Transcript Consultation publique 800 MHz/ 2,6 GHz

ARCEP actions in the area of frequency
allocation for the development of
broadband and ultra fast mobile networks
Press conference, 5 March 2009
Contents
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Introduction: French strategy for allocating
frequencies for high and ultra fast mobile
networks………………………………………….………… 3
• Ultra fast mobile (4G): ARCEP public consultation
on the award of licences in the 2.6 GHz and 800
MHz bands ..…………………………………..…..……… 5
• Mobile broadband (3G): 4
3G licence and
remaining frequencies in the 2.1 GHz band ……24
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French strategy for allocating frequencies for
broadband and ultra fast mobile networks
• On 12 January 2009, the Prime Minister announced the
overall strategy concerning spectrum:
– a combined call for candidates for licences in the 800 MHz and 2.6
GHz bands, enabling the rollout of broadband and ultra fast mobile
services that will replace UMTS; the awards procedure is due to be
launched before the end of 2009
– in light of this objective, the remaining UMTS frequencies in the 2.1
GHz band (15 MHz) need to be allocated rapidly, with 5 MHz set
aside for a new entrant (the new entrant will also be allocated 5
MHz in the 900 MHz band)
• Today, ARCEP made its first decisions concerning the
implementation of this strategy
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Ultra fast mobile (4G)
ARCEP public consultation
on the 2.6 GHz and 800 MHz frequency bands
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Ultra fast mobile (4G):
consultation on the award of licences in the
800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands
ARCEP is launching a public consultation today whose purpose is to gather
feedback from all parties interested in the system to be used for awarding
spectrum licences in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequency bands.
This consultation is the first stage in the frequency allocation process.
Consultation on the award of spectrum licences in
the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequency bands
• Regional development: a central issue
- Vast national coverage for ultra fast mobile
It was with the goal of achieving vast coverage for ultra fast mobile
that digital dividend frequencies in the 800 MHz band were identified.
This goal is one of the key points of the call for candidates procedure.
- Complementing the fixed networks
Ultra fast mobile will help reduce regional inequalities in fixed access.
In sparsely populated areas where fibre cannot be deployed quickly
ultra fast mobile networks will be able to supply consumers with faster
connections than those provided by the copper network, within a
relatively short timeframe.
Ultra fast mobile also provides a complement to fixed networks to
deliver a continuity and a convergence of the services used at home or
in the workplace and those consumed on a mobile device.
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Speed
Increasingly fast fixed and mobile networks
100 to 300 Mb/s
Ultra fast
Fixed broadband
Ultra
Trèsfast
haut débit
mobile
50 Mb/s
Fixed broadband
Mobile broadband
5 Mb/s
17.1 million
subscriptions
9.4 million
3G subscribers
(30/09/08)
(30/09/08)
512 kb/s
Fixe
100 to 400 kb/s
Mobile
40.2 million subscriptions
34.7 million phone lines
55.1 million
subscribers (30/09/08)
(30/09/08)
10 to 50 kb/s
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Mobility
Wide array of mobile devices being developed, from
smartphones to Internet-ready laptops, by way of
portable video players and cameras
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The technologies that will replace UMTS have already
been announced
4G (LTE, mobile WiMAX)
3G: UMTS and its evolutions (HSDPA, HSPA)
Technologies
2G: GSM and its evolutions
1G: analogue systems
Voice, multimedia, high-speed mobile Internet
Services
Voice
Voice
Low-speed data
Voice
Packet mode data
Permanent connection
100+ Mbit/s
Sharp rise in traffic
10 Mbit/s
Speeds and
volumes
2Mbit/s
~10 kbit/s
1990
384 kbit/s
~30-40 kbit/s
2000
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Peak bitrate
2010
2020
Commercial offers that allow consumers to control
their invoice emerging
• Initially, operators sold data services by volume (kb
Mb)
Customers cannot view or control data volume: failure
Since late 2007, operators have been innovating by
marketing offers based on time spent online and/or
speed which are becoming increasingly popular.
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What is ultra fast mobile?
• Ultra fast mobile networks will replace UMTS networks
during the next decade
– Increased performances thanks to the implementation of new
technologies, notably LTE (Long Term Evolution) and mobile WiMAX
– More powerful technologies have been announced, delivering peak
rates of over 150 Mbps and average rates for users of several dozen
Mbps
– Ultra fast mobile makes it possible to reproduce the fixed Web
experience on mobile, anywhere, anytime (ubiquitous access), and
to create new solutions that employ mobility such as location-based
services
– They can also help complete the coverage of fixed networks for
providing residential access
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What to expect from ultra fast mobile?
• Respondents are invited to share their analysis of what
contribution the deployment of ultra fast mobile will
make from an economic, social and cultural perspective
– Improved competitiveness and productivity for businesses
– New ways to consume digital content (available on-demand, selfproduced and interactive) and to access culture, notably in relation
to the user’s environment at any give time (public space,
monuments, etc.)
– Renewal of social ties thanks to new ways to communicate,
relationship between government services and the public,
applications in the area of healthcare (telemedicine, remote care for
patients, the elderly or people with restricted mobility), security
systems…
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New frequencies for ultra fast mobile
• To introduce ultra fast mobile and enable the
deployment of faster technologies, new frequencies
need to be employed
• The 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands were identified for this
purpose
The goal of the public consultation being launched
today is to obtain the analysis of all parties interested
in the system to be used for the allocation of this
spectrum
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Spectrum availability:
national and international situation
•
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2.6 GHz band
–
This frequency band has already been allocated outside of Europe (in the United
States, Japan and Hong Kong) as well as in Norway and Sweden. It is expected
to be allocated in several other European countries in 2009
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In France, the 2.6 GHz band, which is currently used by the Ministry of Defence,
is to be freed up region by region, for the most part between 2010 and 2012
800 MHz band (digital dividend)
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The switch from analogue to digital terrestrial TV (DTT) broadcasting will free up
a large quantity of frequencies as DTT requires fewer spectrum resources than
analogue. The spectrum made available by this switchover is what is referred to
as the digital dividend.
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In France, the Prime Minister has ruled on the allocation of a portion of the digital
dividend (the 790-862 MHz band) for mobile services, starting on 1 December
2011. The frequency band currently used by the audiovisual sector and the
Ministry of Defence, must be liberated by that date.
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In Europe, the 800 MHz band was also identified for providing ultra fast mobile
services in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland and, more recently, in the UK and
Germany. Other countries will follow suit shortly.
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800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands are complementary for
the deployment of ultra fast mobile
• The 2.6 GHz band (2500 – 2690 MHz) for supplying capacity
in densely populated areas
– Large quantity of spectrum (190 MHz)
– But propagation properties ill-suited to broad coverage of the population
Example: in Sweden, the country’s four 3G operators + a new
WiMAX provider were awarded licences in this band in 2008
• The 800 MHz band (790 – 862 MHz), from the digital dividend,
for achieving broad national coverage
– A small quantity of spectrum (60 MHz usable), which limits the capacities
available in this band and allows for a maximum of two 30 MHz licences or
three 20 MHZ licences
– But propagation properties well suited to achieving broad coverage and
indoor coverage
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800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bans will be complementary
for the deployment of ultra fast mobile
Current
bitrate
National coverage (99% of the population)
Ultra fast
mobile
Current
bitrate
With high
Frequencies
at 2.6 GHz
Densely populated areas
Ultra fast
mobile
With high (2.6 GHz)
and low (800 MHz)
frequencies
National coverage (99% of the population)
Need for more higher frequencies (>1000 MHz)
Need for more lower frequencies (<1000 MHz)
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Regional development and rollout obligations (1/2)
The 800 MHz band is well suited to achieving broad coverage
for ultra fast mobile services, and its allocation is thus central
to successful regional development – giving rise to a number of
questions
– What to expect in terms of coverage? Within what timeframe?
– What features for the expected coverage (bitrates, services)?
– What coverage target? Equal to GSM (i.e. over 99% of the population)?
Within what timeframe?
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Regional development and rollout obligations (2/2)
Questions are also being raised concerning the coverage
obligations to be attached to 2.6 GHz and 800 MHz band
licences
– Should the same rollout obligations be attached to both bands?
over sharing the installations
– Should all players involved in providing ultra fast mobile, with access to the
2.6 GHz band, also be given access to 800 MHz frequencies?
– Should there be an obligation to offer roaming services on 800 MHz
networks?
over exposing the public to electromagnetic fields and
environmental issues
- How should these issues be factored into the award of licences for these
frequencies?
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Competition issues (1/2)
• Questions are being raised over the impact that the
allocation of new frequencies will have on the
competition dynamic between mobile operators
– How does access to these frequencies fit into the overall strategy of
operators that are already present in the 2G or 3G market?
– Is there an economic space for a new entrant in the ultra fast
mobile segment? Using which business model?
• Over opening networks to MVNOs
– How should hosting MVNOs (virtual network operators) be factored
into allocation procedures for each of the two frequency bands?
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Competition issues (2/2)
• Contributors are also invited to express their
views on the topic of having open and technologyneutral networks with respect to services and
content
– Must an obligation for networks to be open to all types of
service be imposed (including VoIP and bandwidth-hungry
applications)?
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Combining the two bands
• Should the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequency bands be
allocated separately, or should they be combined into a
single licence?
– The 800 MHz frequencies, which are well suited to achieving
nationwide coverage, and the 2.6 GHz band frequencies which
provide additional capacity, are complementary
– Combining them would immediately mean operators in both bands,
but would limit their number to 2 (or 3 at most)
– Should the call for candidates be simultaneous?
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Allocation system
• Several types of procedure could be used
– A beauty contest wherein candidates are compared to one another
based on selection criteria such as scope and speed of deployment,
the service offering and price plan, quality of service, relations with
service providers (including MVNOs), environmental protection
measures and the clarity and feasibility of the project and the
business plan; a financial criterion may be included, if necessary;
– Auctions which can be based solely on the candidates’ bids or which
can be combined with other selection criteria for which candidates
would made commitments (coverage, access for MVNOs, etc.)
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Provisional timetable
for preparing the procedure for allocating
frequencies in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands
• 5 March 2009: launch of the public consultation
• 15 June 2009: deadline for receiving contributions
• Summer 2009: examination of feedback from
consultation and public hearings
• Late 2009: decision proposing that the Government
launch the procedure
• 2010: award of licences
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4th 3G licence and remaining
2.1 GHz frequencies
4th 3G licence and remaining frequencies
in the 2.1 GHz band: a two-step procedure
• There are still three 5 MHz duplexes in the 2.1 GHz
band that have yet to be allocated
SFR
Bouygues Telecom
Orange
• The allocation of these frequencies will take place in
two stages
– The frequencies set aside for a new entrant (5 MHz duplex) will be
allocated during the first stage
– During the second phase, which is open to everyone, the remaining
frequencies will be allocated (2 x 5 MHz duplex or, if there is no
recipient during the first stage, allocation of 3 x 5 MHz duplex)
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Decision-making process:
Parliamentary debate and Government
announcement of the financial terms
• A statement from the Government was followed by a
debate in the National Assembly on 5 February, and in
the Senate on 11 February
• At that time, the Government announced the financial
terms for the 1st stage
– A set cost for a 5 MHz duplex
– A variable annual portion equal to 1% of revenue
– An annual licensing fee for the 900 MHz band
– A contribution to the spectrum reengineering fund
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Launch of the procedure (1/3)
• ARCEP recently adopted the decision proposing the
launch of the procedure, and is transmitting it to the
Government
The procedure provides for:
– Minimal obligations that are identical to those established during
previous calls for candidates, notably with respect to coverage:
25% of the population within 2 years and 80% within 8 years
– Selection criteria similar to previous calls for submissions, to which
candidates may add by making commitments that go beyond the set
minimal obligations (notably with respect to coverage, the clarity
and feasibility of the project, financial capacity, access for MVNOs
etc.)
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Launch of the procedure (2/3)
The selection criteria proposed by ARCEP are the following:
- Consistency and feasibility of the project
- Service offering and pricing plan
- National coverage: scope and speed of network deployment
- Consistency and credibility of the business plan
-Quality of service
- Relations with service providers
- Relations with consumers
- Environmental protection measures
- Job creation/employment
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Launch of the procedure (3/3)
- New entrant’s rights
They are identical to those contained in previous calls for
candidates and include:
• Access to a 5 MHz duplex in the 900 MHz band (associated with
a licensing fee identical to the one that current operators are
paying)
• Roaming rights on one of the three GSM mobile networks for a
period of 6 years (provided 25% coverage of the population has
been achieved for voice services and 20% for data services)
• Rights of access to the three other mobile operators’ GSM sites
when used for 3G, for the collocation of 3G equipment
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Next steps
• Based on ARCEP’s proposal, it is now up to the
Government to launch the procedure for allocating the
frequencies set aside for a new entrant, in the form of a
notice in the Official Journal (Journal Officiel)
• To this end, the Government will issue a decree on the
financial terms attached
• The deadline for filing a submission is 30 June 2009
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Next steps
• ARCEP will then be responsible for selecting the
winning candidate
• The 2
phase (remaining frequencies in the 2.1 GHz
band) will be launched as soon as the 1st phase is
complete
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– The system to be used for this 2nd phase should be announced
before the deadline for submissions for the 1st phase, i.e. 30 June
2009
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