UMTS 900 - successfully delivering 3G in low-frequency bands

Table of Contents

• 1.1 UMTS900 - An Introduction
  • Table 1. Advantages and Challenges of UMTS900
• 1.2 The Market potential
  • Table 2: Potential uses of key spectrum and likely technologies
• 1.3 Benefits
  • Graph 1: Coverage area increase by using lower frequencies for mobile communication (UMTS900 instead of UMTS2100) owing to better propagation parameters
  • Graph 2. Coverage area for UMTS2100 (in km2) in different environments
  • Graph 3. Coverage area for UMTS900 (in km2) in different environments
  • Graph 4. Cell radius for UMTS2100 (in km) in different environments
  • Graph 5. Cell radius for UMTS900 (in km) in different environments
• 1.4 Challenges
• 1.5 Objectives of the Report
• 1.6 Methodology
• 1.7 Brief technical overview of how UMTS operates on lower bands
• 1.8 Infrastructure changes required for the adoption of UMTS900
• 1.9 Interoperability potential of UMTS900
• 1.10 Additional frequency bands required for UMTS coverage

• 2.1 Migration: Can GSM 900 and UMTS 900 still operate together?
  • Figure 1. UMTS900, GSM900 & UMTS2100 Deployments
• 2.2 Can GSM900 and UMTS900 operate together?
  • Figure 2: Isolation distance between UMTS900 and GSM900
  • Figure 3. Sandwich type deployment of UMTS900 along with GSM900

• 3.1 Current status of UMTS900 around the world - frequencies in the 900MHz
• 3.2 Future prospects (which countries?)
  • Graph 6. Future projections of UMTS connections across Asia Pacific
• 3.3 Licence fees for UMTS900
• 3.4 Reallocation of the frequency spectrum - how regulators address this?

• 4.1 Drivers and restraints to offering UMTS900
  • 4.1.1 Drivers
    • 4.1.1.1 Internal drivers
    • 4.1.1.2 External drivers
      • Table 3: SWOT analysis of UMTS900
  • 4.1.2 Restraints
    • 4.1.2.1 Internal restraints
    • 4.1.2.2 External restraints
• 4.2 Strategies for offering UMTS900, what extra revenues can be created and how?
• 4.3 Which operators are looking to deploy?
• 4.4 Subscriber advantages

• 5.1 Overview of the market potential for UMTS900
  • 5.1.1 Handsets
  • 5.1.2 Benefit of growing market
  • 5.1.3 Addition of new subscribers to a new standard
• 5.2 Market players interested in the 450-650 MHz UMTS band
• 5.3 Strategies of the top infrastructure suppliers
  • Table 4: Effect of UMTS900 on 3G penetrations
• 5.4 Strategies of the top handset manufacturers
• 5.5 Financial implications of additional network equipment installation
  • Table 5: Cell site requirements for UMTS deployment at 900 MHz and 2 GHz
  • Table 6: UMTS900 deployment leading to reduced capital expenditure in different regions

• 6.1 Infrastructure providers leading the way
  • 6.1.1 Alcatel-Lucent
  • 6.1.2 Huawei
  • 6.1.3 Other selected infrastructure vendors

• 7.1 Impact of UMTS900 on the current (existing) bandwidth users
• 7.2 Factors determining the adoption of UMTS900 by the network operators
• 7.3 Major network operators in favor of/against UTMS900 adoption
• 7.4 UMTS adoption - Financial implications
• 7.5 Is there any role for Qualcomm?
• 7.6 Timeframe for UMTS900 handset availability in the market
  • 7.6.1 Nokia
  • 7.6.2 Alcatel
  • 7.6.3 LG
  • 7.6.4 Motorola
  • 7.6.5 Panasonic
  • 7.6.6 Samsung
  • 7.6.7 Sony Ericsson
• 7.7 Global adoption of the UMTS900 standards - subscriber forecasts
  • Graph 7. Subscriber Forecasts of UMTS900 in key regions 2008-2013
• 7.8 Worldwide CAPEX for UMTS900
  • Graph 8. Worldwide CAPEX for UMTS900 2008 & 2012

• 8.1 Conclusion

• Alcatel-Lucent
• America Movil
• AT&T Mobility
• Ericsson
• Huawei Telecom
• LG
• Manx Telecom
• Motorola
• Motorola
• MTS
• Nokia
• O2
• Orange
• Panasonic
• Qualcomm
• Samsung
• SFR
• SingTel
• Sony Ericsson
• Telecom Italia
• Telefonica
• Telenor
• TeliaSonera
• Vivendi Universal
• Vodafone