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LS telcom — Dynamic Spectrum Alliance — LS Telcom Summit 2014
23 slides from LS telcom's conference presentation, Jul 2, 2014
Slide 1: Dynamic Spectrum Access & Economic Regulation: Some good reasons for Dynamic Spectrum Access
Dynamic Spectrum Access & Economic Regulation: Some good reasons for Dynamic Spectrum Access Keynote to LS Telcom Summit 2014 Lichtenau, Germany Prof. H Sama Nwana Exec Director, DSA 2nd July 2014
Slide 2: Table of Contents
Table of Contents • What is Dynamic Spectrum Access? • Good Reasons why Africa/Emerging Markets need Dynamic Spectrum Access • What regulators need to do to get there… not that hard too • Conclusions 2
Slide 3: Key Messages
Key Messages In the 2020s, Dynamic Spectrum Access should start being the norm, rather than the exception as is today Emerging Economies need Dynamic Spectrum Access. And we may confidently lead a la M-Pesa, rather than just follow. Even developed economies too. It is good for the Regulator/Go
Slide 4: Table of Contents
Table of Contents • What is Dynamic Spectrum Access? • Five Good Reasons why Africa/Emerging Markets need Dynamic Spectrum Access • What regulators need to do to get there… not that hard too • Conclusions 4
Slide 5: Dynamic Spectrum Access – What is it?
Dynamic Spectrum Access – What is it? A spectrum sharing approach that allows secondary users to access the abundant spectrum holes or whitespaces in licensed spectrum bands DSA technology enables radios to safely share multiple frequency bands without interfering with legacy and other protected
Slide 6: Dynamic Spectrum Access sharing models
Dynamic Spectrum Access? • Inevitably, Dynamic Spectrum Access leads to sharing… Unlicensed sharing, e.g. WiFi • Licensed Sharing, e.g. Licensed Shared Access (LSA), cf. PMSE in the UK – Sharing is no longer the preserve of the unlicensed only.. • Geolocation models, i.e. sharing emphasising geograp
Slide 7: Table of Contents
Table of Contents • What is Dynamic Spectrum Access? • Some Good Reasons why Africa/Emerging Markets need Dynamic Spectrum Access • What to do to get there… not that hard too • Conclusions 7
Slide 8: Reason 1 (Regulators): Economic Regulation demands DSA
Reason 1 (Regulators): Economic Regulation demands DSA Radio Spectrum’s Value to the UK Economy
Slide 9: Economic Regulation of Spectrum (Government receipts too)
Economic Regulation of Spectrum (Government receipts too) UK Net Economic Value of Spectrum by Subsectors (Source: UK Government/Analysys Mason)1
Slide 10: Economic Regulation: Ofcom's Total Value Framework
Economic Regulation 101 Ofcom’s Total Value Framework
Slide 11: Reason 2: Mobile Broadband prospects are poor (Economics)
Reason 2: Mobile Broadband prospects are poor (Economics) 11
Slide 12: E.g. Africa's massive size has implications…
E.g. Africa’s massive size has implications… • Further Challenge 1 – incredible size of the African continent • Further Challenge 2 – Africa’s billion+ more evenly distributed relatively – 85% of Australians (23M) live within 50 kms of the coast – 80% of Canadians (34M) live within 150km of US borde
Slide 13: Fixed is non-existent!
Fixed is non-existent! (Source - SMA Mobile Observatory 2011) 13
Slide 14: Reason 3: Competition
Reason 3: Competition • The broadband problem needs competition from new business models (licensed vs. licensed-exempt vs. hybrids) – cf. Fibre vs. Satellite • Competition from new players (Facebook, Google, Spectra Wireless, etc) • Competition from new financing models • Competition from fresh idea
Slide 15: Reason 4: License Exempting Spectrum is good (e.g. WiFi)
Reason 4: License Exempting Spectrum is good (e.g. WiFi) License –exempting spectrum has a very good history of creating substantial value to society for only tiny bits of spectrum, e.g. WiFi By end 2011, 25% of homes worldwide used WiFi (Strategy Analytics) Thanki (2012) notes that by “enhancing
Slide 16: Reason 5: Developed Economies need it
Reason 5: Developed Economies need it • 802.11 af (WiFi in TV band?) • 802.11 ah (standards for everything sub 1GHz?) • 802.22 – older than af – longer reach, higher capacity M2M whilst 802.11af is more localised? • MediaTek & 6 Harmonics Tri-band Radio announcement • Etc • Point is developed econom
Slide 17: Reason 6: Sharing fills the spectrum gap
Reason 6: Sharing fills the spectrum gap 17
Slide 18: Reason 7: Outcomes driven policy makes sense
Reason 7: Outcomes driven policy makes sense () Widespread (access) and Affordable mobile Internet/broadband for Emerging Market African Countries in particular, and the next 5 Billion unconnected Low Cost Broadband (e.g. TVWS) a key part of the story and priority in order to achieve widespread
Slide 19: Table of Contents
Table of Contents • What is Dynamic Spectrum Access? • Five Good Reasons why Africa/Emerging Markets need Dynamic Spectrum Access • What regulators need to do to get there… not that hard too • Conclusions 19
Slide 20: What Regulators to do to get there
What Regulators to do to get there 1. Attend … and DSA events 2. Learn more about Dynamic Spectrum Access – join or follow DSA 3. Regulatory: ITU WRC 2012 concluded that the current international regulatory framework can accommodate dynamic spectrum access without any changes – so in the hands of na
Slide 21: Table of Contents
Table of Contents • What is Dynamic Spectrum Access? • Five Good Reasons why Africa/Emerging Markets need Dynamic Spectrum Access • What to do to get there… not that hard too • Conclusions 21
Slide 22: Key Messages
Key Messages In the 2020s, Dynamic Spectrum Access should start being the norm, rather than the exception as is today Emerging Economies need Dynamic Spectrum Access. And we may confidently lead a la M-Pesa, rather than just follow. Even developed economies too. It is good for the Regulator/Go
Slide 23: How to make TMT Improve Developing Economies in Africa and Elsewhere for the 2020s
IDSA TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY (TMT) FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES How to make TMT Improve Developing Economies in Africa and Elsewhere for fhe 2020s TMT SECTOR REDESIGN FROM ALL THESE ACTIVITIES OR “MUDDLE THROUGH’ AS ‘SEPARATE PROJECTS? 23