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High-Capacity Satellite Services:

A New Solution for NGO Connectivity?

David Hartshorn Arunas Slekys Steve Birnbaum

Secretary General VP, Corporate Marketing & GM Chief, Disaster Response

GVF Russia/CIS GVF

Hughes

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About the Global VSAT Forum

• Non-Profit Satellite Communications Association

• Partnership Since NetHope’s Inception

• Facilitating Satcom Worldwide Thru:

– Education & Training

– Development-Sector (e.g. CSR, Disaster Response, etc.)

– Successful Regulatory & Policy Practice

– Proof of Concept, e.g. VSAT-WiFi and… High-Capacity Satellite

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Related HCS Developments

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High Capacity Satellite: The Backdrop

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VSAT Pricing Trend Set Stage for HCS

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Annual Consumer, SME BB and Enterprise Service Growth

Annual Consumer, SME BB and Enterprise

Service Growth

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New Applications Began to Be Served

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Served by

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VSAT Terminals in Millions

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"regular"

satellite capacity

• Deregulation and improved products drive

market acceleration

• New markets such as communications on the

move offer new growth opportunities

• Spotbeam satellites are an attractive proposal

for a part of corporate needs

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Broadband Satellite Users

Sites and Subs by Region, 2010–2020: 15.4% CAGR

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■Government

■ Consumer/SMB ■ Enterprise

■ Mobile Satellite

High-Capacity Satellite User Groups

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HCS Now Provides Near-Global Coverage

SPACEWAY

Wildblue

SES AstraSuperbird 2

Anik F2

AMC 16

Hughes Jupiter

Viasat 1 YahSatKaSat RSCC

NBN

IPStar

Inmarsat Global XPress

Hylas

Arabsat

O3B

Amazonas

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HCS Launches Per Year

Dedicated HTS Hybrid Payload HTS

Thaicom 4 Anik F2

WildBlue 1 AMC-15

Spaceway 3 AMC-16

Ka-Sat Ciel-2

ViaSat-1 Hylas 1

Jupiter-1 Arabsat 5C

Inmarsat 5F2 YahSat 1B

Inmarsat 5F1 Hylas 2

Inmarsat 5F3 Hispasat AG1

NBN Co 1A Express AM5

GSAT-11 Astra 2F

NBN Co 1B Express AM6

Amazonas 3

Astra 2E

Thor 7

Astra 2G

Jabiru-1

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HTS Capacity Launches (Gbps)

Source : NSR

www.gvf.orgN. America Sample: Viasat

• Approx. 100 Gbps

capacity

• More Than ½ Mn Subs

• In Service 2012

• More Capacity Than All

Other Conventional

Satellites Combined

• Driving Further

Economies of Scale

(with Other Operators)

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• 100+ Gbps capacity

– ~100 times the capacity of typical

Ku-band satellite

– ~ 1.5-2Million Subscribers

• In service Oct, 2012

• Optimized for broadband access

• Multiple Ka-band spot beams

• Advanced high order modulation

rates

• More speed:

– 10–15 Mbps downloads

New High Throughput

Satellite

New spacecraft technology

New system technology

High-speed forward and return

channels

Key QoS and acceleration

features

Enhanced user experience

EchoStar XVII with JUPITER™ technology

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Consumer/SMB Internet Access

Highlights

Subscribers▪ 659,000 consumer/SMB

subscribers (YE2012)

▪ Over 26,000 ZIP Codes in contiguous US

– Plus Puerto Rico and Canada

▪ High demand:43k new customers in 4Q2012

▪ Estimated 10-15M Unserved/Underserved Households

Profitable Business that is growing strongly

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EMEA Sample: Avanti Ka-Band

• Hylas-1 (3/11 Launch)

• Hylas-2 (2012 Launch)

• Expanded Footprint to N.

Africa and Middle East

• 8 Gateways, Enterprise &

Consumer Orientation

• Consumer/SME Users:

~30M++ Offices and

Homes

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• Implemented August 2012

– Ka-band Network & Customer

Terminals

– 4 Gateway Stations

– Network Control Center

– Complete OSS/BSS Solution

– Blanket Licensing in South Africa

MEA Sample: Yahsat

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Sample of Enterprise Users Shifting to HCS

BMW

Daimler Chrysler

General Motors. Opel

Toyota/Lexus

VW

Automotive

Best Western

Choice Hotels

Wyndham Hotels

A.G. Edwards American General

Finance Edward Jones Salomon Smith

Barney VISA HSBC Itau Bank

BP-Amoco

ChevronTexaco

Conoco Phillips

ExxonMobil

Hess

Pemex

Shell

A&P

Albertson’s/USSC

ASDA

AutoZone

Best Buy

Big 5

Blockbuster Video

Dollar Tree Stores

Footlocker

Jiffy Lube

Kmart

Lowe’s

Rite Aid

Sherwin Williams

Smart n Final

Tesco

TJX

Walgreens

Wal-Mart

Army Air Force Exchange Services

California State Government Florida Emergency

Management GSA Pennsylvania Emergency

Management Texas Department of Public

Safety UN CTBTO International Civil Aviation

Organization NIC India

Oil and Gas Retail

Dominos

Dunkin Donuts

Jack in the Box

McDonald’s

Pizza Hut

Taco Bell

Wendy’s

AMF Bowling

Brunswick Bowling

Gtech

Lows Cineplex

National CineMedia

Playwin

StarTV

Alliance Data Systems

Concord Data Network

Services EDS Telesat Telstra—Australia Korea Telecom Telefonica—Spain Telkom SA—(South

Africa) Telmex—Mexico Telkom Malaysia

Restaurants

Lodging Financial

Entertainmentsand Sports

Integrators/ServiceProviders

Government

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Satellite Broadband For ICT Projects in

Rural/Underserved Areas

Dial-up

MPLS/

FRAME

DSL

Limited coverage area

BROADBAND MULTICAST PLATFORM

• All applications (data, video, and multimedia)

UBIQUITOUS COVERAGE

• Anywhere

• End-to-end homogeneous network

SIMPLE

• One Single Vendor

• One standard platform at every location

SCALABLE

• Add applications

• Add sites

AFFORDABLE

• Well below frame

• Competitive with business DSL

RELIABLE

• 99.7% availability

RAPID

DEPLOYMENT

Slow

Expensive

SATELLITE

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Facilitating Universal Service

UNITED STATES

AWARDS

BROADBAND STIMULUS

INDIA

■11K Fusion Kiosks:

Distance-Learning,

eGovernance, high-speed

Internet

■Franchise increases profits via pay-as-

you-go services

MEXICO

■Rural telephony:

30K lines

■Rural broadband:

2K terminalsBRAZIL

■State of Amazonas

(1.5M sq km): Hughes

and PRODAM

■High-speed Internet and

eGovernance at

agencies/schools

RUSSIA

■E-Russia Initiative with

Synterra & RTComm

8K rural ISPs and

schools

AUSTRALIA

■ORION Satellite

Systems

■Up to 200K subs

in rural areas on

DVB-S2/ACM

■ Only nationwide award,

3x nearest competitor

■ To accelerate growth in unserved markets

■ Highest Speed Plans: 10–15 Mbps Downloads

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INTERNET

USO Case Study- Australia

•Government funded broadband

initiative to serve rural Australia

•$107.8M over 3 years

•2 levels of Subsidy based on

distance from a Telstra Exchange

•0 to 15 Km’s - $1,540

•+ 15Km - $3,300

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Internet To Schools: eMexico & Enciclomedia

• Mexico’s Ministry of Education bringing a learning environment to over 150,000 classrooms

• VSATs power the program:

– 10,860 broadband satellite terminals for the Mexican Ministry of Education’s Enciclomedia program

– 17,500 secondary school classrooms in Mexico and 37,500 primary school classrooms

• 40% of the secondary school classrooms in the country

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Distance Education – Edusat India

EDUSAT

NATIONAL NOC

REGIONAL NOC “A”

REGIONAL NOC “Y”

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First EDUSAT

System Inaugurated

by President of India

Satellite Launched By DOS For eEducation

– Bringing content from central locations to remote schools and universities

– Interactive voice and video

– Deployed in 6 states so far

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Community Broadband : E-Choupal & Fusion India

• Background

– Bridging rural isolation and income disparities

– Offers opportunity for the poor while creating a new profit opportunity

– Only network of its kind which targets Rural India – Directly

• Network Details

– 4000 E-Choupals (Information Centers) connected to Internet using broadband satellite terminals

– Networked across 5 states to seamlessly connect farmers with large firms and global markets

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Wireless Backhaul Options

BackhaulCellular

Core

Public

Network

Fiber

Copper/DSL

Microwave

Satellite

Backhaul Options

Wireless Coverage Area –

GSM, CDMA – 2&3G, Wimax, LTE etc

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HCS & Disaster Preparedness

• GVF Implemented

Proof of Concept

– Hurricane Sandy

– Rapid Deployment

– Effectively Supported

Response Effort

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Regulatory Dividend

• New rules surrounding the use of HCS:

– Blanket Licensing – Proven model in Developed Countries is being applied in Developing Countries

– Satellite Access – ‘Open Skies’ and simple rules to allow satellites access drives down cost and accelerates the deployment of satellite applications

– Earth Station Access

• Exclusive bands - General Authorization

• Shared bands – Licenses needed with simple, efficient processes

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HCS Issues to Consider

HCS capacity is changing the fundamental cost equation for

nearly every application in the industry.

HOWEVER…

• What is the “right” model for HCS provisioning?

• Is there cannibalization of existing business- both FSS and MSS?

• What are the effects on pricing?

• Mobility issues in HCS?

• Ka-band vs. Ku-band (C-Band?)

• GEO vs. MEO HCS?

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GEO vs. MEO Constellations

Many similarities yet MEO constellations benefit from lower latency.

However MEO constellations require tracking antennas on ground and

applications served are more restrained.

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HCS Issues to Consider, Cont’d.

• Cost of migrating clients to HCS?

• Too much or too little capacity?

– Is there a risk of oversupply?

– What happens when beams are full?

• Technical issues with larger volumes of bandwidth

• Bottom Line- What should be considered when evaluating Ka-

band and HCS opportunities?

• Rain fade and the effects on service quality/SLAs in Ka-band

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ACM Operation

• ACM dynamically adjusts

the modulation and coding

(MODCOD) based on the

far end C/N level.

• ACM optimizes the channel

throughput during all

conditions.

• During rain events the

MODCOD is reduced to

provide more margin and

maintain the link. The

symbol rate remains fixed.

• Once the event passes the

link returns to its normal

data rate.

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Rain Fade Performance

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• The key is to integrate QoS with ACM to make sure that

sensitive traffic is protected.

40% of Peak Data

Rate at 99.7%

Location: Indonesia (Rain Zone P)

• Example: O3b designs mobile networks so that at least 40% of the traffic has an availability of 99.7%.

• Performs well if traffic is a mix of high priority and low priority traffic

• Doesn’t work well when all traffic is high priority

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Diversity

3O3b Networks Proprietary

• Diversity provides the ability to route around weather events

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A Hybrid Ka- and C-band solution can provide the best of both worlds: the

high peak data rates of Ka-band with the lower attenuation of C-/Ku-band.

All Voice and Data Traffic

Link Idle

10/4 Mbps

0/0 Mbps

Remote Site

Router

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Modem

Tier 2

ModemTier 2

Modem

C-Band VSAT

O3b Tier 2 Terminal

3O3b Networks Proprietary

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Link Idle

6/3 Mbps

0/0 Mbps

Remote Site

Router

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Modem

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ModemTier 2

Modem

C-Band VSAT

O3b Tier 2 Terminal

All Voice and Data Traffic

3O3b Networks Proprietary

Hybrid Ka- and C-/Ku-band solution can provide the best of both worlds: the

high peak data rates of Ka-band with the lower attenuation of C- or Ku-band.

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Only Data Traffic

Voice Traffic

6/3 Mbps

2/2 Mbps

Remote Site

Router

C-band

Modem

Tier 2

ModemTier 2

Modem

C-Band VSAT

O3b Tier 2 Terminal

3O3b Networks Proprietary

A Hybrid Ka- and C-band solution can provide the best of both worlds: the

high peak data rates of Ka-band with the lower attenuation of C-band.

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Contacts and Acknowledgements

• GVF Appreciates Assistance Provided for this

Presentation by COMSYS, Euroconsult, Hughes, NSR,

O3B, Viasat

• For More Information Contact: David.Hartshorn@gvf.org

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