COUNTRY PAPER For Network

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COUNTRY PAPER For Network Services Working
GroupPresenter TENZIN DORJIBICMA, BHUTAN
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• AGENDA
• 1. TELECOM MARKET OVERVIEW
• 2. INITIATIVES TO ENSURE QUALITY MOBILE HAND
  SETS
• 3. INITIATIVES FOR NGN AND NGA
• 4. ROAMING AND INTERNATIONAL TARIFFS
• 5. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION

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• TELECOM MARKET OVERVIEW
• TWO MOBILE OPERATORS AND SEVEN ISPS

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• TELECOM MARKET OVERVIEW

Internet Service No. of Subscribers
GPRS/EDGE 18457
3G 1549
Broadband (ADSL) 6100
Lease Line 238
Dial Up 2115
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• ENSURING QUALITY MOBILE HAND SETS
• PRESENT SCENARIO
• Actual number of users not known-No study done
• Concerns raised BUT no solution yet
• BICMA is exploring ways to curb such users
• Banning Sale/Individual users
• Type approval procedure under consideration

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• ENSURING QUALITY MOBILE HAND SETS
• WAY FORWARD
• Education and Awareness among users
• IMEI Regulation- Hacking of IMEI
• EMC Standards/under TX/RX devices
• ISSUES
• Porous border/free trade
• Why and Who are the Users?

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• NGA AND NGN INITIATIVES IN BHUTAN
• INITIATIVES TAKEN BY BHUTAN
• Converged License initiated
• Roll out of Fiber is underway-Fibre to the
  kerb/cabinet
• Transition to digital broadcasting-initiated with
  the assistance of ITU-Initial Phase
• Tariff Order 2009-for leased lines and dark Fibre

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• NGA AND NGN INITIATIVES IN BHUTAN
• INITIATIVES TAKEN BY BHUTAN
• Universal communication Access by June 2011
• -Roll out of USF for Infrastructure development
• Power Company issued FBO License-to roll out
  fiber faster -USF also used
• Infrastructure Sharing and Interconnection
  Framework
• -Consultation Phase

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• ROAMING AND INTERNATIONAL TARIFFS
• Roaming charges are left for the Operators to
  negotiate with other parties involved
• International Tariffs are fixed by Operators but
  approved by BICMA
• Expensive and studying ways to reduce
• Recommendations of this group will be useful

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• CONSTRAINTS
• Small Customer Base
• Harsh Terrain and Mountainous
• Scattered Population
• Local Content and low literacy
• No clear policy directives
• No internal experts/human resource capacity

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• CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION
• These are common issues that could be solved with
  common efforts
• Providing access is of no use if it is not
  affordable
• Lack of local content/applications

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• TASHIDELEKH
• THANK YOU!