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Around20millionpeople

Every

ordinarily

household

havingaccesstobasiccommunications;Telephone

EGovernmentinitiatives

Broadbandconnections

are

fast

growing

Peoplearegettingusedtotripleplayservices(ex:Skype)

Pushingtowards

EGlobal

village

WHATISHAPPENINGINORDINARARYHOUSEHOLDSINSRILANKA?

CurrentSituation

in

Sri

Lanka

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A house in Sri Lanka has many communication systems

VoiceVideo Data

Land PhoneMobile

Free TV (Antenna)

Cable TVSatellite TV

Internet

E-mail

Radio

IP/TV

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Howitaccesshome?

Land Phone

Mobile

Free TV (Antenna)Cable TV Satellite TV

Internet

E-mail

Radio

IP/TV

Wire

Wireless

Wireless

WirelessWire

Wireless

Wire or Wireless

WireVoice

Video

Data

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Land Phone

Mobile

Free TV (Antenna)Cable TV

Satellite TV

Internet

E-mail

Radio

WhoaretheserviceprovidersinSriLanka?

IP/TV

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Land Phone

Mobile

Free TV (Antenna)Cable TV

Satellite TV

Internet

E-mail

Radio

WhoaretheserviceprovidersinSriLanka?

IP/TV

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Land Phone

Mobile

Cable TV

Satellite TV

Internet

E-mail

Radio

Whoaretheserviceproviders?

IP/TVFree TV (Antenna)

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Land Phone

Mobile

Free TV (Antenna)Cable TV

Internet

E-mail

Radio

IP/TV

Satellite TV

Whoaretheserviceproviders?

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ConvergedNetworkPresent

Day

trend

SIMPLEANDCONVIENIENTTOTHECUSTOMEROnehouse ONEACCESSPOINT

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CommunicationTypes

PersonalCommunication Interactive

DelayedInteractiveLand Phone

E-mail

Mobile

Internet

DomesticTransportNetwork

CoreElementSoftSwitch/Switches

MSAN

InternationalTransportNetwork

InternationalGateway

Studio/ServiceprovisionSubcoreElements

BroadBand

PublicCommunication Free TV Cable TV

Satellite TVRadioIP/TV

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PresentServiceProvision

LandPhones

Mobile

Radio

FreeTV

Individual

Backbone

Network

IndividualAccess

Network

Eachservicewillhaveitsowntransportnetworkandaccessnetworkseparately

fortheserviceprovisiontoahouseDisadvantage:

Duplicationoftransportand

duplication

of

access

Costmore

to

bring

different

services

to

one

access

point

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STUDIO2

STUDIO3

STUDIO4

STUDIO1

CUSTOMER

IndividualServices IndividualNetworks

Serviceprovideralsohavetoprovideindividualtransportandaccessfacilities

MORECOSTTOTHESERVICEPROVIDERMORECOSTTOTHECUSTOMER

Doestheserviceproviderneed

toinstallthisfacility? NO

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CUSTOMER

FUTURE

.

.

.

STUDIO2

STUDIO3

STUDIO4

STUDIO1

Common

Backbone

Network

Common

Access

Network

Serviceprovider

will

bear

less

cost

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Migrationto

Converge

Network

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OverallScenarioofthepresentcommunicationsystem

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ONE

Destination

ConceptofBackboneNetwork

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NationalBackboneNetwork(NBN)

Inlinewiththeotherdeveloped countriesSriLanka

is

taking

the

initiativestodevelopnationalBackboneNetworksimilarto

highwaydevelopments

in

SriLanka

(20112016)

70%of

the

household

in

SriLankatobeprovidedwith8Mbpsbroadband.

(Around150

million

USD

investment)

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MajorTrends

of

Regulations

Provisionofservices

willbe

less

regulated

Provisionoffacilities

willberegulated

Qualityof

service

to

the

customerswillbeof

moreconcern

Competitionamong

serviceproviders

Competitionamong

backholeproviders

Selectionfor

the

customerforabetter

serviceatacompetitive

price

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Whatishappeningindevelopedcountries?Industrieshaveatendencytodisintegrate

Automobile Computer

Distribution Softwareandapplication

Manufacture Middleware/OS

Design Devices

Components IntegratedCircuits

RawMaterials FABplants

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...andthetelecomssectorisnoexception

Contentand

Application

Services

NetworkTransmission

Cables

Ducts

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Analogcellphoneswerestillwidely

used

Casiosnew

digital

camera

featured

1024x768resolution

ThePowerbookG3hada300Mhz

processor,zipdriveanda5.0GB

harddrive

Stackedharddrivesafforded

computerusersamplespace

tostorefiles

Thefirstcommercial

bluetoothproducts

begancomingoutonly

in1998

GPSproductswerestill

intheirinfancy

DVDswerebeginningtoovertake

VHStapes

but

many

families

began

purchasingdualmodeplayers

Sonyreleasedtheirconceptflat

screenmodelTVin1998

TheWalkmancombinedtheability

tolistentotapesandtheradioon

thego

WiFiwasstillinitsinfancy

Themostprevalentinternet

connectionwas

a56kbps

dialup

modem

Deviceshavemadesignificantgainsfrom1998

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...allofwhichcannowbeincorporatedintoonedeviceTheiPhoneoperatesonthenew3G

networks

TheiPhone

features

a2.0

megapixelcamera

TheiPhoneusesa667Mhz

processor,morethan

doubletop

1998

processing

speeds

Witha16GBcapacity,there

isroughlytriplethehard

drivespacethanmost

desktopsin

1998

Bluetoothisnow

ubiquitousincellphones

andispresentinsome

vehicles

TheiPhonecanoverlay

satelliteimagesontothe

userscoordinates

YouTube,alongwithmultipleforms

ofvideo,

can

be

viewed

on

the

iPhone

TheiPhonehas3.5inch

Widescreenmultitouchdisplay

Roughly360albumscanbe

HeldontheiPhone

TheiPhoneautomatically

connectstothenearest

WiFistation

The3Gnetworkhasmaximum

downloadspeeds

of

7.2

Mbps

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Therearewellestablishedmeansforfosteringaccesstoexistingwirelinenetworkinfrastructure InEurope,regulatorshave

generallytriedtoestablisha

ladder

of

investment

for

new

entrants

Anincreasingcustomerbaseprovidesincentivesforentrantstomoveuptheladder

Howevernot

all

steps

of

the

ladderwillnecessarilyberelevantorusefulinallcountries

Forinstance

LLU

is

very

costly

toimplementandisnotpossibleonallnetworktypes

Ladderofinvestmentforwirelinebroadbandservices

Infrastructureto

the

building

LLU

ATMbasedbitstream

IPbasedbitstream

Resale

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Increasingbroadbandpenetrationinacountrywillleadtothedevelopmentoftheeconomy.

USD92billionthrough2.4millionjobscreatedorsaved

annually USD662millionperyearsavingsinhealthcarecosts

USD6.4billionperyearinsavingsfromreduceddriving

USD35.2

billion

in

value

from

3.8

billion

hours

saved

per

year

fromaccessingbroadbandathome

USD134billionperyearintotaldirecteconomicimpactof

acceleratingbroadbandacrosstheUSA

TheEconomicImpactofStimulatingBroadbandNationally,publishedinFebruary2008byConnectedNations(USA)estimatedthatbyincreasingbroadbandpenetrationby7%

theUSAcouldgain

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SOCIETY Improvementoneducation

Improvementon

Health

Socialupliftmenfortheelderly

Safetyonroads

Advancedsecurityforall

ECONOMY Moreinnovativebusiness

MoreJobs

Savingson

Health/Education

SavingsonTransport

BusinessProcessOutsources(Microoutsourcingmethods)

Eauctioning

ENVIRONMENT Lesstravelling,lesscost

Reducingthedigital

divide

PotentialBenefitsofNGNinSriLanka

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THANKYOU

ChristieAlwisB.Sc(Eng)Hons,MIET,CEng(London),FIESL(SL),M.ConsE(SL)

ConsultantEngineer,VisitingLecturer MoratuwaandSabaragamuwa,UniversitiesofSriLanka

Visit:www.christie@christiealwis.com

Enjoy

Convergence