Telecel 4G LTE Spectrum

4G LTE Development in Global Market

Overseas markets with 2500/2600 MHz spectrum
Norway three operators
Sweden four operators
A few operators will rollout 4G LTE on other
frequency bands
700 MHz band Verizon and AT&T (U.S.) by end
2009/early 2010
2100 MHz band DoCoMo (Japan) by 2011
Major European operators also plan to use existing
1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum for 4G LTE
Advantages of 4G LTE on 1800MHz
Better in-building coverage because of
Lower frequency => superior in-building coverage,
Higher cell site density in our 4G LTE on 1800MHz
implementation.
LTE 1800 has coverage and cost advantages over LTE
2.6 GHz, as cell sizes are approximately twice as large
at the lower frequency. This reduces the number of
sites required, and hence improves deployment costs.
Possibility to re-use assets including antenna cables of
GSM1800 or WCDMA-HSPA2100
Advantages of 4G LTE on 1800MHz
Possibility to deploy multi-RAN with simultaneous
LTE and GSM capabilities
User device eco-system is building; a good choice of
user devices expected by end 2011
1800 MHz spectrum is generally not as heavily
utilized as the 900 MHz band, which makes it more
straightforward to refarm.

1800MHz Licences today
38 commercial LTE1800 systems are launched
18 on-going LTE1800 network deployments
Country Operator Status
Australia VHA LTE1800 in deployment
Belgium Mobistar LTE1800 in deployment
Belgium Proximus LTE1800 in deployment
Bulgaria M-TEL LTE1800 in deployment
Bulgaria Vivacom LTE1800 in deployment
Denmark Telenor LTE1800 in deployment
Estonia Elisa LTE1800 in deployment
Italy 3 Italia LTE1800/2600 in deployment
Poland Polkomtel LTE1800 in deployment
Romania Orange LTE1800 in deployment
Slovenia Mobitel LTE1800 in deployment
South Africa 8ta LTE1800 in deployment
South Africa MTN LTE1800 in deployment
South Korea SK Telecom LTE1800 in deployment
Spain Yoigo LTE1800 in deployment
Sweden Net4Mobility LTE1800 in deployment
Sweden TeliaSonera LTE1800 in deployment
UK EE LTE1800 in deployment
Evolution to LTE report (October 1, 2012)
The LTE1800 User Devices Ecosystem
Report (July 3, 2012) confirmed that 67 manufacturers have announced 417 LTE-
enabled user devices, including frequency and carrier variants.
The number of LTE user devices announced more than tripled over the past year.
The report covered devices for use on FDD or TDD modes, form factors, operating
frequencies,
The choice of LTE1800 (band 3) devices has significantly expanded. According to the
report there are 98 LTE1800 user devices i.e. almost double the number reported by
GSA in January 2012.
LTE1800 smartphones have been introduced by all the leading vendors. See chart on
the next page.
TYPICAL SPECTRUM STRATEGY
Zimbabwe Frequency Spectrum
Zimbabwe Frequency Spectrum
Migration to 4G LTE
We are already planning for 4G LTE implementation
Our network is All-IP ready and providing unlimited
backhaul capacity to cater for future demand of 4G LTE
Our core network also support 4G LTE.
We are working with technology partners to formulate an
action plan to upgrade our network to 4G LTE on 1800MHz
when required
We are also planning for an early trial of LTE technology by
first quarter 2013.
Telecel seeking to get Extra 15MHz in 1800Mhz band 3 to
launch 4G LTE.