GSMA Network Coverage Maps Data Submission Guidelines

January 2011

1.0 Background
CollinsBartholomew is the GSMAs mapping partner and should be your first point of contact regarding the submission of coverage data. This document outlines the guidelines for submitting coverage data to CollinsBartholomew for display on GSM World, the GSMAs corporate website, and also the GSMAs Infocentre, the members extranet. The coverage service provides members of the GSMA with the facility to display their coverage information on the hugely popular GSM World web site which receives over 1.2 million site visits per year and 10 million page views. The service is mainly used by consumers checking coverage before they travel and reduces the burden on an operators customer service operations.

1.1 Contact Details

The principal contact with regard to coverage data submissions is: John Allen, Data Sales Manager CollinsBartholomew john.allen@harpercollins.co.uk +44 7787 126660

The principal GSMA contact with regard coverage data submissions is: Rick Costello, General Manager Media & Research, GSMA rcostello@gsm.org +44 7817 925911

For details on GSMA Membership benefits, the contact is: Member Services, GSMA membership@gsm.org

2.0 Data Submission

This section describes the methods and data formats operators may use to submit coverage data to CollinsBartholomew.

2.1 Schedule
Data can be submitted at any time of year. We allow one network update per year. If more than one update is required, please contact CollinsBartholomew with details on the requirement. CollinsBartholomew will process and publish a new coverage map within 28 days. However, please be advised that complicated formats or overly-detailed coverage may take longer. Coverage data submissions are processed strictly in the order in which they are received as long as there is no technical or commercial reason for delay. It is essential to submit data that complies with the specifications in this document. Please note that submissions are by technology not operator, so one submission of more than one technology is free of charge and not counted as a multiple submission. Please send GSM and 3G (WCDMA) network coverage data.

2.2 File Names

Please compress all files in to an archive format using WinZip. Other compression formats may be supported by special arrangement contact CollinsBartholomew for details. Operators should name their compressed archive so that it includes network name, country two-letter ISO code (see appendix 1), network type and date in the following format. This will ensure that all submissions are clearly identified. For example: NetworkName-CountryCode-NetworkType-Date.zip NetworkType will normally be GSM, 3G or Satellite. Please contact CollinsBartholomew to submit coverage of a different type so that a keyword can be allocated. Please use dates in the format yyyymmdd. For example, 17 January 2011 would be 20110117. If the specific day is not necessary, it may be omitted. E.g. January 2011 would be 201101 For example, China Mobile may submit their GSM coverage for January 2011 as: ChinaMobile-CN-GSM-201101.zip Within an archive, if there are multiple layers of information, file names should clearly reflect the content. Eg. strong and variable coverage.

2.3 Coverage Accuracy & Resolution

All coverage maps are overlaid on to a 1:1,000,000 scale digital base map of the earth. This provides a level of detail found in a continental road atlas but not down to city street level. This however can be varied if a country is very large (e.g. Russia) or very compact/dense (eg. Singapore). We will attempt to process data at any resolution and scale it to a suitable

level. If data provided is too coarse, the resulting coverage maps may not show a mobile network in the best possible light. All coverage maps are overlaid on to 5 fixed online mapping scales, the largest of which is at 1:1,000,000. Please visit www.collinscoverage.com to see an example of this. Please note that CollinsBartholomew reserves the right to reject poor data.

2.4 Coverage Types

As standard, each coverage map can show two classes of coverage. This will normally depict regions of strong and variable coverage. The signal level used to distinguish between strong and variable service should be as follows: Strong: >= -92dBm Variable: >= -100dBm To ensure that coverage can be compared like-for-like, it is requested that submissions do not deviate from these signal levels. Depending on the submission data format, operators may wish to submit two layers, one for each classification. Both classes can be included in to a single layer if there is sufficient attribute information to differentiate them. A variable coverage layer may also include areas of the strong layer. It is preferable to include coverage over international borders and the sea in your data. If you clip your data to internal borders/coastlines, it is likely that this will not match the borders/coastlines that we use, and apparent gaps in coverage may result. Coverage maps on gsmworld.com and the InfoCentre separate different technologies. For example, if an operator has a GSM 900/1800 and a 3G network, they will be implemented on separate maps. Please submit data which gives a fair representation of your network coverage. Submissions which show blanket strong coverage across a large regions or countries or which appear clearly suspicious we reserve the right not to publish coverage which is evidently misleading.

2.5 Submission Methods

There are currently two methods for submission of coverage map data. All submissions are made at the operators own cost. The methods are: Via email o If less than 5Mb compressed, please e-mail data submissions to collinscoverage@harpercollins.co.uk Via File Drop Box o Submissions of up to 2GB in size can be sent via filedrop at http://www.collinsbartholomew.com/solutions/coverage/filedrop.aspx This facility is safe and secure.

Please also include full contact details including e-mail address.

2.6 Data Formats

There are four general categories of data format acceptable, presented below in order of preference. The preferred format for data submission is vector (regions represented as polygons made up of node coordinates). We can also accept output from radio planning tools or raster (image or grid data aligned to a geographic location). Marketing maps generally cannot be used. It is essential that any data supplied includes the coordinate system, projection and datum used. Type I - GIS Vector Formats Type I submissions may be supplied in GIS industry standard vector formats including ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase, MapInfo TAB, MapInfo MIF/MID and KML files. It is essential that any data supplied includes the coordinate system, projection and datum used. Some radio planning tools are able to export data in these formats. Type II Export from Radio Planning Tools Type II submissions may be supplied in formats that are exported from radio planning tool software. The outputs should be of the Best Server type showing the best signal level achieved for each cell in a prediction region. The current tools are supported: Marconi Planet EV (supply Vertical Mapper classified grid files GRC/TAB if the vector formats outlined in Type I are not supported) Aircom Asset / Enterprise (export coverage prediction to MapInfo MIF/MID format). ESRI ArcView based tools (please supply Shapefiles)

It is essential that any data supplied includes the coordinate system, projection and datum used. If you are using another radio planning tool and are unable to find a format in this document that seems to be suitable, please contact CollinsBartholomew. Type III - GIS Raster Formats Type III submissions may be supplied in GIS industry standard raster image or grid formats including TIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG or Vertical Mapper grid. It is essential that raster image data includes ONLY the coverage information. No other features or place names should appear on the images. It is also essential a geographic registration file such as an ESRI world file (TFW) for TIFFs is supplied. It is recommended that each grid cell/pixel represent 200m. It is essential that any data supplied includes the coordinate system, projection and datum used. Type IV Base Station Coordinates or Place Lists Type IV submissions are supplied as a list of base station coordinates or place names. Place names must be provided in local language form and with the 1st level administrative region in which they reside. This type of data should be supplied in text, or Microsoft Excel data format with a single entry per row. For place names, each location should be "geocoded" to

a latitude/longitude coordinate and a coverage radius calculated (which is either fixed or can be specified as a data field, with units clearly specified). Secondary (variable quality) coverage can be specified with a slightly increased radius. This submission type is the least accurate, therefore is requested that operators explore options to supply data in type I, II and III formats. It is essential that any data supplied includes the coordinate system, projection and datum used.

3.0 Costs
As part of full membership, the GSMA will pay for ONE coverage map update for each network in each year. The first network coverage submission each year is free of charge, irrespective of format. Multi-band coverage (e.g. GSM 900/1800) is handled as a single submission. GSM and 3G coverage map submissions are handled separately. To receive a price for additional updates each year please contact CollinsBartholomew.

Would you like network roaming coverage maps on your own web site? As the GSMAs mapping partner CollinsBartholomew is also able to offer a unique web based roaming coverage map service called Collins Mobile Coverage. Using the latest mapping technology, Collins Mobile Coverage combines up-to-date world base maps with unique mobile network coverage data provided by operators from around the world. These seamless roaming coverage maps are delivered straight to your corporate web pages to help you tell your users where they can use their phones when abroad. To find out more please visit www.collinscoverage.com

Appendix 1 ISO country codes

This list states the country names (official short names in English) in alphabetical order as given in ISO 3166-1 and the corresponding ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements. For an updated list, please go to http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements Country names AFGHANISTAN LAND ISLANDS ALBANIA ALGERIA AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code AF AX AL DZ AS AD AO

ANGUILLA ANTARCTICA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BHUTAN BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BOUVET ISLAND BRAZIL BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI

AI AQ AG AR AM AW AU AT AZ BS BH BD BB BY BE BZ BJ BM BT BO BA BW BV BR IO BN BG BF BI

CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CAYMAN ISLANDS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA CHRISTMAS ISLAND COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE COOK ISLANDS COSTA RICA CTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR

KH CM CA CV KY CF TD CL CN CX CC CO KM CG CD CK CR CI HR CU CY CZ DK DJ DM DO EC EG SV

EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) FAROE ISLANDS FIJI FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH POLYNESIA FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GIBRALTAR GREECE GREENLAND GRENADA GUADELOUPE GUAM GUATEMALA GUERNSEY GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI

GQ ER EE ET FK FO FJ FI FR GF PF TF GA GM GE DE GH GI GR GL GD GP GU GT GG GN GW GY HT

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAQ IRELAND ISLE OF MAN ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JERSEY JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO

HM VA HN HK HU IS IN ID IR IQ IE IM IL IT JM JP JE JO KZ KE KI KP KR KW KG LA LV LB LS

LIBERIA LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAO

LR LY LI LT LU MO

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MK MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MAYOTTE MEXICO MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MONTSERRAT MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA MG MW MY MV ML MT MH MQ MR MU YT MX FM MD MC MN ME MS MA MZ MM NA

NAURU NEPAL NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NIUE NORFOLK ISLAND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALAU PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES PITCAIRN POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR RUNION ROMANIA

NR NP NL AN NC NZ NI NE NG NU NF MP NO OM PK PW PS PA PG PY PE PH PN PL PT PR QA RE RO

RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAINT BARTHLEMY

RU RW BL

SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA SH SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT MARTIN SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SAMOA SAN MARINO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA KN LC MF PM VC WS SM ST SA SN RS SC SL SG SK SI SB SO ZA GS

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ES LK SD SR SJ

SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF THAILAND TIMOR-LESTE TOGO TOKELAU TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TUVALU UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VATICAN CITY STATE VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF

SZ SE CH SY TW TJ TZ TH TL TG TK TO TT TN TR TM TC TV UG UA AE GB US UM UY UZ VU see HOLY SEE VE

VIET NAM VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. WALLIS AND FUTUNA WESTERN SAHARA YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE

VN VG VI WF EH YE ZM ZW