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UMA and Beyond: Mobile Operators Benefit from Wi-Fi and Cellular Convergence
Senza Fili Consulting, Jan 2005, Pages: 85
Executive Summary
1 Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA): a real push towards Wi-Fi and cellular convergence
1.1 A solution well-suited to mobile operators
1.2 When and where?
1.3 Convergence after UMA
1.4 Report roadmap
2 The core of UMA: technology and devices
2.1 How does UMA work?
2.2 Deployment scenarios: residential users, enterprise, hotspots
2.3 UMA handsets
2.4 Quality of Service (QoS)
2.5 What UMA is not: VoIP and SIP
2.6 Alternative solutions
3 The route to standardization
3.1 First step: UMA specifications
3.2 End point: 3GPP
3.3 The role of the Wi-Fi Alliance
3.4 The broader convergence view: IEEE 802.21, seamless roaming and WiMAX
4 One technology, different markets and different geographies
4.1 Drivers for adoption
4.1.1 Residential market
4.1.2 Enterprise market
4.2 Forecast of user demand
4.2.1 North America
4.2.2 Advanced Asian markets
4.2.3 Western Europe
4.2.4 Developing markets
5 Mobile operators: what do they stand to gain and lose?
5.1 The opportunity for Wi-Fi and cellular convergence
5.2 UMA challenges
5.3 Impact of convergence on fixed and mobile traffic
5.4 How to charge for UMA calls?
5.5 The revenue opportunity
6 The threat to fixed operators and VoIP service providers
6.1 Increased impetus for fixed-to-wireless substitution
6.2 The fight against mobile operators
6.3 A new source of competition for VoIP service providers
7 Handset manufacturers as key enablers of UMA
7.1 Finally a market for Wi-Fi handsets
7.2 Requirements for Wi-Fi and cellular handsets
8 Conclusions
Annex A: Standardization efforts and industry alliances
3GPP
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA)
SCCAN Forum
IEEE 802.21
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
UMA
Wi-Fi Alliance
Annex B: Wi-Fi and cellular convergence solutions
Bridgeport Networks
Ericsson
Kineto Wireless
LongBoard
NTT DoCoMo
Annex C: Service providers
BT
Cingular
O2
Rogers Wireless
T-Mobile USA
Annex D: References
Annex E: Acronyms
Annex F: Methodology
List of Figures
Figure 1. Key drivers of Wireless and Cellular Convergence (WCC)
Figure 2. GSM core network access by UMA-enabled handsets
Figure 3. UMA and cellular access to the core network
Figure 4. UMA network architecture: access to the cellular home network
Figure 5. UMA network architecture: roaming case
Figure 6. WLAN and cellular handsets
Figure 7. Addressable market for WCC
Figure 8. WCC subscribers
Figure 9. Penetration of WCC among cellular subscribers
Figure 10. WCC subscribers in North America
Figure 11. WCC subscribers in Asia and Oceania
Figure 12. WCC subscribers in Western Europe
Figure 13. Fixed and mobile MoU in the US
Figure 14. Mobile and fixed MoU at home and outside the home in 2006
Figure 15. Mobile and fixed MoU at home and outside the home in 2010
Figure 16. Usage profiles: Scenario 1 – Flat fee, unlimited usage in 2006
Figure 17. Usage profiles: Scenario 2 – Fixed fee, limited usage in 2006
Figure 18. Usage profiles: Scenario 3 – No fee, cellular rates in 2006
Figure 19. Usage profiles: Scenario 1 – Flat fee, unlimited usage in 2010
Figure 20. Usage profiles: Scenario 2 – Fixed fee, limited usage in 2010
Figure 21. Usage profiles: Scenario 3 – No fee, cellular rates in 2010
Figure 22. Subscriber savings: Scenario 1 – Flat fee, unlimited usage in 2006
Figure 23. Subscriber savings: Scenario 2 – Fixed fee, limited usage in 2006
Figure 24. Subscriber savings: Scenario 3 – No fee, cellular rates in 2006
Figure 25. Subscriber savings: Scenario 1 – Flat fee, unlimited usage in 2010
Figure 26. Subscriber savings: Scenario 2 – Fixed fee, limited usage in 2010
Figure 27. Subscriber savings: Scenario 3 – No fee, cellular rates in 2010
Figure 28. WCC revenues for mobile operators
Figure 29. Revenues lost by fixed service providers
Figure 30. Bridgeport Networks NomadicONE solution
Figure 31. Kineto Wireless FMC solution
Figure 32. LongBoard’s OnePhone solution
List of Tables
Table 1. UMA key features
Table 2. Drivers of WCC demand
Table 3. Usage scenarios
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