Topic: Expected Regulation for the new Telecom Ecosystem Speaker: Mr. Pairoj Waiwanijchakij Vice President - Digital Product Management, AIS Recrafting Post-Modern Thai Telecommunication Industry: Reliefs & Reforms September 25, 2014 Four Seasons Hotel

1. Recrafting Post-Modern Thai Telecommunication Industry:
Reliefs & Reforms
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By Pairoj Waiwanijchakij
Vice President – Digital Product Management
Thursday 25th September 2014

2. BW in Month at end of year
10X
growth in mobile
data traffic between
2013 and 2019
Source: Ericsson (November 2013)
3X
growth in Thailand
Internet BW between
2012 and 2013
Source: nectec.or.th
Thailand Internet Monthly Bandwidth Statistic (Mbps) 2000-2014
Monthly BW in 2012-2014

3. Thai Consumer – A big jump Mobility
Source: หนังสือพิมพ์กรุงเทพธุรกิจ ปี 2556
Source: รายงานผลการสำารวจพฤติกรรม ผู้ใช้อินเทอร์เน็ตในประเทศไทย ปี
2556 (www.etda.or.th)

4. Thailand’s Mobile Consumer
6655%% have used their smartphones every day in the past 7 days
5566%% don’t’ leave home without their smartphone device
3355%% would rather give up TV than their smartphone
7733%% search on their smartphone everyday
8822%% visit social networks once a day
5533%% use video at least once a day
9966%% watch video
Source: Out Mobile Planet: Thailand May 2013 Understanding the Mobile Consumer
(http://think.withgoogle.com/mobileplanet/en/downloads/)

5. ??
Information on 2013

6. Smartphones Allow Users to search for products
… Anytime, Anywhere
Smartphones Are Used While
… Multi-tasking with Other Media
Source: Out Mobile Planet: Thailand May 2013 (http://think.withgoogle.com/mobileplanet/en/downloads/)

7. But, demand and supply is not matched
High and Fast Growth on
Wireless Consumer’s Demand
Lagging on radio spectrum
resource and

8. Solution to support New Telecom Ecosystem
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9. II.. AAddddiittiioonnaall SSppeeccttrruumm
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– Access Spectrum (for 2G, 3G, 4G and beyond) can be considered as
shortage for today or very near future.
It leads to poor service quality to subscriber. We need regulator to rus
h on spectrum auction ASAP.
– Backhaul Spectrum (e.g. E-Band) is also important to built the
infrastructure supporting the expansion of Access network.
2015
1800 MHz
(lot 1 – 25 MHz)
2015
1800 MHz
(lot 1 – 25 MHz)
2015 2018 2020+
900 MHz
900 MHz
E-Band
E-Band
2018
1800 MHz
2018
1800 MHz
(Lot 2 – 50 MHz)
(Lot 2 – 50 MHz)
2020+
2020+
700 MHz ??
2600 MHz ??
Others…
700 MHz ??
2600 MHz ??
Others…

10. IIII.. SSppeeccttrruumm SShhaarriinngg
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Technology and product in the
market already aware and have e
nough capability to support the sp
ectrum sharing operation. It make
s use of limit resource like spectru
m more efficient.
Some example of countries
applied spectrum sharing : Spain,
Canada, Poland, Australia, Swede
n

11. III. Infrastructure SShhaarriinngg
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Not only passive sharing, but
also active sharing (i.e. Radio B
ase Station, Network Compon
ent, Transmission ) can help sa
ving the vase of double or eve
n triple investment and resour
ces.
Fast wireless network
penetration to all citizen and s
aving overall National’s expen
diture.

12. IIVV.. MMVVNNOO
Today NBTC already set up the rule for retail service
so call “Thin MVNO”
However for more opportunity to new comer, the
more complicated form of MVNO may need to be su
pported by regulator

13. LLaasstt bbuutt nnoott lleeaasstt
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– It is proven from all market in the
world, competition between mobile
network operators as well as with the
OTT increasingly generate benefit to
consumers
– Controlling price can be one solution
to be regulated to support
introducing on new comer. However,
too tight control will limit new service
innovations
– This is important to find a balance
between supreme market
competition and too tight price
regulation.

14. TThhaannkk yyoouu