14. All Cable operators are Enabled for Triple PlayVoice, VOD, ITV, HDTV, DVR Source: Bear Sterns
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16. Broadband: Worldwide Deployment U.S. Lags Behind in Broadband Deployment Other countries, led by Korea and Canada, have strategic vision for broadband build-out. The U.S. slipped from number 11 to number 13 in broadband deployment between 2003 and 2004.
17. The Massive C&S Networks in India serve 90 million households. These will be HD Capable by 2011. Do we have a roadmap for their use for triple play?
18. ST1 83 INSAT 4A 91.5 MEASAT 93.5 INSAT 4B 74 INSAT 4CR Tata Sky 95 NSS RELIANCE DD AND SUN BHARTI 98.5 PROTOSTAR-1 DISH TV VIDEOCON INDIAN DTH SUBSCRIBER DTH SATELLITE SCENARIO YEAR 2009
19. DTH Subscribers in India Big TV T-Sky DD-Direct Subs ( Thousands) Dish TV 2003 2007 2006 2005 2004 2008
38. Current Delivery Cable Modem Cable Modem Optical node Optical node Optical node Optical node Optical node Optical node HUB HUB MCR HUB Coax Coax TWO WAY SPLITTER TWO WAY SPLITTER TV PC TV PC HFC For Cable Cat 5e Ethernet for Broadband PC and TV are Separate. No Convergence
39. The Technology DOCSIS 2.0 Upstream: 6.4 MHz wide, 30Mbps Why more bandwidth? Peer-to-peer services Digital photography Music downloads Authenticated Services DOCSIS 1.1 Real-time services, QoS, VoIP, interactive gaming, tier-based services DOCSIS 1.0 40 bps/10 Mbps
42. Regulatory Issues Cable TV is Licensed Under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995. ( Ministry of I&B) VoIP is not allowed under Cable Acts. ISP License Needed for VoIP ( MC&IT) Cable Operators are not eligible for last mile spectrum
43. Issues With Cable Internet-LCOs Last Mile control in Cable is with LCO LCOs are unwilling to upgrade in most cases Payment and revenue Share issues
44. Commercial Barriers to using Cable Internet Absence of VoIP- Customers prefer DSL High Cost of Internet Rs 1.2/MB No Right of Way ( Cable Act) Split Nature of Industry-MSO,LCO Expensive DSL modems
45. Issues relating to Regulation of Cable Networks Local Cable Operators Not interested in investing in 2 way Plant Internet Services are obtained from a local ISP rather than MSO If VoIP is permitted, MSOs can offer Set Top Boxes with VoIP VoIP- Telephony LCOs are unable to provide VoD, which needs the scale of an MSO
46. Viewers Expectations-Broadband Viewers used to Cable TV Expect Full Resolution for Internet streaming For mail and browsing, viewers expect Computer resolution Broadband on TV does not meet these demands
47. DTH DTH is licensed as a standalone service DTH operators not allowed to provide Internet or even two way interactivity under DTH license DTH has its own separate interconnect regulation Only “VSATs” can provide Internet
49. What Can Regulators Do? Review the Cable TV Act to enable Triple Play including VoIP Encourage initiatives such as HITS for uniform cable TV offerings across India Promote additional investments as Infrastructure Be proactive on standards- we do not want a host of incompatible technologies
58. How does broadband impact telecoms The Internet enables a separation between facilities and services Broadband allows providers to fully exploit this separation The killer application for broadband may turn out to be voice Impact of Broadband
59. Telephony Mobile Cable TV TV Traditionally there has been a service–infrastructure division in communications services … Voice: Two-way, low volume Broadcast TV: One-way, high volume Service Spectrum Coax PSTN Spectrum Infrastructure
60. Voice, video, and data Service Everything over IP IP IP over everything Cable modem iTV 3G xDSL Coax Copper Spectrum Spectrum Infrastructure The Internet increases competition by separating service provision from infrastructure ownership
61. VoIP is available as a service marketed directly to consumers … Do it yourself – Skype Skype allows computer-to-computer calling using user-assigned names instead of numbers Skype currently has 100 million users Voice over broadband this may be linked to the broadband provider (Yahoo!BB) can also be provided as an independent service (Vonage) in this case it is nomadic and can be used over any broadband connection
62. … or as a technology that is transparent to end users Carrier internal use (“BT 21CN”) this requires a replacement of all switches in the network the result is often referred to as a Next Generation Network (NGN) Corporate internal use as a low-cost PBX replacement Asterisk is a VoIP PBX that can be downloaded from the Internet
64. How is Brazil doing in broadband? Percentage of households with broadband service 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Mexico USA
65. The majority of lines in Brazil are from DSL Percentage DSL/Cable lines at 31 December 2004 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Cable 50% DSL 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% USA Chile Brazil Other Mexico Canada Americas Argentina
66. In Europe, wholesale access has increased DSL competition… 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Italy Spain Ireland France Austria Finland Belgium Sweden Greece* Portugal Denmark Germany Netherlands Luxembourg United Kingdom DSL lines incumbent DSL lines competitors *Greece only has 359 DSL lines, all served by an entrant Source: European Commission
68. Net neutrality can promote competition in Internet services Freedom to Access Content: consumers should have access to their choice of legal content; Freedom to Use Applications: consumers should be able to run applications of their choice; Freedom to Attach Personal Devices: consumers should be permitted to attach any devices they choose to the connection in their homes; and Freedom to Obtain Service Plan Information: consumers should receive meaningful information regarding their service plans FCC Chairman Michael Powell’s Net Freedoms, 2004
69. A forward-looking broadband policy could have several features Enable entrants to build and operate their own facilities Allow entrants to use existing facilities with their own equipment Ensure net neutrality in Internet services and applications
70. Wi-MAX BWA Mesh Net HYPE PEAK Hype & StatusCurve < 2 yrs 1-3 yrsbr />2-5 yrs 7 yrs Obsolete before plateau WCDMA BLUE TOOTH NET Wi-Fi 802.11g 802.11b Enlightenment 1X EV-DO GPRS Wi-Fi 802.11a CDMA 1X RTT Productivity Plateau EDGE Blue tooth cable replacement Wireless PDA 4G UWB 1X EVDV Ad Hoc 802.15.4 DISILLUSIONMENT Trough Trigger
