Colombo, Sri Lanka, 7-10 April 2009

Gearing up to Launch

Manoj Barara,General Manager, Sales

EngineeringUTStarcom

FORUM ON NEXT GENERATION STANDARDIZATION

(Colombo, Sri Lanka, 7-10 April 2009)

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Significance of NGN

More and more Multimedia trafficIncreased P2P communicationsBi-directional Video communication networksIP network planNumbering planExisting services & activation proceduresQoS Security

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Potential Businesses from NGN

Video callingVideo Yellow pagesVideo shoppingVideo SNSCommunity TV watchingHigh speed games – more realisticFixed Mobile convergenceUnified messagingWAN centrex

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Target Audiences for the Biz

Residential customersVideo callsVideo SNSFixed Mobile ConvergenceUnified Messaging

B2CVideo Yellow pagesGamesWAN Centrex

C2CVideo SNS, Video BloggingCommunity TV watching

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Competition

Mobile networks offering VideoVideo sharing sitesVirtual Network operatorsCable operatorsISPs offering VOIP servicesWeb based SNS Web based direct selling sites like eBay, Rediff, Indiatimes

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Cost of Implementation

Incremental infrastructure upgrade requiredNetwork readiness to support NGNBW increase for bandwidth hungry applicationsReduction of Opex – real estate/ Power/ O&MNew revenue generation opportunities

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Regulatory Uncertainties

Telecom regulator Vs. Broadcast regulator e.g. IPTVLNP uncertaintyFMC regulationInteroperability certificationUncertainty over the use of advanced NGN applicationsConcerns on theft, pilferage, misuse rights management

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Asia Pacific trends

All operators considering NGN deployments – at various stagesPLDT – seamless migration to NGNRegion and culture specific applicationsUniform experience on 3 screens:

MobilePCTV

Standards developing in parallel

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Changing marketplace

Tune up your network for the Video rather than data:

Time sensitiveBandwidth hogging.

If you don’t do it, someone else will launch itCater to your region specific customer needsCounter the cable operatorNGN can enable time to market applications

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Examples from SAARC

All operators deploying C4 transit before deploying C5 LE servicesNGN deployed as broadband switch e.g. Aksh for Video calling & conferencing in addition to IPTVOperators offering IPTV services on their upgraded networks using PIM SM, PIM DM, IGMP v3 PIM SSMLaunch of vanilla IPTV services also gaining numbersNew applications and UI gain lot of initial traction