IMTMC450

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CDMA 450 Digitalization Conference Romania Septemb
er, 2004
Successful commercial operation of CDMA450
network in Russia
Gennady Golant Deputy CEO, Technical
Director, JSC Delta Telecom
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CDMA450 Network Launch in St. Petersburg

• First CDMA450 network in Russia (SKYLINK) was
  launched on
• December, 16 2002
• Infrastructure equipment
• Lucent Technology
• Simultaneous operation of two networks
• analog NMT-450
• digital CDMA450 in the same with NMT frequency
  band (4.5 MHz)

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SKYLINK in Russia. Network Status

• In November, 2003 CDMA450 network in Moscow was
  launched
• All NMT operators obtained the CDMA-450 licenses
  in the end of last year
• The major part of them will be united under
  SKYLINK umbrella
• There are 5 acting CDMA-450 networks with total
  number of subscribers about 100 000
• SKYLINK metworks
• St.Petersburg
• Moscow
• Acting operators which were launched not under
  SKYLINK brand)
• Kemerovo
• Bashkiria
• Nizhnevartovsk
• Other SKYLINK fragments are to be launched till
  the end of this year
• 12 large cities, including main regional centers
  with the population over 1 mln, such as
• Nizhny Novgorod (Central region)
• Ekaterinburg (Urals region)
• Novosibirsk (Siberian region)

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Delta Telecom - the most developed fragment of
SKYLINK in Russia

• Coverage area - St. Petersburg and its suburbs,
  North-West region of Russia (Novgorod and Pskov
  region, Rep. of Carelia)
• The North-West fragment of all-Russia SKYLINK
  network
• Total number of BTS 195
• To be increased up to 225 till the end of this
  year
• Number of subscribers 72 000 in St.Petersburg
• The coverage is almost the same as in NMT network
• Huge average traffic per user
• MOU 1500 min
• ARPU 68
• Comparing current MOU with the average, normal
  subscribers traffic, the load of network is
  equal to 700 000 subscribers
• Network capacity was increased by launching 2nd
  carrier (2x)
• SKYLINK is the first CDMA450 operator who use 2x
• The most cost effective solution
• 2nd carrier (2x) was implemented only in the city
  boundaries, at the 100 BTS (130 BTS till the end
  of this year)

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CDMA450 spectrum aspects
BTS TX band
Carrier B 465.225 MHz
Carrier C 466.475 MHz
Carrier A 463.975 MHz
Guard band
Guard band
0.35 MHz
0.4 MHz
260 ch.
160 ch.
210 ch.
1.25 MHz
3.75 MHz
465.85 MHz
467.1 ?Hz
4.5 ?Hz
467.5 ?Hz
467.3 ?Hz
463 ?Hz
465.65 ?Hz
Clearing spectrum of (2 x 1.25 MHz guard bands)
from the NMT band
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New solutions tested on the SKYLINK network

• EV-DO trial was successfully finished
• 2.1 GHz trial network is deployed
• Successful first call
• Testing the electro-magnetic compatibility of
  cdma2000 and UMTS in the 2.1 GHz frequency band
• Expected that till the end of this year the
  Telecommunication Ministry will define the
  conditions of UMTS cdma2000 licenses
  distribution for 2.1 GHZ band
• In January, 2004 R-UIM technology was
  implemented
• R-UIM cards are used in the network
• Only R-UIM supported handsets are purchased from
  the vendors
• ANSI-41/GSM MAP converter is under deployment
• CDMA/GSM plastic interstandard roaming will be
  tested

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Plans for development CDMA450 in North-West Region

• Business plan for development in year 2005
  anticipates
• Increasing number of subscribers up to 190 000
• 75 of them heavy, with the high value of MOU
• 25 of subscribers with MOU not higher than 500
  min
• Total amount of BTS in St.Petersburg and in
  North-West region of Russia will reach 300 BTS
• Deployment of EV-DO in St.Petersburg and its
  suburbs
• BREW technology implementation

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Successful SKYLINK development strategy in
St.Petersburg

• Highly competitive environment
• 4 GSM operators in St.Petersburg
• Total subscriber base is more than 3.5 mln.
  subscribers
• Penetration gt 65
• Basic marketing strategy
• Orientation to profitable and heavy speaking
  business subscribers willing to use data
  transmission (HSPD)
• Combination of voice services and HSPD services
• Offering packages, including voicedata for the
  fixed price
• Voice included in the package 500 / 1000 / 1500
  / unlimited minutes
• Monthly fee for package from 20 to 90

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HSPD subscribers demand

• HSPD promotion (free of charge unlimited HSPD
  traffic) demonstrated the huge interest of the
  subscribers to this service
• After 2x implementation and after decreasing the
  load of BTS, the average data speed in the city
  increased to 50-60 Kbits/sec

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Current status of CDMA450 infrastructure equipment

• Since the launching of CDMA450 network in
  St.Petersburg the situation has been essentially
  changed
• The number of infrastructure vendors increased
• The products of 4 vendors certified in Russia
  (Lucent, Huawei, ZTE, Nortel)
• Ericsson, Samsung and Alcatel expressed their
  intention to produce certificate CDMA450
  equipment

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Current status of CDMA450 mobile equipment

• At the early stage
• Only two not attractive and very expensive models
• The lack of mobile terminals was essential
  disadvantage
• At present
• Range of mobile terminals, including PCMCIA cards
  are going to be significantly increased
• The number of handset vendors increased from 2 to
  9
• 9 models including Compact Flash card for PDA
  PC are already sold in our market
• About 10 models of different levels (hi-, mid-
  and low-end) are expected to commercially appear
  till the beginning of next year

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Commercially available CDMA450 terminals
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Thank you for your attention!
Gennady Golant Deputy General Director Technical
Director JSC Delta Telecom GGolant_at_deltatel.ru