New Wireless Broadband from Phone providers

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• New Wireless Broadband Services
• From
• Phone providers
• Presented by Afam Limited

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Overview

• We are bombarded from providers by promises of
  such fast wireless speeds that we smile and our
  hair flies.
• Bandwidth costs and network health are the
  limiting factors.
• It maybe more expensive.
• It can be useful for some uses mobility for
  example.

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What I won't cover

• TTCL's DSL provision, it is not wireless
• So called fixed wireless

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What is broadband?

• The ability to watch streaming video, which is
  256-1024Kbps.
• Bandwidth in large amounts via VSAT in Africa is
  2,500-3,000 / Mbps
• Habari pays 2,800/ Mbps

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What Local Operators are offering?

• Methods
• GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) using the
  existing GSM network.
• TDMA/CDMA good distance and penetration
• WiMax - New industry wide standard. Making
  cheaper CPEs.
• G3 (Third Generation High Speed DownLink Data
  Packet Access) - The Holy Grail.

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• Prices
• Equipment from Tshs.200,000 to 350,000
• Bandwidth charges 250tsh to 500tsh per 1Mbps.
  Very few of our clients use less than 10MB/ day.
  More like 50MB

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What happens over the world and how they perform
on world market?

• Have not replace fixed wireless and cable
• Japan and Korea, high density of fixed and mobile
  Internet.
• How do they connect to the outside world?
• They are used while commuting and fancy messaging
  etc.

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• Not saying this is not a valid use
• Good mobility, but hand helds limiting and
  laptops are bulky.

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What is the hype from Providers?

• Speed is NOT because of the medium. In fact
  wireless is slow in comparison.
• The limiting factor on all providers networks in
  Tanzania is the cost of bandwidth to and from the
  Internet Backbone. And fast Internet is
  expensive in Tz.

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• Saturation they roll out fast and slow down as
  subscribers grow.
• And the health of the network.
• Support

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• Wireless limitations, line of sight, Associations
  on a tower
• Last mile sharing
• Many wireless towers are more points of failure.
  Electricity is a big factor.

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What these devices have to offer

• Some places where you might want to use these
  devices
• They have some interesting prepaid per Mbps
  schemes. If you are user that uses couple times
  a week for an hour this could be attractive. But
  you have to ensure your network/computer is
  clean.
• Backup connection for your office. Pay as you
  use it. Still it is pretty slow but for checking
  important mails

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• Working while traveling.
• mobility

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Conclusion

• So the reasons to take these services are not
  speed or cost. It is for mobility and
  connections out of Habari's range.

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What Habari has to work on Habari's Challenges

• Cable theft
• Cable copper and fibre underground or secured.
• Tanesco Power on towers and DSLAM subpoints
• Mobility, should we add this service?
• Legacy Radios with slower throughput
• Interference on wireless