX -- deployments based upon IEEE 802.16e whether they be fixed, portable or mobile in usage model -- as yet. (There are deployments of fixed WiMAX by Chinacomm in 29 cities, but no Mobile WiMAX as yet unless one counts Taiwan as part of China.)See www.wimaxmaps.org for graphical representation and high level operator information for global 802.16e deployments. (Close instructions window, and then click on the 802.16e box.) Keep in mind that only the operator’s headquarters are represented by a “pin point” – so there are many more cities deployed than operators represented in these maps.
• #11: pop is more like 92 million and internet users is closer to 15% of pop with BB at about 13% of HH. Noticed you used CIA Mobile WiMAX is the common denominator whether emerging markets with 1st ever broadband access or mature markets with sophisticated users who want more speed.Additional Information:UQ:Launched service in July ‘09 in tandem with 3 of Japan’s largest electronics retailers.Very focused on performance – only way to compete in Japan. The latest speed tests on notebooks (May 2010) have peaked at 20 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up, and simple, flat-rate pricing undercuts all local HSPA offers. 8k base stations today; 15k by 2011.Globe Telecom:As one of the leading telecommunications companies in the Philippines, Globe Telecom offers a wide array of services including 3G mobile and fixed line data services. In April of this year, Globe launched its WiMAX broadband network in key population centers across the Philippines with plans to cover most of the country. Globe now has the largest WiMAX network in South East Asia. Globe’s goal is to make affordable broadband service accessible to most of the country’s 92 million people.Yota in Russia: Went from commercial launch to breakeven just 5 months after their June 1st commercial launch, with over 250k subs by end of 2009. Their average subscriber uses over 10 GB of data per month.The almost 2 petabytes of data transferred through the Yota network in a single month exceeds by 2.5 times the combined 2.5G/3G traffic in all of Russia. Packet One in Malaysia:Within 7 months of launch was winning more than 30% of all new broadband subscribers -- in a market historically dominated by the DSL incumbent.POPs coverage at > 30% of Malaysian population today, targeting 35% (9.8 M) by year end.130k subs @ end of 2009. Expanding internationally.Very effective private-public partnerships with local governments to provide free WiFi (with WiMAX backhaul). P1 then has the opportunity to “sell up” these users to a higher bandwidth, mobile service. BSNL:In addition hundreds of thousands of villages, BSNL has a plan to launch commercial WiMAX services all across urban India. They’ve already launched their services via a franchisee model in the state of Kerela, and Punjab is due in next month or so.BSNL is a gov’t owned operator and in 2009, the gov’t laid out a 5-1-1 vision (500 million Internet user, 100 million broadband connections, and 100 million broadband-enabled devices by 2012. WiMAX is a key enabler of this vision.
• #15: As operators optimize their networks and as the Mobile WiMAX standard and equipment evolves, performance will continually increase. In the U.S. the fastest 3G networks today are based upon 7.2 Mbps HSPA where 7.2 Mbps is the theoretical max. Peak rates will of course not reachthis maximum, but net-net, you won’t get any better than 7 Mbps peak.An independent testing lab, Signals Ahead Research, published peaks of 18.1 Mbps on Clear’s network in the Portland, OR network.Source References:Yota data from Yota; Russian 3G data gathered from public sources by Intel Russia.UQ / Japan data:UQ peak data rates based upon Kilmer Peak Basis for average Japan 3G data:HSPA+ : 5.42 DL / 0.7 UL; HSPA: 1.5 DL / 0.3 UL; Average of HSPA+ & HSPA = 3.46 DL / 0.5 ULBasis for Peak Japan 3G data:HSPA+ : 6.2 DL / 1.4 UL; HSPA: 2.9 DL / 0.4 UL; Average of HSPA+ & HSPA: 4.55 DL / 0.9 ULJapan service pricing for unlimited HSPA+ ($66) an HSPA ($55) was also averaged.Clear data rates:Signals Ahead – Mobile WiMAX Network Performance Benchmark Report 09-09-093G data rates for U.S.: Gizmodo – Our 2009 12-City (US) 3G Data Mega Test: AT&T Won, 12-21-2009;P1 service pricing: $20 / month plan is an 800 kbps speed service capped at 5 GB. The $43 / month plan is a 10 Mbps speed service with a 10 GB data cap.
• #17: We believe in an open PC-like device model – similar to WiFi where a notebook can connect to any WiFi network – that is, no locking of PCs to specific operator networks.And similar to our WiFi efforts back in the early days, Intel is performing extensive compatibility testing with Mobile WiMAX operator networks to get to the point where, if a consumer purchases a notebook/netbook in the U.S., they can easily & seamlessly connect to an operator’s network in another country.LikeWiFi, it will take several years to work out all the kinks so that “it just works.”Intel’s focus includes some of the largest, urban Mobile WiMAX deployments today as well as networks bridging the digital divide in emerging markets.