THE ROLE OF KA-BAND SATELLITE SYSTEMS IN DELIVERING BROADBAND SERVICES

(1)

THE ROLE OF KA-BAND SATELLITE SYSTEMS IN

DELIVERING BROADBAND SERVICES

CTO Forum – Towards a Connected Commonwealth 14th_{September 2015 – Nairobi, Kenya}

Andrew J. Fry

(2)

What I will cover

 Ka-band Satellite Services and Systems:

– _{The economics of Ka-band Satellite broadband and the Satellite Broadband Internet Market} – High Throughput Ka-band GEO Satellites (HTS) - Changing The Game

– Ka-band Satellite Broadband – An Ongoing Revolution

– _{Ka-band Satellite Expands Mobile Phone & Broadband Networks to Rural and Remote Areas}

– Backhauling Broadband

 Avanti Background:

– About Avanti and our Satellites

 Connecting Communities Via Satellite:

– The Transformational role of satellite and examples of Avanti’s active projects in Africa

(3)

I. KA-BAND SATELLITE

SERVICES & SYSTEMS

(4)

The Economics Of the Ka-band Satellite Broadband

A significant portion of the world population does not have access to voice and/or data services - Satellites are a natural fit to serve these populations

45% of the world’s population live in rural, hard-to-reach areas consuming only 15% of the total mobile traffic

30% of the world population live on only 1% of the worlds land area consuming 60% of the traffic

The terrestrial costs to reach the final 1% of the population is nearly

40 times the cost of reaching the initial 95%.

Ka-band Satellite broadband is a proven technology, delivering high-speed services to customers beyond the reach of terrestrial networks

Ka-band satellite-based networks are uniquely able to deliver:

• affordable, immediate and ubiquitous broadband access to end-users that are otherwise un-served by broadband

• The costs for Ka-band satellite platforms are dramatically less

than the cost to extend terrestrial broadband services

• Unlike other technologies, Ka-band satellite economics are independent of populationdensity

(5)

Source: Frost & Sullivan analysis

• The Ka-band market is growing significantly.

• Price is decreasing dramatically

• Millions of premises are currently equipped

with Ka-band satellite broadband all over the

world (e.g. in USA more than 1 million Ka-band

satellite broadband customers)

Africa

(6)

Africa - An Increasing Need For Connectivity Via Satellite

Sources: The Economist, Standard Bank, African Development Bank

 Dispersed population

 World’s fastest growing GDP

 Huge growth in young middle class

 Requirement for satellite connectivity far outstrips all existing and planned supply

 Data and voice services for telcos and enterprises

 Mobile backhaul requirements for mobile expansion into non-urban areas

 Local TV content production, digital switch-over and proliferation of low-cost digital tuners and LCD screens enabling large potential for Pay-TV, Free-To-Air & Free-To-View platforms

(7)

Lower space

segment cost

per MB

Higher

throughput

rates

Improve

capacity

availability

Ka-band HTS is a game-changing industry wide innovation

vastly expanding the market for satellite communications.

(8)

There has been a drastic evolution in performance in the last few years thanks to Ka-band High Throughput Satellites (HTS) using multi-beam payloads and frequency re-use techniques

The Next-generation of Ka-band HTS systems will provide yet further significant performance improvements

(Target: Terabit/s satellite capacity at viable economical conditions in the 2025 timeframe).

Ka-band Satellite Broadband – An Ongoing Revolution

Ku Ku 1st_Gen Ka-band 2nd_Gen Ka-band

(9)

Ka-band Satellite Expands Mobile Phone & Broadband Networks to

Rural and Remote Areas – Backhauling Broadband

GEO Ka-band HTS ‘backhaul’ for 2G/3G/4G base stations

support 2G/3G/4G service delivery

(10)

(11)

Note: Avanti’s HYLAS satellites are technically capable of providing Ka-band services to other coverage areas.

About Avanti Communications Group

 Avanti connects people wherever they are – in their homes, businesses, in government and on mobiles. Through the HYLAS satellite fleet and more than 150 partners in 118 countries the network provides ubiquitous internet service to a quarter of the world’s population. Avanti delivers the level of quality and flexibility that the most demanding telecoms customers in the world seek.

 Avanti is the first mover in high throughput Ka-band satellite data communications in EMEA.

 The Group has invested $1.2bn in a network that incorporates Ka-Band satellites, ground stations, datacentres and a fibre ring

 Avanti has three Ka-Band satellites in orbit and a further two fully funded Ka-band satellites under construction for launch in 2017. Avanti covers an end market of over 1.7bn people.

 Avanti Communications has been awarded ‘The Queen’s Award for Enterprise,’ the UK’s highest accolade for business success, in recognition of outstanding achievement in delivering growth in exports.

 Avanti is an ITU-R / ITU-D Sector member and a member of the CTO and ATU. We are also members of ETSI, ESOA and the GVF

(12)

(13)

Some Of Our Customers In Africa

Avanti serves more than 150 partners in 118 countries through the Ka-band HYLAS satellite fleet including in Africa:

(14)

III. CONNECTING COMMUNITIES VIA

SATELLITE

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

(21)

(22)

www.avantiplc.com

THANK YOU Contacts:

Andrew Fry

Manager, Government and Institutional Relations

Email: andrew.fry@avantiplc.com

Kumar Singarajah

Director, Regulatory Affairs & Business Development