CDG International Roaming Update

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CDG International Roaming Update CDG Steering
Committee Las Vegas Bill Dahnke Senior
Director, CDG October 2005 On loan to CDG from
Qualcomm
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Contents

• CDMA Roaming Statistics
• Worldwide CDMA Roaming Implementations
• Top 20 Operators
• 5 5 in 2005
• CDG Roaming Project
• Project Phases
• Key Elements of the Project
• Project Organization
• CDG International Roaming Team (IRT) Update
• CDG Reference Documents
• IRT Meetings 2005
• Topics for CDG Steering Committee Consideration

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CDMA Roaming Statistics
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Note No new data implementations thusfar in 2005
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CDG Roaming Project
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Project Phases

• Phase 1 Voice SMS Service
• Phase 2 Packet data, basic service
• Phase 3 Inter-standard GSM/CDMA
• Including GPRS-1X/DO packet data
• Phase 4 Packet data applications
• PTT
• LBS
• MMS
• VoIP
• BREW Java
• Others
• Phase 5 Pre-paid roaming
• Voice
• SMS

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Key Elements of Each Phase

• Training
• Carrier support and tools
• Documentation
• Measuring and reporting progress

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Training

• Specialized training for CDMA roaming managers
  and technical personnel
• 2-day CDMA Roaming 101 including technical and
  business aspects Available now
• 1-day PRL technical workshop Available now
• 1-day Packet Data technical workshop Available
  now

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Carrier Support Tools
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Carrier Support Tools, cont.
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Documentation

• Roaming service definitions
• Basic voice service, SMS, packet data, etc.
• Technical recommendations and options
• Minimum recommendations and options for each
  service
• Test procedures
• How to test, how often to test, how to exchange
  test results, etc.
• Processes for pre-launch and post-launch
  activities
• Inter-carrier activities technical data
  exchange, roaming agreement execution, test
  programs, billing data exchange
• Intra-carrier activities Billing verification,
  trouble resolution, fraud processes, invoice
  verification, marketing communication
• Updates of living documents
• Roaming agreement template
• Technical data sheet (TDS)

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Measuring Progress

• Metrics
• Quantity
• Number of roaming implementations, industry-wide
• Number of roaming implementations for top 20
  carriers
• Report quarterly progress
• Quality
• Call success rate while roaming (field test)
• For top 20 carriers
• Report quarterly progress
• Economic value
• MOU and number of roaming calls
• Data not available from vendors or operators
• Goal for 2005, from CDMA Operators Summit
• 5 5 in 05 5 new voice 5 new data
  implementations in 2005, for each operator

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Project Organization
CDG
Roaming Director Bill Dahnke
Carrier Relations
Program Manager
Document Library Training Carrier Support
Tools Goals Metrics Tracking
Latin America Ricardo Sarti rsarti_at_cdg.org SEA
Randall Todd rtodd_at_cdg.org North America, Europe,
Africa, Caribbean Federico Nienstadt
fnienstadt_at_cdg.org
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CDG International Roaming TeamUpdate
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CDG International Roaming Team (IRT)

• Current Projects (partial list)
• Packet data roaming 1X and DO
• CDMA Roaming Exchange, CRX (ref doc 94, new)
• CRX peering
• EV-DO roaming compared to 1X data roaming
• MIN-based IMSI and true IMSI tradeoffs and
  migration
• Standardized Technical Data Sheets (TDS)
• Direct routing, roamer-to-roamer (ref doc 96,
  new)
• Roaming agreement template (ref doc 44, update)
• Packet data implementation and billing (ref doc
  79, expand update)
• SMS roaming solution available from Syniverse
• code dialing handset-based solution proposed
  by Qualcomm
• Co-chairs
• Terry Yen, Qualcomm
• Masaaki Koga, KDDI

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September IRT Summary

• Sponsored by Telus Mobility
• 60 attendees
• Nineteen operators from North America, Caribbean,
  and Asia-Pacific were represented
• Terry Yen stepped down as co-chair. Kim Brophy,
  who manages international roaming for
  Sprint-Nextel, succeeds Terry.
• The IRT was reorganized to improve its
  effectiveness. New teams will provide a better
  forum for addressing detailed issues
• Voice Roaming headed by Libby Mackay (Qualcomm)
• Packet Data Roaming headed by Neal Richardson
  (TNZ)
• CRX Peering headed by Andrew Hunter (Qualcomm)
• MMS Transport using CRX headed by Andrew Hunter
  (Qualcomm)

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September IRT Summary

• The format and content of the IRT meetings are
  being improved to make them more valuable.
• Operators have provided their suggestions-- the
  changes will be made during the December and
  March meetings.
• A high priority for operators is the ability of
  packet data services to work while roaming.
• Training will be offered by CDG in Miami
• CDMA Roaming overview (2 days) 25 26 October
• PRL Technical Workshop 27 October

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CDG Roaming Documents
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New CDG Roaming Documents
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IRT Meetings 2005
IRT Meetings 2006
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For CDG SteerCom Consideration

• CRX (CDMA packet data roaming exchange) Future
  Path
• CDG MMS Technical Team interested in extending
  CRX for MMS transport
• CRX may eventually need to be extended for
  other purposes
• Who should own CRX evolution going forward?
• IRT? MMS Team? Other?
• Evolution from MIN-based IMSI to True IMSI
• Is CDG addressing this outside the IRT?
• Latin America Situation
• Telefonica (TEM) continues to grow CDMA networks
  in Brazil (VIVO), Peru (Movilnet), and Venezuela
  (Movilnet)
• CDMA growth has stopped in other Telefonica
  markets
• Resources for new roaming implementations are
  very limited
• New documents for approval by SteerCom ExBoard
• Will be distributed by email next week
• WorldMode Branding Promotion
• Will be addressed by James Person

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Thank You

• For more information, contact
• Bill Dahnke, bdahnke_at_cdg.org