4G Network Evolution. Chris Pearson. President 4G Americas.

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1 4G Network Evolution Chris Pearson President 4G Americas

2 4G Americas 4G Americas will advocate for and foster the advancement and full capabilities of 3GPP mobile broadband technologies, including LTE-Advanced, throughout the ecosystem s networks, services, applications and wirelessly connected devices in the Americas.

3 Ecosystem Evolution Value Circle Regulators Subscribers Things Machines Vendors Spectrum Application Providers

4 Growth of Mobile Broadband Mobile Data Traffic in 2013 was nearly 18 times the entire global Internet in Source: CISCO VNI, February 2014

5 Growth of Mobile Broadband Mobile broadband leads the world in innovation and development for computing, networking, and applications. 2.4 Billion Global Mobile Broadband Subscriptions in 2Q 2014 Source: Ericsson Mobility Report Interim Update August 2014

6 Growth of Mobile Data Source: CISCO VNI, February 2014

7 Phases Network Evolution Mobile Broadband at the Center of the Universe of the Connected Society 1 Voice 2 Voice Capacity 3 Mobile Broadband 4 Fast Mobile Broadband over simplified all IP network 5? Efficient delivery of services to humans, things and machines

Technology Evolution To LTE-Advanced 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 HSPA, HSPA+ LTE, LTE-Advanced Flexibility Efficiency and Capacity Experience Throughputs rates are peak theoretical network rates

8 Technology Evolution To LTE-Advanced HSPA, HSPA+ LTE, LTE-Advanced Flexibility Efficiency and Capacity Experience Throughputs rates are peak theoretical network rates for that technology release. Dates refer to expected initial commercial network deployment except 2011, which shows technologies that year. There are no public announcements of deployment of WiMAX Rel 1.5 nor IEEE m. X/Y MHz indicates X MHz used on the downlink and Y MHz used on the uplink. Source: Rysavy Research/4G Americas, 2013

9 3GPP Mobile Broadband Deployments 321 Networks 111 Countries 20 Networks 15 Countries North Western America Europe 49 Networks LTE 73 Networks 2 Countries Asia Pacific Networks & Countries Latin America & Caribbean 45 Networks 18 Countries Africa 25 Networks 13 Countries 24 Countries Eastern Europe 53 Networks 23 Countries 58 Networks 24 Countries Middle East 19 Networks 8 Countries 556 Networks 203 Countries 365 Networks 157 Countries Data as of 5 Sept 2014

10 LTE-Advanced Global Deployments 20 Commercial Networks Countries Trials 50+ Commitments

11 USA Global leader of LTE 280 Million LTE Connections Worldwide 127 Million Connections in the U.S. Africa Middle East Latin America Eastern Europe 14% June 2014 Western Europe USA / Canada Asia Pacific 45% 36% 100 Million Connections APAC US Data Traffic more than doubled in 2013 Source: Ovum, WCIS+, June 2014

12 REGULATORY INNOVATION

13 A New Way Of Licensing Spectrum Authorized Shared Access - ASA Mainstream, Preferred Approach Auctions of Cleared Spectrum Complementary License Model Authorized Shared Access - ASA Unlicensed Approach Wi-Fi example Exclusive Use Ensures Quality of Service Exclusive Shared Use Exclusive use on a shared and binary basis in Time, Location, and/or Frequency domains with Incumbent (government, etc.) Ensures Quality of Service Shared Use Unpredictable Quality of Service Harmonization and Global Standards Drive Economies of Scale

14 Spectrum Like water to a fish One of life s essentials

15 Maximize Spectrum For Connectivity Carrier Aggregation New bands ASA Dynamic combination of fragmented spectrum Additional spectrum for LTE by refarming & re-assignment Cleared spectrum prioritized! When needed, unlock spectrum by Authorized Shared Access (ASA)* with predictable QoS Carrier aggregation AWS Extension Bands PCS 1900 MHz Extension Bands TV Bands Incentive Auction 3.5 GHz 5 GHz 3.5 GHz Other underutilized bands? * Also referred to as Licensed Shared Access (LSA) Source: 4G Americas Member Company

16 LOOKING AHEAD

17 Looming on the Horizon.

18 Millions of Subscriptions Era of HSPA/LTE 4,500 4,000 GSM HSPA 3,500 3,000 2,500 LTE 2,000 1,500 GSM 1, Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 CDMA TD-SCDMA

19 2020: The Internet of Things There were 13 billion Internet-connected devices in 2013, and there will be 50 billion in 2020.

20 50.9 Billion in 2020 Active wireless connected devices will exceed 16 billion in billion are forecast for

21 Next Generation Networks 2020

22 What Will Be The Wireless World of 2020?

23 THANK YOU Chris Pearson President 4G Americas

MOBILE BROADBAND GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA

11-12 Nov, 2014 MOBILE BROADBAND GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA JOSE F. OTERO DIRECTOR LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 4G Americas 4G AMERICAS 4G Americas will advocate for and foster the advancement and full capabilities