GN3 Mobile Connectivity Feasibility Study

Project description and first steps

Mark O’Leary, Janet TF-MNM Virtual Meeting, 09 Feb 2012 mark.o’[email protected]

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Project background “GN3 SA3-T5”

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SA3: Service Activity “End-User Services in a Federated Environment” G ÉANT provides connectivity towards their constituencies, from backbone to campus Users require more eduroam hotspots Users require connectivity beyond the eduroam footprint Users require lower roaming costs

Goal: explore feasibility of a service, meeting these demands:

Improve mobility connectivity within the GÉANT service area by making it more accessible to end-users

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Project participants

Core:

– Mark O’Leary (Janet) Product Manager – – Maurice van den Akker (SURFnet) Business Development Stefan Winter (RESTENA) Technical Advisor –

External Business Consultant

 Josh Howlett (Janet), GEANT SA3 Activity Leader – – –

Advisory Group:

– – Babatunde Omagbai (DANTE) Eoin Kenny (HEAnet) Kurt Baumann (SWITCH) Lino Santos (FCCN) Miroslav Milinovic (SRCE) connect • communicate • collaborate

What service?

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Pan-European non-uniform mobile service

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Best value for money, national and roaming Involve all available services: 2G, 3G and/or 4G;

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Service for daily use for a broad public (NOT only international travelers) Footprint of

GÉANT network used as valuable asset (e.g. Offloading traffic to reduce costs) • • Strongly coordinated with eduroam initiatives (but not intruding on existing eduroam developments) Voice is probably required (via data or via GSM) connect • communicate • collaborate

First Phase of study

Explore the feasibility of a service meeting the needs for Pan European mobile connectivity given: Customers requirements Capabilities of Telecom market Capabilities (incl. assets) of NRENs (as delivery partners) Available resources  Carried out by consultant by means of : • Desk research current telecom market/technical, & political landscape • RFI to NRENs (including five site visits)  

Preliminary results shared, input gathered in workshop 20/21 March @ SURFnet office

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Second Phase of study (tentative)

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Feasible items from phase one lead to input for business case:

Evaluation of all options Analysis of costs, benefits Financial Models Second workshop mid October Business case available in December connect • communicate • collaborate