Boundless Communications

Satellite Communicationsfor

Community and Economic Development

Presented by Erik Sorlie

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35,680Km.

The Clarke Belt

What is a Communications Satellite?

Satellites are “Parked” 35,680 kilometres above the earth in a “geo-synchronous” orbit.

Satellites appear stationary when viewed from the earth’s surface.

A single satellite provides up to 42% earth surface coverage

Satellites are located approximately every 2o around the equator

Most satellite beams or “footprints” are pointed at areas with high population density

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What are Satellite Footprints ?

Hemi Zone Ku-Spot C-Spot

Satellite footprints can comprise four types of Beams:

Hemi Beam

Zone Beam

Spot Beam

Shaped beams for specific continental coverage

Shaped

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Why Satellite Communications ?

Huge Geographical Coverage – almost unlimited reach within the satellite footprint

No ‘line-of-sight’ problems common with terrestrial microwave solutions

Bypass land ownership and territorial issues relating to installation of relay point infrastructure

Extremely reliable – can be designed for any desired service level requirement

Perfect solution for scattered population and/or a harsh environment where terrestrial solution is not cost effective

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What is VSAT Satellite Communications?

VSAT systems have one central Hub site:

Can be located anywhere in Satellite footprint, usually

housed at an existing telecommunications facility

Has access to terrestrial connections for telephony and

Internet

VSAT systems can have any number of remote sites:

Independent of terrestrial communications

infrastructure

Can be solar powered for completely autonomous

operation

Can be located anywhere within the satellite footprint –

only requires line of sight to the satellite.

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Benefits of VSAT Technology

VSAT is especially suitable for shared service delivery:

One stop shop – all hardware, software and deployment issues are owned and managed by

the service provider.

Physical Hub hardware can be shared by many government departments or businesses.

Hub hardware could be shared by neighboring countries within the satellite footprint.

Each customer (government department or country) can have dedicated resources to ensure

secure communications and guaranteed service levels

Can be used for individual connectivity between single remote and Hub or broadcast from

one to many sites.

Excellent solution for Universal Service Obligation (USO) and Universal Access Obligation (UAO)

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Government & Community Services on a Shared Satellite System

E-government – for border control, security, passports, driver licenses, post-offices, census, information distribution, local government services and administration

Education – Web-based e-learning enables live, interactive sessions or remote training and provides access to libraries and study materials

Communities - Community Multimedia Centre as a public hub that bridges communication barriers and reaches all community groups

E-Medicine – VSATs enable online health services and drug management consultations for patients in remote villages

Mobile/Transportable VSAT – ideal for oil rigs, survey, construction, film crews and other temporary sites. Up and running in as little as one half an hour.

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E-government Solutionson a shared satellite system

Air Traffic Control

Military Communications

Mobile/Transportable VSAT

Disaster recovery

E-government

Education

Tele-medicine

SCADA

Secure networks for government departments

End-to-end encryption, Private Networks, guaranteed bandwidth and service levels per department .

Extend local services & administration

Increase local governing and influence in remote areas

Education, health services, military & police

Ensure social benefits

Communication for every citizen – from basic telephony to high speed internet

Encourage economic development

Information access and communication between communities

Develop a more competitive environment

Vast experience in governmental projects

Telephony, post offices, disaster recovery, education…

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Satellites in Education

Coverage for every school within the satellite footprint

Choice of learning delivery software available

Equal access opportunity for all

Equal grade of service - fairness

Equal cost of deployment

Always-on two-way connectivity

Remote training via PC for corporations

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Satellites for communities

Providing local people reliable access to telephone services and the Internet helps break down the barriers of distance that prevent citizens in rural and peri-urban areas from accessing basic telephone services and computer-based resources

A network of internet enabled community centres will give all citizens equal access to telephone and Internet resources while providing content that reflects the population’s cultural and linguistic diversity

Develop community awareness and confidence in the use of today’s technology. It is very important to have the confidence to use technology for the purpose of learning and communicating.

Public Call Office Internet Kiosk Pre-Paid Cards

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Satellites in E-Medicine

Interconnectivity for health care services: Information exchange among health care centres. Doctors in central locations can receive live video or slow rate very high resolution images to assist with remote patient diagnosis

Health care at home: the control and treatment of a patient's medical conditions within their own homes and communities

Management of trauma, emergencies and disasters: Medical Emergency Response units equipped with satellite systems for remote rapid diagnosis of victims in the aftermath of natural or industrial disasters

E-Health education: using information and communication technology to improve medical training among the medical profession as well as knowledge of health care among citizens .

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Shared VSAT services for Commerce and Industry

Coverage for remote production facilities and farms

Many enterprises can share the same Hub infrastructure

Efficiency gains from:

Timely access to client orders

Deal with customers on-line (e-mail)

Electronic banking

Quicker processes

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VSATs for Disaster Recovery

The nature of disaster recovery demands that reliable communication be available at any location.

Satellite backup is an ideal solution when quick deployment of communication networks is required.

A transportable or Mobile site with self deploying antenna can be up and running in as little as 5 minutes providing secure, reliable data, fax, voice and video services in any location, no matter how remote.

A transportable site with manual pointing antenna can be up and running in about one half hour.

Ready for workAligned & readyOn the move

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Transportable VSATs

Self Contained open or closed trailers with self deploying antenna

Can be air lifted into disaster zone

Can be configured for fully autonomous operation with generator

Can be “dolly mounted” for easy maneuverability around a site

Transportable “Road Case” solution

Maximum versatility in deployment

Can be transported by air, small boats or even carried

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Mobile VSAT’s

Vehicle mounted VSAT systems with infinite installation possibilities

Can be directly mounted on vehicle or fitted to roof racks

Automatic transmit cut-out if vehicle moves

All emergency services on one compatible platform

Voice, Broadband Data, Video transmit or receive

Access to central databases for identification, medical records etc

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VSATs for Homeland Security

Military communications – supports Command, Control and Communication applications; radio relay, video and audio signals, and control over ground/coastal radars

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Case Study: Civil Aviation on a Shared Satellite System

Air Traffic Control – seamless contact between airborne craft and airports as used by the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (CAAM)

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Case Study: E-Government and Distance Learning

GESAC- Brazilian Government Program

Provision of Internet access to Brazilian citizens

3,200 sites nationwide:

Schools, Internet kiosks, community centres and government offices

Solution:

Internet Access - two-way satellite Internet service

E-Government - Citizens can send in government forms via the Internet, among other services

Distance learning, Internet access for schools

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Provide an e-voting and identification system to allow 5.5 million voters to cast their votes legitemately

System Hub in Caracas and 2,900 remote terminals at polling stations throughout Venezuela.

Fingerprints verification via VSAT system to a central database, check to verify that voters had not already voted in another location and transferred back to the polling station by VSAT.

Case Study: Government Elections

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Easy DeploymentVersatile installation options availableSolar Power - Complete independence from infrastructure

Multiple ApplicationsPrivate or Public TelephonyPre-Paid Telephony (no coin operated phones)Point Of Sale applicationsInternet kiosk

EconomicsReliable robust technologyLow maintenance, operation and support costsLong Mean Time Between Failures

Case Study: Rural & Public Telephony on a Shared Satellite System

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Case Study for Data Monitoring Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA)

Emergency Services Paging System, AustraliaPaging System for Emergency Services throughout the Australian state of Victoria is used to direct emergency services in rural disaster situations.

Meteorological & Hydrological Applications, TurkeyVSAT terminals used to increase communications efficiency between meteorological radar systems, Automated Weather Observation Systems (AWOS), hydrological and airport meteorological stations. Earthquake Monitoring, ChinaThe Chinese Bureau of Seismology uses Gilat's VSAT networks for earthquake monitoring, file transfer, Intranet information exchange, and voice applications.

Seismic Monitoring, New ZealandNationwide Seismic Monitoring from 40 sites. The monitoring performed by Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences and provides critical data for early detection of earthquakes.

Gas Pipeline, United KingdomEnd- to-end SCADA network for a national Gas Pipeline monitoring in the United Kingdom.

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Gilat Presence in Oceania & Pacific Region

Founded:

Business:

Field:

Employees:

H.Q.:

Service:

Branches:

Traded:

Revenues:

Market Share:

Shipped:

TahitiRural Telephony and Corporate Data.

Papua New GuineaRural Telephony and Broadband Data.

New CaledoniaRural Public Telephony

New ZealandNationwide Seismic Monitoring and Broadband Internet

AustraliaCorporate & Internet Broadband Data and Interactive Distance Learning.

FijiInteractive Distance Learning, Rural Telephony and high speed data.

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Gilat in the Pacific Region -VSAT system Operators

TahitiOPT

Service Provider

Applications: Rural Public Telephony

AustraliaOptus

Service Provider and Satellite Owner

Applications: High Speed Internet Access, Private data networks, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), IP applications, Interactive Distance Learning, SCADA, seismic Monitoring.

New CaledoniaOPT

Service Provider

Applications: Remote Rural Telephony and High Speed Data

PNG

Service Provider

Applications: Telephony high-speed Internet access

Product: Faraway Product: Faraway

Products: SkyBlaster 360, SkyStar 36E and SkyEdge Product: Dial@wyay IP

Telikom PNG Ltd.

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Gilat in the Pacific Region -VSAT system Operators (cont)

AustraliaNewSkies

Teleport Provider and Satellite Owner

Applications: Internet Access, Voice paging. Dedicated hub for New South Wales Fire Brigade.

Fiji

University of the South Pacific

Applications: Interactive Distance Learning, High-speed Intranet and Internet access, Multicasting multimedia

Products: SkyStar Advantage Product: SkyEdge

Fiji

Telecommunications Provider

Applications: Learning, High-speed Internet access, Rural Telephony.

Product: SkyEdge

Vanuatu

Telecommunications Provider

Applications: Rural Telephony.

Product: Faraway

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