Download - Candace Johnson - Kacific Pesentation
A Broadband Satellite Venture for Small Island Developing States in the Pacific
Presentation by Candace Johnson to the Ambassadors of the Small Island Developing States
at the United Nations and the ITU
6 May 2014
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Kacific’s Vision: “Connecting the Dots”
• Transforming the fabric of their societies
• Generating sustainable economic growth
• Equipping children for a digital future
• Delivering services more effectively
• Improving manufacturing and commerce
• Engaging and empowering remote communities
• Inspiring the creation of meaningful content and useful applications
The challenges to governments of small island states
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Key issues for SIDS
• Remote and isolated
• Small highly disseminated populations
• Limited resources
• Susceptible to natural disasters
• Vulnerable to external shocks
• Dependent on international trade
• Economic development
• Government services
• Climate change adaptation
• Preservation of indigenous culture
• Sustainable resource management
• Support for emergency services
• Relief work during natural disasters
Priority areas for broadband
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Connect the Dots,..and Drive Economy through Education and Innovation
Low productivity and growth
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From a vicious to a virtuous cycle …
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Connect the Dots, …and Engage Citizen to Fuel Innovation & Growth
Of the 2014 most innovative companies, 55% are online or with a substantial online component (source Fastcompany.com)
Google, Netflix, dropbox, Xiaomi, Zipdal, Donorschoose, Yelp, Twitter, Apple, Amazon, Shazam, T-Mobile, Box.com, FITBIT, Shutterstock, Github, Square, Stats, Flipboard, BGI,
IHUB, GoPro
Engage.Grow!
Inform.
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Connect the Dots,..and Educate and Reach All Communities
• Citizen use schools, churches and surrounding WiFi hotspots as connectivity centers
• Aggregates demand, shares costs, shares skills• Provides access to essential online government and other services
Every school becomes a community centre providing internet services
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Connect the Dots,..and Serve and Protect All Citizen for National Harmony
Online Government / Public services are only effective if they are accessible to all citizen• Online census• Online health promotion board• Online inland revenue assessment• Online postal services / Online purchases • Online banking services
Emergency, disaster response are legitimate citizen needs• Proper emergency medical and security response requires
ability from remote locations to place calls and potentially to share images or video
• Borders and national waters remote monitoring is paramount to national security
• Emergency anouncements / Alarms to remote places are basic to local citizen survival
• Fast deployment of satellite services are crucial in post disaster scenes
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First nation women in remote parts of Canada use online tools to help support their communities and tell their stories
Connect the Dots,..and Your Culture will Live on.
In Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia: History, Mythology, Art, Language websites from are burgeoning. Internet access to all citizen from SIDS will make them flourish
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• Proven HTS technology finally brought to the Pacific
• Complete coverage
• Complementary to fiber
• Launch Q4 2016 / Q1 2017
• Affordable (<400$/Mbps duplex)
• High speed broadband internet access
• Direct-to-the-premise
• Easy and rapid rollout
• 75cm terminal
• 20 minutes installation
• Able to carry remote video
• A genuine game-changer
Kacific’s solution
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Kacific will bring an abundance of affordable connectivity to Pacific SIDS
• Access will be rolled out extremely rapidly post-launch (2016)
• Small, affordable, easy to install terminals
• Same quality of service in cities and most remote isolated locations
Result: affordable connectivity in abundance everywhere
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Existing Ku-band internet system described as “low cost”:
• 1.2m terminal: USD4,200• Installation: USD2,800• Installed by engineers (with concrete pad)
• USD 395 (per month) for 256kbps• Shared 10:1 • Unlimited data
Kacific solution:• 0.75m terminal < USD400• Installation cost remote island ~ USD280• Installed by technicians/DIY• No pad, 20 min install
• USD235 (per month) for 3Mbps • Shared 10:1 • Unlimited data • 50% margin for reseller
Up and running for ~ USD 7,000
Up and running for ~ USD680
“Affordable high speed internet” – a case study
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Aggregating and energising an under-served market
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40 million people including Eastern Indonesia
Over 1000 hotels
2 million+ wealthy tourists to island states
5000+ schools and universities
Almost 10,000 hospitals and medical centers
2 million+ government employees
1500+ bank branches
Large commodities industry
Public safety
International agencies
The HTS concept applied to the Pacific market
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Ka HTS – A Complementary Technology to Fiber
The arrival of fiber in main cities fuels demand for broadband services in rural locations and outer islands. As local content is developed and local online services are offered the entire population embraces a growing need for connectivity.
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Finally Kacific affordably secures any undersea cable and terrestrial network in case of cut or disaster
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Other satellite,O3b (few and expensive connected sites)
Terminals at <$400 a pieceDozens or hundreds of sites per outer island
Kacific: PREPARES fiber arrival, COMPLEMENTS fiber infrastructure, SECURES fiber networks
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Kacific, the Ka-Band HTS of the Pacific
Affordable, Accessible Everywhere, Validated
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Connecting the dots, simply
A global model for SIDS
Pacific Caribbean
AIMS
The Kacific model can be replicated for other SIDS
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Contact
Candace [email protected]:
Christian [email protected] Singapore: +61481160052Mobile Singapore: +6598000310
Kacific Broadband Satellites Pte Ltd16 Collyer Quay, #20-10Singapore 049318
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