Experience of Sudan with regard to the utilization of UHF Band - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Experience of Sudan with regard to the utilization of UHF Band Entsar Mahmoud Entsar@tpra.gov.sd

Telecommunication Sector in Sudan 2

Telecommunication Progress 1859 1892 1993 1994 1997 1997 Telecom. Privatization Sudan license issued First ISP, First Telephone introduced in of Telecom. Telecom Co. to a cellular Sudanese exchange in Sudan (1st Sector (SUDATEL) service Internet Sudan (Eldaba & telegraph link Khartoum) started as an provider Service Co. between Cairo & Operator & (Sudanese (Sudanet) Sawaken) Service Mobile provider Telephone Co. (MOBITEL) 3

Telecommunication Progress 2001 2001 2003 2005 2006 2010 National First Pre-paid license issued license license issued TPRA to Telecom. service to the second issued to the to the third regulate Corporation Ashraaf mobile second fixed mobile Postal services (NTC) International operator operator operator formed (Ashraaf com) (Areeba) (Canar) (Sudani) under Telecom. Act 2001 4

Legislations National Telecom. Telecom Act. Council Bill National . New Telecom Telecomm. Communication & Corporation Law. Postal Law Bill 1994 2001 2000 2018 1974

Operators Market Share Mobile Market Share Fixed Market Share Canar Zain Thabit Sudani MTN 34% 28% 27% 64% 45%

Current Status 3 delivering Fully privatized mobile services Sector with 4 and 2 managing companies the main operating: 1 on the backbone Stock Exchange and network for the 2 Private Companies country and owned by delivering fixed international network services. entities: Zain, MTN 7

4G In Sudan In first quarter of 2016 Zain Sudan has been awarded LTE License by TPRA, paving the way for the introduction of high speed 4G data services in Sudan. Recently Sudani has launched 4G service and MTN in Sudan also Canar awarded 4G service for Fixed services.

The historical assigned of 800 MHz band MHz 834.330 880.680 870.030 MHz Sub MHz 889.320 band 835.68 879.33 791 MHz A MHz 825.030 MHz Sub MHz MH z Sub band Sub band B 844.320 band B MHz A Operator Operator Operator Operator unassigned unassigned downlink uplink uplink downlink EGSM 9.3 9.3 start 8.64 8.64 MHz MHz from MHz MHz 880MHz CDMA CDMA 9

850 interferes with 800 MHz and 900 EGSM 900MHz 960 925 880 915 MHz MHz 850MHz MHz MHz UL DL 849 824 869 894 MHz MHz MHz MHz UL DL 791 821 832 862 MHz MHz MHz MHz UL DL 800MHz 10

900 band 915 925 960 880 MHz MHz MHz MHz UL DL 800 Band 832 862 791 821 MHz MHz MHz MHz UL DL Band 700 703 733 758M 788 MHz MHz Hz MHz UL DL 11

Settlement the Problem The settlement by 3-steps Step 1 • Formation of a joint committee • Technical aspect. • The financial aspect. Step 2 • Adoption of spectrum allocation policies • Allocate 700MHz &800 for LTE 12

Step 3 part of Addendum and the License Agreement. Up link Down link Bandwidth 791-801 832-842 2x10 MHz The Licensee has to evacuate the rest of the frequencies in the 850 Mhz band (842-844.320 ( before the end of the first quarter of 2018 and is allowed to use the band (825-835 ; 870-880) for three years and six months using it for the Service starting from the effective date of this Addendum, without affecting the assigned spectrum in the 800 band for three years and six months 791-801 832-842 825 -835 870-880 20 MHz 20 MHz 10MHz 10 MHz Guard Band 791-821 832 -862 Guard Band 13

planning proposals of 800 Mhz 791 MHz 821 MHz UL LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE 5 5 5 5 5 5 MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz DL MHz 832 MHz 862 LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE 5 5 5 5 5 5 MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz 5 MHz ةظوحلم : ةيصوتلا بسح طيطختلا ITU-R M.1036-5 (2015/10)

planning proposals of 700 694 703 MHz MHz UL MHz MHz 733 736 PPDR PPDR LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz DL 751 758 788 791 PPDR PPDR LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz ةظوحلم : ةيصوتلا بسح طيطختلا 15 ITU-R M.1036-5 (2015/10)

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