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

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Telecommunication Sector in Sudan

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Telecommunication Progress

1859

Telecom. introduced in Sudan (1st telegraph link between Cairo & Sawaken)

1993

Privatization

• f Telecom.

Sector Sudan Telecom Co. (SUDATEL) started as an Operator & Service provider

1994 1997

license issued to a cellular service provider (Sudanese Mobile Telephone Co. (MOBITEL)

1997

First ISP, Sudanese Internet Service Co. (Sudanet)

1892

First Telephone exchange in Sudan (Eldaba & Khartoum)

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Telecommunication Progress

2001 2001 2003 2005 2006

National Telecom. Corporation (NTC) formed under

• Telecom. Act

2001 First Pre-paid service Ashraaf International (Ashraaf com) license issued to the second mobile

• perator

(Areeba) license issued to the second fixed

• perator

(Canar) license issued to the third mobile

• perator

(Sudani) TPRA to regulate Postal services

2010

Legislations

New Communication & Postal Law

Telecom. Act. National Telecom Corporation Bill National Telecom Council Bill

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Telecomm. Law.

1974 1994 2000 2001 2018

Operators Market Share

27% 45% 28%

Zain MTN Sudani

Mobile Market Share

34% 64%

Fixed Market Share

Canar Thabit

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Current Status

Fully privatized Sector with 4 companies

• perating: 1 on the

Stock Exchange and 2 Private Companies

• wned by

international entities: Zain, MTN 3 delivering mobile services and 2 managing the main backbone network for the country and delivering fixed network services.

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.

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Operator uplink Operator downlink

unassigned

791 MHz

Operator uplink Operator downlink

825.030 MHz MHz 834.330 835.68 MHz 879.33 MHz 870.030 MHz 844.320 MHz 880.680 MHz 889.320 MHz

unassigned

9.3 MHz 8.64 MHz 8.64 MHz 9.3 MHz EGSM start from 880MHz Sub band A Sub band B Sub band A Sub band B

The historical assigned of 800 MHz band

CDMA CDMA

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850 interferes with 800 MHz and 900 EGSM

900MHz

925 MHz 915 MHz 894 MHz 880 MHz 824 MHz 869 MHz 862 MHz 791 MHz 832 MHz 849 MHz 821 MHz

DL DL UL UL UL DL

960 MHz

800MHz 850MHz

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925 MHz 915 MHz 862 MHz 880 MHz 791 MHz 832 MHz 788 MHz 703 MHz 758M Hz 821 MHz 733 MHz

DL DL UL UL UL DL

960 MHz 800 Band 900 band Band 700

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Settlement the Problem

Step 1

• Formation of a joint committee
• Technical aspect.
• The financial aspect.

Step 2

• Adoption of spectrum allocation policies
• Allocate 700MHz &800 for LTE

The settlement by 3-steps

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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

• f 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

20 MHz 20 MHz

825 -835 870-880

for three years and six months Guard Band Guard Band

791-821

791-801 10MHz 832-842 10 MHz

832 -862

LTE LTE 5 MHz LTE LTE LTE LTE 791 MHz MHz 862 MHz 821 MHz 832

UL DL

5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz

ةظوحلم : ةيصوتلا بسح طيطختلا ITU-R M.1036-5 (2015/10) planning proposals of 800 Mhz

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planning proposals of 700

LTE LTE 5 MHz LTE LTE LTE LTE 703 MHz MHz 788 MHz 733 MHz 758

UL

DL

PPDR

PPDR

PPDR

PPDR

7 MHz 3 MHz MHz 791 694 MHz MHz 736 MHz 751 LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 7 MHz 3 MHz

ةظوحلم : ةيصوتلا بسح طيطختلا ITU-R M.1036-5 (2015/10)

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