...Mobile Factbook – February 2011 © 2011, Portio Research. All Rights Reserved 1 Mobile Factbook – February 2011 Portio Research Limited. Published February 2011 by Portio Research Limited © Copyright 2011. www.portioresearch.com info@portioresearch.com Disclaimer and Legal Notices Disclaimer Every care has been taken in the preparation of this study to ensure that the information contained herein is accurate, factual and correct to the best of our knowledge, at time of publishing. All opinions, suppositions, estimates and recommendations included in this document are solely the opinions of the authors unless otherwise stated. Portio Research Limited accepts no liability for any loss or damage or unforeseen consequential loss or damage arising from the use of the information contained within this document. The opinions, suppositions, estimates and recommendations within this document cannot be guaranteed, and readers use this information at their own risk. The information published in this document is subject to change without notice at any time, and Portio Research Limited accepts no liability or obligation to inform the reader of such changes. Portio Research Limited do not promote or endorse any specific companies or products, the views and opinions we express in this document are wholly our own assessments, and independent from any external interest or influence. Many terms and phrases and trade names used in this document are proprietary and Portio Research...
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...AN INTRODUCTION TO LTE LTE, LTE-ADVANCED, SAE AND 4G MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS Christopher Cox Director, Chris Cox Communications Ltd, UK A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication This edition first published 2012 © 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Registered office John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com. The right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor...
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...India is over INR 42,000 crores company by revenues; second largest MNC in India Strong Service Revenue growth and further improvement in EBITDA margin % Robust growth in Data, contributing 15% of service revenues (Q4 FY15) Higher capex focusing towards network expansion and future growth areas o Amongst the largest global networks with 130,000+ sites Fresh equity infusion of INR 6000 crores, reaffirming commitment to the country India significant contributor to Vodafone Group o Highest contributor to Group Service Revenue growth o Largest data traffic market by volume o 3rd largest contributor to Group Service Revenues Key FY15 KPI’s SERVICE REVENUE AT INR 42,352 crores, UP BY 12.6 % DATA (BROWSING) REVENUE AT INR 5,690 crores, UP BY 65.5 % HEALTHY EBITDA MARGIN AT 29.6% Vodafone India, one of the leading total telecommunications service providers in the country announced its Full Year results (IFRS) for the period ended March 31, 2015 Key Financial Highlights: Vodafone India Standalone figures Strong Financial Performance Consistent and strong revenue growth; service revenue of INR 42,352 crores in FY15 vs. INR 37,606 crores in FY14, a growth of 12.6% Revenue performance driven by strong customer additions and robust growth in data revenues EBITDA at INR 12,605 crores in FY15 vs. INR 10,847 crores in FY14; Healthy EBITDA margin at 29.6%, led by higher data revenue and scale benefits. Operating Free Cash Flow (OFCF) at INR 3,228 crores in FY15...
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...Cellular Networks Small Cells are low-powered radio access nodes that operate in licensed and unlicensed spectrum that have a range of 10 meter to 200 meters, compared to a mobile Macrocell which might have a range of a few kilometres. With mobile operators struggling to support the growth in mobile data traffic, many are using Mobile data offloading as a more efficient use of radio spectrum. Small cells are a vital element to 3G data off-loading, and many mobile network operators see small cells as vital to managing LTE Advanced spectrum more efficiently compared to using just macrocells. Small cells can be used to provide in-building and outdoor wireless service. Mobile operators use small cells to extend their service coverage and/or increase network capacity. With small cells, mobile operators can offload traffic as much as 80% during peak times. Small cells cover Femtocells, Picocells, and Microcells. Small cell networks can also be realized by means of distributed radio technology consisting of centralized baseband units and remote radio heads. Beamforming technology (focusing a radio signal on a very specific area) can be utilized to further enhance or focus small cell coverage. A common factor in all these approaches to small cells is that they are centrally managed by mobile network operators. Small cells provide a small radio footprint, which can range from 10 meters within urban and in-building locations to 2 km for a rural location. Picocells and microcells...
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...Shahrear Ekram (CEM) Submission Date: April 25, 2013 Report on Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) April 25, 2013 To Course Instructor, MIS 105, Section-14, School of Business, North South University. Subject: Letter of Transmittal Dear Sir; It is our pleasure to submit the report on “Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)” which could be helpful for any person to know about this technology. According to your advice, we have completed the report write-up based on the topics covered in the course.As per your direction; we have tried our best to highlight our findings through this write-up. We sincerely hope that this report will fulfill the requirements suggested by you for the course MIS 105. Please feel free to contact us anytime for further query. Our contact numbers: Name Contact Number Shaikh Mohammad Habib 01672590241 Shaila Shabnam 01687628995 Sharifa Jaman 01745818271 Thank You. Sincerely Yours, Shaikh Mohammad Habib Shaila Shabnam Sharifa Jaman Introduction to GSM GSM (GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION) is the world’s most widely deployed and fastest growing digital cellular standard. Currently here are over 200 million GSM subscribers world-wide - two-thirds of the world’s digital mobile population - and this figure is increasing by nearly four new users per second. GSM...
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...Advanced Contrast between GPRS and CDMA One Packet Data Puneet Kumar and Arvind.S S.R.M Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Abstract:- Proliferated needs of the growing market regarding better data packet and voice services is looking to be met by deploying packet data services. This feature involves a complete upgrade of the network. The path to achieve this greatly differs between GSM and CDMA networks. This paper gives an advanced comparison between the GSM and CDMA networks in the path to deploying packet data with essential features of cost implications, time, infrastructure and compatibility in various handsets, speed and implementation methods. Detailed procedure of CDMA to 3G CDMA path is mentioned along with critical comparison with GSM path at each and every stage. 1. INTRODUCTION Wireless operators around the globe are launching or preparing to launch packet data services over mobile networks. Deploying packet data is a cost-effective way for mobile carriers to balance the network resources required to sufficiently meet the needs of the growing market for voice services and the potentially large mobile data market. The path to high-speed packet data differs greatly, however, between GSM and CDMA networks. GSM operators require a new data backbone, base station upgrades and new handsets to offer packet data services. Packet data in CDMA One networks is standard and was built into the...
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...Standard for Secure Service Provision over 4G Infrastructures. 4G Networks:Generation of Wireless network Since their birth in the early seventeenth and all along their di_erent generations, mobile communication networks have crossed important evolutionary phases aiming to de_ne increasingly sophisticated technologies allowing the provision of seamless global roaming, quality of service, and high data rates. Today, numerous technologies are co-existing to provide a unifying set of services. The coming era of 4th generation networks is foreseeing a potential smooth merging of all these heterogeneous technologies. A 4G network is characterized by the integration and the convergence of all communication networks, which are intrinsically characterized by their diversity, their heterogeneity, and their dynamicity, into one network. The main challenges raised by this network are the guarantee of seamless global roaming, the provision of cost effective high data rates, the definition of efficient user-centric customized service models, and the optimization of the quality of service provision. 1.1:Generation: 1.1.1:Wireless first generation overview (1G) 1G (or 1-G) refers to the first generation of wireless telephone technology (mobile telecommunications)....
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...phase of CDMA2000 following 1xEV-DO deployment. 1xEV-DV stands for 1x Evolution - Data Voice, and is characterized by a maximum data rate of 5.2 Mbps and the ability to support wireless Voice over IP (VoIP) services. 1xRTT. The first phase of CDMA2000, characterized by the ability to support a maximum data rate of 1.44 Kbps. 1xRTT stands for 1x, denoting the one radio channel of 1.25 MHz in Radio Transmission Technology. 2G. The second generation of wireless technology that was characterized by its use of digital transmissions rather than analog methods. Radio bandwidth is used for data transmissions. Data transmissions are limited to a maximum rate of 1.44 Kbps for CDMA 2G services (9.6 Kbps for GSM 2G). Radio bandwidth is consumed whenever the Mobile Node (MN) is connected to the Internet, regardless of whether it is receiving or transmitting data. This is based on the IS-95A standard for CDMA. 2.5G. An evolutionary step between 2G and 3G wireless services wherein two enhancements were introduced over 2G. The first is that the MN only consumes radio bandwidth when data is being transmitted or received. The second is that the maximum data rate increased to approximately 64 Kbps. Most 2.5G services only support data rates between 1.15 Kbps and 384 Kbps. This is based on the IS-95B standard for CDMA. 3G. The third generation of wireless technology, wherein data services are packetized, with speeds up to 2 Mbps. Based on the CDMA2000 standards. ...
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...3G Unit-1: GPRS & EDGE General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. It is often described as "2.5G", that is, a technology between the second (2G) and third (3G) generations of mobile telephony. It provides moderate speed data transfer, by using unused TDMA channels in the GSM network. Originally there was some thought to extend GPRS to cover other standards, but instead those networks are being converted to use the GSM standard, so that is the only kind of network where GPRS is in use. GPRS is integrated into GSM standards releases starting with Release 97 and onwards. First it was standardised by ETSI but now that effort has been handed onto the 3GPP. GPRS is different from the older Circuit Switched Data (or CSD) connection included in GSM standards releases before Release 97 (from 1997, the year the standard was feature frozen). In CSD, a data connection establishes a circuit, and reserves the full bandwidth of that circuit during the lifetime of the connection. GPRS is packet-switched which means that multiple users share the same transmission channel, only transmitting when they have data to send. This means that the total available bandwidth can be immediately dedicated to those users who are actually sending at any given moment, providing higher utilization where users only send or receive data intermittently. Web browsing, receiving e-mails as they arrive and instant...
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...Indian mobile network operator. * It is a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited, whose current shareholders are the Reddy family of Apollo Hospitals Group of India, with Maxis Communications holding a majority stake of 74%. * Aircel commenced operations in 1999 and today is the leading mobile operator in Tamil Nadu, Assam, North-East India and Chennai. * It is India’s fifth largest GSM mobile service provider and seventh largest mobile service provider (both GSM and CDMA) with a subscriber base of over 66.7 million, as of January 2013 with 63.24% of them being active. * It has a market share of 7.33% among wireless operators (includes GSM, CDMA, and FWP operators) in the country. * More than 50 per cent of Aircel’s marketing budget for sport is earmarked for cricket. * Apart from being the sponsor of CSK in IPL, Aircel also sponsors the Lajong football club in Shillong and has been the title sponsor of the Chennai Open for three years now. * Aircel India has 3G spectrum in 13 circles. * The company also possesses BWA spectrum in 8 circles. Like other operators, Aircel has also adopted a precautionary approach and is in no hurry to roll out its 4G network. * 3G has been doing extremely well for Aircel. The data revenue doubled in calendar year 2012 over 2011 and subsequently our 3G subscriber base also grew three times last year. Aircel’s 3G subscriber base has grown...
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...Overview on GSM mobile communication system History • 1958- in Germany, the A1 net was established • In 1972 an new net was established • 1982- The work to develop a European standard for digital cellular voice telephony began. • the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) created the Groupe Spécial Mobile committee and provided a permanent group of technical support personnel, based in Paris. • In 1987, 15 representatives from 13 European countries signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and deploy a common cellular telephone system across Europe. • France and Germany signed a joint development agreement in 1984 and were joined by Italy and the UK in 1986. • In 1986 the European Commission proposed to reserve the 900 MHz spectrum band for GSM. • By 1987, basic parameters of the GSM standard had been agreed upon and 15 representatives from 13 European nations signed a memorandum of understanding in Copenhagen, committing to deploy GSM. • In 1989, the Groupe Spécial Mobile committee was transferred from CEPT to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).[3] • Phase I of the GSM specifications were published in 1990 • The historic world's first GSM call was made by the Finnish prime minister Harri Holkari to Kaarina Suonio (mayor in city of Tampere) in July 1 1991. • The first network was built...
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...Page Introduction The first generation of cellular networks or 1G was first build in Chicago in 1977. It uses multiple cell towers sites, each connected through a network, allowed users to travel and even switch cell towers during a call. It was known as the Analog Mobile System (AMPS) and operates on the 824-894MHz range. A Japanese telecommunications company NTT builds their own network in 1979, which became the first 1G network to cover an entire country. In 1981, the Nordic Mobile Telephone network was the first to feature international roaming. It operates in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Mobile phones start becoming popular in the United States in the late 80’s and early 90’s when phones were small enough to carry without been in a car or suit case. Strategic Business Assessment United States Cellular goal is to provide quality wireless communications services to their customers and to rapidly grow their customer base, revenue, and profits. They are committed to professional growth to their associates and good corporate citizenship in the communities that they serve. U.S. Cellular ® Corporation is the 6th largest wireless telephone company in the United States. They own cellular...
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...Flow (GSM Originating Call) Cell Mobile Station User Mobile Mobile Network Base Stations NSS BSS MSC VLR Fixed Network PSTN PSTN EventHelix.com/EventStudio 2.5 01-Aug-04 18:02 (Page 1) LEG: GSM Mobile Originated Call This scenario describes the call setup for a GSM originating call. A mobile user calling a land line subscriber is covered here. Copyright © 2000-2004 EventHelix.com Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dial the called person's number Send Button Begin RR Connection Establishment The user keys in the phone number for the landline subscriber and .. .. presses the Send button Call related information needs to be transported from the mobile phone to the Mobile Switching Center (MSC). This requires the establishment of a Radio Resource (RR) connection to MSC. The first phase of the call setup just sets up this RR connection. RR CHANNEL REQUEST RACH RR connection establishment is triggered by sending the Channel Request message. This message requests the Base Station System (BSS) for allocation for radio resources for the RR connection setup. The mobile now waits for an assignment on the Access Grant Channel (AGCH). At this point the mobile is listening to the AGCH for a reply. Note: The RR CHANNEL REQUEST is sent on a Random Access Channel (RACH). This is a slotted aloha channel that can be used at random, without any coordination between the mobiles. Any mobile can transmit on this channel whenever it wishes. If two mobiles transmit on the channel at the...
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...Telecom Italia Strategic Plan Update MARCO PATUANO Safe Harbour These presentations contain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements appear in a number of places in this presentation and include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the customer base, estimates regarding future growth in the different business lines and the global business, market share, financial results and other aspects of the activities and situation relating to the Company and the Group. Such forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in the forward looking statements as a result of various factors. Forward-looking information is based on certain key assumptions which we believe to be reasonable as of the date hereof, but forward looking information by its nature involves risks and uncertainties, which are outside our control, and could significantly affect expected results. Analysts are cautioned not to place undue reliance on those forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presentation. Telecom Italia S.p.A. undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to these forward looking statements which may be made to reflect events and circumstances after the date of this presentation...
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...Contents Contents 1 1. Introduction 3 2. Background 3 2.1 Definition of Mobile Network Provider (MNOs) 3 2.2 Development of the Industry 3 2.2.1 The Second Generation 3 2.2.2 The Third Generation 4 2.2.3 The LTE 4 2.3 Size of the Industry 4 3. Industry Sector 5 3.1 O2 5 3.2 EE 5 3.3 Vodafone 6 4. Analysis of Remote Environment – PEST Analysis 6 4.1 Political 6 4.1.1 Roaming Charges 6 4.1.2 Spectrum Liberalization 7 4.1.3 Data Protection Act 1998 8 4.1.4 Base Stations and Human Health 8 4.2 Economic 8 4.3 Social 9 4.3.1 Increasing Need For Social Network 9 4.3.2 Age Distribution 10 4.3.3 Environmental Issue 11 4.4 Technology 11 4.4.1 Advent of LTE 12 4.4.2 Third Party Content Providers 12 5. Analysis of Operation Environment – Porter’s 5 Forces 12 5.1 Intensity of Competition (High) 13 5.2 Potential of New Entrants into Industry (Low) 14 5.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers (Low) 15 5.4 Bargaining Power of Customers (High) 16 5.5 Threat of Substitute Products (Moderate) 17 6. Strategies for the Sector 18 6.1 O2 18 6.2 Vodafone 19 6.3 EE 19 7. Conclusion 20 Appendix 20 Reference 21 1. Introduction This report demonstrates an investigation into the UK mobile network operators industry. Not only this report the external environment examines, but also evaluates the competitive nature of the industry including how the competitive advantages are established, the level...
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