BROADBAND NETWORKS AND PUBLIC SECTOR INVOLVEMENT FROM THE ACTOR'S POINT OF VIEW -Olivier...

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Olivier Duroyon, Director, Public Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent Olivier Duroyon is working in the Public Affairs headquarter team of Alcatel-Lucent, where he focuses on Wireline and Wireless regulatory aspects and policies – like Net Neutrality, Spectrum, Wireline access and CyberSecurity.He also brings his experience on government-driven projects around the world. Prior to Alcatel-Lucent he was investment manager at the Caisse des depots, a public financial institution, bringing support to the digital projects of French local authorities. At the beginning of his career, Olivier Duroyon has spent ten years in R&D, Product Line Management and Marketing for several Telecom equipment vendors in the field of Internetworking and optical networking.

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IDATE DIGIWORLD SUMMIT 2013BROADBAND NETWORKS AND PUBLIC SECTOR INVOLVEMENT FROM THE ACTOR'S POINT OF VIEW

Olivier DUROYONNovember 20th 2013

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THE QUEST FOR BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY: A WORLD TREND

• There is world-wide consensus in the need for more broadband connectivity

Because people demand it

Because it creates wealth

and jobs

With a sense of urgency in some countries

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WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?

Technology …

­ Spectrum allocation

­ Technology efficiency (all-IP networking, LTE overlay)

­ Infrastructures

… In response to Public objectives

­ Bring more people connected to broadband services with better quality, more coverage and in a more affordable way!

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• Facing the scarcity of fund and spectrum, innovative regulatory thinking and investment models emerge in developing countries:• Reduce cost through infrastructure sharing and innovative

management of some spectrum bands (DD)

• Attractive investment model compatible with long-term infrastructure funds criteria

• Leverage technology evolution (IP LTE, bitstream) allowing service differentiation and competition on top of a collaboratively built infrastructure

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO FOSTER INVESTMENTS AND NETWORK DEPLOYMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

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MEXICAN INITIATIVE

• The underlying driver: Grow the Economy• Macro-economic indicators are excellent• With growth as absolute priority, the Mexican reform encompasses : education, transport, energy …• For Telecoms, this has been translated to give access to affordable Telecom services to all.

• The way to do it• Aim: bring mobile Broadband price as close as possible as Mobile Voice price• How: Reduce the network TCO by 20 times: • Allocate Digital Dividend • Generalize a wholesale model• Use PPP model and push other public supply side initiatives

• Project’s details• All 700 MHz will be allocated to one wholesaler with stringent coverage obligations• A lean, flat IP, low cost wireless bitstream factory will be built on top• A non discriminatory wholesaler who cannot commercialize in the retail market• Paradigm shift from infra based competition to service-based competition

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RWANDA INITIATIVE

• Government drivers• Demographic boom • Need jobs and growth as a matter of stability• Bet on connectivity, knowledge society and ICT services

• The way to do it• 3 land cables connected to sub-marine cable• Started by deploying nationwide fiber to municipalities (in 2011)• Next step is the Access: right of ways, backbone, 100Mhz DD

• Project’s characteristics• The Government of Rwanda and KT established Infra Co. (olleh Rwanda Networks) to build 4G LTE nationwide network• Guarantees wholesale business license based on 4G & beyond technology for 25 years with exclusivity • Provides total bandwidth of 175MHz• Second JV to address services, content, usage• Contributing to solving social problems as an alternative to insufficient social infrastructure

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A FEW CONCLUSIONS

• Paradigm shift to service-based competition, through active wholesale products, to

­ Secure investment

­ Bring same services to all

­ Foster competition, not only at the retail level but also provide a QoS-based underlying infrastructure for innovative services like cloud

• Leverage efficiency of new wireless technology LTE

• Need long-term and strong political support