Singtel’sJourney to 5G

Tay Yeow LianManaging DirectorNetworks, Singtel

Agenda

01 // Introduction to Singtel

02 // Mobile Broadband Speed Evolution

03 // NGMN and 5G

04 // Future for Telco

Agenda

01 // Introduction to Singtel

02 // Mobile Broadband Speed Evolution

03 // NGMN and 5G

04 // Future for Telco

Our Key Milestones

Acquired initial stake in

Globe

Organisational

Restructure

Acquired initial

stakes in Optus &

Telkomsel

Full liberalisation of

telecoms marketSTB

incorporated

as statutory board

Acquired initial

stake in AIS

INTERNATIONAL

SINGAPORE

Airtel acquired

Zain Africa

Telephone

introduced

in Singapore

Liberalisation of mobile

market

Launched

3G network

Launched

Singtel TV

Acquired Amobee

Introduced

NextGen NGN

Acquired Adconion

& Kontera

Acquired initial

stake in Airtel

Corporatisation of

Singtel

Listing of

Singtel on SGX

Acquired

Trustwave

1879 1955 1992 1993 1997 1999 2000 2001 2005 2007 2009 2010 2012 2014 2015

Singtel’s Global ReachConnecting over 600 million mobile customers across Asia, Australia & Africa

#1 in Singapore

#2 in Australia

#2 in Philippines

#1 in Indonesia

#1 in Thailand

#1 in India

Leading positions

in Africa

Bharti Airtel

Africa

Agenda

01 // Introduction to Singtel

02 // Mobile Broadband Speed Evolution

03 // NGMN and 5G

04 // Future for Telco

Mobile Broadband Speed Evolution

LegendGSM – Global System for Mobile CommunicationsCSD – Circuit Switched DataGPRS – General Packet Radio SystemEDGE – Enhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionUMTS R99 – Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, 3GPP release 99 standardsHSDPA – High Speed Downlink Packet Access64QAM – 64 Quadrature Amplitude ModulationIMT-2000 – Standards for 3G defined by ITU-R (International Telecommunications Union)IMT-Advanced – Mobile systems that include the new capabilities of IMT that go beyond those of IMT-2000.

21 Mbps

42 Mbps

384kbps

14.4Mbps

IMT-2000 3G(from 2001)

3G UMTS R99

3.5G HSDPA+(64QAM)

3.5G HSDPA+(2 carrier)

3G HSDPA

9.6 kbps

115 kbps

237 kbps

1.6Mbps

GSM 2G (from 1991)

GSM CSDGSM EDGE

GSM EDGE+

GSM GPRS

450 MbpsCat-9300

MbpsCat-6

150MbpsCat-4

IMT-Advanced 4G (from 2010)

LTE-Advanced(20+20MHz)LTE

(20MHz)

5G (from 2020)

LTE-Advanced(20+20+20MHz)

4.5G LTE-Advanced Pro(standards in Mar 2016)

Technology Evolution

Singtel’s Milestones

GSM

in 1994

3G

in 2005

3.5G

in 2009

LTE

in 2011

LTE 3CA

in Jul 2015

World’s 1st

full-featured VoLTE

in May 2014

Singtel WiFi

in Aug 2014

VoWiFi

in Sep 2016

Performance Diversification on the road to 5G

150 Mbps

300Mbps

Power Saving Mode

450 Mbps

600 Mbps

Gbps? Or Massive MIMO?

337Mbps

Extended Coverage

5G

Lower UE category with higher cost savings for Mobile

Higher UE category with higher throughput demand

LTE Cat M2

LTE Cat 1

LTE Cat 0

LTE Cat M1

Our Leadership in Mobile Network Quality

• Singapore’s widest 4G outdoor coverage for 7

consecutive quarters (Q4’14 to Q2’16), as benchmarked

by IDA.

• Awarded Asia Pacific LTE Service Provider of the Year

by Frost & Sullivan.

• Best LTE network quality in the world, as ranked by a

reputable crowdsourced app.

• Only operator in Singapore with complementary

premium WiFi connectivity.

Singtel tops rivals in LTE speed and coverage

Shopping Malls with High Traffic

The Only Operator with Premium WiFi

OpenSignal’s Q4 Global Benchmark Report(Oct – Dec15)

SingtelOperator A Operator B

99.41%

99.77%99.60%

99.89% 99.87% 99.89% 99.95%

98.00%

98.50%

99.00%

99.50%

100.00%

Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016

% C

overa

ge

4G Nationwide Outdoor Service Coverage

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Agenda

01 // Introduction to Singtel

02 // Mobile Broadband Speed Evolution

03 // NGMN and 5G

04 // Future for Telco

Next-Generation Mobile Network

28 Mobile Operators

38 Technology Vendors

27 Universities / Research Institutes

Source: NGMN

NGMN Alliance exists to support the standardisation and subsequent availability of 5G for 2020 and beyond.

The Alliance has global reach, and consists of ~100 partners including Operators, Vendors and Universities.

Singtel is represented on the Board managing the NGMN Alliance

Operators’ Requirements(Singtel and other OC members)

Product development from network/device

vendors

Technology enablers & new ideas from R&D

institutes

MCDO (Mobile Content Delivery Optimisation)

RAN Evolution

NGCOR (Next Generation Converged Operations

Requirement)

Small Cell / HetNet

On-going LTE/LTE-A Projects New 5G White Paper & Vision 2020

Singtel’s roles:• Define service and performance requirements

• Driving prioritisation of solutions/features

according to Singtel’s vision & interests

Singtel’s roles:• Closely monitoring new technology trends

• Acquire technical insights to influence / lead vendors’

development direction according to Singtel’s vision & interests

• Plan for 5-year (2015-2020) technology adoption

Projects conclusion in 2014 Ongoing activity after WP Release

5G Standards expected to be finalised in Dec 2019

5G

5G test bed showcasing blazing 27.5 Gbits/s peak throughput, which is about 80 times faster than today’s speeds (337Mbps)

Photo showing CEO Moon, Group CTO Soo Meng,Mr Martin Wiktorin, Country Head of Singapore, EricssonKhoong Hock Yun, Assistant Chief Executive, IDAMagnus Ewerbring, CTO, Asia Pacific, Ericsson

Source: http://www1.singtel.com/about-Us/news-releases/journey-to-5g-singtel-and-ericson-first-to-showcase-5g-in-southeast-asia.html

The “Making 5G Innovation A Reality” demonstration featured Ericsson’s 5G Radio Prototypes to showcase some of the ground-breaking capabilities offered by the new technology Achieved peak throughput of 27.5Gbps and latency as low as 2ms. Demonstrated the world’s first end-to-end of 60ms (from the time the video is captured at the server end to

the time it is displayed at the device) low latency live video streaming over 5G.

Journey to 5G: Singtel and Ericsson first to showcase 5G in Southeast Asia

NFV and SDN facilitate the creation of “Network slices” catering to different verticals.

This allows the Network to be segmented for diverse service offerings over a single Network

5G Services with NFV and SDN network slicing

5G Services, and potentially pre-5G before 2020

Compute Storage Networking

Telco Cloud (NFVI)

Data Centre SDN

Transport SDN

Access SDN

Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM)

Programmable Network

Health Care Utility and Energy AutomotiveLogistics and

Transportation

Virtualised

Access

Network

Virtualised

Transport

Network

Virtualised

Core Network

Virtualised

Service

Resources

Safety and

Security

Network Slice – Health Care

Network Slice - Security

Network Slice - Automotive

Orc

he

stra

tor

Virtualised

BSS/OSS

What 5G will provide to the industry?

Multi Domain Performance

Energy performance

Foundation for efficient industries and society

Global standard

Massive machine type of communications

Mass market personalised TV

Critical machine type of communications

Agenda

01 // Introduction to Singtel

02 // Mobile Broadband Speed Evolution

03 // NGMN and 5G

04 // Future for Telco

Emergence of OTT players in the Connectivity business

Alphabet / Google example

Rural / Remote

Urban / Wired

Project Description

SpaceX: Studying using low orbiting satellites to extend Internet access

Project Loon: “Balloon Powered Internet for Everyone”

Project Titan: High-altitude drone project for wireless Internet access

Spectrum Database: Allows spectrum to be shared between users

Project Fi: Google’s own wireless cellular service

Google Fiber: High speed fiber optic Internet service

Project Link: Broadband infrastructure in underdeveloped areas

Project FASTER: Partnership with five Asian telecom companies trans-

Pacific Internet cable system

› Diversification of Business

› Targeted content delivery

Shift for Telcos: Platforms or Open-source

› Openness and collaboration

› Simpler, more flexible, lower cost

TERRAGRAPH

Source: Facebook

Members include operators, infrastructure providers,

system integrators and other technology companies

Source: Press Releases and Company Filings

Significant investment

in premium video and

OTT services

Building platform to

capitalise on growth in

mobile / video advertising

and IoT

Telco

Services

Platforms

Functionality

Core

Infrastructure

OTT

Our Strategy

Create sustainable long-term growth

to deliver superior returns to shareholders

Enhance

collaboration

with our

associates

Improve

economics of

core consumer &

enterprise

businesses

Lift customer

experience

Create innovative

and differentiated

digital businesses

Strengthen the core business Build new growth engines

Our Goal

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