Kick-Off Document

2600 MHz Traffic increment study

LTE
Bahrain
9th May 2016

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 Viva Busy Hour Traffic Volume
• Viva LTE Network busy hour Traffic volume is increasing month by month by 5% as shown in the chart below.
• Any addition for carriers will cause incrementn in this Traffic Volume due to improvment in user experience.

5% month to month increment %

+ 3% due to 5MHz addition to

5% month to month increment %

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 10 MHz 2nd Carrier Addition
• If we had 10Mhz addition to our band as F2, we will have around 4.8 % traffic increase due to this BW addition.
• If we assume that on Oct-16 we will roll out 10 MHz F2, we will have ( 5% month to month increase + 4.8 % BW increase=9.8%).
• Chart below shows forcasted Busy hour in the next 1 year, notice that on October trend goes up by 4.8% more than normal trend.

4.8 due to 10 MHz 2nd carrier addition

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 20 MHz 2nd Carrier Addition
• If we had 20Mhz addition to our band as F2, we will have around 6 % traffic increase due to this BW addition.
• If we assume that on Oct-16 we will roll out 10 MHz F2, we will have ( 5% month to month increase + 6 % BW increase=11%).
• Chart below shows forcasted Busy hour in the next 1 year, notice that on October trend goes up by 6% more than normal trend.

6% due to 20 MHz 2nd carrier addition

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