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LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies
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LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and
Monetization Strategies
14 October 2014
Sherrie Huang and Nipun Jaiswal
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LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast
LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies
Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic
Consumer behavior towards LTE
How to monetize LTE?
Sneak peak at 5G
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Emerging Asia–Pacific (EMAP)
 Bangladesh
 China
 India
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Pakistan
 Thailand
 Vietnam
Developed Asia–Pacific (DVAP)
 Hong Kong
 Singapore
 Taiwan
 Japan
 South Korea
 Australia
Australia
South Korea
Singapore
Hong Kong
Taiwan
India
Pakistan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Bangladesh
China
Thailand
Japan
Vietnam
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DVAP drove early global LTE uptake, but the number of
LTE connections in EMAP will overtake DVAP’s by 2017
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Figure 1: Global LTE connections, and DVAP’s and EMAP’s shares,
2009–2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
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The world had more than 200 million
LTE connections by the end of 2013,
accounting for just 3% of total mobile
connections.
1
LTE has been concentrated in a few
key markets, particularly Japan, South
Korea (DVAP) and the USA.
2
EMAP is set to become the dominant
world LTE market – its 420 million
connections will account for 27% of
LTE connections worldwide by 2018.
3
By then, only 11% of connections in
EMAP will have migrated to LTE, so
the region will continue to have
considerable untapped potential
beyond 2018.
4
HISTORICAL FORECAST
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LTE has already achieved sharp adoption in DVAP…
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2G 3G 4G
2G 3G 4G
Connections:
Share:
Figure 2: Mobile connections in DVAP, breakdown by technology,
2009-2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo launched the
world’s second commercial LTE
network – behind TeliaSonera in
Sweden – in December 2010.
1
LTE has seen fast adoption in the
region, reaching 28% of SIMs by the
end of 2013 (and over 35% currently).
LTE will overtake 3G in DVAP in 2015.
2
3G connections have shown a sharp
decline since 2012, a year after LTE
launch in the region.
3
2G has been in strong decline since
before the launch of 4G, and will
almost disappear entirely from the
region by 2018.
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HISTORICAL FORECAST
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…while it is only just taking off in EMAP right now…
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Bharti Airtel in India launched the
region’s first commercial LTE services
in April 2012, although this was only a
pure broadband service. The first full
scale LTE service (including mobile
handsets) was launched in Malaysia
by Maxis, in January 2013.
1
EMAP will be the region with the most
number of LTE connections in the
world, given its size (accounts for half
of the world’s population).
2
Although 2G is declining rapidly, it will
continue to be dominant in EMAP
even through 2018 (helped largely by
India), while 3G’s share of total mobile
connections is starting to plateau due
to 4G (influenced heavily by China).
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Figure 3: Mobile connections in EMAP, breakdown by technology,
2009-2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
HISTORICAL FORECAST
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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Australia
Hong Kong
Japan
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Thailand
Vietnam
…though intra-region is very diverse, with China and
Malaysia expected to drive most of EMAP penetration
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Figure 4: LTE adoption in APAC, by country, 2009-2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
HISTORICAL FORECAST
LTE adoption in
DVAP took off after
(due to two-year
contract obligations)
a year of launch
DVAPEMAP
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LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast
LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies
Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic
Consumer behavior towards LTE
How to monetize LTE?
Sneak peak at 5G
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DVAP operators have successfully switched-on their LTE networks
whereas most EMAP operators are still at a planning or trial stage
Figure 5: Operational and planned LTE networks, June 2014, [Source:
Analysys Mason’s Wireless network tracker, 2014]
Figure 6: Status of EMAP LTE networks, June 2014, [Source: Analysys
Mason’s Wireless network tracker, 2014]
 EMAP has the highest number of LTE networks in
planning and trial stages in the world. EMAP also has
the second highest number of LTE networks in world.
 Majority (59.0%) of LTE networks in EMAP are in
planned/trial stage whereas majority (58.8%) of the
networks in DVAP are already operational.
 Countries such as India, Indonesia and Vietnam are the
leading countries in terms of the number of planned and
trail LTE networks in EMAP.
 Western Europe has the highest number of operational
LTE networks in the world.
Figure 7: Status of DVAP LTE networks, June 2014, [Source: Analysys
Mason’s Wireless network tracker, 2014]
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16 18 30 30 25 34 29
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NumberofLTEnetworks
Operational Planned Trials in progress
In
deployment
Operational
Planned
Testing
Trials in
progress
EMAP
Total
number
of LTE
NWs: 78
In
deployment
Operational
Planned
Testing
Trials in
progress
DVAP
Total
number
of LTE
NWs: 51
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FD-LTE achieves widespread adoption in the region whereas TD-LTE
to remain specific to a few niche markets such as China
Figure 8: FD-LTE and TD-LTE network deployments, Asia-Pacific, June 2014 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
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India
Pakistan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Bangladesh
China
Thailand
Japan
Australia
South Korea
Singapore
Hong Kong
Taiwan
India
Pakistan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Bangladesh
China
Thailand
Japan
Australia
South Korea
Singapore
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Vietnam
Vietnam
Planned deployments or trials
in progress
Operational network
FD-LTE TD-LTE
Sri Lanka
No Activity
Sri Lanka
Total FD-LTE
networks: 61
Total TD-LTE
networks: 24
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LTE-A Releases 10, 11 and 12 will change the way operators use and
manage spectrum for mobile services
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Figure 9: Key features in LTE-A Releases 10, 11 and 12 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
Release 11 (available 2014)
 Gigabit download speeds and improved
automated management functions
Release 10 – initial LTE-A release
(available in 2013)
 CA , improved network performance
and HetNets
Release 12 (available about 2015)
 Improved operations benefits
and technology upgrades
 LTE TDD-FDD joint operation including
carrier aggregation.
LTE-A core
features:
 Carrier
aggregation
 HetNet
 SON
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Carrier Aggregation makes the spectrum-rich richer: MNOs are
testing and launching peak download speeds of 200Mbps+
CA: Carrier Aggregation
Figure 10: Peak download speeds demonstrated through LTE Carrier
Aggregation [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
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Country Operator Maximum
download speeds
(Mbps)
• Australia
• Telstra
• Optus
• 300 (Launched)
• 220 (TD-LTE)
(Launched)
• China
• China
Telecom
• China
Mobile
• 260 (FDD-TDD)
(Trial)
• 250 (FDD-TDD)
(Trial)
• Hong Kong • CSL • 300 (Demo)
• Singapore • SingTel • 300 (Launched)
• Philippines • Smart • 200 (Trial)
• South Korea
• LG Uplus
• KT
• SK
Telecom
• 150 (Launched)
• 225 (Launched)
• 225 (Launched)
2
Operators with multiple spectrum
positions benefit the most.
3
DVAP operators are front runners
in terms of commercializing LTE-A
CA.
1
LTE-A CA changes the strategy for
spectrum use in mobile networks.
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DVAP operators are the first and only ones (besides US operators) in
the world to launch VoLTE services
Country Operator VoLTE status
Hong Kong HKT-PCCW Launched
Hong Kong 3 HK Launched
Japan NTT DoCoMo Launched
Singapore SingTel Launched
South Korea SK Telecom Launched
South Korea KT Launched
South Korea LG Uplus Launched
USA AT&T Launched
USA Verizon Wireless Launched
USA T-Mobile-
MetroPCS
Launched
Figure 11: VoLTE launch status, June 2014, [Source: GSA, Analysys
Mason, 2014]
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2
Operators are offering VoLTE
calls for LTE subscribers at no
extra cost
1
DVAP has dominated VoLTE
deployment and adoption thus
far.
3 Benefits of VoLTE for consumers
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LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast
LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies
Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic
Consumer behavior towards LTE
How to monetize LTE?
Sneak peak at 5G
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EMAP will have the highest growth rate in the world for
cellular data traffic, but still lag behind DVAP in usage
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Figure 12: 5-year growth multiples for cellular data traffic, by region,
2013–2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2013]
Figure 13: Average monthly cellular data usage, 2013, and 5-year
growth multiple for mobile data traffic, 2013–2018, Asia–Pacific
[Source: Analysys Mason, 2013]
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South Korea
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Singapore
China
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Asia–Pacific
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Asia–Pacific
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0.0
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Datausageon3G/4G
(GBpermonthperuser)
DVAP EMAP
Mobile data usage proliferates as subscribers transition
from 3G to LTE and as LTE adoption increases
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Figure 14: Growth multiples for cellular data traffic, by operator
[Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
Figure 15: Growth multiples for cellular data traffic, by region [Source:
Analysys Mason, 2014]
0.0
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(UK)
Vodadone
(Italy)
Japan SKT (Korea)
Datausagepersubscriber
(GBpermonth)
3G LTE
2.3x 3.4x 1.6x 2.0x0.0
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2.0
2.5
Vodadone
(UK)
Vodadone
(Italy)
Japan SKT (Ko
Datausagepersubscriber
(GBpermonth)
3G LTE
3.0x
6.0x
6.4x
6.9x
5.3x
5.6x
Mobile consumers’ data usage clearly
shoots up on a 4G network as
compared to on a 3G network as the
faster speeds allow the consumer to
access more.
1
The difference between data usage on
a 3G network and on a 4G network is
lesser in markets of heavy data use
such as Japan and South Korea.
2
Data usage in DVAP (predominantly
LTE) will grow 5 times from 2013–
2018, but only 4 times in EMAP.
4
Data usage in DVAP will grow much
faster than in EMAP, despite its
existing higher level, driven by mass
adoption of 4G in the region.
3
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LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast
LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies
Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic
Consumer behavior towards LTE
How to monetize LTE?
Sneak peak at 5G
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More than 60% of people know what LTE is, and put more
importance on speed than price, especially for EMAP
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Do you know what 4G LTE is and do you have it?
What would make you use your mobile Internet
service more? (choose more than one)
Approximately 35% of respondents in
Malaysia and Indonesia do not know
what LTE is. Advertising and educating
them is important for operators.
1
Nearly 40% of consumers in Malaysia
and Indonesia know what LTE is but
still do not have it. Operators should
make a bigger push to find out why.
2
Consumers, especially in Indonesia,
are being constrained in their data
usage by the data allowance, and
would like to use more if affordable.
4
Although cheaper price for data is
extremely important for consumers,
faster data speeds are still higher up in
their priority list.
3
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
South Korea
Malaysia
Indonesia
Percentage of respondents
Cheaper price
for data
Higher data
allowance
Faster data
speed
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
South
Korea
Malaysia Indonesia
Percentageofrespondents
No, I do not know
what it is
No, but I have heard
the term
Yes, I know what it is
but I do not have it
Yes, and I have a 4G
LTE mobile service
already
Source: Connected consumer survey 2013, Analysys Mason.
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Although a faster network ranks highly on consumers’
wishlist, LTE is quite low, likely due to high device prices
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What attracted you to this provider? (choose more
than one)In developed markets, consumers take
fast networks and adequate coverage
as given and these become less of a
differentiating factor.
1
4G is still viewed as expensive in price
sensitive developing markets
(probably due to devices which are
limited and very costly).
2
Some of the other key considerations
for consumers are handsets offered
and their price, and which operator
their friends and family use.
4
The good news for operators is that as
much as the price of data is important
for consumers, it does not dwarf the
importance of network coverage,
quality and speed.
3
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
South Korea
Malaysia
Indonesia
Percentage of respondents
Price of data Better coverage
Faster network It has 4G LTE
Source: Connected consumer survey 2013, Analysys Mason.
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Majority of people are willing to pay a premium for LTE;
this behavior is more pronounced in emerging markets
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When you next change your contract or handset,
would you be prepared to pay extra for 4G LTE?The readiness of consumers to pay a
premium for LTE services decreases
as the service becomes more
commonplace.
1
Nearly 40% of consumers in South
Korea are unwilling to pay any
premium for LTE services, but this
resistance reduces in markets where
LTE is still not widespread.
2
Nearly 80% of consumers in Indonesia
are willing to pay a premium for LTE.3 0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
South Korea Malaysia Indonesia
Percentageofrespondents
Sorry, I don't understand the question
Yes (more than EUR5 per month)
Yes (EUR3 - 5 per month)
Yes (EUR1 - 2 per month)
No
In emerging markets, people are more
willing to pay a premium for LTE,
especially where there’s no LTE yet.
4
Source: Connected consumer survey 2013, Analysys Mason.
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LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast
LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies
Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic
Consumer behavior towards LTE
How to monetize LTE?
Sneak peak at 5G
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Category Strategy Rationale
Tariff
structures
Speed as tier differentiator
Focus on quality of experience
No need to worry about right-sizing
4G only on top-level tiers Effective for upselling early adopters on to the highest price.
Unlimited
Effective marketing
Unlimited voice & SMS: Focus on value of data while monetising legacy.
Content and
services
4G-specific content
bundles
Best-in-class content: A strong differentiator
Focus: ↑ Customer stickiness & Data consumption.
Potential revenue-share: a new revenue stream
Cloud storage
Requires fast & reliable Internet connectivity: Differentiate 4G
Utilise increased uplink capacity
Data-intensive: ↑ Data consumption.
Extending
connectivity
Multi-device or shared data
Those on multi-device plans  Get more subsidized devices
Those on family plans  Use more data
Tethering
Connecting other devices  Use more data (typically > mobile broadband price)
Can be problematic for unlimited tariffs
Wi-Fi out-of-home access
Wi-Fi hotspots: Complementary to cellular coverage
↑ Data usage out of the house.
Other International roaming
Voice/messaging roaming: Useful value-add for many higher-end customers
Bundled data roaming: ↑ Data consumption abroad & Monetization potential
Need to exam roaming agreements
Many of the strategies designed to differentiate 4G tariffs
involve bundling with other service elements
Figure 16: Potential operator strategies for differentiating 4G services [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
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Tariff structures: In the long term, operators’ tier structures for
handset data must tackle the ‘running out of runway’ problem
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Tariff
Structure
Content &
Services
Extending
Connectivity
Figure 17: Approaches to structuring mobile handset data tariffs [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
 The main approaches: volume-based and speed-based pricing; many tariff structures are, in practice,
‘two dimensional’.
 Operators need to move customers up the price tiers faster than prices decline. If there are no upsell
opportunities, then only price erosion remains. ‘Running out of runway’ problem.
Approach Advantages Disadvantages
Volume-based
 Addresses the ‘running out of runway‘
problem
 Volumes might appear abstract to many users
and difficult to self-monitor
 Need to manage overage
 Does not differentiate between 3G/4G/LTE-A
Speed-based
 No overage problem if unlimited
 Hybrid speed–volume pricing addresses
the ‘running out of runway problem’
 Easy to communicate to customers
 Aligns well with fixed broadband pricing
 Unpredictability of cellular environment equates
to poor speed level guarantees
 Potential cost impact of high-volume users
 A service deemed to be ‘fast enough’ might limit
upsell opportunities
Unlimited
 Unlimited voice & SMS vs Unlimited data
 Strong differentiator
 Easy to communicate to customers
 No overage problem
 Fewer active upsell opportunities
 Potential cost impact of high-volume users
 Restrictions imposed (for example, not allowing
tethering) may prove unpopular
The most
common
Normally
3G vs 4G
Disruptive
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Core
Tariff
Elements
Music
Video
Cloud
Storage
Gaming
VoIP
Content and services: Operators should offer premium content for
high-end and popular OTT apps for lower-end customers
 Increasingly, the bundling of video content
with LTE is considered a key way to
differentiate and upsell LTE.
 Operators should focus on bundling
services that foster high engagement, to
make their tariffs more attractive and to
gain high-usage customers.
 Example: SK Telecom (South Korea)
T freemium: content for LTE subscribers
Movies, TV shows, e-Books and other
multimedia content only available to LTE
subscribers
Source: SK Telecom, Analysys Mason, 2014
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Tariff
Structure
Content &
Services
Extending
Connectivity
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Singapore: Operators increasingly partner with providers of OTT
communications services to drive the take-up of mobile data
 All offer a selection of core prepaid tariffs + Top-
up plans and add-ons (catering for specific
usage patterns, such as high volumes of
international calls or mobile data).
 All offer top-up plans: Retail value >> The
combined theoretical value.
 Partnership with popular regional OTT players
 Starhub WeChat and Line Plans for Prepaid
Customers: Happy is non-stop WeChat from
40 cents/day.
 SingTel Prepaid social data plans: Facebook,
WhatsApp, Opera mini surf & mail, Line,
WeChat  Prepaid subscriber base ↑ 4.9% in
the year to December 2013 (highest growth in
Singapore).
KPI 4Q 2013
Mobile (active SIM) penetration of the
population
145.3%
Prepaid subscribers as a percentage of the
subscriber base
43.6%
Prepaid ARPU (per month) SGD14.0
Postpaid ARPU (per month) SGD63.2
Figure 18: Mobile KPIs for Singapore [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
Operator Description Pricing
SingTel Separate Social Data Plans
offer unlimited usage of
individual services:
Facebook, LINE, Opera
Surf, WeChat and
WhatsApp
SGD0.50 per day or
SGD6.00 for 30
days for all services
except LINE, which
is double the price
StarHub LINE Prepaid Plan offers
unlimited access to LINE
SGD0.40 per day,
or SGD6.00 for 30
days
Figure 19: Selected add-ons featuring popular OTT communication
and online services [Source: SingTel, StarHub, 2014]
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Tariff
Structure
Content &
Services
Extending
Connectivity
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Extending connectivity: Multi-device plans fitting to multi-device
ownership are increasingly adopted to maximise potential revenue
 Shared data tariffs encourages users to choose larger data
allowances.
 Multi-device sharing plans are becoming more common
catering to the multi-device ownership are increasingly
adopted to maximise potential revenue.
 Extending connectivity is an opportunity to increase tablet
connectivity; but operators need to reduce costs to match
perceived value
Pricing Type of plan Shared element
Monthly device or SIM
connection charge
Multi-device (Additional SIM for tablet,
USB modem or MiFi)
Data allowance
Multi-user (Also called “Family plans”) Data allowance
Voice and messaging service
No monthly device or SIM
connection charge
Second SIM for mobile broadband Data allowance
1According to our global connected consumer survey data.
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Tariff
Structure
Content &
Services
Extending
Connectivity
About 29% of
smartphone
owners own
both a tablet
and a laptop. 1
Figure 20: Types of multi-device tariff structure [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
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LTE monetization: The availability of affordable handsets is the key
and prepaid will become important, especially for emerging APAC
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• Premium &
OTT
• OTT
partnership
• Popularity ↑
• Preferred in
EMAP
• Late movers in
DVAP
• Plan structure
• Extending
connectivity
• Multi-play
• Multi-mode
• Scale ↑
• Variety
• Affordability
Handset Tariff
ContentPrepaid
Offering LTE to
more is important
for late movers.
First movers are
often able to charge
premium for LTE.
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LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies
Data
gifting
Unlimited
calling
Volume-
based
flat-rate
plans
M ulti-network
Mobile network
FTTH
CATV
Wi-Fi
other networks.
M ulti-device
smartphones
tablet computers
ebook readers
PCs, etc.
M ulti-use
available for use
in the manner the
customer requires
at any place
and at any time
KDDI’s success story unpinned by its “3M strategy”:
Good tariff plans with the right bundles lead to synergies
Source: KDDI, Analysys Mason.
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Contents,applications,services
Turn-around
in ARPU Subscriber
base ↑ Historical
low churn Data rev &
sub base ↑
…
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LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast
LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies
Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic
Consumer behavior towards LTE
How to monetize LTE?
Sneak peak at 5G
LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies
© Analysys Mason Limited 2014
Early 5G specifications are expected to be introduced in 2015 in
3GPP Release-14, with initial deployment expected from 2020
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20112008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
5G (2015)
Standardization
begins
(3GPP Rel-14
onwards)
LTE
(2008)
Introduction
in Rel-8
LTE-Advanced
(2011)
Introduction in
Rel-10
2020 2021
5G vision &
requirements
(2013 –2014)
4G (2008-2017)
LTE and LTE-A standardization, 3GPP Release-8 to Release-14
5G Standardization
5G Deployment
2022
5G
targeted
launch
5G Trials and Testing
Figure 21: Evolution of mobile technology standards with timeline for 4G and 5G. [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
15G to be introduced in Release 14/15, Available at: http://www.3gpp.org/news-events/3gpp-news/1614-sa_5g.
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LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies
Key Takeaways
LTE has achieved sharp adoption in DVAP while its only just taking off in
EMAP right now.
LTE-Advanced will change the way operators use and manage
spectrum for mobile services
Mobile data usage proliferates as subscribers transition from 3G to
LTE and as LTE adoption increases
Consumers are willing to pay a premium for LTE and this behavior is
more pronounced in emerging markets.
The key to monetize LTE in the long term is offering affordable LTE to
wider audience. Handset, content/service and multi-device are critical.
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LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies
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LTE in Asia Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies

  • 1. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Webinar LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 14 October 2014 Sherrie Huang and Nipun Jaiswal
  • 2. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies APAC Our research portfolio includes 30 programmes covering the complete depth and breadth of the telecoms sector 2 Deliverables: research programmes include a combination of:  Reports: forecasts, quantitative modelling and survey reports, with in-depth analyses of critical industry challenges and opportunities  Viewpoints: targeted analysis of key trends and topics (technology trends, innovative business models, best-practice strategies and case studies)  Comments: brief informed opinion on industry and competitive developments  Trackers and databases: regularly updated databases of KPIs, services pricing and offers, roll-out initiatives and spectrum auctions. Network Technologies SpectrumFixed Networks Wireless Networks Practices Programmes Consumer Services Enterprise and M2M IoT and M2M Solutions SME Strategies Telecoms Software Strategies Data programmesApplication programmes Telecoms Software Forecasts Service Assurance Telecoms Software Market Shares Revenue Management Infrastructure Solutions Service FulfilmentService Delivery Platforms Customer Care MEA Regional Markets Europe European Core Forecasts Telecoms Market Matrix European Country Reports The Middle East and Africa Asia–Pacific Global Telecoms Forecasts Telecoms Software Markets Customer Experience Management Software Strategies Digital Economy Software Strategies Analytics Software Strategies Software-Controlled Networking CSP IT Strategies Mobile Services Mobile Devices Fixed Broadband and Multi-Play Next-Generation Services Digital Economy
  • 3. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 3 LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic Consumer behavior towards LTE How to monetize LTE? Sneak peak at 5G
  • 4. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 4 Emerging Asia–Pacific (EMAP)  Bangladesh  China  India  Indonesia  Malaysia  Pakistan  Thailand  Vietnam Developed Asia–Pacific (DVAP)  Hong Kong  Singapore  Taiwan  Japan  South Korea  Australia Australia South Korea Singapore Hong Kong Taiwan India Pakistan Malaysia Indonesia Bangladesh China Thailand Japan Vietnam
  • 5. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies DVAP drove early global LTE uptake, but the number of LTE connections in EMAP will overtake DVAP’s by 2017 5 Figure 1: Global LTE connections, and DVAP’s and EMAP’s shares, 2009–2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0 200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400 1 600 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 PercentageofglobalLTEconnections Connections(million) Global DVAP share EMAP share The world had more than 200 million LTE connections by the end of 2013, accounting for just 3% of total mobile connections. 1 LTE has been concentrated in a few key markets, particularly Japan, South Korea (DVAP) and the USA. 2 EMAP is set to become the dominant world LTE market – its 420 million connections will account for 27% of LTE connections worldwide by 2018. 3 By then, only 11% of connections in EMAP will have migrated to LTE, so the region will continue to have considerable untapped potential beyond 2018. 4 HISTORICAL FORECAST
  • 6. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies LTE has already achieved sharp adoption in DVAP… 6 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Percentageofconnections Connections(millions) 2G 3G 4G 2G 3G 4G Connections: Share: Figure 2: Mobile connections in DVAP, breakdown by technology, 2009-2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] Japan’s NTT DoCoMo launched the world’s second commercial LTE network – behind TeliaSonera in Sweden – in December 2010. 1 LTE has seen fast adoption in the region, reaching 28% of SIMs by the end of 2013 (and over 35% currently). LTE will overtake 3G in DVAP in 2015. 2 3G connections have shown a sharp decline since 2012, a year after LTE launch in the region. 3 2G has been in strong decline since before the launch of 4G, and will almost disappear entirely from the region by 2018. 4 HISTORICAL FORECAST
  • 7. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies …while it is only just taking off in EMAP right now… 7 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000 3 500 4 000 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Percentageofconnections Connections(million) 2G 3G 4G 2G 3G 4G Connections: Share: Bharti Airtel in India launched the region’s first commercial LTE services in April 2012, although this was only a pure broadband service. The first full scale LTE service (including mobile handsets) was launched in Malaysia by Maxis, in January 2013. 1 EMAP will be the region with the most number of LTE connections in the world, given its size (accounts for half of the world’s population). 2 Although 2G is declining rapidly, it will continue to be dominant in EMAP even through 2018 (helped largely by India), while 3G’s share of total mobile connections is starting to plateau due to 4G (influenced heavily by China). 3 Figure 3: Mobile connections in EMAP, breakdown by technology, 2009-2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] HISTORICAL FORECAST
  • 8. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 4Gpercentageofconnections Australia Hong Kong Japan Singapore South Korea Taiwan Bangladesh China India Indonesia Malaysia Pakistan Thailand Vietnam …though intra-region is very diverse, with China and Malaysia expected to drive most of EMAP penetration 8 Figure 4: LTE adoption in APAC, by country, 2009-2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] HISTORICAL FORECAST LTE adoption in DVAP took off after (due to two-year contract obligations) a year of launch DVAPEMAP
  • 9. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 9 LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic Consumer behavior towards LTE How to monetize LTE? Sneak peak at 5G
  • 10. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies DVAP operators have successfully switched-on their LTE networks whereas most EMAP operators are still at a planning or trial stage Figure 5: Operational and planned LTE networks, June 2014, [Source: Analysys Mason’s Wireless network tracker, 2014] Figure 6: Status of EMAP LTE networks, June 2014, [Source: Analysys Mason’s Wireless network tracker, 2014]  EMAP has the highest number of LTE networks in planning and trial stages in the world. EMAP also has the second highest number of LTE networks in world.  Majority (59.0%) of LTE networks in EMAP are in planned/trial stage whereas majority (58.8%) of the networks in DVAP are already operational.  Countries such as India, Indonesia and Vietnam are the leading countries in terms of the number of planned and trail LTE networks in EMAP.  Western Europe has the highest number of operational LTE networks in the world. Figure 7: Status of DVAP LTE networks, June 2014, [Source: Analysys Mason’s Wireless network tracker, 2014] 10 16 18 30 30 25 34 29 62 6 12 12 24 28 17 32 10 6 5 6 2 1 12 14 11 0 20 40 60 80 100 MENA SSA DVAP NA LATAM CEE EMAP WE NumberofLTEnetworks Operational Planned Trials in progress In deployment Operational Planned Testing Trials in progress EMAP Total number of LTE NWs: 78 In deployment Operational Planned Testing Trials in progress DVAP Total number of LTE NWs: 51
  • 11. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies FD-LTE achieves widespread adoption in the region whereas TD-LTE to remain specific to a few niche markets such as China Figure 8: FD-LTE and TD-LTE network deployments, Asia-Pacific, June 2014 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] 11 India Pakistan Malaysia Indonesia Bangladesh China Thailand Japan Australia South Korea Singapore Hong Kong Taiwan India Pakistan Malaysia Indonesia Bangladesh China Thailand Japan Australia South Korea Singapore Hong Kong Taiwan Vietnam Vietnam Planned deployments or trials in progress Operational network FD-LTE TD-LTE Sri Lanka No Activity Sri Lanka Total FD-LTE networks: 61 Total TD-LTE networks: 24
  • 12. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies LTE-A Releases 10, 11 and 12 will change the way operators use and manage spectrum for mobile services 12 Figure 9: Key features in LTE-A Releases 10, 11 and 12 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] Release 11 (available 2014)  Gigabit download speeds and improved automated management functions Release 10 – initial LTE-A release (available in 2013)  CA , improved network performance and HetNets Release 12 (available about 2015)  Improved operations benefits and technology upgrades  LTE TDD-FDD joint operation including carrier aggregation. LTE-A core features:  Carrier aggregation  HetNet  SON
  • 13. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Carrier Aggregation makes the spectrum-rich richer: MNOs are testing and launching peak download speeds of 200Mbps+ CA: Carrier Aggregation Figure 10: Peak download speeds demonstrated through LTE Carrier Aggregation [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] 13 Country Operator Maximum download speeds (Mbps) • Australia • Telstra • Optus • 300 (Launched) • 220 (TD-LTE) (Launched) • China • China Telecom • China Mobile • 260 (FDD-TDD) (Trial) • 250 (FDD-TDD) (Trial) • Hong Kong • CSL • 300 (Demo) • Singapore • SingTel • 300 (Launched) • Philippines • Smart • 200 (Trial) • South Korea • LG Uplus • KT • SK Telecom • 150 (Launched) • 225 (Launched) • 225 (Launched) 2 Operators with multiple spectrum positions benefit the most. 3 DVAP operators are front runners in terms of commercializing LTE-A CA. 1 LTE-A CA changes the strategy for spectrum use in mobile networks.
  • 14. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies DVAP operators are the first and only ones (besides US operators) in the world to launch VoLTE services Country Operator VoLTE status Hong Kong HKT-PCCW Launched Hong Kong 3 HK Launched Japan NTT DoCoMo Launched Singapore SingTel Launched South Korea SK Telecom Launched South Korea KT Launched South Korea LG Uplus Launched USA AT&T Launched USA Verizon Wireless Launched USA T-Mobile- MetroPCS Launched Figure 11: VoLTE launch status, June 2014, [Source: GSA, Analysys Mason, 2014] 14 2 Operators are offering VoLTE calls for LTE subscribers at no extra cost 1 DVAP has dominated VoLTE deployment and adoption thus far. 3 Benefits of VoLTE for consumers
  • 15. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 15 LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic Consumer behavior towards LTE How to monetize LTE? Sneak peak at 5G
  • 16. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies EMAP will have the highest growth rate in the world for cellular data traffic, but still lag behind DVAP in usage 16 Figure 12: 5-year growth multiples for cellular data traffic, by region, 2013–2018 [Source: Analysys Mason, 2013] Figure 13: Average monthly cellular data usage, 2013, and 5-year growth multiple for mobile data traffic, 2013–2018, Asia–Pacific [Source: Analysys Mason, 2013] 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Growthmultiple(1=2013) Usage (MB/month/pop) Bangladesh India Thailand Pakistan Indonesia Malaysia Taiwan Australia South Korea Japan Hong Kong Singapore China Emerging Asia–Pacific Developed Asia–Pacific 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 WE CEE NA SSA DVAP World LATAM MENA EMAP Growthmultiple(1=2013)
  • 17. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Datausageon3G/4G (GBpermonthperuser) DVAP EMAP Mobile data usage proliferates as subscribers transition from 3G to LTE and as LTE adoption increases 17 Figure 14: Growth multiples for cellular data traffic, by operator [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] Figure 15: Growth multiples for cellular data traffic, by region [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 Vodadone (UK) Vodadone (Italy) Japan SKT (Korea) Datausagepersubscriber (GBpermonth) 3G LTE 2.3x 3.4x 1.6x 2.0x0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 Vodadone (UK) Vodadone (Italy) Japan SKT (Ko Datausagepersubscriber (GBpermonth) 3G LTE 3.0x 6.0x 6.4x 6.9x 5.3x 5.6x Mobile consumers’ data usage clearly shoots up on a 4G network as compared to on a 3G network as the faster speeds allow the consumer to access more. 1 The difference between data usage on a 3G network and on a 4G network is lesser in markets of heavy data use such as Japan and South Korea. 2 Data usage in DVAP (predominantly LTE) will grow 5 times from 2013– 2018, but only 4 times in EMAP. 4 Data usage in DVAP will grow much faster than in EMAP, despite its existing higher level, driven by mass adoption of 4G in the region. 3
  • 18. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 18 LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic Consumer behavior towards LTE How to monetize LTE? Sneak peak at 5G
  • 19. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies More than 60% of people know what LTE is, and put more importance on speed than price, especially for EMAP 19 Do you know what 4G LTE is and do you have it? What would make you use your mobile Internet service more? (choose more than one) Approximately 35% of respondents in Malaysia and Indonesia do not know what LTE is. Advertising and educating them is important for operators. 1 Nearly 40% of consumers in Malaysia and Indonesia know what LTE is but still do not have it. Operators should make a bigger push to find out why. 2 Consumers, especially in Indonesia, are being constrained in their data usage by the data allowance, and would like to use more if affordable. 4 Although cheaper price for data is extremely important for consumers, faster data speeds are still higher up in their priority list. 3 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Percentage of respondents Cheaper price for data Higher data allowance Faster data speed 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Percentageofrespondents No, I do not know what it is No, but I have heard the term Yes, I know what it is but I do not have it Yes, and I have a 4G LTE mobile service already Source: Connected consumer survey 2013, Analysys Mason.
  • 20. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Although a faster network ranks highly on consumers’ wishlist, LTE is quite low, likely due to high device prices 20 What attracted you to this provider? (choose more than one)In developed markets, consumers take fast networks and adequate coverage as given and these become less of a differentiating factor. 1 4G is still viewed as expensive in price sensitive developing markets (probably due to devices which are limited and very costly). 2 Some of the other key considerations for consumers are handsets offered and their price, and which operator their friends and family use. 4 The good news for operators is that as much as the price of data is important for consumers, it does not dwarf the importance of network coverage, quality and speed. 3 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Percentage of respondents Price of data Better coverage Faster network It has 4G LTE Source: Connected consumer survey 2013, Analysys Mason.
  • 21. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Majority of people are willing to pay a premium for LTE; this behavior is more pronounced in emerging markets 21 When you next change your contract or handset, would you be prepared to pay extra for 4G LTE?The readiness of consumers to pay a premium for LTE services decreases as the service becomes more commonplace. 1 Nearly 40% of consumers in South Korea are unwilling to pay any premium for LTE services, but this resistance reduces in markets where LTE is still not widespread. 2 Nearly 80% of consumers in Indonesia are willing to pay a premium for LTE.3 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Percentageofrespondents Sorry, I don't understand the question Yes (more than EUR5 per month) Yes (EUR3 - 5 per month) Yes (EUR1 - 2 per month) No In emerging markets, people are more willing to pay a premium for LTE, especially where there’s no LTE yet. 4 Source: Connected consumer survey 2013, Analysys Mason.
  • 22. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 22 LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic Consumer behavior towards LTE How to monetize LTE? Sneak peak at 5G
  • 23. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 23 Category Strategy Rationale Tariff structures Speed as tier differentiator Focus on quality of experience No need to worry about right-sizing 4G only on top-level tiers Effective for upselling early adopters on to the highest price. Unlimited Effective marketing Unlimited voice & SMS: Focus on value of data while monetising legacy. Content and services 4G-specific content bundles Best-in-class content: A strong differentiator Focus: ↑ Customer stickiness & Data consumption. Potential revenue-share: a new revenue stream Cloud storage Requires fast & reliable Internet connectivity: Differentiate 4G Utilise increased uplink capacity Data-intensive: ↑ Data consumption. Extending connectivity Multi-device or shared data Those on multi-device plans  Get more subsidized devices Those on family plans  Use more data Tethering Connecting other devices  Use more data (typically > mobile broadband price) Can be problematic for unlimited tariffs Wi-Fi out-of-home access Wi-Fi hotspots: Complementary to cellular coverage ↑ Data usage out of the house. Other International roaming Voice/messaging roaming: Useful value-add for many higher-end customers Bundled data roaming: ↑ Data consumption abroad & Monetization potential Need to exam roaming agreements Many of the strategies designed to differentiate 4G tariffs involve bundling with other service elements Figure 16: Potential operator strategies for differentiating 4G services [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
  • 24. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Tariff structures: In the long term, operators’ tier structures for handset data must tackle the ‘running out of runway’ problem 24 Tariff Structure Content & Services Extending Connectivity Figure 17: Approaches to structuring mobile handset data tariffs [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]  The main approaches: volume-based and speed-based pricing; many tariff structures are, in practice, ‘two dimensional’.  Operators need to move customers up the price tiers faster than prices decline. If there are no upsell opportunities, then only price erosion remains. ‘Running out of runway’ problem. Approach Advantages Disadvantages Volume-based  Addresses the ‘running out of runway‘ problem  Volumes might appear abstract to many users and difficult to self-monitor  Need to manage overage  Does not differentiate between 3G/4G/LTE-A Speed-based  No overage problem if unlimited  Hybrid speed–volume pricing addresses the ‘running out of runway problem’  Easy to communicate to customers  Aligns well with fixed broadband pricing  Unpredictability of cellular environment equates to poor speed level guarantees  Potential cost impact of high-volume users  A service deemed to be ‘fast enough’ might limit upsell opportunities Unlimited  Unlimited voice & SMS vs Unlimited data  Strong differentiator  Easy to communicate to customers  No overage problem  Fewer active upsell opportunities  Potential cost impact of high-volume users  Restrictions imposed (for example, not allowing tethering) may prove unpopular The most common Normally 3G vs 4G Disruptive
  • 25. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Core Tariff Elements Music Video Cloud Storage Gaming VoIP Content and services: Operators should offer premium content for high-end and popular OTT apps for lower-end customers  Increasingly, the bundling of video content with LTE is considered a key way to differentiate and upsell LTE.  Operators should focus on bundling services that foster high engagement, to make their tariffs more attractive and to gain high-usage customers.  Example: SK Telecom (South Korea) T freemium: content for LTE subscribers Movies, TV shows, e-Books and other multimedia content only available to LTE subscribers Source: SK Telecom, Analysys Mason, 2014 25 Tariff Structure Content & Services Extending Connectivity
  • 26. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Singapore: Operators increasingly partner with providers of OTT communications services to drive the take-up of mobile data  All offer a selection of core prepaid tariffs + Top- up plans and add-ons (catering for specific usage patterns, such as high volumes of international calls or mobile data).  All offer top-up plans: Retail value >> The combined theoretical value.  Partnership with popular regional OTT players  Starhub WeChat and Line Plans for Prepaid Customers: Happy is non-stop WeChat from 40 cents/day.  SingTel Prepaid social data plans: Facebook, WhatsApp, Opera mini surf & mail, Line, WeChat  Prepaid subscriber base ↑ 4.9% in the year to December 2013 (highest growth in Singapore). KPI 4Q 2013 Mobile (active SIM) penetration of the population 145.3% Prepaid subscribers as a percentage of the subscriber base 43.6% Prepaid ARPU (per month) SGD14.0 Postpaid ARPU (per month) SGD63.2 Figure 18: Mobile KPIs for Singapore [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] Operator Description Pricing SingTel Separate Social Data Plans offer unlimited usage of individual services: Facebook, LINE, Opera Surf, WeChat and WhatsApp SGD0.50 per day or SGD6.00 for 30 days for all services except LINE, which is double the price StarHub LINE Prepaid Plan offers unlimited access to LINE SGD0.40 per day, or SGD6.00 for 30 days Figure 19: Selected add-ons featuring popular OTT communication and online services [Source: SingTel, StarHub, 2014] 2626 Tariff Structure Content & Services Extending Connectivity
  • 27. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Extending connectivity: Multi-device plans fitting to multi-device ownership are increasingly adopted to maximise potential revenue  Shared data tariffs encourages users to choose larger data allowances.  Multi-device sharing plans are becoming more common catering to the multi-device ownership are increasingly adopted to maximise potential revenue.  Extending connectivity is an opportunity to increase tablet connectivity; but operators need to reduce costs to match perceived value Pricing Type of plan Shared element Monthly device or SIM connection charge Multi-device (Additional SIM for tablet, USB modem or MiFi) Data allowance Multi-user (Also called “Family plans”) Data allowance Voice and messaging service No monthly device or SIM connection charge Second SIM for mobile broadband Data allowance 1According to our global connected consumer survey data. 27 Tariff Structure Content & Services Extending Connectivity About 29% of smartphone owners own both a tablet and a laptop. 1 Figure 20: Types of multi-device tariff structure [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014]
  • 28. LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE monetization: The availability of affordable handsets is the key and prepaid will become important, especially for emerging APAC 28 • Premium & OTT • OTT partnership • Popularity ↑ • Preferred in EMAP • Late movers in DVAP • Plan structure • Extending connectivity • Multi-play • Multi-mode • Scale ↑ • Variety • Affordability Handset Tariff ContentPrepaid Offering LTE to more is important for late movers. First movers are often able to charge premium for LTE.
  • 29. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Data gifting Unlimited calling Volume- based flat-rate plans M ulti-network Mobile network FTTH CATV Wi-Fi other networks. M ulti-device smartphones tablet computers ebook readers PCs, etc. M ulti-use available for use in the manner the customer requires at any place and at any time KDDI’s success story unpinned by its “3M strategy”: Good tariff plans with the right bundles lead to synergies Source: KDDI, Analysys Mason. 29 Contents,applications,services Turn-around in ARPU Subscriber base ↑ Historical low churn Data rev & sub base ↑ …
  • 30. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies 30 LTE Adoption in Asia–Pacific and forecast LTE network deployment status and key LTE technologies Impact of LTE on mobile data traffic Consumer behavior towards LTE How to monetize LTE? Sneak peak at 5G
  • 31. LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 Early 5G specifications are expected to be introduced in 2015 in 3GPP Release-14, with initial deployment expected from 2020 31 20112008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 5G (2015) Standardization begins (3GPP Rel-14 onwards) LTE (2008) Introduction in Rel-8 LTE-Advanced (2011) Introduction in Rel-10 2020 2021 5G vision & requirements (2013 –2014) 4G (2008-2017) LTE and LTE-A standardization, 3GPP Release-8 to Release-14 5G Standardization 5G Deployment 2022 5G targeted launch 5G Trials and Testing Figure 21: Evolution of mobile technology standards with timeline for 4G and 5G. [Source: Analysys Mason, 2014] 15G to be introduced in Release 14/15, Available at: http://www.3gpp.org/news-events/3gpp-news/1614-sa_5g.
  • 32. © Analysys Mason Limited 2014 LTE in Asia-Pacific: Outlook and Monetization Strategies Key Takeaways LTE has achieved sharp adoption in DVAP while its only just taking off in EMAP right now. LTE-Advanced will change the way operators use and manage spectrum for mobile services Mobile data usage proliferates as subscribers transition from 3G to LTE and as LTE adoption increases Consumers are willing to pay a premium for LTE and this behavior is more pronounced in emerging markets. The key to monetize LTE in the long term is offering affordable LTE to wider audience. Handset, content/service and multi-device are critical. 32
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