Benoit HanssenChief Technology Officer

Launching Voice over LTE (VoLTE)

• Fast call setup

• Included on existing post-paid rate plans

• Continued support for HD Voice

• Improved battery life on certain devices

• Video calls over LTE also included• Seamless 4G experience for Voice and Data

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VoLTE Devices

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 20190%25%50%75%

100%

13%32%

50%63% 71% 80%

VoLTE/Device Forecast • Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge + and Note 5 from early December

• Capable phones to receive settings Over The Air (OTA) or software upgrade

• More phones before Christmas and next year

• Customer experience focus

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VoLTE = Improved efficiency & \flexibility

GSMEFR

GSMAMR

GSMDFCA

WCDMACS

voice5.9kbp

s

HSPAVoIP/CS12.2kb

ps

HSPA CS

5.9kbps

LTE VoIP

12.2kbps

01020304050 Spectral Efficiency

Use

rs p

er M

Hz

x2.3• Generational change in the voice

network• Voice is carried on the data channel

• 2.3x more users per MHz• Seamless 4G-to-3G handovers

• Support for spectrum re-farming

Next step: Seamless Voice over Wi-Fi

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Vodafone virtualisation journey

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Telco Cloud for Vodafone• Agility & Speed

Rapid service deployment Flexible location Elasticity

• Efficiency x86

Oversubscription Automation

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New Dark Fibre Network

• Faster speeds• Low latency

• Increased capability• Cost optimisation

Enables:

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Supporting exponential data growth• De-couple transmission cost from growth

• Enables new technologies (C-RAN, HO-MIMO, 5G, etc.)

• Increased resilience

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2016

20152014

2013

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Future proofing Vodafone‘s network

4G3G2G

5GText

MMS/PhotosVideo

VR/AR• Support the Internet of Things

• New applications eg Augmented & Virtual Reality• Gigabit Mobile Internet

• Enhanced customer experience

Mobile Black Spot Programme• Vodafone received funding for 70

sites – supplement with additional builds to create contiguous coverage

• NSW funding approach delivered a better result for taxpayers

• Current industry sharing arrangements not suitable

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Vodafone awarded

Telstra awarded

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Regional consumers want choice

83%

$3.1bnper year

83% of regional consumers agreed that being able to choose

their mobile provider is important

The cost of a lack of effective competition in the telco market. The

equivalent of a 15 cent per liter tax on petrol

The issue is not a shortage of money but fragmentation and mixed

policy priorities

10 year NPV of estimated spends in 80-99% pop. area

NBN fixed wireless/satell

ite$3bn

Govt blackspot

programmes$200m +

Emergency services /

State Govt. $800m +

USO funding$3bn

Telstra, Vodafone and Optus status quo

spend$2.5bn +

$1.3 bn per year

$1.3bnper year

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Policy Success = Coverage & Choice

Utilise the NBN network to improve

mobile coverage

Redistribute funding for copper

wire to an expanded Mobile

Black Spot Programme

Greater sharing of regional

telecommunications infrastructure