ASEAN Conference on 5G

21-22 March 2019 (Ha Noi, Viet Nam)

ADIS ALIFIAWAN
Ministry of Communications and Informatics
(MCI) – Republic of Indonesia

INDONESIA TOWARDS 5G
Potential Benefits, Trials, Regulatory Challenges, and Spectrum Issues
MCI
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 OUTLINES
1 5G Potential Benefits for Indonesia

5G Trials and Regulatory Challenges

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in Indonesia

3 5G Spectrum Issues
Indonesia Industry 4.0 Roadmap

Indonesia have a roadmap to build five

manufacture sectors with regional
competitiveness
3 Layers are identified by Ministry of Industry to
realize Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Indonesia:
1. Application Layer
2. Connectivity Layer
3. Logical Layer

For Connectivity Layer, 5G is one of the most reliable

technology for industries considering its technical
capabilities, especially its fast response in mission
critical applications (latency < 1 ms), massive network
deployment (connection density reach 1 million
device per km2), and high data transmission speed
(with peak data rate reach 20 Gbps).
Source : Ministry of Industry, Republic of Indonesia, “Making Indonesia 4.0”
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Indonesia: The Emerging Digital Economy Giant

“The Indonesian internet economy, the largest and

fastest growing in the region, reached $27 Billion in
2018 and is poised to grow to $100 Billion by 2025”
(Google, 2018)

Source: GSMA Intelligence,

Sept 2018

Source: Google, 2018 4

Indonesia Digital Landscape

1 2 3 4

268,2 355,5 150,0 150,0

Million Million Million Million

Total Mobile Internet Active Social

Population Subscriptions Users Media Users
URBANISATION : vs. POPULATION : PENETRATION : PENETRATION :

56% 133% 56% 56%

Source: Hootsuite, January 2019
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Indonesia Mobile Coverage

2G 3G 4G

88,60% 98,06% 77,17% 93,76% 82,36% 95,84%

VILLAGES RESIDENTIALS VILLAGES RESIDENTIALS VILLAGES RESIDENTIALS

Source: MCI Indonesia, Q4-2018

Residential area in Indonesia : 44.650 Km2 Land Territory : 1.904.413 Km2

Number of Villages : 83.218 Number of Islands : 17.504 (16.506 Registered to UN)

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5G Focus in Indonesia

To Boost Productivity in the Era

of Industrial Revolution 4.0

To Accelerate Digital Economic

Growth & National Competitiveness

To Facilitate Innovations and

Expansion of Broadband Connectivity

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 OUTLINES
1 5G Potential Benefits for Indonesia

5G Trials and Regulatory Challenges

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in Indonesia

3 5G Spectrum Issues
Indonesia 5G Trials

14,7 – 15,1 GHz 28 GHz

eMBB & uRLLC
eMBB (indoor) (indoor & outdoor)
March 2017 Aug 2018

May 2017 Aug 2018 Nov 2018 2019

eMBB (indoor) eMBB & mMTC eMBB & 3 More
(indoor & outdoor) URLLC (indoor) Upcoming Trials
71,5 – 73,5 GHz 28 GHz (end-to-end trials
15 GHz & 28 GHz & new frequency
band)
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5G Regulatory Framework
1. Must be all covered,
across low band, mid
band and high band.
2. Planning to have
Spectrum Flexibility policy
through Regulations
reform.
3. Considering the need of
specific allocation band
for 5G local/private
networks deployment.
BALANCE
BETWEEN
STATE
INCOME &
INCENTIVE
1. Targeting the most 1. 5G needs many small cell 1. 5G is no longer only about
optimum market value for due to its mmWave band mobile cellular business, but
the 5G spectrum characteristic, which has also offering many solutions
2. If spectrum fee is too limited coverage. for vertical industries, e.g
expensive, it will inhibit 2. Streamline some Local manufacture industries.
investment of 5G roll out Govt. policies related to 2. Value Chain will be changed.
acceleration. the access to street-side 3. In 5G era, cellular operators
3. Need a balanced policy public infrastructure, and has several new role options:
between incentives and building premises. becoming network developer,
state non-tax revenues 3. Sharing on Fiber Optic service enabler, or service
target. Networks. creator.
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 OUTLINES
1 5G Potential Benefits for Indonesia

5G Trials and Regulatory Challenges

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in Indonesia

3 5G Spectrum Issues
5G: Different Bands, Different Purposes WRC-19
AI 1.13 for IMT2020 Bands
Super Data Layer 8 bands already have primary
• 26 GHz Band (3GPP Band n258 : 24.25 – 27.5 GHz): Indonesia has a MS allocation:
strong tendency to support this band as 5G (IMT-2020) candidate band • 24.25-27.5 GHz
which globally harmonized in the WRC-19 • 37-40.5 GHz
• 28 GHz Band (3GPP Band n257 : 26.5 – 29.5 GHz): Indonesia has a plan • 42.5-43.5 GHz
to do spectrum sharing between Ka-band Satellite uplink and 5G • 45.5-47 GHz
service for Fixed Broadband as a last mile solution to replace fiber • 47.2-50.2 GHz
• 38 GHz Band (3GPP Band n260 : 37 – 40 GHz): Currently used for • 50.4-52.6 GHz
Microwave Link • 66-76 GHz
Capacity Layer • 81-86 GHz
• 2.6 GHz Band (2500 – 2690 MHz): Used by BWA & BSS 3 bands require additional
• 3.5 GHz Band (3.3 – 4.2 GHz): Used for FSS downlink, in Ext-C allocations to the mobile
Coverage Layer Band (3.3 – 3.7 GHz) and in C Band (3.7 – 4.2 GHz). service on a primary basis
• 4.5 GHz Band (4.4 – 4.9 GHz): Heavily used by Microwave Link • 31.8-33.4 GHz
• 700 MHz Band: Used by (P2P). • 40.5-42.5 GHz
analogue TV, still waiting for ASO • 47-47.2 GHz

450 MHz 3 GHz 6 GHz 10 GHz 30 GHz 90 GHz

Continuous coverage, high mobility and reliability Higher capacity and massive throughput
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Plan on 5G Roll-Out Policy in 26 GHz and 28 GHz

VS 28 GHz

Range : 24.25 – 27 GHz (guard band with Range: 27 – 29.5 GHz (guard band with
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satellite hasn’t been considered) satellite hasn’t been considered)

5G Mobile Broadband 2 5G Fixed Broadband

Dedicated Spectrum for 5G (IMT-2020) 3 Shared Spectrum between IMT and FSS

Bandwidth License Apparatus License

national license using selection mechanism 4 based on technical analysis of calculating
(auction/beauty contest) FSS protection zone

HIGH BAND (SUPER CAPACITY)

5G IN MILLIMETER WAVE BAND

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Ext-C Band Reallocation: Benchmark Case in Hongkong

ADDITIONAL FILTER
Need to be installed in all of earth
stations of TVRO/DTH
1 PROTECTION OF TT&C STATIONS
Implement TT&C Restriction Zones

REALLOCATION OF EXT-C BAND

200 MHz is available for 5G
4 2
TRANSITION
PHASE
3 2 Years (2018 – 2020)
Satellite operators need transition period to
3.4 3.6 3.7
GuardBand
4.2 GHz reallocate the usage of ext-C Band into the C Band.

• In Indonesia, Ext. C-band and C-band are heavily used by satellite services. It will need extra effort and
considerable time to optimize the usage of ext-C band for 5G particularly in major dense urban areas
and industrial complexes.
Source : OFCA, May 2018
• Indonesia has a plan to study the possiblity of implementing a win-win solution approach between
satellite service and mobile service.
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Ministry of Communication and Informatics
Republic of Indonesia

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