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THE EGM ON ICT DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES FORENHANCING COOPERATION FOR REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY

BANGKOK, 22-24 NOVEMBER 2010

ICT Development status in Lao PDR

By: Mr. Chaleun Sibounheuang

National Authority of Post and Telecommunications


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CONTENTSI. ICT Policy and Regulation in Lao PDR

II. Telecommunications Network and MarketStructure

III. Frequency Spectrum Management

IV. Summary


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COUNTRY PROFILE

Capital Vientiane

Area 236 800 sq km

Population 5.7 mil lion

Urban population 30 %

GDP per capita US$ 900

Currency Kip

Telecom and Internet Fixed lines: 106106 sub.sub.

Mobile (GSM): 3 819929 sub.

CDMA/WLL: 29570 sub..

Teledensity: 67%Teledensity: 67%

Internet:Internet: 17 486 users17 486 users


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TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY OBJ ECTIVE

|To increase the deployment of national telecommunicationsinfrastructure especially in regional and remote areas;

|To provide a financially viable telecommunications sectorconducive to sustainable investment in telecommunicationsinfrastructure by the private and public sector as well as

aid agencies;

|To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of telecom servicedelivery to end users;

|To cost effectively satisfy end user demand for telecomservices at affordable prices; and

|To strengthen regulatory capability and skill sets withinGovernment so as to ensure a high standard of sectorgovernance and oversight of market participants.


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I. ICT POLICY AND REGULATION IN LAO PDR

Currently, Lao PDRs telecommunications and ICT sector isregulated by the Law on Telecommunications 2001.

In addition, the Decree on Trade Competition and the Decree onOrganization and Operation of National Authority of Post and

Telecommunications (NAPT) are also applicable. To provide effective governance and supervision of the

telecommunications and ICT sector given global

developments in telecommunications and ICT technologies and

policies. A new draft Law on Telecommunications and the ICT has

been developed which will replace the old legislation with amodern regulatory framework which recognises technologyconvergence, and consistent with global and regionalstandards.

The draft new Law on Telecommunications and ICT has passed

the internal approval and will submit to the National Assemblyconference for adoption in March 2011.


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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF NAPT

National Authority of Posts and Telecommunications(NAPT)

Dept. PostsDept. Telecom

and InternetCabinet office

Dept. Planning

& Cooperation

NAPT ProvincialDivision/ Office

Institute ofP&T


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The NAPT is responsible for the day-to-dayregulation of the telecommunications and ICT

sector including licensing, the regulation offrequency spectrum, numbering and electronicaddressing, technical regulation and unlawful use

of telecommunications networks. The NAPT may direct a licensee to comply with the

provisions of the Law, licences or other subordinate

Instruments The NAPT may, with the approval of the Minister, issueregulations and/or notifications on any matter specified asbeing subject to the NAPTs regulations and/or

notifications under the Law. The NAPT may further issue regulations and/or

notifications as it considers necessary.


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II. Telecommunications network and Market Structure


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Telecommunication Operators

1). Lao Telecom Co. Ltd (LTC):Fixed lines, Mobile telephone,Wireless LocalLoop and Internet Service, Internationaltelephone

2). Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL)Fixed lines, Mobile telephone, InternetService and, International telephone

3). Millicom Lao Co.Ltd (MLL)

Prepaid Mobile telephone, InternetService

4). Star TelecomFixed lines, Mobile telephone,

Internet Service


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Fixed lines subcribers

93,786 95,86797,768 99,413

135,676

90,806

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

as of Sept 2010


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Mobile subcribers

1,230,0301,450,100

2,022,133

2,677,405

3,819,929

657,528

0

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

3500000

4000000

4500000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

as of Sept 2010


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Current market share


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INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERSINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

NAST : National Authority of Science and Technology

No Company Services

1 Lao Telecom Co.Ltd Fixed, mobile and Internet

2 Enterprise of Telecom Lao Fixed, mobile and Internet

3 Star Telecom co.,Ltd Fixed, mobile and Internet

4 Millicom Lao Co.Ltd mobile and Internet (WiMax)

5 Skytel & Net Co.Ltd Internet (WiMax)

6 Plannet Co.Ltd Internet (WiMax)

7 LanexangInternet Co.Ltd Internet (WiMax)8 NAST Internet

9 ChampalaoInternet Co.Ltd Internet


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TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET LINETOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET LINE

17,486

15,631

13,376

5,487

4,0514,638

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

20000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

as of Sept 2010


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III. FREQUENCY SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT

|The NAPT is responsible for the overallmanagement of spectrum and is empowered todevelop a national frequency spectrum plan which

may include the existing and planned frequencyallocation and reservation, and the process forallocation and reallocation of the spectrum.

|The requirement to develop a frequency spectrumplan is designed to ensure the efficiency ofspectrum allocations and compliance with relevant

international conventions, standards andagreements.


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SPECTRUM PLANNING AND ASSIGNMENTS

| Bands used globally for commercial networks:y GSM technology: GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz, E-GSM

y CDMA technology: CDMA 800 MHz, CDMA 1900 MHz, CDMA450 MHz

y 3G/ IMT-2000 : 1900-2200 MHz band, 2300-2400 MHz, 2500-

2690 MHz band| In Laos

y Radio Spectrum for both main technologies like GSM, CDMA isgranted

y

GSM:| GSM 900 MHz and GSM 1800 MHz

| Current assignment of spectrum 2x6 MHz/operator in GSM900and 2x15 MHz/operator in 1800 MHz to facilitate theirdevelopment and services

y

GSM 850 MHz (824 849 / 869 894 MHz) : also 2x7 MHzgranted to LTCy CDMA :

| CDMA 800 MHz (824 849 / 869 894 MHz) and CDMA 450MHz (450 457.5 / 460 467.5 MHz)

y GSM vs. CDMA in 800 MHz band


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3G PLANNING AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequencyband

Assigned Freq Bandwidth Licensee Remark

2500 2518 MHz 18 MHz LX Internet Paired Frequency

2672 2690 MHz 18 MHz LX Internet Paired Frequency

2520 2530 MHz 10 MHz Millicom TDD

2530 2550 MHz 20 MHz Millicom Paired Frequency

2650 2670 MHz 20 MHz Millicom Paired Frequency

2550 2580 MHz 30 MHz Planet

2585 2615 MHz 30 MHz Sky Tel

2.5 GHz(25002690 MHz)

2620 2645 MHz 25 MHz Not yet

3400 3450 MHz 30 MHz Sky Tel

3455 3485 MHz 30 MHz NAST E- Govt. project

3.5 GHz(34003600

MHz)

2.5 GHz band: 2500 2690 MHz3.5 GHz band: 3400 3600 MHz


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IV. SUMMARY

ICT in Lao PDR is under developing and a lot ofworks/efforts are needed for the successful of thedevelopment

We continue open up the industry to facilitate

partnership and inward investment opportunities inorder to play our part in the growth of the region. Critical to this is not just capital investment but the

transfer of skills and capabilities is so critical to

development of sustainable ICT sector in Lao PDR.Training and Capacity-building at all levels are

necessary

Assistance and consultancy on ICT development andPolicy with other countries and Internationalorganizations are required to fulfill our objectives


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