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THE DEVELOPMENT OF TELSTRA’S APT700MHz APT700MHz ECOSYSTEM Mike Wright, Telstra Executive Director Networks

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN NETWORK CHALLENGE

The World’s

6th largest land mass 9th lowest population density

DENSE CITIES SMALL REGIONAL TOWNS REMOTE/INHOSPITIBLE

REQUIRE DEPTH & CAPACITY REQUIRE LOCAL COVERAGE AND BREADTH REQUIRE BREADTH OF COVERAGE

LOW BAND SPECTRUM UNDERPINS OUR NEEDS Telstra Unrestricted

OUR MOBILE NETWORK  AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST HYBRID HSPA+/LTE NETWORK 2.3 MILLION KM2 COVERAGE 

Plus over 1 Million km 2 out to sea.

99.3% POPULATION COVERAGE

Largest Coverage More Reliable Speeds

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99.3% HSPA+ (85% DC-HSPA)

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85% 4G LTE, No requirement for 2G

HIGH PERFORMING NETWORK

Fewer Dead Spots Fewer Drop Outs

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Multi-Gigabit capable Ethernet fibre to sites covering >93% of population.

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Well under 1% voice drop rate

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World’s largest HD Voice footprint (circuit voice)

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Low band 850 MHz HSPA for wide and deep coverage, future APT700 to deliver similar for 4G.

HIGH PERFORMING BUSINESS 

Low churn rate

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> 4.1M 4G services

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4X4G of any other network

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H1 FY14 +6.4% Rev, + 739k mobiles

DIFFERENTIATED BY NETWORK PERFORMANCE . http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/ 

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WHY IS ATP700 A GOOD CHOICE FOR  AUSTRALIA & OTHER NATIONS? BACKGROUND •

Telstra and Telecom New Zealand jointly developed a detailed proposal for the APT700 which was ultimately adopted by APT administrations, and adopted by the ACMA.

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With adoption by other nations there is a potential APT700 market of over 2 Bn people.

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Telstra acquired 2 x 20 MHz of APT700 at auction in May 2013.

BENEFITS OF THE APT700 BAND & PLAN •

The frequency of operation (sub 1 GHz providing greater breath & depth of coverage).

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Efficient spectrum utilisation offering a contiguous 45MHz (2 x 45MHz for FDD operation)

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Large Global adoption (leading to a substantial ecosystem and scale for devices and network infrastructure). LTE chipset manufactures have already released chipsets supporting APT700 Band 28 in 2013, with device manufactures to follow.

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Leading roadmaps LTE Advanced (LTE-A) Cat 6 network and devices are already committed utilising APT700 and 1800MHz bands, other combinations will readily follow. Telstra Unrestricted

We have been working to assist the APT700 Ecosystem evolution Growing the APT700 Ecosystems for Australia & the World is about sharing information and educating Operators, Vendors & Regulators about the benefits through; - Partnering with GSA & GSMA, Huawei & other vendors/partners - Coordinating Industry white papers on APT700 - Promoting APT700 at international events (ITU, BBWF, GSMA) - Promoting world first calls and devices - Being active on APT700 groups eg LinkedIn  APT LinkedIN World’s First  APT700 Call

 APT700 White papers Telstra/key vendors

 APT700 LinkedIn Group

ITU 2013 APT700 Panel & First device announcement

World’s First LTE-A CAT 6  APT700+1800 Call

PROMOTING APT700 DEVICE & NETWORK MILESTONES

BARCELONA 4 APT700 Devices by Mid 2014

 ANNOUNCE A RANGE OF  APT700 DEVICES Telstra Unrestricted

TOWN OF GRIFFITH, NEW SOUTH WALES  – THE HOME OF WORLD FIRSTS

World First APT700 Call Fri 24 Jan 2014 Production Network APT700 HTC Handset World First LTE-A Cat 6 Sat 15 Feb 2014 Production N/W Carrier Aggregation  APT700+Band 3 (2x15MHz carriers) Data transfer rates up to 200Mbps. Telstra Unrestricted

 APT700 IS HERE & NOW THE TELSTRA ROADMAP • Telstra has a range of devices in test including Handsets and broadband gateways including with LTE-A Cat 6 support in test. • We will have APT700 devices in market by mid 2014 so customers will be able to buy ‘’future ready’ devices ahead of launch in our new spectrum. •  Announced devices include ;

HANDSETS :

HTC, Samsung

Data Dongles/Wifi Hotspots : ZTE, Netgear, Huawei • There are more APT700 devices on our roadmap.

THE APT700 ECOSYSTEM IS HERE Telstra Unrestricted

THANK YOU