cd melbourne congress: telstra's mike wright

Network innovation to meet customer demandMike Wright, Group Managing Director, Networks

Telstra Commercial in Confidence

Mobile network evolution has moved beyond supporting a basic voice and text communication tool.

Networks were Voice with some Data, mostly 2.5GCDMA covered 98% population2G Data peaked around 160Kbps for CDMA, 25-50kbps GPRS

3G was emerging and 2G Blackberries were the must have deviceCoverage was limited to a few capital cities at just 7600Km2We were destined for a 2G coverage world with 3G-2100 MHz in Metro only3G peaked at 384Kbps


WHERE WE WERE IN 2004

97%

4%

3%

96%Voice

Data

20142004

Wireless Data traffic

today is ~3,000

times 2004 levels.

FROM A VOICE + DATA NETWORK TO A DATA+VOICE NETWORK IN 10 YEARS

• Wireless Data traffic has grown 120% compounded p.a. for over a decade.

• One single Telstra customer device can now download data > 10 times faster than the entire Telstra mobile network 10 years ago.



The challenge for carriers: staying ahead of the curve to meet customer demand, now and into the future as the Data Tsunami continues .

Presentation Title | Presenter Name | Date

EVERY DAY WE HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT 10 YEARS


* Telstra 4G LTE700 is being progressively rolled out in existing LTE1800 areas and is already available in selected areas of Perth, Fremantle, Esperance, Sydney, Darwin, Adelaide, Sarina, Bundaberg, Yamba, Mildura, Townsville, Bendigo and Mt Isa

LTE700 : THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEXT 10 YEARS – MORE CAPACITY, BROADER COVERAGE

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• We have been focused on the APT700 band, it’s standardisation and worldwide adoption for over three years.

• 4G on 700 MHz is creating the network of the future* with selected areas of Perth, Sydney, Adelaide and Darwin CBDs, plus a range of regional towns already experiencing the benefits.

• On 1 January 2015, 4G on 700 MHz will be switched on to cover a three kilometre radius of all capital CBDs and 50 regional locations, with total 4G coverage to reach 90% of the Australian population by the end of January 2015.

•We can offer significantly faster 4G speeds than currently available on the Telstra mobile network to customers in 700 MHz enabled areas with 700 MHz compatible devices.

• LTE700 is already supported by many of our most popular and iconic smart-phones. We expect over a million 700 MHz compatible devices in customers hands by Christmas.


Telstra 4G LTE700 is being progressively rolled out in existing LTE1800 areas and is already available in selected areas of Perth, Fremantle, Esperance, Sydney, Darwin, Adelaide, Sarina, Bundaberg, Yamba, Mildura, Townsville, Bendigo and Mt Isa

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LTE-ADVANCED CARRIER AGGREGATION WILL UNDERPIN NETWORK CAPACITY & PERFORMANCE

1800MHz2600MHz

• LTE-Advanced Cat6 is already available* where we have deployed LTE700 and will expand as we increase the LTE700 footprint.

• With theoretical peak speeds of 300Mbps, it is the fastest 4G service in Australia.

• New LTE-A Cat 6 devices are emerging.

• The Telstra Advanced Pro X

• Samsung GALAXY NOTE 4

• And more to come

• IT DOESN’T STOP THERE

• Cat 9 enabled via new 2600MHz spectrum for potential peaks speeds of 450Mbps.

4G LTE 2600 MHz


4X2 MIMO : BRINGING EVEN GREATER 4G NETWORK PERFORMANCE & EFFICIENCY

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• New network software features are adding increased speed and performable to existing 4G sites.

• 4x2MIMO testing has shown a 30-50% improvement in Metro sites and ~39% improvement in country sites.

• This increases network capacity and end customer experience.

• Activation will be undertaken on the majority of Telstra’s existing LTE1800 network where the majority of benefits will occur.

• Existing 4G customers will get this benefit over time.


SkiNet Trial

• 4G base stations to deliver LTE to the sky.

• Testing with cells between Sydney & Melbourne.

• Maximum data rates of 15 Mbps, average throughput around 10 Mbps.

Satellite Cells on 4G

• This year’s Birdsville Races received additional capacity via 4G over satellite.

EXPLORING NOVEL & SOMETIMES WORLD LEADING CONCEPTS FOR AUSTRALIA

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LTE BROADCAST – WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A MEDIA EFFICIENT PLATFORM FOR LTE

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LTE-BROADCAST (or eMBMS)

• Worlds first stadium trial Jan 2014 using three channels of dedicated content.

• We continue to explore and test LTE-B both technically and for emerging commercial models.

• A single ‘killer app’ is unlikely but the opportunities are broad

• Mass media events/finals

• Mass M2M updates

• Software/OS & Application updates

• Emergency alerts or emergency broadcast channel

• Large scale field notifications

• Local Channels

• Commuter channels

• Multi-Screens at Golf/Grand Prix


PITA Disaster and Emergency Communications Workshop 2014

LANES: LTE Advanced Network for Emergency or enterprise Services

Telstra’s vision of future wireless broadband support for Emergency Services.

Dedicated and partitioned spectrum for Emergency Services.

Seamless operation between the partitioned spectrum and prioritised access on the public network.

Successful trial and demonstrations in late 2013.

Now a large scale live trial in Brisbane will see LANES provide support to QLD Government and Emergencies Services.

Preferential Data

Partitioned Spectrum

Public User PSA User



With M2M/IoT, video growth, productivity drivers and new and more engaging devices the Data Tsunami is set to continue.

Today’s ground breaking technology first is next week’s fish & chip wrapper… We need to keep investing and innovating to provide our customers with the best mobile experience

Thank you

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