ENABLING Cable

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ENABLING Cable DTH FOR INTERNET INTERACTIVITY

• Regulation Triple Play

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We look far and beyond for that we have in
plenty
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Digital STBs Deployed (millions)

• Top Cable MSOs
• 21.5
• 10.9M
• 6.3M
• 1.5M
• 10.7M
• 5.2M

• DBS Operators
• 13M
• 11M

• DBS Operators provide Triple Play Today
• All Cable operators are Enabled for Triple Play
• Voice, VOD, ITV, HDTV, DVR

Source Bear Sterns
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Broadband Worldwide Deployment

• U.S. Lags Behind in Broadband
• Deployment
• Other countries, led by Korea and Canada, have
  strategic vision for broadband build-out.
• The U.S. slipped from number 11 to number 13 in
  broadband deployment between 2003 and 2004.

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The Massive CS Networks in India serve 90
million households. These will be HD Capable by
2011. Do we have a roadmap for their use for
triple play?
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83 INSAT 4A
91.5 MEASAT
93.5 INSAT 4B
74 INSAT 4CR
Tata Sky
95 NSS
RELIANCE
DD AND SUN
BHARTI
98.5 PROTOSTAR-1
DISH TV
VIDEOCON
INDIAN DTH SUBSCRIBER
DTH SATELLITE SCENARIO YEAR 2009
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DTH Subscribers in India
Big TV
T-Sky
DD-Direct
Subs ( Thousands)
Dish TV
2003
2007
2006
2005
2004
2008
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Three facets
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Agenda
Introduction- TRIPLE PLAY
Broadband on Cable DTH
Issues-Technology Cost
Regulatory issues
Conclusion
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What Broadband means to users
Introduction
Broadband
Source Providers websites
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Timeline of Take up of Services by Customers
Timeline
Cable
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Agenda
Introduction- TRIPLE PLAY
Broadband on Cable
Issues-Technology Cost
Regulatory issues
Conclusion
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HFC For Cable Cat 5e Ethernet for Broadband
PC and TV are Separate. No Convergence
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The Technology
DOCSIS 2.0 Upstream 6.4 MHz wide, 30Mbps Why
more bandwidth? Peer-to-peer services Digital
photography Music downloads Authenticated Services
DOCSIS 1.1 Real-time services, QoS, VoIP,
interactive gaming, tier-based services
DOCSIS 1.0 40 bps/10 Mbps
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Agenda
Introduction- TRIPLE PLAY
Broadband on Cable
Issues-Technology Cost
Regulatory issues
Conclusion
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Regulatory Issues

• Cable TV is Licensed Under the Cable Television
  Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.
• ( Ministry of IB)
• VoIP is not allowed under Cable Acts.
• ISP License Needed for VoIP ( MCIT)
• Cable Operators are not eligible for last mile
  spectrum

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Issues With Cable Internet-LCOs

• Last Mile control in Cable is with LCO
• LCOs are unwilling to upgrade in most cases
• Payment and revenue Share issues

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Commercial Barriers to using Cable Internet
Absence of VoIP- Customers prefer DSL
High Cost of Internet Rs 1.2/MB
No Right of Way ( Cable Act)
Split Nature of Industry-MSO,LCO
Expensive DSL modems
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Issues relating to Regulation of Cable Networks

• Local Cable Operators Not interested in investing
  in 2 way Plant
• Internet Services are obtained from a local ISP
  rather than MSO
• If VoIP is permitted, MSOs can offer Set Top
  Boxes with VoIP
• VoIP- Telephony
• LCOs are unable to provide VoD, which needs the
  scale of an MSO

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Viewers Expectations-Broadband

• Viewers used to Cable TV
• Expect Full Resolution for Internet streaming
• For mail and browsing, viewers expect Computer
  resolution
• Broadband on TV does not meet these demands

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DTH

• DTH is licensed as a standalone service
• DTH operators not allowed to provide Internet or
  even two way interactivity under DTH license
• DTH has its own separate interconnect regulation
• Only VSATs can provide Internet

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What can the regulators do?
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What Can Regulators Do?

• Review the Cable TV Act to enable Triple Play
  including VoIP
• Encourage initiatives such as HITS for uniform
  cable TV offerings across India
• Promote additional investments as Infrastructure
• Be proactive on standards- we do not want a host
  of incompatible technologies

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For Internet to Succeed

• Broaden Scope of Cable TV License to include
  VoIP, ISP and IPTV
• Enable DTH Licenses for Internet
• Price Regulations should be tailored for Triple
  Play
• Enable Bundle of Services just as in DSL
  landlines
• Cable and DTH operators should be recognized as
  infrastructure providers
• Should have right of way as for Phone Lines

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Thank you
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How does broadband impact telecoms
Impact of Broadband

• The Internet enables a separation between
  facilities and services
• Broadband allows providers to fully exploit this
  separation
• The killer application for broadband may turn out
  to be voice

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Traditionally there has been a
serviceinfrastructure division in
communications services
Voice Two-way, low volume
Broadcast TV One-way, high volume
Service
Spectrum
Coax
PSTN
Spectrum
Infrastructure
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The Internet increases competition by separating
service provision from infrastructure ownership
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VoIP is available as a service marketed directly
to consumers

• Do it yourself Skype
• Skype allows computer-to-computer calling using
  user-assigned names instead of numbers
• Skype currently has 100 million users

• Voice over broadband
• this may be linked to the broadband provider
  (Yahoo!BB)
• can also be provided as an independent service
  (Vonage)
• in this case it is nomadic and can be used over
  any broadband connection

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or as a technology that is transparent to end
users

• Carrier internal use (BT 21CN)
• this requires a replacement of all switches in
  the network
• the result is often referred to as a Next
  Generation Network (NGN)

• Corporate internal use
• as a low-cost PBX replacement
• Asterisk is a VoIP PBX that can be downloaded
  from the Internet

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Agenda
Introduction
Impact of broadband
Broadband In Brazil
Regulatory issues
Conclusion
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How is Brazil doing in broadband?
Percentage of households with broadband service
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Mexico
USA
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The majority of lines in Brazil are from DSL
Percentage DSL/Cable lines at 31 December 2004
100
90
80
70
60
Cable
50
DSL
40
30
20
10
0
USA
Chile
Brazil
Other
Mexico
Canada
Americas
Argentina
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In Europe, wholesale access has increased DSL
competition


100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Italy
Spain
Ireland
France
Austria
Belgium
Finland
Sweden
Greece
Portugal
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
DSL lines incumbent
DSL lines competitors
Greece only has 359 DSL lines, all served by an
entrant
Source European Commission
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while promoting deployment
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Net neutrality can promote competition in
Internet services

• Freedom to Access Content consumers should have
  access to their choice of legal content
• Freedom to Use Applications consumers should be
  able to run applications of their choice
• Freedom to Attach Personal Devices consumers
  should be permitted to attach any devices they
  choose to the connection in their homes and
• Freedom to Obtain Service Plan Information
  consumers should receive meaningful information
  regarding their service plans

FCC Chairman Michael Powells Net Freedoms, 2004
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A forward-looking broadband policy could have
several features

• Enable entrants to build and operate their own
  facilities
• Allow entrants to use existing facilities with
  their own equipment
• Ensure net neutrality in Internet services and
  applications

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Wi-MAX BWA Mesh Net
HYPE PEAK
Hype StatusCurve

• lt 2 yrs
• 1-3 yrs\
• 2-5 yrs
• 7 yrs
• Obsolete before
• plateau

WCDMA BLUE TOOTH NET Wi-Fi 802.11g
802.11b
Enlightenment
1X EV-DO
GPRS Wi-Fi 802.11a
CDMA 1X RTT
Productivity Plateau
EDGE
Blue tooth cable replacement
Wireless PDA
4G UWB 1X EVDV Ad Hoc
802.15.4
DISILLUSIONMENT Trough
Trigger
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HD Capable Broadband Subscriber Forecast for
America