Transcript WAP au Congo

“WAP au Congo”
Implementation of a WAP Platform
in the Republic of the Congo
7th June 2000
MSI: company origins
Mobile Systems International
Holdings Limited
Licensed mobile Software and
telecommunication consultancy
operations
services
Metapath
Software
International Inc*
Demerger
* Sold to Marconi
April 2000
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MSI: the company & mobile ISP
Within MSI’s mission to be the wireless PTT of Africa:
 Vision: wireless ISP of Africa
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Expanding business along an extending value chain
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GSM penetration compared with PC ownership
 Strategy: avoiding the usual pitfalls
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Customer focused
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Ample/reliable bandwidth
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Wireless first
 Execution: initial product offering
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WAP via mobile handset
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Dial-up Internet access from the PC
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Corporate fixed-wireless LAN access
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MSI: faith in the African economy
Real GDP growth - 1999 and 2000 forecasts
3.0%
1.0%
3.9%
3.5%
5.3%5.4%
5.0%
3.7%
2.0%
1.5%
2.7%
1999
3.1%
2.6%
2000
0.1%
Japan
WORLD
Central & South
America
Asia
EU
Africa
US
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (October 1999)
Asia is currently the only area with higher economic growth rates
FDI in Africa: Performance & potential ($ bn)
GDP % growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
9
8
8.4
9.0
9.6
10.0
6
5
6.3
4.7
2.0
2.6
2.8
Uganda
Tanzania
Namibia
Zambia
Malawi
Kenya
Congo
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4
4.7
3
3.4
2
1
-1
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000F
-2
97
98
99
00F
01F
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (October 1999)
Source: Datastream
Foreign direct investment has increased for 11
consecutive years
Sub-Sahara region demonstrates impressive
economic growth forecasts
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MSI: belief in the African opportunity
Cellular subscribers growth – 1999
Fixed network faults per 100 lines - 1996
(Annual Growth to June 30, 1999)
78.5
109.00%
85.00%
68.60% 70.20%
43.7
46.80%
19.9
73.47%
50.80%
22.3
25.52%
8.9
Am ericas
Europe
World
Source: International Telecommunication Union
Asia
Africa
North
America
Asia
Global
Western Middle Latin
Europe East America
Eastern
Europe
Africa
Source: Global Mobile November 1999
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MSI Growth Story:
licences at end 1998
Egypt
Uganda
Sierra Leone
Congo
Brazzaville
Pre 1998
Malawi
Zambia
1998
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MSI Growth Story: licences at April 2000
Chad
Egypt
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Uganda
DRC
Gabon
Congo
Brazzaville
Pre 1998
Malawi
Zambia
1998
1999 to date
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MSI Growth Story:
future potential licences
Chad
Algeria
Egypt
Mali
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Uganda
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Cameroon Gabon
Congo
Tanzania
DRC
Brazzaville
Malawi
Angola
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Pre 1998
1998
1999 to date
Licence bids coming/outstanding
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Future Now:
acquisition of Mobitel Sudan June 2000
Chad
Algeria
Egypt
Mali
Sudan
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Uganda
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Cameroon Gabon
Congo
Tanzania
DRC
Brazzaville
Malawi
Angola
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Pre 1998
1998
1999 to date
Licence bids coming/outstanding
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Celtel Congo: milestones
 December 1998
Award of GSM licence
country emerging from civil war since early 1990s
 December 1999
Launch of first GSM mobile operator
initially serving only Brazzaville
 February 2000
Launch of service in Pointe Noire
 April 2000
Opening of international gateway
 April 2000
Becomes largest mobile operator
overtaking long-established analogue mobile operator
 May 2000
With 14,000 subscribers becomes largest telco in Congo
 June 2000
Launch of WAP platform
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WAP: wireless application protocol
 WAP enables access to
Internet services tailored for
mobile use
 Worldwide there are three
times as many mobile phone
users as Internet users
•
(Gartner Group)
 By 2004 at least 40% of
business to consumer ecommerce transactions
outside North America are
forecast to be mobile
originated
•
(Gartner Group)
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WAP: constraints addressed
Delivering Internet applications and
content to a mobile platform implies
constraints
 Handset constraints
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CPU processing capacity
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Memory
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Display size
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Data input interface
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Power consumption
 Network constraints
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Low data rates
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Latency
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Connection instability
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WAP au Congo
 Among the first WAP implementations in Africa
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Not “possible in Sweden one day”, but operating from Congo today
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Piloting local access with closed user group of own staff, distributors & partners
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WAP site publicly available over the Internet
 Choice of Congo for pilot project
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Early success of Celtel Congo
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Support of regulator
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Own international gateway
 The Service
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Internet access from a Celtel Congo handset
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Enables Brazzaville customer to access local WAP content
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Onward links to WAP content worldwide
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WAP au Congo: network architecture
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WAP au Congo: content
http://wap.celtelplus.com
 News
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Congolese, regional, international
 Exchange rates
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Current rates, graphs, currency converter
 Travel information
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Airport scheduled arrivals & departures
 Jump site to third-party WAP content
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LeWap, Yahoo! France etc
 Celtel Services
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Services, partners, news, contacts
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WAP Content through a Web Browser
 http://www.gelon.net
(For demonstration purposes only)
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WAP Content through a Web Browser
 http://www.gelon.net
(For demonstration purposes only)
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Future Content
 Mobile banking
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SIM provides additional security
 m-commerce
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Mobile commerce
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Small transactions off pre-paid or post-paid credit balances
 Stock quotes
 Sports scores
 Personal Information Management
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Agenda, mail, address book, memo pad
 Position-based services
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Nearest McDonalds, nearest friend, mobile dating
 Home automation
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The air-conditioning unit needs an IP address
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Graham Matthews
Director, ISP Services
MSI Cellular Investments
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.msi-cellular.com
WAP: wap.celtelplus.com