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Principles, and VoIPPrinciples, and VoIP

Contact: David Thompson, TIA

Dan Bart, TIA

SOURCE: TIA,

TITLE: NGN Broadband Access

AGENDA ITEM: Joint 4.4

CONTACT: Dan Bart, TIA, Dbart@tiaonline.org

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U.S. Market Overview:New Trends

• Bundled services, flat-rate pricing

• Local/long-distance distinction disappearing

• IP applications entering mainstream

• Wireless data traffic growing– 3G deployments with enhanced data capabilities

• Cable attracting voice customers

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U.S. Market Overview:U.S. Market Overview:Network EquipmentNetwork Equipment

• Spending on network equipment fell 73% in last three years.

• Rebound anticipated, but not a return to late 1990s spending levels.

• New drivers: broadband, bundled services, data transport, digital video, VoIP.

• High-speed access is growing.

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Broadband: Benefits

Broadband is an accelerator of social and economic development:• Jobs multiplier• Increases in worker productivity, wages and more service

offerings at lower prices• Creation of new or offshoot industries• Additional investment in R&D• Greater efficiencies in distribution of goods, services and

information• Increased demand for equipment• Greater investment in next-generation networks• Reduction in the digital divide

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Broadband: Benefits

Broadband applications enable economic and social benefits such as:

• Public safety and national security

• Telemedicine

• Teleworking

• E-Government

• Distance learning/educational tools

• Utility applications

• Accessible communications for persons with disabilities

– May 7 FCC Summit, VoIP and persons with disabilities

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Broadband: Platforms

Wide variety of broadband platforms:

• DSL/fiber to the premises (FTTP), Fiber to the Zone• Cable modems• Mobile wireless networks (3G)• Fixed wireless (licensed, Wi-Fi®, WiMAX)• Satellites• Powerline technologies• What’s next?

"Wi-Fi®" is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance

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Broadband: Sector Snapshot• High-speed access by

consumers and businesses is growing.

• Spending on services reached $13 billion in 2003 and is expected to grow to $25 billion by 2007.

• Cable will retain subscriber advantage, but spending on DSL services will pass spending on cable in 2006.

• Wireless and fiber access will generate $3.4 billion in revenue in 2007.

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Broadband: Worldwide Deployment

U.S. Lags Behind in BroadbandDeployment

• Other countries, led by Korea and Canada, have strategic vision for broadband deployment.

• U.S. must not be outpaced by major trading partners in deployment of cutting-edge technologies and networks.

• Lack of broadband connectivity inhibits job creation in the U.S.

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Broadband: New Applications

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

• Personalized, unified communications

• Integration of voice, data, other applications in a manner not previously possible

• Flexibility and computing power not found in circuit- switched networks

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Broadband: TIA Broadband Principles• The United States needs a national broadband policy to drive

widespread deployment.

• Affordable, highly advanced and secure communications services should be available to all Americans.

• Competitive market forces, not regulations, should be the principal means of achieving this goal.

• Governments should intervene only where such intervention (1) is necessary to effectively address a specific, critical problem and (2) is targeted and otherwise designed to minimize disruption to competitive market forces.

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Broadband: TIA Broadband Principles

• Governments should make available the necessary radio spectrum for the deployment of advanced communications services.

• Governments should implement policies that encourage investment in new and diverse communications technologies.

• All players — government, private sector and consumers — should participate in the formulation of broadband policy.

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Broadband: TIA’s Broadband Mission

Promote ubiquitous broadband deployment globally.

• Seek regulatory-free zone for new, last-mile broadband investments.

• Work for removal of barriers to broadband deployment including rights of way, franchise fees and excessive taxes.

• Support fiscal incentives, such as tax credits, grants, pilot-project funding and low-interest loans.

• Assist international organizations to realize the economic and social benefits of broadband.

• Encourage deployment of all broadband access technologies.

• Seek additional globally harmonized spectrum allocations.

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TIA VoIPTIA VoIP

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Broadband: TIA VoIP PolicyPrinciples for the U.S.

• Regulation should not be applied to VoIP without thorough justification that it is necessary as a matter of public policy.

• A single federal policy for VoIP regulation is a must and, in fact, the nature of the technology demands such an approach.

• All communications technologies should play a part in advancing core public interest issues, such as emergency response needs and universal service.

• VoIP offerings should be marketed in a manner that allows consumers to make informed choices.

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Broadband: TIA’s U.S. VoIP Mission

• Promote growth of IP networks and applications unfettered by economic regulation.

• Ensure one national policy on regulatory treatment of VoIP.

• Seek industry-driven solutions for core public interest issues.