Optimizing the Use of Spectrum
Released by Incentive Auctions
Chris Pearson, President, 4G Americas
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4th Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference | November 12–13, 2014 | Washington Plaza Hotel | Washington D.C
4G Americas Board of Governors
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4G AMERICAS — AREAS OF CONTRIBUTION
Technical
Facilitation and
Coordination
Regulatory
Policy
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Educational
Outreach
3
Global Mobile Connections
Growth through 2019
Networks
9.2 Billion
Connections
6.7 Billion
Connections
HSPA & HSPA+ = 556
LTE = 323 Source: 4G Americas
Countries
HSPA & HSPA+ = 203
LTE = 111 Source: 4G Americas
Devices
HSPA & HSPA+ = 6,000+
LTE = 1,889
Source: GSA, Sept 2014
2014
2015
2016
LTE
TD-SCDMA
2017
2018
HSPA
2019
GSM
CDMA
Source: Ericsson Mobility Report, June 2014
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Global Connectivity Growth
Connected Car
62%
Wearables
78%
M2M
24%
Of new cars sold worldwide will
have embedded connectivity by
2018 – Analysys Mason
Annual increase forecast
until 2018 – IDC
Compound Annual Growth
Rate until 2018 to reach 185
million units – Berg Insight
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Traffic Growth for Voice and Data
Key industry sources indicate
growth from 26 to 58X by 2020
• Mobile traffic growth
expected to continue at
around 50–70% CAGR.
Total: (uplink + downlink) monthly traffic (Petabytes)
• Video is driving the growth,
already more than 50% is
video-related.
• New capabilities, such as
LTE and HD video, drive the
growth even further.
Source Ericsson (2014)
20
15.98
Exabytes per month
10.8
• More connections per
person, large number of
M2M type Intelligent things
connected to the Internet
10
7
1.5
0
2013
2.6
2014
4.4
2015
2016
2017
2018
Source: Cisco (2014)
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Meeting demands today with LTE
1/3
144 Million
Connections
in
North America
Source: Ovum, WCIS+, September 2014 and 4G Americas
Of all mobile
connections
in U.S. and
Canada
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U.S. Leads the world in LTE subscriptions
346 million
global LTE
subscriptions
U.S. = 140 million
connections
40% of global LTE
totals
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Spectrum requirements for mobile
broadband
Total Spectrum
requirements
Traffic growth ratio
in 2020 compared
to 2010
Lower user
density settings
1 340 MHz
44-fold
Higher user
density settings
1 960 MHz
80-fold
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Source: ITU-R
Maximizing spectrum is a key tenant of
the mobile broadband industry
Auction Revenues
Auction 66
2006
AWS-1
$13,879,110,200
Auction 73
2008
700MHz
$19,120,378,000
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U.S. Spectrum Considerations
Very few countries follow
the 700MHz U.S. Plan
700 MHz spectrum challenges
 Bolivia
 Caribbean Region
 Canada
Small slices of spectrum
Technical Innovation
Combining disparate spectrum bands for faster speeds
• Impressive increases in downlink
throughput
LTE Carrier
• Peak theoretical throughput up to
150 Mbps
LTE Carrier
LTE Carrier
• Significant reduction in latency
• CA devices increasing rapidly
• Devices expected to proliferate in
2014, 2015
Aggregated Data
Pipe
Increased
speeds
LTE Carrier
LTE
Carrier #5
LTE Carrier
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Technology Evolution to LTE-Advanced
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Maximizing Spectrum Utilization
Requires Managing Networks
Cell Towers
Self-Optimizing
Networks
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Small Cells
EiCIC
Heterogeneous
networks
600 MHz can be successful
if we solve the Rubik’s cube
1st Time in the world for this kind of auction
“It’s a Rubik’s Cube!”
FCC Chairman
Tom Wheeler
Reverse auction
Re-purposing and
re-banding new spectrum
Forward Auction
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600 MHz Band Plan – Pre and Post-Auction
14
TV Channel
TV
Channels
X cleared
Frequencies in MHz
470
Contiguous 
608x
608 614
Upper Guard
Band
TV CHANNELS
600
MHz
Downlink
Channel 37
Potential
Post-auction
Land
Mobile
Radio
700
MHz
Uplink
TV CHANNELS
TV CHANNELS
Lower Guard
Band
Pre-auction
Land
Mobile
Radio
51
37
600
MHz
Uplink
700
MHz
Uplink
Y cleared
698-Y
698
Wider Channels  Low band Spectrum
The incentive auction in early 2016 is expected to repurpose a large
amount of UHF spectrum in the 600MHz band from broadcast to
mobile use
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Broadcasters – One of the Keys to the Auction!
We Want
YOU!
SEATTLE
U.S. broadband subscribers will surpass
pay-TV subscribers by mid-2015
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SEATTLE
Solving the Rubik’s cube
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The U.S. is a leader in innovation  The 600 MHz auction is innovative!
The mobile broadband industry will use spectrum efficiently.
After the Auction:
Evangelize the Spectrum Band Plan
Brazil
Argentina
Encourage global
regulators to consider
adoption of 600 MHz
Mexico
Venezuela
Uruguay
Peru
Optimizing Economies of
Scale and Roaming
Chile
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Colombia
Ecuador
Dominican Republic
Thank you!
Chris Pearson, President, 4G Americas
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4th Annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference | November 12–13, 2014 | Washington Plaza Hotel | Washington D.C