satellite spectrum and c band david ball regional vice president asia-pacific 11 december 2006
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Satellite Spectrum and C BandDavid Ball
Regional Vice President Asia-Pacific
11 December 2006
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Overview• Intelsat is the largest FSS provider operating worldwide with a
diversified, premier, blue-chip customer base
– 1,800 customers
– Over 200 countries
• Unparalleled resilient and flexible communications network
– 51 satellites
– 8 owned teleports
– Over 50 points of presence in 37 cities
– Fibre connectivity
• Business is highly diversified by service and region, reducing financial risk and ensuring long-term stability of the company
$2.0 billion in combined pro forma revenue and $1.6 billion pro forma adjusted EBITDA of Intelsat (Bermuda) Ltd. in last twelve months ended 03/31/061
$8.3 billion in combined revenue backlog as of 3/31/06
1 Please refer to the current report on Form 8-K of Intelsat, Ltd. filed with the SEC on June 30, 2006 for a reconciliation of pro forma Intelsat Bermuda Adjusted EBITDA to net income of Intelsat, Ltd.
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Our Industry Leading Satellite Fleet
Complementary fleet provides customers with worldwide connectivity, back-up options and unrivaled scale & flexibility
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Integrated with Multiple Teleports and a Robust Ground Infrastructure…
Riverside U.S. West Coast
MountainsideU.S. East Coast
FuchsstadtGermany
ClarksburgU.S. East Coast
Napa U.S. West Coast
Fillmore U.S. West Coast
Castle RockU.S. Midwest
AtlantaU.S. East Coast
• Over 20,000 miles of fiber connectivity worldwide for video, voice & data• Robust IP network with Juniper routers, DS3, OC3/ STM1 connectivity lines• 50+ strategically located PoPs for video and voice & data connectivity
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C-Band Frequencies for FSS
• Standard C-band – 5925-6425 MHz (uplink)
– 3700-4200 MHz (downlink)
• Extended C-Band
– 5850-5925 MHz (uplink)
– 6425-6725 MHz (uplink)
– 3400-3700 MHz (downlink)
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Importance of C-Band Frequencies to the Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS)
• Features of C Band
– Broad geographic coverage – trans-oceanic connectivity
– High availability and reasonable dish sizes regardless of rain zones
– Distribution and connectivity efficiencies cannot be replicated at Ku- or Ka-bands, or via terrestrial means
• C-Band is used to provide:
– Distribution of TV programs to cable head-ends around the world
– Trans-oceanic connectivity
– Backhaul services
– Government/Emergency communication links
– VSAT data links (e.g., bank transactions, corporate networks)
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C Band deployments
• C Band is the most widely used FSS band today
– Standardised global allocation in 3.7 – 4.2 GHz downlink band
• Intelsat alone operates over 1800 C Band transponders globally
• Well established existing ground networks
– 100,000s of dishes worldwide
• These existing ground networks are extremely sensitive to interference and service can be wiped out by terrestrial services
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Indicative C Band Footprint
41
40
3937
35
33
31
29
29
29
31
31
3335
37
39
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Indicative Ku Band Footprint
52
48
4240
5251
5048
46
4240
52
51
PAS-8 @ 166.0° E Ku-Band Australia Horizontal Downlink Beam (Contours 52, 51, 50, 48, 46, 44, 42, 40 dBW)
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Main Threats from Terrestrial Wireless Systems to C-band Satellite Use
• Groups seeking access to FSS C-band frequencies include:
– Fixed systems, referred to as Fixed Wireless Access (“FWA”) or Broadband Wireless Access (“BWA”) (e.g., WiMax systems)
– Mobile systems, referred to as IMT-2000 (3G systems) and IMT-Advanced (4G systems)
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National Processes – Fixed Systems
• Administrations around the world are currently allocating frequencies below 6 GHz for fixed systems
• The focus has been primarily on frequencies around 3.5 GHz
– 3400-3600 MHz in many countries
– 3400-3800 MHz in some others
– 3650-3700 MHz in the U.S. and very likely in Canada
• Allocations are occurring on a country-by-country basis
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ITU Process – Mobile Systems
• WRC-07 will consider frequency-related matters for the future development of mobile systems
– The ITU has identified a list of candidate bands that includes the band 3400-4200 MHz
– Other candidate bands include 410-430 MHz; 450-470 MHz; 470-806 MHz; 2300-2400 MHz; 2700-2900 MHz; and 4400-4990 MHz
• Fixed and mobile system groups are working to ensure that their respective services get access to as much spectrum as possible through the WRC process
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Sharing between FSS Receive Earth Stations and BWA or mobile systems is NOT Feasible• Co-frequency operation of FSS services and BWA systems
would impose severe constraints on both sides
• BWA systems are characterised by a large number of base stations and user terminals ubiquitously deployed
• ITU studies have concluded that protection distances of between 150 – 430 km are necessary to allow sharing between fixed or mobile systems and FSS earth stations
– The FCC in the U.S. has reached similar conclusions
• Considering that a typical city has a radius of 15 to 30 km, sharing between BWA or mobile systems and FSS receive earth stations is not realistic
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• Hong Kong -- OFTA has concluded that a separation distance of several km between the BWA and FSS stations is required, making difficult the deployment of BWA in the same geographic area as FSS
• Vietnam -- The Ministry of Posts and Telematics has warned that a separation distance for in-band interference of more than 1 km is unfeasible in urban areas because of massive deployment of BWA systems, making co-existence impossible
• The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (“APT”) has warned that “to avoid interference in non-overlapping frequency bands … a minimum separation distance of 2 km needs to be ensured with respect to all FSS receivers”
Sharing between FSS Receive Earth Stations and BWA or IMT Transmitters is NOT Feasible (cont’d)
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Cases of Interference from BWA Transmitters to FSS Receive Earth Stations
• Operating experience in Australia, Fiji and Indonesia, and field trials in Hong Kong, have confirmed the existence of interference problems
– In the Hong Kong experiments, television signals feeding 300 million households throughout Asia were inadvertently knocked off the air
• In Bolivia, BWA interference to FSS earth stations operating in the band 3700-3800 MHz was severe enough to interrupt reception of at least three TV channels in one city were BWA trials were conducted
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Current Interference Cases
• Interference has already been encountered in countries where BWA has been introduced:
– Australia
– Hong Kong
– Fiji
– Indonesia
– Bolivia
– Caribbean
– China
– Russia
– Africa
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Growing International Recognition
• Recognition is growing about the extremely adverse effect that BWA and IMT systems will have on FSS C Band services:
– ITU International Telecommunications Union
– ABU Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
– APT Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
– APSCC Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council
– CASBAA Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia
– GVF Global VSAT Forum
– PITA Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association
– SIA Satellite Industry Association
– SUIRG Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group
– US DoD US Department of Defence
– Government Agencies in Australia and overseas
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Possible Candidate Bands for BWA and IMT
• S band
• 7 GHz
• Unused Planned Satellite Bands
• FSS uplink bands – extended uplink bands offer good potential
• Much further examination is needed to determine the most appropriate spectrum allocations for BWA / IMT services
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A Global View
• A global view is needed on this issue in order to preserve FSS services in the C Band spectrum for all users worldwide
• BWA / IMT services operating in the FSS band in one country can affect service in another country
• Intelsat is working with CASBAA, the Global VSAT Forum, and the Satellite Industry Association to defend FSS interests in the band at both a national and international level
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Thank You