Zahid Ghadialy, Parallel Wireless
Mumbai Densification Summit
3-5 October 2017
Small Cells for Rural and Remote
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53% of the world’s population is still offline, with the majority located in Africa and Asia-Pacific. The reasons for being offline or for limited Internet use are manifold: many do not have access because they live in remote or difficult to-reach areas and do not have access to digital or other basic infrastructure such as electricity or transport. Some do not see the benefits of being connected, often because of limited awareness, cultural impediments or limited relevant digital content. Still others are illiterate, and many are too poor to afford even the most basic of Internet packages and devices. Existing inequalities in terms of income and education, particularly prominent among women, and other factors exacerbate the problem. To tackle the large offline populations, ITU within its Connect 2020 Agenda has made it a goal to bring 60% of the world’s population online by 2020. The key challenges in meeting Connect 2020 Agenda Targets are finding replicable solutions that can be scaled to connecting the large rural offline populations at minimal costs, and finding effective strategies for narrowing the usage gaps (including the gender gap) across all regions – Connecting the Unconnected
80
%
60
40
20
% Population in Rural AreasSource: world bank
In 2016, 67 % of India’s population lives in rural areas – higher than the global average
Mobile Penetration in India
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Source: “Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 28th February, 2017” TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA, April 2017
90% Wireless Tele-densityOverall India Average
Urban (1/3 population) 167%
Rural (2/3 population) 57%
India’s figure 90% wireless teledensity is actually dominated by a small proportion of city people with multiple mobile subscriptions
The largest growth opportunity is the 2/3rds of the population in rural areas where mobile penetration is only 57%
(Mobile subscriptions per 100 people)
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NEW DELHI—A new wave of affordable smartphones has brought hundreds of millions of Indians online for the first time, giving them access to better education, jobs and entertainment. But there is one sector that isn’t thrilled with this development: consumer-goods companies....“The growing consumption of mobile data and impressive growth in the number of mobile users … has resulted in consumers increasing their spends on phones rather than on fast-moving consumer products,” said Sanjay Khajuria, a spokesman for Nestlé in India.
Wall Street Journal – Aug 15, 2016
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Not just Rural…
RemoteTemporary& Moving
Rural, Remote & related deployment scenarios
[SCF151]
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Disaster Recovery Humanitarian
Rural Community
Transportation
Military
Special Event
Remote Industrial
Public Safety
…for rural coverage in UK, LATAM & Thailand
..in the PEAK kit
..on ambulances
..on oil rigs and down mines
SCF members have commercially deployed small cells…
..for Formula 1 telemetry
..on cruise liners, ferries and on
planes
Rural
and
Remote
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RadioRural and Remote
Small Cells Overview [105]
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Network Architecture
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Market status [050]
Network Architectures [153]
Synchronisation [075]Backhaul [155]
Backhaul Requirements & Solutions [049]
Deployment [156]
Business Drivers [150]Small Cells - The Big
Idea [030]
Regulatory Aspects of small cells [076]
Case histories [151]
Small Cell Security [099]
Services for Rural and Remote [157]
Core Virtualisation for small cells [154]
Small Cells and health [001]
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SCF Rural and Remote Release
Architectures for Remote [SCF153]
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[SCF154] describes NFV techniques applied to the small cell network architecture to enable support of scaled down local EPC functionality running on commodity hardware
Local instances of virtualised core mitigate cost and performance issues of long range backhaul
Case Studies [SCF151]
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