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Wireless technologyBroadband regulation and ecosystem

Chris Gow, Cisco Government Affairs

QITCOM, 25 May 2011

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What’s happening to mobile data traffic?

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150

1,000,000,000

2,000,000,000

3,000,000,000

4,000,000,000

5,000,000,000

6,000,000,000

7,000,000,000

Central & Eastern Europe (#7)

Middle East & Africa (#6)

Latin America (#5)

Japan (#4)

North America (#3)

Western Europe (#2)

Asia Pacific (#1)

Ter

abyt

es /

Mo

nth

Global Mobile Data Traffic Growth / RegionsMEA has the highest growth rate (129 percent) from 2010-2015

26.3%

29.3%

15.7%

7.8%6.2%5.5%

9.2%

Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 2010–2015

92% CAGR 2010–2015

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Mobile Data Traffic Drivers

By 2015…

Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 2010–2015

More Mobile Connections

Enhanced Computing

Faster Mobile Speeds

Rich Media Apps/Content

2G > 3G > 4G

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How can spectrum policy facilitate this growth?

Flexible spectrum management

Make spectrum available for mobile broadband

Do it in a timely manner

Consider licence-exempt spectrum

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Spectrum awards shape 4G roll-out

• US....700 MHz

• Germany and Sweden….800 MHz and 2.6 GHz

• Japan….1.5 GHz

• Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia,

Austria....urban roll-out

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Global view5 GHz licence-exempt spectrum

5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.95.1

Europe

USA

Japan

China

India

5.0

Contiguous 5.150GHz – 5.925 Indoor Unlicensed Band

Enable Channel BondingIndoor Mobile Data CapacityCost Effective Clients

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What can policy makers do in Qatar?

Continue with spectrum liberalisation

Open up 4G spectrum

Be ambitious for future wireless needs

Take the lead on Wi-Fi

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