By : Zulkipli Yaacob Date : 29TH MAY 2012

Content:
1. Introduction to Telecommunication Industry 2. Industry Current & Future Trends

3. Cloud Computing in Telecommunication Industry

4. Pain Points 5. Impact to Telecommunication Service Providers 6. Potential Cloud Solutions 7. Potential Benefits to Service Providers

WHAT IS TELECOMMUNICATION?

Telecommunication is the process of sending and receiving information via communication medium in order to communicate over certain distances

The Past

Prior to 1987

1987

1998

2005

Malaysian Telco Industry Path Since 1953

 Prior to 1987, all services provided by Jabatan Telekom

Malaysia (JTM) - the Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts (METP). 1987 - Syarikat Telekom Malaysia Berhad (STM) to take over the provision of telecommunications services from JTM. 1990 - Telekom Malaysia Berhad - listed on Bursa Malaysia 1998 - MCMC is setup
manage regulatory framework for the converging industries of

telecommunications, broadcasting and on-line activities. Promote the Government's national policy & objectives for the communications and multimedia sector.

Telecommunication Technology in Malaysia

1968 - SEACOM cable line Peninsula Malaysia to Sarawak via the South

China Sea. 1983 - Data Telecommunications System (Datel). 1985 - the ATUR, 1st wireless phone system introduced JTM. 1988 - STM Cellular Communications Sdn Bhd (Celcom), the first provider of GSM based mobile services. 1997 - TM introduced CDMA based mobile to home users 2001 - Streamyx ADSL broadband internet service. 2003 - Celcom became the 1st provider to introduce video call based on 3G WCDMA technology. 2008 - Packet One introduced WiMAX services on 802.16e spectrum. 2008 - FTTH (UniFi) launched by TM.

Current Telco, ISPs, Mobile Service Providers & MVNOs in Malaysia

Current & Future Technology Trends for Telecommunication

Tablet PCs accelerate the eBook revolution

Network sharing will be key to solving explosive demand

Global, Interoperable Cloud Services will emerge

Growth in M2M capabilities for carriers will be driven by creative partnerships

Telecommunication Industry Major Pain Points

Telco Pain Points

Flat ARPU Cap-ex to

support 50-percent traffic growth year over year for quad-play services?

Network Congestion Data growth How do you plan for capacity when mobility induces temporary congestion without any warning?

Possible Solutions for Flat ARPU

Vertical integration into higher-margin content and advertising
eHealth, e-Education, mobile wallet

Re-engineer the network

Cap traffic growth on legacy technologies and grow it on the cost-reduced technologies.

Improve margins by focusing on optimization

Optimized management to reduce churn

Possible Solutions for Network Congestion

Offload mobile data traffic from the cellular network to Wi-Fi

Network flexibility by embracing Wi-Fi, GSM, HSPDA, HSPAD+ & LTE

Create a cross-layer feedback loop with the applications and devices. Establish your presence on the devices

Potential Benefit to Telecommunication Industry

Ideal solutions for Service Providers to take full advantage of today's wireless market opportunities.
Create new revenue stream from advertisements, software downloads and internet purchases. Product packaging and bundling to include devices and embedded application for value added. New market for M2M product solution packaging and bundling.