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Licensing In Pakistan

Omar Rashid
By Omar Rashid
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Licensing In Pakistan

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  1. LicensinginPakistan PakistanTelecommunica2onAuthority July2015
  2. Presenta2onoutline 1 .History 2.Pre-Deregula2on 3.Deregula2onoftelecomsectorinPakistan 4.PostDeregula2on 5.PresentLicensingFramework 6.FuturePlans–TheNewTelecomPolicy2015
  3. Pakistan :AnOverview Pakistan Population, mil 196 (6th Largest Population) Land Area 796,095 km2 •  36th Largest Area Key Stats ▪  ▪  ▪  ▪  ▪  Income /Capita US $1307 Literacy Rate 53% Media Age 21.2 Geo-strategic Location Population and workforce • Pakistan has the 6th largest population in the world, making it an attractive market for global investors • The country is expected to have more than 230 mln inhabitants by 2030 with ~2% per anum growth • Its population is young and becoming more educated • Urbanization trend is expected to continue, reaching a level of 43% by 2030 • It is expected that by 2050, Pakistan will be the 31st largest economy in world with nominal GDP of 675 bln USD from its current state of ~240 bln USD (43rd largest economy as of 2013) SOURCE: Team analysis-Wikipedia 3
  4. HistoryofTelecominPakistan Privatization and De-Regulation-1990 •  1st Step- From PT&T to PTC with separate legal identity on 5th Dec 1990. •  Next 5 Years- Telephone lines increased to 2,127,344. •  Improved network comprising of Earth stations, Submarine Cables, International Gateway, Terrestrial System etc. 1996 SectorGrowth 1990 1962 1947 Telecom Re-Organization Act 1996 •  PTA ,FAB,PTCL,NTC •  Installed lines increased to 35,19,877 in 1998 First Step towards Sector Reform- 1962 •  Separation of Postal and Tele departments •  Pakistan Telephone & Telegraph (PT&T) formed •  Centralized Structure- Result Inefficient •  Number of Telephone Lines- 922,000 only until 1990 Before Independence- Indian Post & Telegraph Department Post independence 1947-1962 •  Pakistan Post and telegraph department •  15200 telephone connection in 1948 •  All services manual •  Operated under Gov of India Telegraph Act 4
  5. Telecom Sector – Reorganization 1996 Pakistan Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited Frequency Allocation Board Pakistan Telecommunication Authority National Telecommunication Corporation Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Trust 5
  6. PakistanTelecomAuthority VISION Create a fair regulatory regime to promote investment , encourage competition, protect consumer Functions Interest and ensure high quality ICT services. Recommend Government on Policy Formulation Regulate Telecom System Create Fair Competition Promote Modernization Receive / Dispose Radio Spectrum Applications 6
  7. FrequencyAlloca2onBoard Functions Assignment of Spectrum as Per ITU Recommend Spectrum Monitoring Liaison with International Regulatory Bodies Resolution of Spill over and Interference Issues Spectrum Planning 7
  8. HistoryofCellularIndustryinPakistan •  CMPAK “ZONG” Acquire Paktel and start offering Cellular Services 2007 SectorGrowth •  UFONE Started its Operations as 2nd GSM Operator 2014 •  Next Generation Mobile Service (NGMS) Spectrum Auctioned. •  Mobilink, Telenor, Ufone acquired license for 3G while CMPAK acquired licenses for both 3G and 4G. •  Warid launched LTE within its existing 1800Mhz assigned band. 2004 1998 1992 1990 •  1st Spectrum Auction •  Telenor & Warid begin operations in Pakistan 1st GSM Operator Mobilink” Launched Services 2 Cellular (AMPS) issued to Paktel & Instaphone SOURCE: PTA Data 8
  9. Pre-Deregula2on-2002 Basic Telephone Services (PTCL,NTC) Subscribers 2.27 million FixedLine Subscribers 3.5 Fixed Line Teledensity 3.0 1.85 2.5 1.91 2.6 1.99 2.8 2.1 2.98 2.18 3.1 2.27 3.3 Million 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Percentage
  10. Pre-Deregula2on-2002 Mobile (Instaphone, Paktel, Mobilink, Ufone) Subscribers 2.40 million
  11. KeyPoliciesforTelecomSector De-Regulation Policy 2003 •  Fixed line Policy. •  Open and Technology Neutral •  License Term - 20 Years •  Local Loop (LL) – ILF US$ 10,000 / region - 14 Regions •  Wireless Local Loop Option (Spectrum Auctioned) •  Long Distance and International (LDI) – ILF US$ 500,000 •  Deregulated incumbent operator PTCL. •  Introduced Access promotion Contribution, Universal Service Fund Regime. Cellular Mobile Policy 2004 •  Cellular Mobile Policy. •  Technology Neutral •  2 New cellular Licenses were issued for 15 years. •  Open Auction. •  Promoted efficient use of Spectrum. •  Fair Competition amongst mobile and fixed line operators •  Role-Out Obligations – 70% Tehsil HQs within 4 years. •  US$ 15M Performance Bond. •  Existing Operators to Pay Same Amount for Renewal. •  Promoted Infrastructure sharing, National Roaming, Mobile Number Portability.
  12. 14TelecomRegionsinPakistan
  13. ResultsoftheDe-Regula2onPolicy2003 LDI LL (Fixed) WLL 14 84/38 92/16 TotalTelecomRevenuereachedRs 129.4Billion 84Licenses 38companies
  14. ResultsoftheCellularMobilePolicy2004 •  TwonewtechnologyNeutrallicenses issued. • ResultedinfiereceCompete2oninthe Sector. • Tremendousgrowth- • NegiligiblemobileSubscribersof2.4 millionin2002hasgrownto131.8 millionin2015.
  15. PresentLicensingFramework a-FixedLineSector- •  LongDistanceInterna2onal(LDI) •  LocalLoop(LL) •  FixedLocalLoop(FLL) •  WirelessLocalLoop(WLL) •  ClassValueAddedServices(CVAS) •  DataCVAS •  VoiceCVAS •  TelecomInfrastructureProvider(TIP) b-CellularSector- •  MobileLicenses •  NextGenera2onMobileServices(NGMS)licenses. c-Wireless(RadioBasedServices)Sector- •  HF/VHF/UHFPermissions •  Aeronau2calservices •  Mari2meServices
  16. PresentLicensingFramework-FixedLineSector a-LongDistance &Interna2onal(LDI)- LDIservicecoverstheprovisionofendtoendcommunica2onbetweenpointsthat are; • locatedindifferentRegions, • notinthesameLocalCallingArea,or • locatedmorethan25Kmapartand • locatedinPakistanwithpointsthatarelocatedoutsideofPakistan. b-FixedLocalLoop(FLL) FLL service covers the access to the Public Switched Network and allows users to make and receive local, long distance and interna2onal real 2me voice telephone calls.FLLwithspectrumassignmentareWirelessLocalLoop(WLL). c-TelecomInfrastructureProvider(TIP) TIP license authorize the licensee to establish and maintain the infrastructure facili2es (Earth Sta2ons, OFC, Radio Communica2on links,Towers,Poles etc.)in Pakistan to lease, rent out or sell end to end links to telecom operators licensed by PTA.TIPcannotoperatetheinfrastructure. d-ClassValueAddedServices(CVAS) ProvidesVASusinginfrastructureofLL,LDIandCellularlicenses.CVAScannotinstall itsowninfrastructure.
  17. PresentLicensingFramework-CellularSector •  TechnologyneutralCellularlicensesissuedto5Operators. •  CellularLicenseeisallowedtoprovide: –  Cellular/NMGSservices. –  Op2onalincidentalServices. •  TheLicensedoestnotauthorizesthelicenseeto: –  Interconnec2ontoaserviceprovideroutsidePakistan –  DirectaccessforcustomersthroughaNCP. –  FixedServices •  Na2onalandInterna2onalTrafficareroutedthroughLDI licenses. •  Issuedforaini2aldura2onof15yearsextendableasper applicablepolicy.
  18. Mobile Operators 5 FLL LDI Operators 13 84 Licenses & 38 operators 93 licenses& Infrastructure& Tower Licenses WLL 12 operators PAKISTANTELECOMSECTOR 10
  19. SPECTRUMASSIGNMENTFORMOBILELICENSESFORGSM-2G PakistanTelecomAuthority 19
  20. CellularSectorSpectrumAssignmentsin1800MHz
  21. CellularSectorSpectrumAssignmentsin2100MHz
  22. TelecomIndicators –Teledensity
  23. BroadbandMarketSharebyTechnology
  24. CellularSubscribersgrowth 139 .9 140 120.2 Million Subscribers 120 100 88.0 80 63.2 60 34.5 40 20 0 5.0 12.8 94.3 99.2 108.9 128.3 131.8
  25. CellularMarketShareApril2015
  26. BasicTelephonySubscribers (FLL+WLL)
  27. 3GAND4GGROWTH (AsofJune2015) Operator 3GSubscribers 3GCoveredCiNes 4G Subscribers 4GCovered CiNes CMPak 3.5Million 35 63000 7 Mobilink 3.2Million 34 - - Telenor 3.8Million 71 - - Ufone 2.5Million 27 - - Warid - - 80,000 7
  28. FiberDeployedNa2onwide 3ParallelLDIOperatorsinaddiNonto PTCL (10,400KM)coveringallmajorciNesof Pakistan LinkDirect-5000KM Wateen-5700KM MulNnet-5000KM
  29. FuturePlans TelecomPolicy2015 a-Policyunder finaliza2onwithvisionof:- • Universallyavailable,affordableandqualitytelecommunica2onservices • Open.Compe22veandWellmanagedmarkets • Usedbyall • BenefittoeconomyandSociety b-GuidingPrinciplesofPolicyDirec2ve:- • MarketDriven • AppropriateRegula2on • Forwardlooking • AcceleratedDigitaliza2on • UniversalAccess • GovernmentInterven2onOnlyWhennecessary
  30. FuturePlans TelecomPolicy2015 c –KeyareasofFocus:- •  Open Sky Policy for Fixed , Broadcast and Mobile Satellite Service telecommunica2onservices • SpectrumRefarmng,SharingandTrading • WifiOffloading • OvertheTopServices • VoiceoverInternetprotocol(VOIP) • Review of licensing framework in light of best interna2onal prac2ces and emergingICTservices. • In-houseCabling,RightofWay
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