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What are your views on reforms that the Indian government has brought in recently?
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When I speak to our operators here in India, I think, by and large, they are happy with the Right of Way (RoW) amendment, the spectrum auction which was successful, the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) sorted, so I think, people are reasonably happy. What needs to be done now, though, is to make sure that it actually happens. The reforms are fine, but now they need to be put into action that gives clarity on the way forward.
Do you think something more is needed in terms of regulatory intervention since the incumbents look financially stressed?
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I think regulation is tricky, because it's very local. It also evolves over time. So I think, what the government is doing is keeping it light touch regulation, then over time, adding on more things, which is the right approach. I think the single window for getting all the RoW clearances is fantastic. I think people appreciate the fact that the spectrum is now being utilised properly. We would, of course, from the industry perspective wish that spectrum is solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to private networks or satellite providers. So that's something that you could think about, because it will become very important to have a lot of spectrum. You know, it's important today and then when 5G gets fully deployed, it is going to be absolutely critical in all different types of bands.
You spoke about the satellite operators who are looking for some sort of exclusive spectrum assignment. Do you think coexistence is possible between terrestrial and satellite operators?
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I think coexistence is the right word. I mean, we have been together with satellite operators for the past, almost 30 years. And they have throughout history constantly been over promising and under-delivering now with LEO satellites. Mr. Mittal with OneWeb and a whole bunch of SpaceX etc, you know there is a fighting chance that there is actually an economy in it. So I think that one coexistence is a given. But coexistence for purposes of uncovered areas, which is very difficult to cover, maritime applications or about this usage gap, which is a term describing people not using mobile internet. Today, the world has 8 billion people. 55% of them use mobile internet. But 45% do not use it. That's a huge problem. So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
So do you think on the policy part such as levies, the government should make it more flexible for the industry?
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The Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy is something that we think should be used widely to mobile operators and not to other areas. We think the levy should be as low as possible. We think the industry is now mature enough to handle its own sort of well-being, I don't think in the modern world which India definitely belongs to, it's appropriate for the government to take in money and then distribute it back, operators can do that by themselves. It is still locked up and that’s worse. India is propelling itself forward at a phenomenal speed. With 5G now being rolled out, in a few months, India already has 20 million or 30 million 5G connections. It's a good start, and is going to continue to grow.
So by when, according to your estimates, India can have a seamless pervasive 5G?
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It will take some time but we think it's going to be sort of sub 100 million by 2025 (75-80 million). So it's going to continue to grow up to 2025. But no doubt, all of us will be on 5G. And you know, it has a phenomenal capacity and very low latency.
Telecom carriers are apparently not spending much on network rollout in India. Your views?
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Well, if you look at it globally, I think we will spend, as an industry, nearly $700 billion from now to 2025. And 85% of that will go towards 5G. So there's a huge amount of investments towards 5G. But I think it's important to remember that 5G is sort of the last radio interface, the backhaul needs to be upgraded as well, you need to upgrade your data centres, and you need to upgrade data analytics. So it's not just the base station of what you and I, as consumers see, it's the whole value chain back. Definitely, there are a lot of investments happening.
Telecom operators are yet to catch up with the national broadband targets set out by the Indian government?
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That's a similar situation globally, as well. The governments have high ambition.
Do you believe that on the back of recent reforms in RoW policy, it will pick up?
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Certainly, it has improved the possibilities of it, at least, you know, the ease of doing business is significant. The predictability of doing business is really important. RoW makes a huge difference. If the approval process is seven days instead of four weeks. That's a huge difference.
So average revenue per user (ARPU) in India is low. So do you think the regulator should step in some sort of floor pricing?
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No, I think the regulators should definitely stay away from it. It’s up to you and me as consumers. It's the competitive pressure that is really driving it. India has $2 ARPU, roughly, it's not the lowest in the world. When you look at the size of India, it is quite impressive that the three operators are able to make money.
Share your views on 5G private networks?
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Well, you know, this industry drives and thrives on scale. And for us to be able to offer a very attractive service, means that we need to have a lot of spectrum that too, contiguous. And if you have private networks, sort of sliced in between here, we won't have a continuous spectrum. The operators are very skilled in running operations, building networks, operate switching centers, and have supercomputers, and customer care. I think it's quite difficult for someone else to believe that they will be able to run that more efficiently than what we are doing, especially in India, with a huge subscriber base and a very low ARPU.
But the government has allowed the private enterprises to have their own network?
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Isn't it better to give the spectrum directly to mobile operators like Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea, but you know, India is not unique here, it is happening in Germany. So we are not thrilled over this development, to be honest, we think it's bad for the industry. But if you want to try this, it is fine. We have tried, and other governments have tried wholesale networks where you would have one network being built. And then you would basically have more mobile operators as VNOs (virtual network operators) failed. Everyone understands that it is not the way to go. So one needs to try, and I'm afraid that these private networks are the same. You know, with 5G standalone, we can do network slicing, we can create your own network for your campus or for your factory, and there is no real need for you to own your network. Unless you think you can run it better than we can, please go ahead, and try it.
The Indian government has formed a 6G forum, and wants to be a part of the global standardisation process. Do you think it's the right thing to do?
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I think 6G is inevitable, you have these cycles every 10 years. So, you know, we're now starting into the most maturing of 5G standards. And I think the 5Gi or we had some activities in China on 3G, possibly 4G as well, which has all been abandoned, for obvious reasons. Again, it's scaling them and we need to have the whole world behind us. And that's the success that started with GSM 2G and that continued. 4G was the first global standard. 5G is the second. And I really hope that 6G will be the third. India is a software hub of the world. A lot of really good people, a huge internal market and is really propelling itself forward. So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
India is focusing on self-reliance on domestically-manufactured equipment. Your views?
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I understand why India would like to have its own stack. For us as operators, we are sort of, we welcome more options, and more variety. Today, you know, you have Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, possibly if the government allows it. We haven't really seen much from Samsung that they were promising a couple of years ago. So really, many countries only have two, and that is quite scary to just rely only on two vendors. So if you have a third option, we would welcome that. As you know, we have an Open RAN<\/a> initiative to try to alleviate some of this fear. If there is an India stack we welcome that.
But Open RAN is not picking up globally?
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I mean, it takes time. Vodafone is deploying it quite widely, both in Africa, but also in the UK. Let's see what the price performance looks like on Open RAN, and how many other companies that will join in, it might fail, or it might grow.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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让行业处理USO基金:Granryd GSMA的垫子
“普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己,”Granryd说。
新德里:伦敦GSM协会(GSMA)认为,卫星球员已经承诺兑现,并与地面网络运营商可以共存。电信集团代表超过700全球电信运营商说行业是足够成熟来处理普遍服务义务(USO)基金本身。在一个交互ETTelecom Muntazir乐动娱乐招聘阿巴斯的GSMA总经理垫Granryd说在一个广泛的话题,如印度近期的政策改革,5 g部署,俘虏5 g网络地板价格,印度6克的野心,5 g网络机场停电。编辑摘录。
你的意见是什么改革,印度政府最近了吗?
当我说我们这里的运营商在印度,我认为,总的来说,他们是满意的方式(行)修正案,频谱拍卖成功,调整后的总收益(AGR)排序的,所以我认为,人们相当快乐。不过,现在需要做的是确保它真的发生了。改革是很好,但是现在他们需要付诸行动,明确前进的方向。
你认为更需要的监管干预,因为现任者看起来经济压力?
我认为监管是棘手的,因为非常的地方。随着时间的推移也发展。所以我认为,政府所做的是让它轻触的规定,然后随着时间的推移,增加更多的事情,这是正确的方法。我认为单一窗口获得的所有行许可是奇妙的。我认为人们欣赏频谱正在利用正确的事实。当然,我们会从行业的角度希望频谱只分配给移动运营商,而不是私有网络或卫星电视提供商。这是你能想到的,因为它会有很多的频谱变得非常重要。你知道,今天是很重要的,当5 g完全部署,它绝对是至关重要的在所有不同类型的乐队。
你谈到了卫星运营商谁正在寻找某种独有的频谱分配。你认为陆地和卫星电视运营商之间共存是可能的吗?
我认为共存是正确的单词。我的意思是,我们一直一起卫星运营商在过去的近30年。他们在历史上不断与LEO卫星现在承诺与兑现。米塔尔先生OneWeb和一大堆SpaceX等等,你知道有一个战斗的机会,实际上是一个经济。所以我认为一个共存是给定的。但是共存地区发现的目的,这是非常困难的,海事应用程序或使用缺口,这是一个词描述的人不使用移动互联网。今天,世界上有80亿人口。55%的人使用移动互联网。但45%不使用它。这是一个巨大的问题。 So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
所以你认为征收等政策的一部分,政府应该让它更灵活的行业吗?
普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己。它仍然是锁定的更糟。印度是推动本身以惊人的速度向前发展。目前推出了5克,几个月后,印度已经有2000万年或3000万年5 g连接。这是一个好的开始,并将继续增长。
时,根据您的估计,印度可以无缝的普遍的5 g ?
这需要一些时间,但我们认为这将是子1亿* 2025 (75 - 80)。它会继续增长到2025。但毫无疑问,我们都将在5克。你知道,它有一个非凡的能力和非常低的延迟。
电信运营商显然不是支出在网络在印度推出。你的观点呢?
好吧,如果你看它在全球范围内,我认为我们会花,作为一个行业,从现在到2025年近7000亿美元。和85%的,将用于5 g。所以对5 g的大量投资。但我认为重要的是要记住,5克是最后的无线电接口,回程需要升级,你需要升级你的数据中心,您需要升级数据分析。所以它不只是你我的基站,消费者看到,它的整个价值链。当然,有很多投资的发生。
电信运营商还没有赶上国家宽带目标设定的印度政府?
这是一个类似的情况在全球范围内。政府有很高的野心。
你相信在最近行政策的改革,它能接吗?
当然,它改善了的可能性,至少,你知道,做生意的缓解是显著的。做生意的可预测性是非常重要的。行一个巨大的区别。如果审批流程是7天而不是四个星期。这是一个巨大的差异。
所以每用户平均收入(ARPU)在印度很低。所以你认为监管者应该一步的地板价格吗?
不,我认为监管者应该远离它。由你和我作为消费者。它是真正推动它的竞争压力。印度2美元ARPU,大概,这不是世界上最低的。当你看印度的大小,很让人印象深刻的三个运营商能够赚钱。
分享你的意见5 g私人网络?
嗯,你知道,这个行业规模驱动器和繁荣。对于我们能够提供一个非常有吸引力的服务,意味着我们需要很多频谱,连续的。如果你有私人网络,切片在这里,我们不会有一个连续谱。运营商非常熟练的运行操作,构建网络,操作转换中心,和超级计算机,和客户服务。我认为别人很难以相信,他们将能够运行,比我们所做的更有效,特别是在印度,一个巨大的用户基础和ARPU非常低。
但是政府已经允许私营企业拥有自己的网络?
不是更好吗给移动运营商像Jio光谱直接,旅馆或沃达丰的想法,但你知道,印度并非独一无二,它发生在德国。所以我们不高兴在这发展,老实说,我们认为这是不利于这个行业。但是如果你想试试,好了。我们已经试过了,和其他国家的政府试图批发网络,你将有一个网络。然后你就基本上有更多的移动运营商vno(虚拟网络运营商)失败。每个人都明白,这不是路要走。所以需要试一次,恐怕这些私人网络都是一样的。5 g的独立,我们可以做网络切片,我们可以创建自己的网络为您的校园或为您的工厂,也没有真正的需要你自己的网络。除非你认为你能比我们可以运行它,请继续,试一试。
印度政府已成立了一个6克论坛,和想成为全球标准化过程的一部分。你认为这是正确的做法?
我认为6克是不可避免的,你有这些周期每10年。所以,你知道,我们现在开始到最成熟的5 g标准。我认为5 gi或我们有一些活动在中国3 g, 4 g,可能都已放弃了,原因很明显。再一次,这是扩展它们,我们需要整个世界在我们身后。这就是成功与GSM 2 g,继续开始。4 g是第一个全球标准。5 g是第二个。我真的希望这6克将第三。印度是一个软件世界的中心。很多很好的人,一个巨大的国内市场,是推动自己前进。 So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
印度关注自力更生在国产设备。你的观点呢?
我明白为什么印度想有自己的堆栈。作为运营商,我们是,我们欢迎更多的选择,更多的品种。今天,你知道,你有爱立信,诺基亚,和华为,可能如果政府允许它。我们还没有真正见过从三星,他们承诺几年前。所以,许多国家只有两个,这是相当可怕的只是仅仅依靠两个供应商。所以如果你有第三种选择,我们会欢迎。如你所知,我们有一个开跑行动来缓解这种恐惧。如果有一个印度堆栈我们对此表示欢迎。
但全球开放跑不是捡吗?
我的意思是,这需要时间。沃达丰正在部署很广泛,在非洲,但也在英国。让我们看看价格性能看起来就像在开跑,以及许多其他公司加入,它可能会失败,也可能增加。
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你的评论中国华为吗?你的意见设备制造商的5 g网络限制的安全问题?
这是一个安全问题,我无法得知这种类型的信息。所以我不知道,我相信印度政府和印度安全部队所做的尽职调查。GSMA是一个非政治性组织。我们在这里为移动运营商的利益。当然,我们作为移动运营商,总是遵守当地法律和准则。如果一个国家说,不,和另一个国家可能会说,是的,我们都很好,不能采取任何立场。
机场周围有限制或网络停电5 g网络部署时由于与安全相关的问题。你的观点呢?
这场争论在美国等其他国家。但话又说回来,你有法国这样的国家,你没有一个问题。我知道有广泛的测试在5克,但它不是真的5克。谱,我们使用非常接近的高度计领空。如果高度计是全新的没有问题,但如果是老那么保护带可能有点太窄。减少权力接近机场是另一个选择。我认为我们需要这样做作为一个行业,随着航空业需要看看这个类似。但到目前为止我们没有任何事故。所以我很相信它真的有用。
如何相信你今年全球移动大会吗?
我只是从在达沃斯世界经济论坛上,我会告诉你,我从来没有见过如此令人印象深刻的印度公司的参与。我认为我们将看到类似的事情在巴塞罗那世界移动通信大会上。
我们有一个部长级的程序中,我们将有170名代表。这就是说实话,监管的未来世界自然被确定。什么是迷人的,一半以上是来自外部的行业垂直包括运输、金融和物流。看着这些垂直连接的方法在自己的业务。他们试图理解如何使用它。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: London-based GSM Association (GSMA<\/a>) believes that satellite players have been over promising and under-delivering, and they can co-exist with terrestrial network operators. The telco group that represents more than 700 telecom carriers worldwide said that the industry<\/a> is mature enough to handle the Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund itself. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, GSMA director general Mats Granryd<\/strong> speaks on a wide range of topics such as India’s recent policy reforms, 5G deployments, captive 5G network, floor pricing, India’s 6G ambition, 5G network blackouts at airports. Edited excerpts.
What are your views on reforms that the Indian government has brought in recently?
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When I speak to our operators here in India, I think, by and large, they are happy with the Right of Way (RoW) amendment, the spectrum auction which was successful, the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) sorted, so I think, people are reasonably happy. What needs to be done now, though, is to make sure that it actually happens. The reforms are fine, but now they need to be put into action that gives clarity on the way forward.
Do you think something more is needed in terms of regulatory intervention since the incumbents look financially stressed?
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I think regulation is tricky, because it's very local. It also evolves over time. So I think, what the government is doing is keeping it light touch regulation, then over time, adding on more things, which is the right approach. I think the single window for getting all the RoW clearances is fantastic. I think people appreciate the fact that the spectrum is now being utilised properly. We would, of course, from the industry perspective wish that spectrum is solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to private networks or satellite providers. So that's something that you could think about, because it will become very important to have a lot of spectrum. You know, it's important today and then when 5G gets fully deployed, it is going to be absolutely critical in all different types of bands.
You spoke about the satellite operators who are looking for some sort of exclusive spectrum assignment. Do you think coexistence is possible between terrestrial and satellite operators?
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I think coexistence is the right word. I mean, we have been together with satellite operators for the past, almost 30 years. And they have throughout history constantly been over promising and under-delivering now with LEO satellites. Mr. Mittal with OneWeb and a whole bunch of SpaceX etc, you know there is a fighting chance that there is actually an economy in it. So I think that one coexistence is a given. But coexistence for purposes of uncovered areas, which is very difficult to cover, maritime applications or about this usage gap, which is a term describing people not using mobile internet. Today, the world has 8 billion people. 55% of them use mobile internet. But 45% do not use it. That's a huge problem. So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
So do you think on the policy part such as levies, the government should make it more flexible for the industry?
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The Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy is something that we think should be used widely to mobile operators and not to other areas. We think the levy should be as low as possible. We think the industry is now mature enough to handle its own sort of well-being, I don't think in the modern world which India definitely belongs to, it's appropriate for the government to take in money and then distribute it back, operators can do that by themselves. It is still locked up and that’s worse. India is propelling itself forward at a phenomenal speed. With 5G now being rolled out, in a few months, India already has 20 million or 30 million 5G connections. It's a good start, and is going to continue to grow.
So by when, according to your estimates, India can have a seamless pervasive 5G?
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It will take some time but we think it's going to be sort of sub 100 million by 2025 (75-80 million). So it's going to continue to grow up to 2025. But no doubt, all of us will be on 5G. And you know, it has a phenomenal capacity and very low latency.
Telecom carriers are apparently not spending much on network rollout in India. Your views?
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Well, if you look at it globally, I think we will spend, as an industry, nearly $700 billion from now to 2025. And 85% of that will go towards 5G. So there's a huge amount of investments towards 5G. But I think it's important to remember that 5G is sort of the last radio interface, the backhaul needs to be upgraded as well, you need to upgrade your data centres, and you need to upgrade data analytics. So it's not just the base station of what you and I, as consumers see, it's the whole value chain back. Definitely, there are a lot of investments happening.
Telecom operators are yet to catch up with the national broadband targets set out by the Indian government?
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That's a similar situation globally, as well. The governments have high ambition.
Do you believe that on the back of recent reforms in RoW policy, it will pick up?
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Certainly, it has improved the possibilities of it, at least, you know, the ease of doing business is significant. The predictability of doing business is really important. RoW makes a huge difference. If the approval process is seven days instead of four weeks. That's a huge difference.
So average revenue per user (ARPU) in India is low. So do you think the regulator should step in some sort of floor pricing?
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No, I think the regulators should definitely stay away from it. It’s up to you and me as consumers. It's the competitive pressure that is really driving it. India has $2 ARPU, roughly, it's not the lowest in the world. When you look at the size of India, it is quite impressive that the three operators are able to make money.
Share your views on 5G private networks?
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Well, you know, this industry drives and thrives on scale. And for us to be able to offer a very attractive service, means that we need to have a lot of spectrum that too, contiguous. And if you have private networks, sort of sliced in between here, we won't have a continuous spectrum. The operators are very skilled in running operations, building networks, operate switching centers, and have supercomputers, and customer care. I think it's quite difficult for someone else to believe that they will be able to run that more efficiently than what we are doing, especially in India, with a huge subscriber base and a very low ARPU.
But the government has allowed the private enterprises to have their own network?
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Isn't it better to give the spectrum directly to mobile operators like Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea, but you know, India is not unique here, it is happening in Germany. So we are not thrilled over this development, to be honest, we think it's bad for the industry. But if you want to try this, it is fine. We have tried, and other governments have tried wholesale networks where you would have one network being built. And then you would basically have more mobile operators as VNOs (virtual network operators) failed. Everyone understands that it is not the way to go. So one needs to try, and I'm afraid that these private networks are the same. You know, with 5G standalone, we can do network slicing, we can create your own network for your campus or for your factory, and there is no real need for you to own your network. Unless you think you can run it better than we can, please go ahead, and try it.
The Indian government has formed a 6G forum, and wants to be a part of the global standardisation process. Do you think it's the right thing to do?
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I think 6G is inevitable, you have these cycles every 10 years. So, you know, we're now starting into the most maturing of 5G standards. And I think the 5Gi or we had some activities in China on 3G, possibly 4G as well, which has all been abandoned, for obvious reasons. Again, it's scaling them and we need to have the whole world behind us. And that's the success that started with GSM 2G and that continued. 4G was the first global standard. 5G is the second. And I really hope that 6G will be the third. India is a software hub of the world. A lot of really good people, a huge internal market and is really propelling itself forward. So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
India is focusing on self-reliance on domestically-manufactured equipment. Your views?
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I understand why India would like to have its own stack. For us as operators, we are sort of, we welcome more options, and more variety. Today, you know, you have Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, possibly if the government allows it. We haven't really seen much from Samsung that they were promising a couple of years ago. So really, many countries only have two, and that is quite scary to just rely only on two vendors. So if you have a third option, we would welcome that. As you know, we have an Open RAN<\/a> initiative to try to alleviate some of this fear. If there is an India stack we welcome that.
But Open RAN is not picking up globally?
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I mean, it takes time. Vodafone is deploying it quite widely, both in Africa, but also in the UK. Let's see what the price performance looks like on Open RAN, and how many other companies that will join in, it might fail, or it might grow.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
<\/strong>
I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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让行业处理USO基金:Granryd GSMA的垫子
“普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己,”Granryd说。
新德里:伦敦GSM协会(GSMA)认为,卫星球员已经承诺兑现,并与地面网络运营商可以共存。电信集团代表超过700全球电信运营商说行业是足够成熟来处理普遍服务义务(USO)基金本身。在一个交互ETTelecom Muntazir乐动娱乐招聘阿巴斯的GSMA总经理垫Granryd说在一个广泛的话题,如印度近期的政策改革,5 g部署,俘虏5 g网络地板价格,印度6克的野心,5 g网络机场停电。编辑摘录。
你的意见是什么改革,印度政府最近了吗?
当我说我们这里的运营商在印度,我认为,总的来说,他们是满意的方式(行)修正案,频谱拍卖成功,调整后的总收益(AGR)排序的,所以我认为,人们相当快乐。不过,现在需要做的是确保它真的发生了。改革是很好,但是现在他们需要付诸行动,明确前进的方向。
你认为更需要的监管干预,因为现任者看起来经济压力?
我认为监管是棘手的,因为非常的地方。随着时间的推移也发展。所以我认为,政府所做的是让它轻触的规定,然后随着时间的推移,增加更多的事情,这是正确的方法。我认为单一窗口获得的所有行许可是奇妙的。我认为人们欣赏频谱正在利用正确的事实。当然,我们会从行业的角度希望频谱只分配给移动运营商,而不是私有网络或卫星电视提供商。这是你能想到的,因为它会有很多的频谱变得非常重要。你知道,今天是很重要的,当5 g完全部署,它绝对是至关重要的在所有不同类型的乐队。
你谈到了卫星运营商谁正在寻找某种独有的频谱分配。你认为陆地和卫星电视运营商之间共存是可能的吗?
我认为共存是正确的单词。我的意思是,我们一直一起卫星运营商在过去的近30年。他们在历史上不断与LEO卫星现在承诺与兑现。米塔尔先生OneWeb和一大堆SpaceX等等,你知道有一个战斗的机会,实际上是一个经济。所以我认为一个共存是给定的。但是共存地区发现的目的,这是非常困难的,海事应用程序或使用缺口,这是一个词描述的人不使用移动互联网。今天,世界上有80亿人口。55%的人使用移动互联网。但45%不使用它。这是一个巨大的问题。 So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
所以你认为征收等政策的一部分,政府应该让它更灵活的行业吗?
普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己。它仍然是锁定的更糟。印度是推动本身以惊人的速度向前发展。目前推出了5克,几个月后,印度已经有2000万年或3000万年5 g连接。这是一个好的开始,并将继续增长。
时,根据您的估计,印度可以无缝的普遍的5 g ?
这需要一些时间,但我们认为这将是子1亿* 2025 (75 - 80)。它会继续增长到2025。但毫无疑问,我们都将在5克。你知道,它有一个非凡的能力和非常低的延迟。
电信运营商显然不是支出在网络在印度推出。你的观点呢?
好吧,如果你看它在全球范围内,我认为我们会花,作为一个行业,从现在到2025年近7000亿美元。和85%的,将用于5 g。所以对5 g的大量投资。但我认为重要的是要记住,5克是最后的无线电接口,回程需要升级,你需要升级你的数据中心,您需要升级数据分析。所以它不只是你我的基站,消费者看到,它的整个价值链。当然,有很多投资的发生。
电信运营商还没有赶上国家宽带目标设定的印度政府?
这是一个类似的情况在全球范围内。政府有很高的野心。
你相信在最近行政策的改革,它能接吗?
当然,它改善了的可能性,至少,你知道,做生意的缓解是显著的。做生意的可预测性是非常重要的。行一个巨大的区别。如果审批流程是7天而不是四个星期。这是一个巨大的差异。
所以每用户平均收入(ARPU)在印度很低。所以你认为监管者应该一步的地板价格吗?
不,我认为监管者应该远离它。由你和我作为消费者。它是真正推动它的竞争压力。印度2美元ARPU,大概,这不是世界上最低的。当你看印度的大小,很让人印象深刻的三个运营商能够赚钱。
分享你的意见5 g私人网络?
嗯,你知道,这个行业规模驱动器和繁荣。对于我们能够提供一个非常有吸引力的服务,意味着我们需要很多频谱,连续的。如果你有私人网络,切片在这里,我们不会有一个连续谱。运营商非常熟练的运行操作,构建网络,操作转换中心,和超级计算机,和客户服务。我认为别人很难以相信,他们将能够运行,比我们所做的更有效,特别是在印度,一个巨大的用户基础和ARPU非常低。
但是政府已经允许私营企业拥有自己的网络?
不是更好吗给移动运营商像Jio光谱直接,旅馆或沃达丰的想法,但你知道,印度并非独一无二,它发生在德国。所以我们不高兴在这发展,老实说,我们认为这是不利于这个行业。但是如果你想试试,好了。我们已经试过了,和其他国家的政府试图批发网络,你将有一个网络。然后你就基本上有更多的移动运营商vno(虚拟网络运营商)失败。每个人都明白,这不是路要走。所以需要试一次,恐怕这些私人网络都是一样的。5 g的独立,我们可以做网络切片,我们可以创建自己的网络为您的校园或为您的工厂,也没有真正的需要你自己的网络。除非你认为你能比我们可以运行它,请继续,试一试。
印度政府已成立了一个6克论坛,和想成为全球标准化过程的一部分。你认为这是正确的做法?
我认为6克是不可避免的,你有这些周期每10年。所以,你知道,我们现在开始到最成熟的5 g标准。我认为5 gi或我们有一些活动在中国3 g, 4 g,可能都已放弃了,原因很明显。再一次,这是扩展它们,我们需要整个世界在我们身后。这就是成功与GSM 2 g,继续开始。4 g是第一个全球标准。5 g是第二个。我真的希望这6克将第三。印度是一个软件世界的中心。很多很好的人,一个巨大的国内市场,是推动自己前进。 So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
印度关注自力更生在国产设备。你的观点呢?
我明白为什么印度想有自己的堆栈。作为运营商,我们是,我们欢迎更多的选择,更多的品种。今天,你知道,你有爱立信,诺基亚,和华为,可能如果政府允许它。我们还没有真正见过从三星,他们承诺几年前。所以,许多国家只有两个,这是相当可怕的只是仅仅依靠两个供应商。所以如果你有第三种选择,我们会欢迎。如你所知,我们有一个开跑行动来缓解这种恐惧。如果有一个印度堆栈我们对此表示欢迎。
但全球开放跑不是捡吗?
我的意思是,这需要时间。沃达丰正在部署很广泛,在非洲,但也在英国。让我们看看价格性能看起来就像在开跑,以及许多其他公司加入,它可能会失败,也可能增加。
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你的评论中国华为吗?你的意见设备制造商的5 g网络限制的安全问题?
这是一个安全问题,我无法得知这种类型的信息。所以我不知道,我相信印度政府和印度安全部队所做的尽职调查。GSMA是一个非政治性组织。我们在这里为移动运营商的利益。当然,我们作为移动运营商,总是遵守当地法律和准则。如果一个国家说,不,和另一个国家可能会说,是的,我们都很好,不能采取任何立场。
机场周围有限制或网络停电5 g网络部署时由于与安全相关的问题。你的观点呢?
这场争论在美国等其他国家。但话又说回来,你有法国这样的国家,你没有一个问题。我知道有广泛的测试在5克,但它不是真的5克。谱,我们使用非常接近的高度计领空。如果高度计是全新的没有问题,但如果是老那么保护带可能有点太窄。减少权力接近机场是另一个选择。我认为我们需要这样做作为一个行业,随着航空业需要看看这个类似。但到目前为止我们没有任何事故。所以我很相信它真的有用。
如何相信你今年全球移动大会吗?
我只是从在达沃斯世界经济论坛上,我会告诉你,我从来没有见过如此令人印象深刻的印度公司的参与。我认为我们将看到类似的事情在巴塞罗那世界移动通信大会上。
我们有一个部长级的程序中,我们将有170名代表。这就是说实话,监管的未来世界自然被确定。什么是迷人的,一半以上是来自外部的行业垂直包括运输、金融和物流。看着这些垂直连接的方法在自己的业务。他们试图理解如何使用它。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: London-based GSM Association (GSMA<\/a>) believes that satellite players have been over promising and under-delivering, and they can co-exist with terrestrial network operators. The telco group that represents more than 700 telecom carriers worldwide said that the industry<\/a> is mature enough to handle the Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund itself. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, GSMA director general Mats Granryd<\/strong> speaks on a wide range of topics such as India’s recent policy reforms, 5G deployments, captive 5G network, floor pricing, India’s 6G ambition, 5G network blackouts at airports. Edited excerpts.
What are your views on reforms that the Indian government has brought in recently?
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When I speak to our operators here in India, I think, by and large, they are happy with the Right of Way (RoW) amendment, the spectrum auction which was successful, the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) sorted, so I think, people are reasonably happy. What needs to be done now, though, is to make sure that it actually happens. The reforms are fine, but now they need to be put into action that gives clarity on the way forward.
Do you think something more is needed in terms of regulatory intervention since the incumbents look financially stressed?
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I think regulation is tricky, because it's very local. It also evolves over time. So I think, what the government is doing is keeping it light touch regulation, then over time, adding on more things, which is the right approach. I think the single window for getting all the RoW clearances is fantastic. I think people appreciate the fact that the spectrum is now being utilised properly. We would, of course, from the industry perspective wish that spectrum is solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to private networks or satellite providers. So that's something that you could think about, because it will become very important to have a lot of spectrum. You know, it's important today and then when 5G gets fully deployed, it is going to be absolutely critical in all different types of bands.
You spoke about the satellite operators who are looking for some sort of exclusive spectrum assignment. Do you think coexistence is possible between terrestrial and satellite operators?
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I think coexistence is the right word. I mean, we have been together with satellite operators for the past, almost 30 years. And they have throughout history constantly been over promising and under-delivering now with LEO satellites. Mr. Mittal with OneWeb and a whole bunch of SpaceX etc, you know there is a fighting chance that there is actually an economy in it. So I think that one coexistence is a given. But coexistence for purposes of uncovered areas, which is very difficult to cover, maritime applications or about this usage gap, which is a term describing people not using mobile internet. Today, the world has 8 billion people. 55% of them use mobile internet. But 45% do not use it. That's a huge problem. So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
So do you think on the policy part such as levies, the government should make it more flexible for the industry?
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The Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy is something that we think should be used widely to mobile operators and not to other areas. We think the levy should be as low as possible. We think the industry is now mature enough to handle its own sort of well-being, I don't think in the modern world which India definitely belongs to, it's appropriate for the government to take in money and then distribute it back, operators can do that by themselves. It is still locked up and that’s worse. India is propelling itself forward at a phenomenal speed. With 5G now being rolled out, in a few months, India already has 20 million or 30 million 5G connections. It's a good start, and is going to continue to grow.
So by when, according to your estimates, India can have a seamless pervasive 5G?
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It will take some time but we think it's going to be sort of sub 100 million by 2025 (75-80 million). So it's going to continue to grow up to 2025. But no doubt, all of us will be on 5G. And you know, it has a phenomenal capacity and very low latency.
Telecom carriers are apparently not spending much on network rollout in India. Your views?
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Well, if you look at it globally, I think we will spend, as an industry, nearly $700 billion from now to 2025. And 85% of that will go towards 5G. So there's a huge amount of investments towards 5G. But I think it's important to remember that 5G is sort of the last radio interface, the backhaul needs to be upgraded as well, you need to upgrade your data centres, and you need to upgrade data analytics. So it's not just the base station of what you and I, as consumers see, it's the whole value chain back. Definitely, there are a lot of investments happening.
Telecom operators are yet to catch up with the national broadband targets set out by the Indian government?
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That's a similar situation globally, as well. The governments have high ambition.
Do you believe that on the back of recent reforms in RoW policy, it will pick up?
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Certainly, it has improved the possibilities of it, at least, you know, the ease of doing business is significant. The predictability of doing business is really important. RoW makes a huge difference. If the approval process is seven days instead of four weeks. That's a huge difference.
So average revenue per user (ARPU) in India is low. So do you think the regulator should step in some sort of floor pricing?
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No, I think the regulators should definitely stay away from it. It’s up to you and me as consumers. It's the competitive pressure that is really driving it. India has $2 ARPU, roughly, it's not the lowest in the world. When you look at the size of India, it is quite impressive that the three operators are able to make money.
Share your views on 5G private networks?
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Well, you know, this industry drives and thrives on scale. And for us to be able to offer a very attractive service, means that we need to have a lot of spectrum that too, contiguous. And if you have private networks, sort of sliced in between here, we won't have a continuous spectrum. The operators are very skilled in running operations, building networks, operate switching centers, and have supercomputers, and customer care. I think it's quite difficult for someone else to believe that they will be able to run that more efficiently than what we are doing, especially in India, with a huge subscriber base and a very low ARPU.
But the government has allowed the private enterprises to have their own network?
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Isn't it better to give the spectrum directly to mobile operators like Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea, but you know, India is not unique here, it is happening in Germany. So we are not thrilled over this development, to be honest, we think it's bad for the industry. But if you want to try this, it is fine. We have tried, and other governments have tried wholesale networks where you would have one network being built. And then you would basically have more mobile operators as VNOs (virtual network operators) failed. Everyone understands that it is not the way to go. So one needs to try, and I'm afraid that these private networks are the same. You know, with 5G standalone, we can do network slicing, we can create your own network for your campus or for your factory, and there is no real need for you to own your network. Unless you think you can run it better than we can, please go ahead, and try it.
The Indian government has formed a 6G forum, and wants to be a part of the global standardisation process. Do you think it's the right thing to do?
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I think 6G is inevitable, you have these cycles every 10 years. So, you know, we're now starting into the most maturing of 5G standards. And I think the 5Gi or we had some activities in China on 3G, possibly 4G as well, which has all been abandoned, for obvious reasons. Again, it's scaling them and we need to have the whole world behind us. And that's the success that started with GSM 2G and that continued. 4G was the first global standard. 5G is the second. And I really hope that 6G will be the third. India is a software hub of the world. A lot of really good people, a huge internal market and is really propelling itself forward. So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
India is focusing on self-reliance on domestically-manufactured equipment. Your views?
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I understand why India would like to have its own stack. For us as operators, we are sort of, we welcome more options, and more variety. Today, you know, you have Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, possibly if the government allows it. We haven't really seen much from Samsung that they were promising a couple of years ago. So really, many countries only have two, and that is quite scary to just rely only on two vendors. So if you have a third option, we would welcome that. As you know, we have an Open RAN<\/a> initiative to try to alleviate some of this fear. If there is an India stack we welcome that.
But Open RAN is not picking up globally?
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I mean, it takes time. Vodafone is deploying it quite widely, both in Africa, but also in the UK. Let's see what the price performance looks like on Open RAN, and how many other companies that will join in, it might fail, or it might grow.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
<\/strong>
It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
<\/strong>
That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
<\/strong>
I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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让行业处理USO基金:Granryd GSMA的垫子
“普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己,”Granryd说。
新德里:伦敦GSM协会(GSMA)认为,卫星球员已经承诺兑现,并与地面网络运营商可以共存。电信集团代表超过700全球电信运营商说行业是足够成熟来处理普遍服务义务(USO)基金本身。在一个交互ETTelecom Muntazir乐动娱乐招聘阿巴斯的GSMA总经理垫Granryd说在一个广泛的话题,如印度近期的政策改革,5 g部署,俘虏5 g网络地板价格,印度6克的野心,5 g网络机场停电。编辑摘录。
你的意见是什么改革,印度政府最近了吗?
当我说我们这里的运营商在印度,我认为,总的来说,他们是满意的方式(行)修正案,频谱拍卖成功,调整后的总收益(AGR)排序的,所以我认为,人们相当快乐。不过,现在需要做的是确保它真的发生了。改革是很好,但是现在他们需要付诸行动,明确前进的方向。
你认为更需要的监管干预,因为现任者看起来经济压力?
我认为监管是棘手的,因为非常的地方。随着时间的推移也发展。所以我认为,政府所做的是让它轻触的规定,然后随着时间的推移,增加更多的事情,这是正确的方法。我认为单一窗口获得的所有行许可是奇妙的。我认为人们欣赏频谱正在利用正确的事实。当然,我们会从行业的角度希望频谱只分配给移动运营商,而不是私有网络或卫星电视提供商。这是你能想到的,因为它会有很多的频谱变得非常重要。你知道,今天是很重要的,当5 g完全部署,它绝对是至关重要的在所有不同类型的乐队。
你谈到了卫星运营商谁正在寻找某种独有的频谱分配。你认为陆地和卫星电视运营商之间共存是可能的吗?
我认为共存是正确的单词。我的意思是,我们一直一起卫星运营商在过去的近30年。他们在历史上不断与LEO卫星现在承诺与兑现。米塔尔先生OneWeb和一大堆SpaceX等等,你知道有一个战斗的机会,实际上是一个经济。所以我认为一个共存是给定的。但是共存地区发现的目的,这是非常困难的,海事应用程序或使用缺口,这是一个词描述的人不使用移动互联网。今天,世界上有80亿人口。55%的人使用移动互联网。但45%不使用它。这是一个巨大的问题。 So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
所以你认为征收等政策的一部分,政府应该让它更灵活的行业吗?
普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己。它仍然是锁定的更糟。印度是推动本身以惊人的速度向前发展。目前推出了5克,几个月后,印度已经有2000万年或3000万年5 g连接。这是一个好的开始,并将继续增长。
时,根据您的估计,印度可以无缝的普遍的5 g ?
这需要一些时间,但我们认为这将是子1亿* 2025 (75 - 80)。它会继续增长到2025。但毫无疑问,我们都将在5克。你知道,它有一个非凡的能力和非常低的延迟。
电信运营商显然不是支出在网络在印度推出。你的观点呢?
好吧,如果你看它在全球范围内,我认为我们会花,作为一个行业,从现在到2025年近7000亿美元。和85%的,将用于5 g。所以对5 g的大量投资。但我认为重要的是要记住,5克是最后的无线电接口,回程需要升级,你需要升级你的数据中心,您需要升级数据分析。所以它不只是你我的基站,消费者看到,它的整个价值链。当然,有很多投资的发生。
电信运营商还没有赶上国家宽带目标设定的印度政府?
这是一个类似的情况在全球范围内。政府有很高的野心。
你相信在最近行政策的改革,它能接吗?
当然,它改善了的可能性,至少,你知道,做生意的缓解是显著的。做生意的可预测性是非常重要的。行一个巨大的区别。如果审批流程是7天而不是四个星期。这是一个巨大的差异。
所以每用户平均收入(ARPU)在印度很低。所以你认为监管者应该一步的地板价格吗?
不,我认为监管者应该远离它。由你和我作为消费者。它是真正推动它的竞争压力。印度2美元ARPU,大概,这不是世界上最低的。当你看印度的大小,很让人印象深刻的三个运营商能够赚钱。
分享你的意见5 g私人网络?
嗯,你知道,这个行业规模驱动器和繁荣。对于我们能够提供一个非常有吸引力的服务,意味着我们需要很多频谱,连续的。如果你有私人网络,切片在这里,我们不会有一个连续谱。运营商非常熟练的运行操作,构建网络,操作转换中心,和超级计算机,和客户服务。我认为别人很难以相信,他们将能够运行,比我们所做的更有效,特别是在印度,一个巨大的用户基础和ARPU非常低。
但是政府已经允许私营企业拥有自己的网络?
不是更好吗给移动运营商像Jio光谱直接,旅馆或沃达丰的想法,但你知道,印度并非独一无二,它发生在德国。所以我们不高兴在这发展,老实说,我们认为这是不利于这个行业。但是如果你想试试,好了。我们已经试过了,和其他国家的政府试图批发网络,你将有一个网络。然后你就基本上有更多的移动运营商vno(虚拟网络运营商)失败。每个人都明白,这不是路要走。所以需要试一次,恐怕这些私人网络都是一样的。5 g的独立,我们可以做网络切片,我们可以创建自己的网络为您的校园或为您的工厂,也没有真正的需要你自己的网络。除非你认为你能比我们可以运行它,请继续,试一试。
印度政府已成立了一个6克论坛,和想成为全球标准化过程的一部分。你认为这是正确的做法?
我认为6克是不可避免的,你有这些周期每10年。所以,你知道,我们现在开始到最成熟的5 g标准。我认为5 gi或我们有一些活动在中国3 g, 4 g,可能都已放弃了,原因很明显。再一次,这是扩展它们,我们需要整个世界在我们身后。这就是成功与GSM 2 g,继续开始。4 g是第一个全球标准。5 g是第二个。我真的希望这6克将第三。印度是一个软件世界的中心。很多很好的人,一个巨大的国内市场,是推动自己前进。 So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
印度关注自力更生在国产设备。你的观点呢?
我明白为什么印度想有自己的堆栈。作为运营商,我们是,我们欢迎更多的选择,更多的品种。今天,你知道,你有爱立信,诺基亚,和华为,可能如果政府允许它。我们还没有真正见过从三星,他们承诺几年前。所以,许多国家只有两个,这是相当可怕的只是仅仅依靠两个供应商。所以如果你有第三种选择,我们会欢迎。如你所知,我们有一个开跑行动来缓解这种恐惧。如果有一个印度堆栈我们对此表示欢迎。
但全球开放跑不是捡吗?
我的意思是,这需要时间。沃达丰正在部署很广泛,在非洲,但也在英国。让我们看看价格性能看起来就像在开跑,以及许多其他公司加入,它可能会失败,也可能增加。
读也
你的评论中国华为吗?你的意见设备制造商的5 g网络限制的安全问题?
这是一个安全问题,我无法得知这种类型的信息。所以我不知道,我相信印度政府和印度安全部队所做的尽职调查。GSMA是一个非政治性组织。我们在这里为移动运营商的利益。当然,我们作为移动运营商,总是遵守当地法律和准则。如果一个国家说,不,和另一个国家可能会说,是的,我们都很好,不能采取任何立场。
机场周围有限制或网络停电5 g网络部署时由于与安全相关的问题。你的观点呢?
这场争论在美国等其他国家。但话又说回来,你有法国这样的国家,你没有一个问题。我知道有广泛的测试在5克,但它不是真的5克。谱,我们使用非常接近的高度计领空。如果高度计是全新的没有问题,但如果是老那么保护带可能有点太窄。减少权力接近机场是另一个选择。我认为我们需要这样做作为一个行业,随着航空业需要看看这个类似。但到目前为止我们没有任何事故。所以我很相信它真的有用。
如何相信你今年全球移动大会吗?
我只是从在达沃斯世界经济论坛上,我会告诉你,我从来没有见过如此令人印象深刻的印度公司的参与。我认为我们将看到类似的事情在巴塞罗那世界移动通信大会上。
我们有一个部长级的程序中,我们将有170名代表。这就是说实话,监管的未来世界自然被确定。什么是迷人的,一半以上是来自外部的行业垂直包括运输、金融和物流。看着这些垂直连接的方法在自己的业务。他们试图理解如何使用它。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: London-based GSM Association (GSMA<\/a>) believes that satellite players have been over promising and under-delivering, and they can co-exist with terrestrial network operators. The telco group that represents more than 700 telecom carriers worldwide said that the industry<\/a> is mature enough to handle the Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund itself. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, GSMA director general Mats Granryd<\/strong> speaks on a wide range of topics such as India’s recent policy reforms, 5G deployments, captive 5G network, floor pricing, India’s 6G ambition, 5G network blackouts at airports. Edited excerpts.
What are your views on reforms that the Indian government has brought in recently?
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When I speak to our operators here in India, I think, by and large, they are happy with the Right of Way (RoW) amendment, the spectrum auction which was successful, the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) sorted, so I think, people are reasonably happy. What needs to be done now, though, is to make sure that it actually happens. The reforms are fine, but now they need to be put into action that gives clarity on the way forward.
Do you think something more is needed in terms of regulatory intervention since the incumbents look financially stressed?
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I think regulation is tricky, because it's very local. It also evolves over time. So I think, what the government is doing is keeping it light touch regulation, then over time, adding on more things, which is the right approach. I think the single window for getting all the RoW clearances is fantastic. I think people appreciate the fact that the spectrum is now being utilised properly. We would, of course, from the industry perspective wish that spectrum is solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to private networks or satellite providers. So that's something that you could think about, because it will become very important to have a lot of spectrum. You know, it's important today and then when 5G gets fully deployed, it is going to be absolutely critical in all different types of bands.
You spoke about the satellite operators who are looking for some sort of exclusive spectrum assignment. Do you think coexistence is possible between terrestrial and satellite operators?
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I think coexistence is the right word. I mean, we have been together with satellite operators for the past, almost 30 years. And they have throughout history constantly been over promising and under-delivering now with LEO satellites. Mr. Mittal with OneWeb and a whole bunch of SpaceX etc, you know there is a fighting chance that there is actually an economy in it. So I think that one coexistence is a given. But coexistence for purposes of uncovered areas, which is very difficult to cover, maritime applications or about this usage gap, which is a term describing people not using mobile internet. Today, the world has 8 billion people. 55% of them use mobile internet. But 45% do not use it. That's a huge problem. So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
So do you think on the policy part such as levies, the government should make it more flexible for the industry?
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The Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy is something that we think should be used widely to mobile operators and not to other areas. We think the levy should be as low as possible. We think the industry is now mature enough to handle its own sort of well-being, I don't think in the modern world which India definitely belongs to, it's appropriate for the government to take in money and then distribute it back, operators can do that by themselves. It is still locked up and that’s worse. India is propelling itself forward at a phenomenal speed. With 5G now being rolled out, in a few months, India already has 20 million or 30 million 5G connections. It's a good start, and is going to continue to grow.
So by when, according to your estimates, India can have a seamless pervasive 5G?
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It will take some time but we think it's going to be sort of sub 100 million by 2025 (75-80 million). So it's going to continue to grow up to 2025. But no doubt, all of us will be on 5G. And you know, it has a phenomenal capacity and very low latency.
Telecom carriers are apparently not spending much on network rollout in India. Your views?
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Well, if you look at it globally, I think we will spend, as an industry, nearly $700 billion from now to 2025. And 85% of that will go towards 5G. So there's a huge amount of investments towards 5G. But I think it's important to remember that 5G is sort of the last radio interface, the backhaul needs to be upgraded as well, you need to upgrade your data centres, and you need to upgrade data analytics. So it's not just the base station of what you and I, as consumers see, it's the whole value chain back. Definitely, there are a lot of investments happening.
Telecom operators are yet to catch up with the national broadband targets set out by the Indian government?
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That's a similar situation globally, as well. The governments have high ambition.
Do you believe that on the back of recent reforms in RoW policy, it will pick up?
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Certainly, it has improved the possibilities of it, at least, you know, the ease of doing business is significant. The predictability of doing business is really important. RoW makes a huge difference. If the approval process is seven days instead of four weeks. That's a huge difference.
So average revenue per user (ARPU) in India is low. So do you think the regulator should step in some sort of floor pricing?
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No, I think the regulators should definitely stay away from it. It’s up to you and me as consumers. It's the competitive pressure that is really driving it. India has $2 ARPU, roughly, it's not the lowest in the world. When you look at the size of India, it is quite impressive that the three operators are able to make money.
Share your views on 5G private networks?
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Well, you know, this industry drives and thrives on scale. And for us to be able to offer a very attractive service, means that we need to have a lot of spectrum that too, contiguous. And if you have private networks, sort of sliced in between here, we won't have a continuous spectrum. The operators are very skilled in running operations, building networks, operate switching centers, and have supercomputers, and customer care. I think it's quite difficult for someone else to believe that they will be able to run that more efficiently than what we are doing, especially in India, with a huge subscriber base and a very low ARPU.
But the government has allowed the private enterprises to have their own network?
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Isn't it better to give the spectrum directly to mobile operators like Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea, but you know, India is not unique here, it is happening in Germany. So we are not thrilled over this development, to be honest, we think it's bad for the industry. But if you want to try this, it is fine. We have tried, and other governments have tried wholesale networks where you would have one network being built. And then you would basically have more mobile operators as VNOs (virtual network operators) failed. Everyone understands that it is not the way to go. So one needs to try, and I'm afraid that these private networks are the same. You know, with 5G standalone, we can do network slicing, we can create your own network for your campus or for your factory, and there is no real need for you to own your network. Unless you think you can run it better than we can, please go ahead, and try it.
The Indian government has formed a 6G forum, and wants to be a part of the global standardisation process. Do you think it's the right thing to do?
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I think 6G is inevitable, you have these cycles every 10 years. So, you know, we're now starting into the most maturing of 5G standards. And I think the 5Gi or we had some activities in China on 3G, possibly 4G as well, which has all been abandoned, for obvious reasons. Again, it's scaling them and we need to have the whole world behind us. And that's the success that started with GSM 2G and that continued. 4G was the first global standard. 5G is the second. And I really hope that 6G will be the third. India is a software hub of the world. A lot of really good people, a huge internal market and is really propelling itself forward. So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
India is focusing on self-reliance on domestically-manufactured equipment. Your views?
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I understand why India would like to have its own stack. For us as operators, we are sort of, we welcome more options, and more variety. Today, you know, you have Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, possibly if the government allows it. We haven't really seen much from Samsung that they were promising a couple of years ago. So really, many countries only have two, and that is quite scary to just rely only on two vendors. So if you have a third option, we would welcome that. As you know, we have an Open RAN<\/a> initiative to try to alleviate some of this fear. If there is an India stack we welcome that.
But Open RAN is not picking up globally?
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I mean, it takes time. Vodafone is deploying it quite widely, both in Africa, but also in the UK. Let's see what the price performance looks like on Open RAN, and how many other companies that will join in, it might fail, or it might grow.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
<\/strong>
It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
<\/strong>
That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
<\/strong>
I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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让行业处理USO基金:Granryd GSMA的垫子
“普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己,”Granryd说。
新德里:伦敦GSM协会(GSMA)认为,卫星球员已经承诺兑现,并与地面网络运营商可以共存。电信集团代表超过700全球电信运营商说行业是足够成熟来处理普遍服务义务(USO)基金本身。在一个交互ETTelecom Muntazir乐动娱乐招聘阿巴斯的GSMA总经理垫Granryd说在一个广泛的话题,如印度近期的政策改革,5 g部署,俘虏5 g网络地板价格,印度6克的野心,5 g网络机场停电。编辑摘录。
你的意见是什么改革,印度政府最近了吗?
当我说我们这里的运营商在印度,我认为,总的来说,他们是满意的方式(行)修正案,频谱拍卖成功,调整后的总收益(AGR)排序的,所以我认为,人们相当快乐。不过,现在需要做的是确保它真的发生了。改革是很好,但是现在他们需要付诸行动,明确前进的方向。
你认为更需要的监管干预,因为现任者看起来经济压力?
我认为监管是棘手的,因为非常的地方。随着时间的推移也发展。所以我认为,政府所做的是让它轻触的规定,然后随着时间的推移,增加更多的事情,这是正确的方法。我认为单一窗口获得的所有行许可是奇妙的。我认为人们欣赏频谱正在利用正确的事实。当然,我们会从行业的角度希望频谱只分配给移动运营商,而不是私有网络或卫星电视提供商。这是你能想到的,因为它会有很多的频谱变得非常重要。你知道,今天是很重要的,当5 g完全部署,它绝对是至关重要的在所有不同类型的乐队。
你谈到了卫星运营商谁正在寻找某种独有的频谱分配。你认为陆地和卫星电视运营商之间共存是可能的吗?
我认为共存是正确的单词。我的意思是,我们一直一起卫星运营商在过去的近30年。他们在历史上不断与LEO卫星现在承诺与兑现。米塔尔先生OneWeb和一大堆SpaceX等等,你知道有一个战斗的机会,实际上是一个经济。所以我认为一个共存是给定的。但是共存地区发现的目的,这是非常困难的,海事应用程序或使用缺口,这是一个词描述的人不使用移动互联网。今天,世界上有80亿人口。55%的人使用移动互联网。但45%不使用它。这是一个巨大的问题。 So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
所以你认为征收等政策的一部分,政府应该让它更灵活的行业吗?
普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己。它仍然是锁定的更糟。印度是推动本身以惊人的速度向前发展。目前推出了5克,几个月后,印度已经有2000万年或3000万年5 g连接。这是一个好的开始,并将继续增长。
时,根据您的估计,印度可以无缝的普遍的5 g ?
这需要一些时间,但我们认为这将是子1亿* 2025 (75 - 80)。它会继续增长到2025。但毫无疑问,我们都将在5克。你知道,它有一个非凡的能力和非常低的延迟。
电信运营商显然不是支出在网络在印度推出。你的观点呢?
好吧,如果你看它在全球范围内,我认为我们会花,作为一个行业,从现在到2025年近7000亿美元。和85%的,将用于5 g。所以对5 g的大量投资。但我认为重要的是要记住,5克是最后的无线电接口,回程需要升级,你需要升级你的数据中心,您需要升级数据分析。所以它不只是你我的基站,消费者看到,它的整个价值链。当然,有很多投资的发生。
电信运营商还没有赶上国家宽带目标设定的印度政府?
这是一个类似的情况在全球范围内。政府有很高的野心。
你相信在最近行政策的改革,它能接吗?
当然,它改善了的可能性,至少,你知道,做生意的缓解是显著的。做生意的可预测性是非常重要的。行一个巨大的区别。如果审批流程是7天而不是四个星期。这是一个巨大的差异。
所以每用户平均收入(ARPU)在印度很低。所以你认为监管者应该一步的地板价格吗?
不,我认为监管者应该远离它。由你和我作为消费者。它是真正推动它的竞争压力。印度2美元ARPU,大概,这不是世界上最低的。当你看印度的大小,很让人印象深刻的三个运营商能够赚钱。
分享你的意见5 g私人网络?
嗯,你知道,这个行业规模驱动器和繁荣。对于我们能够提供一个非常有吸引力的服务,意味着我们需要很多频谱,连续的。如果你有私人网络,切片在这里,我们不会有一个连续谱。运营商非常熟练的运行操作,构建网络,操作转换中心,和超级计算机,和客户服务。我认为别人很难以相信,他们将能够运行,比我们所做的更有效,特别是在印度,一个巨大的用户基础和ARPU非常低。
但是政府已经允许私营企业拥有自己的网络?
不是更好吗给移动运营商像Jio光谱直接,旅馆或沃达丰的想法,但你知道,印度并非独一无二,它发生在德国。所以我们不高兴在这发展,老实说,我们认为这是不利于这个行业。但是如果你想试试,好了。我们已经试过了,和其他国家的政府试图批发网络,你将有一个网络。然后你就基本上有更多的移动运营商vno(虚拟网络运营商)失败。每个人都明白,这不是路要走。所以需要试一次,恐怕这些私人网络都是一样的。5 g的独立,我们可以做网络切片,我们可以创建自己的网络为您的校园或为您的工厂,也没有真正的需要你自己的网络。除非你认为你能比我们可以运行它,请继续,试一试。
印度政府已成立了一个6克论坛,和想成为全球标准化过程的一部分。你认为这是正确的做法?
我认为6克是不可避免的,你有这些周期每10年。所以,你知道,我们现在开始到最成熟的5 g标准。我认为5 gi或我们有一些活动在中国3 g, 4 g,可能都已放弃了,原因很明显。再一次,这是扩展它们,我们需要整个世界在我们身后。这就是成功与GSM 2 g,继续开始。4 g是第一个全球标准。5 g是第二个。我真的希望这6克将第三。印度是一个软件世界的中心。很多很好的人,一个巨大的国内市场,是推动自己前进。 So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
印度关注自力更生在国产设备。你的观点呢?
我明白为什么印度想有自己的堆栈。作为运营商,我们是,我们欢迎更多的选择,更多的品种。今天,你知道,你有爱立信,诺基亚,和华为,可能如果政府允许它。我们还没有真正见过从三星,他们承诺几年前。所以,许多国家只有两个,这是相当可怕的只是仅仅依靠两个供应商。所以如果你有第三种选择,我们会欢迎。如你所知,我们有一个开跑行动来缓解这种恐惧。如果有一个印度堆栈我们对此表示欢迎。
但全球开放跑不是捡吗?
我的意思是,这需要时间。沃达丰正在部署很广泛,在非洲,但也在英国。让我们看看价格性能看起来就像在开跑,以及许多其他公司加入,它可能会失败,也可能增加。
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你的评论中国华为吗?你的意见设备制造商的5 g网络限制的安全问题?
这是一个安全问题,我无法得知这种类型的信息。所以我不知道,我相信印度政府和印度安全部队所做的尽职调查。GSMA是一个非政治性组织。我们在这里为移动运营商的利益。当然,我们作为移动运营商,总是遵守当地法律和准则。如果一个国家说,不,和另一个国家可能会说,是的,我们都很好,不能采取任何立场。
机场周围有限制或网络停电5 g网络部署时由于与安全相关的问题。你的观点呢?
这场争论在美国等其他国家。但话又说回来,你有法国这样的国家,你没有一个问题。我知道有广泛的测试在5克,但它不是真的5克。谱,我们使用非常接近的高度计领空。如果高度计是全新的没有问题,但如果是老那么保护带可能有点太窄。减少权力接近机场是另一个选择。我认为我们需要这样做作为一个行业,随着航空业需要看看这个类似。但到目前为止我们没有任何事故。所以我很相信它真的有用。
如何相信你今年全球移动大会吗?
我只是从在达沃斯世界经济论坛上,我会告诉你,我从来没有见过如此令人印象深刻的印度公司的参与。我认为我们将看到类似的事情在巴塞罗那世界移动通信大会上。
我们有一个部长级的程序中,我们将有170名代表。这就是说实话,监管的未来世界自然被确定。什么是迷人的,一半以上是来自外部的行业垂直包括运输、金融和物流。看着这些垂直连接的方法在自己的业务。他们试图理解如何使用它。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: London-based GSM Association (GSMA<\/a>) believes that satellite players have been over promising and under-delivering, and they can co-exist with terrestrial network operators. The telco group that represents more than 700 telecom carriers worldwide said that the industry<\/a> is mature enough to handle the Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund itself. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, GSMA director general Mats Granryd<\/strong> speaks on a wide range of topics such as India’s recent policy reforms, 5G deployments, captive 5G network, floor pricing, India’s 6G ambition, 5G network blackouts at airports. Edited excerpts.
What are your views on reforms that the Indian government has brought in recently?
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When I speak to our operators here in India, I think, by and large, they are happy with the Right of Way (RoW) amendment, the spectrum auction which was successful, the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) sorted, so I think, people are reasonably happy. What needs to be done now, though, is to make sure that it actually happens. The reforms are fine, but now they need to be put into action that gives clarity on the way forward.
Do you think something more is needed in terms of regulatory intervention since the incumbents look financially stressed?
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I think regulation is tricky, because it's very local. It also evolves over time. So I think, what the government is doing is keeping it light touch regulation, then over time, adding on more things, which is the right approach. I think the single window for getting all the RoW clearances is fantastic. I think people appreciate the fact that the spectrum is now being utilised properly. We would, of course, from the industry perspective wish that spectrum is solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to private networks or satellite providers. So that's something that you could think about, because it will become very important to have a lot of spectrum. You know, it's important today and then when 5G gets fully deployed, it is going to be absolutely critical in all different types of bands.
You spoke about the satellite operators who are looking for some sort of exclusive spectrum assignment. Do you think coexistence is possible between terrestrial and satellite operators?
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I think coexistence is the right word. I mean, we have been together with satellite operators for the past, almost 30 years. And they have throughout history constantly been over promising and under-delivering now with LEO satellites. Mr. Mittal with OneWeb and a whole bunch of SpaceX etc, you know there is a fighting chance that there is actually an economy in it. So I think that one coexistence is a given. But coexistence for purposes of uncovered areas, which is very difficult to cover, maritime applications or about this usage gap, which is a term describing people not using mobile internet. Today, the world has 8 billion people. 55% of them use mobile internet. But 45% do not use it. That's a huge problem. So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
So do you think on the policy part such as levies, the government should make it more flexible for the industry?
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The Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy is something that we think should be used widely to mobile operators and not to other areas. We think the levy should be as low as possible. We think the industry is now mature enough to handle its own sort of well-being, I don't think in the modern world which India definitely belongs to, it's appropriate for the government to take in money and then distribute it back, operators can do that by themselves. It is still locked up and that’s worse. India is propelling itself forward at a phenomenal speed. With 5G now being rolled out, in a few months, India already has 20 million or 30 million 5G connections. It's a good start, and is going to continue to grow.
So by when, according to your estimates, India can have a seamless pervasive 5G?
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It will take some time but we think it's going to be sort of sub 100 million by 2025 (75-80 million). So it's going to continue to grow up to 2025. But no doubt, all of us will be on 5G. And you know, it has a phenomenal capacity and very low latency.
Telecom carriers are apparently not spending much on network rollout in India. Your views?
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Well, if you look at it globally, I think we will spend, as an industry, nearly $700 billion from now to 2025. And 85% of that will go towards 5G. So there's a huge amount of investments towards 5G. But I think it's important to remember that 5G is sort of the last radio interface, the backhaul needs to be upgraded as well, you need to upgrade your data centres, and you need to upgrade data analytics. So it's not just the base station of what you and I, as consumers see, it's the whole value chain back. Definitely, there are a lot of investments happening.
Telecom operators are yet to catch up with the national broadband targets set out by the Indian government?
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That's a similar situation globally, as well. The governments have high ambition.
Do you believe that on the back of recent reforms in RoW policy, it will pick up?
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Certainly, it has improved the possibilities of it, at least, you know, the ease of doing business is significant. The predictability of doing business is really important. RoW makes a huge difference. If the approval process is seven days instead of four weeks. That's a huge difference.
So average revenue per user (ARPU) in India is low. So do you think the regulator should step in some sort of floor pricing?
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No, I think the regulators should definitely stay away from it. It’s up to you and me as consumers. It's the competitive pressure that is really driving it. India has $2 ARPU, roughly, it's not the lowest in the world. When you look at the size of India, it is quite impressive that the three operators are able to make money.
Share your views on 5G private networks?
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Well, you know, this industry drives and thrives on scale. And for us to be able to offer a very attractive service, means that we need to have a lot of spectrum that too, contiguous. And if you have private networks, sort of sliced in between here, we won't have a continuous spectrum. The operators are very skilled in running operations, building networks, operate switching centers, and have supercomputers, and customer care. I think it's quite difficult for someone else to believe that they will be able to run that more efficiently than what we are doing, especially in India, with a huge subscriber base and a very low ARPU.
But the government has allowed the private enterprises to have their own network?
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Isn't it better to give the spectrum directly to mobile operators like Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea, but you know, India is not unique here, it is happening in Germany. So we are not thrilled over this development, to be honest, we think it's bad for the industry. But if you want to try this, it is fine. We have tried, and other governments have tried wholesale networks where you would have one network being built. And then you would basically have more mobile operators as VNOs (virtual network operators) failed. Everyone understands that it is not the way to go. So one needs to try, and I'm afraid that these private networks are the same. You know, with 5G standalone, we can do network slicing, we can create your own network for your campus or for your factory, and there is no real need for you to own your network. Unless you think you can run it better than we can, please go ahead, and try it.
The Indian government has formed a 6G forum, and wants to be a part of the global standardisation process. Do you think it's the right thing to do?
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I think 6G is inevitable, you have these cycles every 10 years. So, you know, we're now starting into the most maturing of 5G standards. And I think the 5Gi or we had some activities in China on 3G, possibly 4G as well, which has all been abandoned, for obvious reasons. Again, it's scaling them and we need to have the whole world behind us. And that's the success that started with GSM 2G and that continued. 4G was the first global standard. 5G is the second. And I really hope that 6G will be the third. India is a software hub of the world. A lot of really good people, a huge internal market and is really propelling itself forward. So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
India is focusing on self-reliance on domestically-manufactured equipment. Your views?
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I understand why India would like to have its own stack. For us as operators, we are sort of, we welcome more options, and more variety. Today, you know, you have Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, possibly if the government allows it. We haven't really seen much from Samsung that they were promising a couple of years ago. So really, many countries only have two, and that is quite scary to just rely only on two vendors. So if you have a third option, we would welcome that. As you know, we have an Open RAN<\/a> initiative to try to alleviate some of this fear. If there is an India stack we welcome that.
But Open RAN is not picking up globally?
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I mean, it takes time. Vodafone is deploying it quite widely, both in Africa, but also in the UK. Let's see what the price performance looks like on Open RAN, and how many other companies that will join in, it might fail, or it might grow.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
<\/strong>
I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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让行业处理USO基金:Granryd GSMA的垫子
“普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己,”Granryd说。
新德里:伦敦GSM协会(GSMA)认为,卫星球员已经承诺兑现,并与地面网络运营商可以共存。电信集团代表超过700全球电信运营商说行业是足够成熟来处理普遍服务义务(USO)基金本身。在一个交互ETTelecom Muntazir乐动娱乐招聘阿巴斯的GSMA总经理垫Granryd说在一个广泛的话题,如印度近期的政策改革,5 g部署,俘虏5 g网络地板价格,印度6克的野心,5 g网络机场停电。编辑摘录。
你的意见是什么改革,印度政府最近了吗?
当我说我们这里的运营商在印度,我认为,总的来说,他们是满意的方式(行)修正案,频谱拍卖成功,调整后的总收益(AGR)排序的,所以我认为,人们相当快乐。不过,现在需要做的是确保它真的发生了。改革是很好,但是现在他们需要付诸行动,明确前进的方向。
你认为更需要的监管干预,因为现任者看起来经济压力?
我认为监管是棘手的,因为非常的地方。随着时间的推移也发展。所以我认为,政府所做的是让它轻触的规定,然后随着时间的推移,增加更多的事情,这是正确的方法。我认为单一窗口获得的所有行许可是奇妙的。我认为人们欣赏频谱正在利用正确的事实。当然,我们会从行业的角度希望频谱只分配给移动运营商,而不是私有网络或卫星电视提供商。这是你能想到的,因为它会有很多的频谱变得非常重要。你知道,今天是很重要的,当5 g完全部署,它绝对是至关重要的在所有不同类型的乐队。
你谈到了卫星运营商谁正在寻找某种独有的频谱分配。你认为陆地和卫星电视运营商之间共存是可能的吗?
我认为共存是正确的单词。我的意思是,我们一直一起卫星运营商在过去的近30年。他们在历史上不断与LEO卫星现在承诺与兑现。米塔尔先生OneWeb和一大堆SpaceX等等,你知道有一个战斗的机会,实际上是一个经济。所以我认为一个共存是给定的。但是共存地区发现的目的,这是非常困难的,海事应用程序或使用缺口,这是一个词描述的人不使用移动互联网。今天,世界上有80亿人口。55%的人使用移动互联网。但45%不使用它。这是一个巨大的问题。 So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
所以你认为征收等政策的一部分,政府应该让它更灵活的行业吗?
普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己。它仍然是锁定的更糟。印度是推动本身以惊人的速度向前发展。目前推出了5克,几个月后,印度已经有2000万年或3000万年5 g连接。这是一个好的开始,并将继续增长。
时,根据您的估计,印度可以无缝的普遍的5 g ?
这需要一些时间,但我们认为这将是子1亿* 2025 (75 - 80)。它会继续增长到2025。但毫无疑问,我们都将在5克。你知道,它有一个非凡的能力和非常低的延迟。
电信运营商显然不是支出在网络在印度推出。你的观点呢?
好吧,如果你看它在全球范围内,我认为我们会花,作为一个行业,从现在到2025年近7000亿美元。和85%的,将用于5 g。所以对5 g的大量投资。但我认为重要的是要记住,5克是最后的无线电接口,回程需要升级,你需要升级你的数据中心,您需要升级数据分析。所以它不只是你我的基站,消费者看到,它的整个价值链。当然,有很多投资的发生。
电信运营商还没有赶上国家宽带目标设定的印度政府?
这是一个类似的情况在全球范围内。政府有很高的野心。
你相信在最近行政策的改革,它能接吗?
当然,它改善了的可能性,至少,你知道,做生意的缓解是显著的。做生意的可预测性是非常重要的。行一个巨大的区别。如果审批流程是7天而不是四个星期。这是一个巨大的差异。
所以每用户平均收入(ARPU)在印度很低。所以你认为监管者应该一步的地板价格吗?
不,我认为监管者应该远离它。由你和我作为消费者。它是真正推动它的竞争压力。印度2美元ARPU,大概,这不是世界上最低的。当你看印度的大小,很让人印象深刻的三个运营商能够赚钱。
分享你的意见5 g私人网络?
嗯,你知道,这个行业规模驱动器和繁荣。对于我们能够提供一个非常有吸引力的服务,意味着我们需要很多频谱,连续的。如果你有私人网络,切片在这里,我们不会有一个连续谱。运营商非常熟练的运行操作,构建网络,操作转换中心,和超级计算机,和客户服务。我认为别人很难以相信,他们将能够运行,比我们所做的更有效,特别是在印度,一个巨大的用户基础和ARPU非常低。
但是政府已经允许私营企业拥有自己的网络?
不是更好吗给移动运营商像Jio光谱直接,旅馆或沃达丰的想法,但你知道,印度并非独一无二,它发生在德国。所以我们不高兴在这发展,老实说,我们认为这是不利于这个行业。但是如果你想试试,好了。我们已经试过了,和其他国家的政府试图批发网络,你将有一个网络。然后你就基本上有更多的移动运营商vno(虚拟网络运营商)失败。每个人都明白,这不是路要走。所以需要试一次,恐怕这些私人网络都是一样的。5 g的独立,我们可以做网络切片,我们可以创建自己的网络为您的校园或为您的工厂,也没有真正的需要你自己的网络。除非你认为你能比我们可以运行它,请继续,试一试。
印度政府已成立了一个6克论坛,和想成为全球标准化过程的一部分。你认为这是正确的做法?
我认为6克是不可避免的,你有这些周期每10年。所以,你知道,我们现在开始到最成熟的5 g标准。我认为5 gi或我们有一些活动在中国3 g, 4 g,可能都已放弃了,原因很明显。再一次,这是扩展它们,我们需要整个世界在我们身后。这就是成功与GSM 2 g,继续开始。4 g是第一个全球标准。5 g是第二个。我真的希望这6克将第三。印度是一个软件世界的中心。很多很好的人,一个巨大的国内市场,是推动自己前进。 So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
印度关注自力更生在国产设备。你的观点呢?
我明白为什么印度想有自己的堆栈。作为运营商,我们是,我们欢迎更多的选择,更多的品种。今天,你知道,你有爱立信,诺基亚,和华为,可能如果政府允许它。我们还没有真正见过从三星,他们承诺几年前。所以,许多国家只有两个,这是相当可怕的只是仅仅依靠两个供应商。所以如果你有第三种选择,我们会欢迎。如你所知,我们有一个开跑行动来缓解这种恐惧。如果有一个印度堆栈我们对此表示欢迎。
但全球开放跑不是捡吗?
我的意思是,这需要时间。沃达丰正在部署很广泛,在非洲,但也在英国。让我们看看价格性能看起来就像在开跑,以及许多其他公司加入,它可能会失败,也可能增加。
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你的评论中国华为吗?你的意见设备制造商的5 g网络限制的安全问题?
这是一个安全问题,我无法得知这种类型的信息。所以我不知道,我相信印度政府和印度安全部队所做的尽职调查。GSMA是一个非政治性组织。我们在这里为移动运营商的利益。当然,我们作为移动运营商,总是遵守当地法律和准则。如果一个国家说,不,和另一个国家可能会说,是的,我们都很好,不能采取任何立场。
机场周围有限制或网络停电5 g网络部署时由于与安全相关的问题。你的观点呢?
这场争论在美国等其他国家。但话又说回来,你有法国这样的国家,你没有一个问题。我知道有广泛的测试在5克,但它不是真的5克。谱,我们使用非常接近的高度计领空。如果高度计是全新的没有问题,但如果是老那么保护带可能有点太窄。减少权力接近机场是另一个选择。我认为我们需要这样做作为一个行业,随着航空业需要看看这个类似。但到目前为止我们没有任何事故。所以我很相信它真的有用。
如何相信你今年全球移动大会吗?
我只是从在达沃斯世界经济论坛上,我会告诉你,我从来没有见过如此令人印象深刻的印度公司的参与。我认为我们将看到类似的事情在巴塞罗那世界移动通信大会上。
我们有一个部长级的程序中,我们将有170名代表。这就是说实话,监管的未来世界自然被确定。什么是迷人的,一半以上是来自外部的行业垂直包括运输、金融和物流。看着这些垂直连接的方法在自己的业务。他们试图理解如何使用它。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: London-based GSM Association (GSMA<\/a>) believes that satellite players have been over promising and under-delivering, and they can co-exist with terrestrial network operators. The telco group that represents more than 700 telecom carriers worldwide said that the industry<\/a> is mature enough to handle the Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund itself. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, GSMA director general Mats Granryd<\/strong> speaks on a wide range of topics such as India’s recent policy reforms, 5G deployments, captive 5G network, floor pricing, India’s 6G ambition, 5G network blackouts at airports. Edited excerpts.
What are your views on reforms that the Indian government has brought in recently?
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When I speak to our operators here in India, I think, by and large, they are happy with the Right of Way (RoW) amendment, the spectrum auction which was successful, the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) sorted, so I think, people are reasonably happy. What needs to be done now, though, is to make sure that it actually happens. The reforms are fine, but now they need to be put into action that gives clarity on the way forward.
Do you think something more is needed in terms of regulatory intervention since the incumbents look financially stressed?
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I think regulation is tricky, because it's very local. It also evolves over time. So I think, what the government is doing is keeping it light touch regulation, then over time, adding on more things, which is the right approach. I think the single window for getting all the RoW clearances is fantastic. I think people appreciate the fact that the spectrum is now being utilised properly. We would, of course, from the industry perspective wish that spectrum is solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to private networks or satellite providers. So that's something that you could think about, because it will become very important to have a lot of spectrum. You know, it's important today and then when 5G gets fully deployed, it is going to be absolutely critical in all different types of bands.
You spoke about the satellite operators who are looking for some sort of exclusive spectrum assignment. Do you think coexistence is possible between terrestrial and satellite operators?
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I think coexistence is the right word. I mean, we have been together with satellite operators for the past, almost 30 years. And they have throughout history constantly been over promising and under-delivering now with LEO satellites. Mr. Mittal with OneWeb and a whole bunch of SpaceX etc, you know there is a fighting chance that there is actually an economy in it. So I think that one coexistence is a given. But coexistence for purposes of uncovered areas, which is very difficult to cover, maritime applications or about this usage gap, which is a term describing people not using mobile internet. Today, the world has 8 billion people. 55% of them use mobile internet. But 45% do not use it. That's a huge problem. So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
So do you think on the policy part such as levies, the government should make it more flexible for the industry?
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The Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy is something that we think should be used widely to mobile operators and not to other areas. We think the levy should be as low as possible. We think the industry is now mature enough to handle its own sort of well-being, I don't think in the modern world which India definitely belongs to, it's appropriate for the government to take in money and then distribute it back, operators can do that by themselves. It is still locked up and that’s worse. India is propelling itself forward at a phenomenal speed. With 5G now being rolled out, in a few months, India already has 20 million or 30 million 5G connections. It's a good start, and is going to continue to grow.
So by when, according to your estimates, India can have a seamless pervasive 5G?
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It will take some time but we think it's going to be sort of sub 100 million by 2025 (75-80 million). So it's going to continue to grow up to 2025. But no doubt, all of us will be on 5G. And you know, it has a phenomenal capacity and very low latency.
Telecom carriers are apparently not spending much on network rollout in India. Your views?
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Well, if you look at it globally, I think we will spend, as an industry, nearly $700 billion from now to 2025. And 85% of that will go towards 5G. So there's a huge amount of investments towards 5G. But I think it's important to remember that 5G is sort of the last radio interface, the backhaul needs to be upgraded as well, you need to upgrade your data centres, and you need to upgrade data analytics. So it's not just the base station of what you and I, as consumers see, it's the whole value chain back. Definitely, there are a lot of investments happening.
Telecom operators are yet to catch up with the national broadband targets set out by the Indian government?
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That's a similar situation globally, as well. The governments have high ambition.
Do you believe that on the back of recent reforms in RoW policy, it will pick up?
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Certainly, it has improved the possibilities of it, at least, you know, the ease of doing business is significant. The predictability of doing business is really important. RoW makes a huge difference. If the approval process is seven days instead of four weeks. That's a huge difference.
So average revenue per user (ARPU) in India is low. So do you think the regulator should step in some sort of floor pricing?
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No, I think the regulators should definitely stay away from it. It’s up to you and me as consumers. It's the competitive pressure that is really driving it. India has $2 ARPU, roughly, it's not the lowest in the world. When you look at the size of India, it is quite impressive that the three operators are able to make money.
Share your views on 5G private networks?
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Well, you know, this industry drives and thrives on scale. And for us to be able to offer a very attractive service, means that we need to have a lot of spectrum that too, contiguous. And if you have private networks, sort of sliced in between here, we won't have a continuous spectrum. The operators are very skilled in running operations, building networks, operate switching centers, and have supercomputers, and customer care. I think it's quite difficult for someone else to believe that they will be able to run that more efficiently than what we are doing, especially in India, with a huge subscriber base and a very low ARPU.
But the government has allowed the private enterprises to have their own network?
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Isn't it better to give the spectrum directly to mobile operators like Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea, but you know, India is not unique here, it is happening in Germany. So we are not thrilled over this development, to be honest, we think it's bad for the industry. But if you want to try this, it is fine. We have tried, and other governments have tried wholesale networks where you would have one network being built. And then you would basically have more mobile operators as VNOs (virtual network operators) failed. Everyone understands that it is not the way to go. So one needs to try, and I'm afraid that these private networks are the same. You know, with 5G standalone, we can do network slicing, we can create your own network for your campus or for your factory, and there is no real need for you to own your network. Unless you think you can run it better than we can, please go ahead, and try it.
The Indian government has formed a 6G forum, and wants to be a part of the global standardisation process. Do you think it's the right thing to do?
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I think 6G is inevitable, you have these cycles every 10 years. So, you know, we're now starting into the most maturing of 5G standards. And I think the 5Gi or we had some activities in China on 3G, possibly 4G as well, which has all been abandoned, for obvious reasons. Again, it's scaling them and we need to have the whole world behind us. And that's the success that started with GSM 2G and that continued. 4G was the first global standard. 5G is the second. And I really hope that 6G will be the third. India is a software hub of the world. A lot of really good people, a huge internal market and is really propelling itself forward. So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
India is focusing on self-reliance on domestically-manufactured equipment. Your views?
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I understand why India would like to have its own stack. For us as operators, we are sort of, we welcome more options, and more variety. Today, you know, you have Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, possibly if the government allows it. We haven't really seen much from Samsung that they were promising a couple of years ago. So really, many countries only have two, and that is quite scary to just rely only on two vendors. So if you have a third option, we would welcome that. As you know, we have an Open RAN<\/a> initiative to try to alleviate some of this fear. If there is an India stack we welcome that.
But Open RAN is not picking up globally?
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I mean, it takes time. Vodafone is deploying it quite widely, both in Africa, but also in the UK. Let's see what the price performance looks like on Open RAN, and how many other companies that will join in, it might fail, or it might grow.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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让行业处理USO基金:Granryd GSMA的垫子
“普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己,”Granryd说。
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你的意见是什么改革,印度政府最近了吗?
当我说我们这里的运营商在印度,我认为,总的来说,他们是满意的方式(行)修正案,频谱拍卖成功,调整后的总收益(AGR)排序的,所以我认为,人们相当快乐。不过,现在需要做的是确保它真的发生了。改革是很好,但是现在他们需要付诸行动,明确前进的方向。
你认为更需要的监管干预,因为现任者看起来经济压力?
我认为监管是棘手的,因为非常的地方。随着时间的推移也发展。所以我认为,政府所做的是让它轻触的规定,然后随着时间的推移,增加更多的事情,这是正确的方法。我认为单一窗口获得的所有行许可是奇妙的。我认为人们欣赏频谱正在利用正确的事实。当然,我们会从行业的角度希望频谱只分配给移动运营商,而不是私有网络或卫星电视提供商。这是你能想到的,因为它会有很多的频谱变得非常重要。你知道,今天是很重要的,当5 g完全部署,它绝对是至关重要的在所有不同类型的乐队。
你谈到了卫星运营商谁正在寻找某种独有的频谱分配。你认为陆地和卫星电视运营商之间共存是可能的吗?
我认为共存是正确的单词。我的意思是,我们一直一起卫星运营商在过去的近30年。他们在历史上不断与LEO卫星现在承诺与兑现。米塔尔先生OneWeb和一大堆SpaceX等等,你知道有一个战斗的机会,实际上是一个经济。所以我认为一个共存是给定的。但是共存地区发现的目的,这是非常困难的,海事应用程序或使用缺口,这是一个词描述的人不使用移动互联网。今天,世界上有80亿人口。55%的人使用移动互联网。但45%不使用它。这是一个巨大的问题。 So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
所以你认为征收等政策的一部分,政府应该让它更灵活的行业吗?
普遍服务义务(USO)征收是我们认为应该广泛使用移动运营商和其他领域。我们认为,征收应尽可能低。我们认为该行业现在足够成熟来处理自己的幸福,我不认为在现代世界的印度绝对属于,适合政府采取的钱然后分发,运营商可以通过自己。它仍然是锁定的更糟。印度是推动本身以惊人的速度向前发展。目前推出了5克,几个月后,印度已经有2000万年或3000万年5 g连接。这是一个好的开始,并将继续增长。
时,根据您的估计,印度可以无缝的普遍的5 g ?
这需要一些时间,但我们认为这将是子1亿* 2025 (75 - 80)。它会继续增长到2025。但毫无疑问,我们都将在5克。你知道,它有一个非凡的能力和非常低的延迟。
电信运营商显然不是支出在网络在印度推出。你的观点呢?
好吧,如果你看它在全球范围内,我认为我们会花,作为一个行业,从现在到2025年近7000亿美元。和85%的,将用于5 g。所以对5 g的大量投资。但我认为重要的是要记住,5克是最后的无线电接口,回程需要升级,你需要升级你的数据中心,您需要升级数据分析。所以它不只是你我的基站,消费者看到,它的整个价值链。当然,有很多投资的发生。
电信运营商还没有赶上国家宽带目标设定的印度政府?
这是一个类似的情况在全球范围内。政府有很高的野心。
你相信在最近行政策的改革,它能接吗?
当然,它改善了的可能性,至少,你知道,做生意的缓解是显著的。做生意的可预测性是非常重要的。行一个巨大的区别。如果审批流程是7天而不是四个星期。这是一个巨大的差异。
所以每用户平均收入(ARPU)在印度很低。所以你认为监管者应该一步的地板价格吗?
不,我认为监管者应该远离它。由你和我作为消费者。它是真正推动它的竞争压力。印度2美元ARPU,大概,这不是世界上最低的。当你看印度的大小,很让人印象深刻的三个运营商能够赚钱。
分享你的意见5 g私人网络?
嗯,你知道,这个行业规模驱动器和繁荣。对于我们能够提供一个非常有吸引力的服务,意味着我们需要很多频谱,连续的。如果你有私人网络,切片在这里,我们不会有一个连续谱。运营商非常熟练的运行操作,构建网络,操作转换中心,和超级计算机,和客户服务。我认为别人很难以相信,他们将能够运行,比我们所做的更有效,特别是在印度,一个巨大的用户基础和ARPU非常低。
但是政府已经允许私营企业拥有自己的网络?
不是更好吗给移动运营商像Jio光谱直接,旅馆或沃达丰的想法,但你知道,印度并非独一无二,它发生在德国。所以我们不高兴在这发展,老实说,我们认为这是不利于这个行业。但是如果你想试试,好了。我们已经试过了,和其他国家的政府试图批发网络,你将有一个网络。然后你就基本上有更多的移动运营商vno(虚拟网络运营商)失败。每个人都明白,这不是路要走。所以需要试一次,恐怕这些私人网络都是一样的。5 g的独立,我们可以做网络切片,我们可以创建自己的网络为您的校园或为您的工厂,也没有真正的需要你自己的网络。除非你认为你能比我们可以运行它,请继续,试一试。
印度政府已成立了一个6克论坛,和想成为全球标准化过程的一部分。你认为这是正确的做法?
我认为6克是不可避免的,你有这些周期每10年。所以,你知道,我们现在开始到最成熟的5 g标准。我认为5 gi或我们有一些活动在中国3 g, 4 g,可能都已放弃了,原因很明显。再一次,这是扩展它们,我们需要整个世界在我们身后。这就是成功与GSM 2 g,继续开始。4 g是第一个全球标准。5 g是第二个。我真的希望这6克将第三。印度是一个软件世界的中心。很多很好的人,一个巨大的国内市场,是推动自己前进。 So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
印度关注自力更生在国产设备。你的观点呢?
我明白为什么印度想有自己的堆栈。作为运营商,我们是,我们欢迎更多的选择,更多的品种。今天,你知道,你有爱立信,诺基亚,和华为,可能如果政府允许它。我们还没有真正见过从三星,他们承诺几年前。所以,许多国家只有两个,这是相当可怕的只是仅仅依靠两个供应商。所以如果你有第三种选择,我们会欢迎。如你所知,我们有一个开跑行动来缓解这种恐惧。如果有一个印度堆栈我们对此表示欢迎。
但全球开放跑不是捡吗?
我的意思是,这需要时间。沃达丰正在部署很广泛,在非洲,但也在英国。让我们看看价格性能看起来就像在开跑,以及许多其他公司加入,它可能会失败,也可能增加。
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你的评论中国华为吗?你的意见设备制造商的5 g网络限制的安全问题?
这是一个安全问题,我无法得知这种类型的信息。所以我不知道,我相信印度政府和印度安全部队所做的尽职调查。GSMA是一个非政治性组织。我们在这里为移动运营商的利益。当然,我们作为移动运营商,总是遵守当地法律和准则。如果一个国家说,不,和另一个国家可能会说,是的,我们都很好,不能采取任何立场。
机场周围有限制或网络停电5 g网络部署时由于与安全相关的问题。你的观点呢?
这场争论在美国等其他国家。但话又说回来,你有法国这样的国家,你没有一个问题。我知道有广泛的测试在5克,但它不是真的5克。谱,我们使用非常接近的高度计领空。如果高度计是全新的没有问题,但如果是老那么保护带可能有点太窄。减少权力接近机场是另一个选择。我认为我们需要这样做作为一个行业,随着航空业需要看看这个类似。但到目前为止我们没有任何事故。所以我很相信它真的有用。
如何相信你今年全球移动大会吗?
我只是从在达沃斯世界经济论坛上,我会告诉你,我从来没有见过如此令人印象深刻的印度公司的参与。我认为我们将看到类似的事情在巴塞罗那世界移动通信大会上。
我们有一个部长级的程序中,我们将有170名代表。这就是说实话,监管的未来世界自然被确定。什么是迷人的,一半以上是来自外部的行业垂直包括运输、金融和物流。看着这些垂直连接的方法在自己的业务。他们试图理解如何使用它。
What are your views on reforms that the Indian government has brought in recently?
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When I speak to our operators here in India, I think, by and large, they are happy with the Right of Way (RoW) amendment, the spectrum auction which was successful, the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) sorted, so I think, people are reasonably happy. What needs to be done now, though, is to make sure that it actually happens. The reforms are fine, but now they need to be put into action that gives clarity on the way forward.
Do you think something more is needed in terms of regulatory intervention since the incumbents look financially stressed?
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I think regulation is tricky, because it's very local. It also evolves over time. So I think, what the government is doing is keeping it light touch regulation, then over time, adding on more things, which is the right approach. I think the single window for getting all the RoW clearances is fantastic. I think people appreciate the fact that the spectrum is now being utilised properly. We would, of course, from the industry perspective wish that spectrum is solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to private networks or satellite providers. So that's something that you could think about, because it will become very important to have a lot of spectrum. You know, it's important today and then when 5G gets fully deployed, it is going to be absolutely critical in all different types of bands.
You spoke about the satellite operators who are looking for some sort of exclusive spectrum assignment. Do you think coexistence is possible between terrestrial and satellite operators?
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I think coexistence is the right word. I mean, we have been together with satellite operators for the past, almost 30 years. And they have throughout history constantly been over promising and under-delivering now with LEO satellites. Mr. Mittal with OneWeb and a whole bunch of SpaceX etc, you know there is a fighting chance that there is actually an economy in it. So I think that one coexistence is a given. But coexistence for purposes of uncovered areas, which is very difficult to cover, maritime applications or about this usage gap, which is a term describing people not using mobile internet. Today, the world has 8 billion people. 55% of them use mobile internet. But 45% do not use it. That's a huge problem. So what we then need to do in that 3.2 billion, is to make sure that people start using more mobile internet since there's clearly a link between usage of mobile internet and GDP growth. We need to look at the barriers such as affordability and skills.
So do you think on the policy part such as levies, the government should make it more flexible for the industry?
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The Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy is something that we think should be used widely to mobile operators and not to other areas. We think the levy should be as low as possible. We think the industry is now mature enough to handle its own sort of well-being, I don't think in the modern world which India definitely belongs to, it's appropriate for the government to take in money and then distribute it back, operators can do that by themselves. It is still locked up and that’s worse. India is propelling itself forward at a phenomenal speed. With 5G now being rolled out, in a few months, India already has 20 million or 30 million 5G connections. It's a good start, and is going to continue to grow.
So by when, according to your estimates, India can have a seamless pervasive 5G?
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It will take some time but we think it's going to be sort of sub 100 million by 2025 (75-80 million). So it's going to continue to grow up to 2025. But no doubt, all of us will be on 5G. And you know, it has a phenomenal capacity and very low latency.
Telecom carriers are apparently not spending much on network rollout in India. Your views?
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Well, if you look at it globally, I think we will spend, as an industry, nearly $700 billion from now to 2025. And 85% of that will go towards 5G. So there's a huge amount of investments towards 5G. But I think it's important to remember that 5G is sort of the last radio interface, the backhaul needs to be upgraded as well, you need to upgrade your data centres, and you need to upgrade data analytics. So it's not just the base station of what you and I, as consumers see, it's the whole value chain back. Definitely, there are a lot of investments happening.
Telecom operators are yet to catch up with the national broadband targets set out by the Indian government?
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That's a similar situation globally, as well. The governments have high ambition.
Do you believe that on the back of recent reforms in RoW policy, it will pick up?
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Certainly, it has improved the possibilities of it, at least, you know, the ease of doing business is significant. The predictability of doing business is really important. RoW makes a huge difference. If the approval process is seven days instead of four weeks. That's a huge difference.
So average revenue per user (ARPU) in India is low. So do you think the regulator should step in some sort of floor pricing?
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No, I think the regulators should definitely stay away from it. It’s up to you and me as consumers. It's the competitive pressure that is really driving it. India has $2 ARPU, roughly, it's not the lowest in the world. When you look at the size of India, it is quite impressive that the three operators are able to make money.
Share your views on 5G private networks?
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Well, you know, this industry drives and thrives on scale. And for us to be able to offer a very attractive service, means that we need to have a lot of spectrum that too, contiguous. And if you have private networks, sort of sliced in between here, we won't have a continuous spectrum. The operators are very skilled in running operations, building networks, operate switching centers, and have supercomputers, and customer care. I think it's quite difficult for someone else to believe that they will be able to run that more efficiently than what we are doing, especially in India, with a huge subscriber base and a very low ARPU.
But the government has allowed the private enterprises to have their own network?
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Isn't it better to give the spectrum directly to mobile operators like Jio, Airtel or Vodafone Idea, but you know, India is not unique here, it is happening in Germany. So we are not thrilled over this development, to be honest, we think it's bad for the industry. But if you want to try this, it is fine. We have tried, and other governments have tried wholesale networks where you would have one network being built. And then you would basically have more mobile operators as VNOs (virtual network operators) failed. Everyone understands that it is not the way to go. So one needs to try, and I'm afraid that these private networks are the same. You know, with 5G standalone, we can do network slicing, we can create your own network for your campus or for your factory, and there is no real need for you to own your network. Unless you think you can run it better than we can, please go ahead, and try it.
The Indian government has formed a 6G forum, and wants to be a part of the global standardisation process. Do you think it's the right thing to do?
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I think 6G is inevitable, you have these cycles every 10 years. So, you know, we're now starting into the most maturing of 5G standards. And I think the 5Gi or we had some activities in China on 3G, possibly 4G as well, which has all been abandoned, for obvious reasons. Again, it's scaling them and we need to have the whole world behind us. And that's the success that started with GSM 2G and that continued. 4G was the first global standard. 5G is the second. And I really hope that 6G will be the third. India is a software hub of the world. A lot of really good people, a huge internal market and is really propelling itself forward. So I think the world would need India to be part of that.
India is focusing on self-reliance on domestically-manufactured equipment. Your views?
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I understand why India would like to have its own stack. For us as operators, we are sort of, we welcome more options, and more variety. Today, you know, you have Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, possibly if the government allows it. We haven't really seen much from Samsung that they were promising a couple of years ago. So really, many countries only have two, and that is quite scary to just rely only on two vendors. So if you have a third option, we would welcome that. As you know, we have an Open RAN<\/a> initiative to try to alleviate some of this fear. If there is an India stack we welcome that.
But Open RAN is not picking up globally?
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I mean, it takes time. Vodafone is deploying it quite widely, both in Africa, but also in the UK. Let's see what the price performance looks like on Open RAN, and how many other companies that will join in, it might fail, or it might grow.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
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It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
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That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
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I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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<\/a><\/figure>Identify 6 GHz band spectrum for 5G expansion, lower network deployment cost: GSMA<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Jio, GSMA jointly roll out digital skilling program in India<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>GSMA launches initiative to drive deployment of open APIs for new digital services, mobile apps<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
<\/strong>
It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
<\/strong>
That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
<\/strong>
I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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<\/a><\/figure>Jio, GSMA jointly roll out digital skilling program in India<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>GSMA launches initiative to drive deployment of open APIs for new digital services, mobile apps<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Your comment on Chinese Huawei? Your views on gear maker’s 5G network restriction on the back of security concerns?
<\/strong>
It is a security concern, and I'm not privy to that type of information. So I don't know, I'm sure the Indian government and Indian security forces have done their due diligence. GSMA is a non-political organisation. We are here for the benefit of mobile operators. And of course, we as mobile operators, always adhere to local laws and guidelines. So if one country says, no, and another country might say yes, we are fine with that, and cannot take any stance.
There are restrictions or network blackouts around airports when it comes to 5G network deployment due to security-related issues. Your views?
<\/strong>
That debate is going on in other countries like the US. But then again, you have countries like France where you don't have an issue with it. And I know there's been extensive testing on 5G, but it's not really 5G. It's a spectrum that we used which is very close to the altimeters in the airspace. If the altimeters are brand new not a problem but if it’s older then the guard band might be slightly too narrow. Reducing the power close to airports is another option. I think that we need to do this as an industry, as the aviation industry needs to look at this similarly. But we have not had any accidents so far. So I'm pretty confident that it actually works.
How confident are you about Mobile World Congress this year?
<\/strong>
I am just back from The World Economic Forum in Davos and I'll tell you, I've never seen such impressive participation from Indian companies. I think we will see something similar at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We have a ministerial program in which we will have 170 delegates. And that's really to be honest, where the future of regulation in the world is being determined naturally. What is fascinating, is more than half is from outside of the industry from verticals including transport, finance, and logistics. These verticals are looking at connectivity as their way of getting ahead in their own business. And they try to understand how they can use it.
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