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About GSA - Global mobile Suppliers Association- representing GSM/EDGE/WCDMA suppliers globally
GSA is the representative body for the GSM/3G supplier industry, bringing togetherall views on GSM/EDGE/WCDMA-HSPA
Objectives4to strengthen promotion of GSM world-wide in new and existing markets4to support operators and promote the evolution of GSM as the platform for delivery of
3G multimedia servicesThe leading GSM/3G suppliers world-wide are members of GSA
Aeroflex, AnyDATA Inc., Broadcom, Business Logic Systems, Comsys Communication & Signal Processing, EDO-EVI, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, LSI Logic Corporation, Motorola,
4Deliver market facts, intelligence & data objectively for the mobile industry4Facilitate networking/dialogue cross-industry for information exchange4Advise policy-makers on most favourable conditions for market development4Support for mature markets and new growth markets4Inform media & analysts about key milestones, drivers, developments, trends4Organize high-level interaction with GSM/3G operators worldwide4Produce Opinion Papers and Information Papers to broaden understanding and acceptance of the key issues4Delivery at global & regional level: Africa, Americas, APAC, Europe, India, Russia 4GSA is a Market Representation Partner in 3GPP4Global co-operation with, and support to, other key organisations including COAI, ETSI, the European Commission, the GSM Association, ICU, and ITU
GSA Activities
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New GSA survey seriesHighlights good examples of 3G services from operators around the world in a number of categories: mobile broadband, mobile advertising, social networking, place shifting and mobile search.
This first survey looks at services and applications from mobile network operators in Europe.Part 1 covers Finland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK.Part 2 covers Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, and UK
Research for the survey was carried out by Ovum Ltd during Q3 2007 and is distributed by exclusive agreement with GSA. The surveys are available for download at
www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/surveys.php4
3G Applications and Services
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4WCDMA downlink evolution HSDPA – High Speed Downlink Packet Access, is part of 3GPP/UTRAN-FDD Release 5 WCDMA specifications.4HSDPA delivers similar boost for WCDMA as EDGE does for GSM/GPRS. 4HSDPA boosts air interface capacity by 2 times and delivers a 5-fold increase in downlink data speeds.4HSDPA shortens round-trip time between network and terminals and reduces variance in downlink transmission delay.4No new sites. Add-on solution (low impact on RAN: software upgrade)4WCDMA enhanced uplink - HSUPA, is standardised in 3GPP Release 6
434 commercial HSUPA launches to date in 26 countries
Source: GSA survey - April 2, 2007HSPA is the major leap forward for the industry
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4Leverages existing assets4Spectrum4Subscriber base4Network infrastructure (sites, radio, core network, transmission)4Operation and Management system and staff4Subscriber management systems (authentication, billing)
HSPA is the new baseline for WCDMA operators globally
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HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) complements HSDPA and provides benefits to the mobile network operator further capacity increases, enhanced throughput and coverage,
and significantly reduces latency on the uplink
HSUPA offers data speeds up to 5.76 Mbps (peak) on the uplink channel. Together with HSDPA, it means a huge stride in network performance
33 user devices launched support, or can be upgraded for, HSUPA delivering 2.1 Mbps (peak)
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7 Euro/month für 300 MByte, 0,10 Euro per extra MByte19 Euro/month for 3 GByte, 0,10 Euro per extra MByte24 Euro/month for 15 GByte, 0,10 Euro per extra MByte
“3” customers under age of 27 get 20% off monthly fee
10 Cents per MByte, no monthly fee15 Euro/month for 500 MByte, 0,10 Euro per extra MByte20 Euro/month for 3 GByte, 0,10 Euro per extra MByte25 Euro/month for 10 GByte, 0,10 per extra MByte
Mobilkom AustriaA1 Breitband 300
A1 Breitband 5 GByteA1 Breitband 3 GByte
10 Euro/month for 300 MBytes, 0,25 Euro for every extra MByte20 Euro/month for 3 Gbyte, 0,10 Euro for every extra MByte30 Euro/month for 5 Gbyte, 0,10 Euro for every extra MByte
Mobilkom Prepaid packagesB-Free Breitband Start Package: 130 Euro, contains SIM-card, USB Modem, 1 Gbyte of dataB-Free Breitband 20: 0,20 Euro per MbyteB-Free Breitband 1 Gbyte: 20 Euro for 1 GByte valid for 30 daysB-Free Breitband 150 Mbyte: 10 Euro for 150 MByte valid for 30 days
Research by Daniel AJ Sokolov – January 2008
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New alternative technologies will contribute just 6 percent of mobile broadband users globally by 2010
Technologies such as mobile WiMAX and UMTS TDD will lead the alternative technology camp, but enhancements to existing technologies, including HSPA and EV-DO Revision A+ will comprise the bulk of the market and are where the money lies in the short-term
Strategy Analytics
"Beyond 3G: Looking for True Mobile Broadband“November 2006
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July 12, 2007: www.telecoms.comInforma Telecoms & Media predicts there will be over 56.8 million HSPA subscribers worldwide by end 2008
The take-up of HSPA is faster than initial WCDMA growth, driven by the success of HSPA-enabled PC cards, USB modems and HSPA-capable phones. Whereas it took almost 3 years for WCDMA to exceed 7 million, with HSPA this figure was reached in 15 months.
Download this chart at www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4
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The majority of WCDMA-HSPA networks are complemented with GSM/EDGE for service continuity in areas where WCDMA-HSPA coverage is not available, to ensure that users will receive a good experience of most 3G services
EDGE delivers typical user data speeds up to 300 kbps peak
138 out of 220 HSDPA deployments (62.7%) combine with GSM/EDGE
107 of 185 commercially launched HSDPA operators (57.8%) also launched EDGE
Over 70% of HSDPA user devices also support GSM/EDGE
Clear trend for combining EDGE and WCDMA-HSPA for 3G services delivery
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EDGE Evolution - potential benefits:2 – 3 times increase in EDGE bit rates2 – 3 times spectral efficiency gain (for voice & data capacity)Halve the latency (roundtrip time)All achieved with low impact on the GSM/EDGE network
Standardisation in 3GPP Release 7Leading manufacturers have committed to commercialisation
See GSA Information Paper “EDGE Evolution” for more detailswww.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4
Operators stress service continuity as being very important
WCDMA evolution to HSDPA is a key driver for EDGE Evolution (GERAN Evolution) since reducing the performance gap is the priority
Evolved GERAN - Drivers and goals
EDGE Evolution
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Release 99: Complete. Includes enhancements to GSM/GPRS (EDGE). Support forGSM/EDGE/GPRS/WCDMA radio-access networks. Most deployments today use R99 Release 4: Complete. MMS support. Efficient interconnection of CN infrastructure over IP networksRelease 5: Complete. Delivered HSDPA and first phase of IMS. Half of WCDMA network deployments now include the HSDPA evolutionRelease 6: Complete. Includes HSUPA, enhanced multimedia support using Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Services (MBMS), performance specifications for advanced receivers, WLAN integration, and evolution of the IP Multimedia System IMSRelease 7: On-going. Enhanced GSM data functionality. Optimisation/fine tuning of earlier releases for performance enhancements, improved spectral efficiency, increased capacity, and better resistance to interference. Also provides optimisations for VoIP over HSPA
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3GPP LTE is an evolution of the GSM/UMTS (WCDMA, HSPA)
systems family, and specifies the next generation mobile broadband
access systemLTE targets capacity and data rate
enhancements to support new services and features requiring higher levels of capability and
performance. Data rates will be significantly higher for downlink and
uplink paths, with the necessary network architecture and technology
enhancementsThe new system includes support of
a full IP-based network and harmonization with other radio
access technologies
Download the chart at Download the chart at www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4LTE Information Paper http://www.gsacom.com/LTE Information Paper http://www.gsacom.com/gsmgsm_3g/info_papers.php4_3g/info_papers.php4
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LTE Terrestrial Radio Access Network technology specifications have been approved and are now under change control, leading to their inclusion in the forthcoming 3GPP Release 8. This announcement confirmed that LTE is firmly on track, and will deliver competitive capacity and data throughput enhancements, to build on the huge momentum and market success of mobile broadband services and applications enabled today by WCDMA-HSPA systems see http://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_240.php4
4Several manufacturers have demonstrated LTE’s super fast data speed capabilities. A recent multi-user field trial of LTE in an urban environment achieved mobile downlink data rates of up to 173 Mbps
4The LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution/System Architecture Evolution) Trial Initiative (LSTI) has confirmed that LTE will deliver high levels of data throughput both for stationary and mobile devices. And specifically, that the LTE physical layer performance targets with regards to stationary and on-the-move peak data rates can be achieved
LTE Standard Approved
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