Mr. Ahmed Toumi Director General

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• Mr. Ahmed ToumiDirector General
  CEOInternational Telecommunications Satellite
  Organization

Global Broadband Satellite Infrastructure
Initiative
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I - Broadband Access for All

• Bridging the Digital divide is the highest
  priority of the worlds telecommunication
  community.
• Multiple conferences have called for the
  political willingness to develop a strategy and a
  concrete Action Plan to overcome the Digital
  Divide.
• Infrastructure, Access, and a Regulatory and
  Policy Framework are also among the top agenda
  items of the WSIS.
• Digital divide is more than a gap in access to
  basic telecommunication services.

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• Broadband holds the promise of expanding
  education opportunities, improving health care,
  increasing governments responsiveness to
  citizens and generally enhancing their
  competitiveness in a more global economy.
• Satellite technology have an immense potential
  not only to bridge the Digital divide but to
  ensure a universal broadband access.
• Compared to cable solutions, satellite technology
  could, on an affordable and timely basis, bring
  broadband Internet services to all developing and
  developed countries.
• 70 countries, accounting for more than 60 of the
  world population, are satellite dependant.

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The problem

• Today, planned satellite projects that use new
  generations of satellites with innovative
  technologies for two-way high-speed Internet
  access focus exclusively on high profitability
  markets, which already are well-served by
  terrestrial technologies and are moving forward
  in the implementation of their broadband
  strategies.
• If this trends have to continue, the
  international community will have to face a more
  serious digital divide.

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The solution

• At a time when most intergovernmental satellite
  organizations have been privatized, it is simply
  not feasible to conceive a new global project
  that would be owned and financed by the public
  sector or by a single operator.
• Create a favorable market environment for the
  development of a global broadband satellite
  infrastructure with the capability of delivering
  affordable, high-speed Internet services, and in
  which all satellite and telecom operators, on
  voluntary basis, could participate to provide
  broadband services.
• Forge a new and pioneering public-private
  partnership in order to promote the emergence of
  such a private global broadband satellite
  infrastructure.

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• We need to keep incentives alive that encourage
  investments in alternate platforms (such as
  cable, wireless and satellites) and push
  entrepreneurs to find creative ways to bypass
  incumbents and get into the home
• Michael K. Powell, Chairman, FCC October 2001.
• At the same time there are clearly steps we can
  and should all take governments at all levels as
  well as industry..
• Well need to identify and support international
  telecom policies that promote broadband growth.
  American broadband networks will be more valuable
  with global partners, suppliers and consumers
  also online thats called the network effect.
  In this regard the Presidents push for Trade
  Promotion Authority becomes critical to our
  ability to promote the necessary market opening
  and reforms abroad
• We need to continue developing new ways to
  deliver broadband such as satellite and wireless,
  and find ways to deliver more data, more quickly
  over existing copper and coaxial
  infrastructures.
• Bruce P. Mehlman, Assistant Secretary for
  Technology Policy, Department of Commerce
  November 2001.

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• This GBSI would be predicated on four fundamental
  concepts all aimed at creating a viable market
  that would take full advantage of global
  economies of scale.
• availability of dedicated spectrum and orbital
  resources associated with pre-determined
  geographic coverage,
• guaranteed access to market,
• development of a universal technical standard for
  broadband equipment and services, and
• provision of two-way high-speed Internet access
  using low-cost terminals.

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II. Role of Governments

• Governments would be required to create a
  favorable market environment for the development
  of a global broadband satellite infrastructure
  that allows affordable, universal, two-way,
  high-speed Internet services through a low-cost,
  small-dish platform. Accordingly, the
  international community would have to make the
  following commitments

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Spectrum and Orbital Resources

• A political decision to identify frequency bands
  worldwide available and non shared with other
  terrestrial or space services, dedicated to the
  two-way high speed Internet by satellite.
• Sufficient new spectrum and orbital positions
  dedicated to the GBSI can be available. For this
  purpose, a modification to the ITU Plans (BSS and
  FSS) could be introduced to identify a limited
  number of orbital positions associated with
  predetermined geographic regions.

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• Satellite and fixed wireless technologies are
  currently the only economical technologies for
  rural areas. However, the full potential of
  wireless technologies will not be reached until
  the United States develops spectrum management
  policies that make more spectrum available for
  broadband services.
• TechNet, A National Imperative Universal
  Availability of Broadband by 2010.
• First, because regional and world wide
  harmonization of band use can have significant
  advantages both in terms of truly ubiquitous
  services and economies of scale, in developing
  domestic spectrum policies and allocations, the
  Commission should consider the potential impact
  on international objectives, among other
  objectives.
• Conclusions/recommendation, FCC Spectrum Policy
  Task Force - November 2002.

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Global standard

• A Commitment to achieve a universal technical
  standard for two-way, high-speed Internet
  services, that ensure affordable consumer
  terminal and space segment, while promoting the
  interoperability between satellite
  infrastructure.
• The ITU, the private sector and all
  standardization bodies should be invited to
  contribute to the development of a universal GBSI
  technical standard.
• In doing so, due consideration should be given to
  Resolution 101 of the ITU on Internet Protocol
  (IP)-Based Networks.

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• When considering the introduction of such new
  technological systems, standardization issues
  become important. The strategic importance of
  technical standards for development is often
  underestimated.
• Road maps towards an information society in Latin
  America and the Caribbean
• United Nations ECLAC, 13 December 2002.
• Clearly, here may be instances where
  coordinating policies, standards or frequency
  allocations could benefit us all through enhanced
  global roaming capabilities and economies of
  scale
• Nancy Victory, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  for Communications and Information (5th
  Ministerial Meeting of APEC Telecommunications
  and Information Industries) May 2002.

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• International policy dialogue on Information
  Society at global, regional and sub-regional
  levels should promote the exchange of experience,
  the identification of applications of compatible
  norms and standards, the transfer of know-how and
  the provision of technical assistance with a view
  to bridging capacity gaps and setting up
  international cooperation programs
• .in order to ensure greater affordability,
  policy action should aim at setting appropriate
  open and competitive environment.
• The Bucharest Declaration, Ministerial
  Pan-European preparatory Conference for the WSIS
  November 2002.
• The development of the Information Society must
  be based on platforms of internationally
  interoperable technical standards, accessible for
  all, and technological innovation of ICT, as well
  as systems to promote the exchange of knowledge
  at global, regional and sub-regional levels
  through any media. In this regards, in addition
  to enhancing peoples awareness of the advantage
  of using ICT, reliable, advanced and appropriate,
  ICT technologies and services infrastructure are
  required.
• The Tokyo Declaration, Ministerial Asia-Pacific
  preparatory Conference for the WSIS January
  2003.

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• IP Over Satellite - Critical Factors for Success
• Optimized and Cost effective satellite network
  segments space, ground, and control and
  management
• Global standards and specification for Broadband
  Satellite IP and Multimedia
• End-to-end integration, ease of implementation
  and equipment upgrades
• IP Over Satellite Standardization Requirements
• Application Specific Requirements
• Reference architectures including interfaces,
  protocols, Quality of Services, security, and
  interoperability, for satellite IP networks
• Global standards liaising with other standard
  organizations such as ETSI, IETF, and TIA
• Satellite Based IP Broadband, Business
  Opportunities. Dr Robert Hedinger, Executive Vice
  President. Loral Skynet
• Workshop on Satellites in IP and Multimedia
  Geneva, 9-11 December 2002

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Broadband - MoU

• A Commitment to set-up a pro-competitive and
  harmonized regulatory framework for the GBSI
  services that would include
• granting landing rights to all operators
  providing GBSI services,
• granting authorization to qualified Service
  Providers based on minimum common licensing
  requirements,
• granting the rights to use and sell the satellite
  equipment that meets the universal GBSI technical
  standard,
• ensuring interconnection among all satellite
  operators participating in the GBSI, and
• ensuring competition to the extent possible by
  allowing at least two operators to provide
  broadband services in each geographic region.

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III Role of the Telecommunications Industry

• Operators participating in the built-up and
  operation of the GBSI should commit to
• financing their own infrastructure,
• using the new Spectrum Orbital positions
  identified for GBSI service within the
  geographical coverage they serve,
• using the universal GBSI technical standard, and
• providing interconnection of their satellite
  network with the networks of all the other
  participating GBSI operators.

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IV. Conclusions

• An information society for all mankind requires
  the creation of a global broadband
  infrastructure, in which satellite technology
  will play a key role.
• Use of satellite technology makes it possible to
  develop this infrastructure in a reasonable time
  frame.
• To achieve this objective, an innovative
  public/private partnership is required and a
  specific worldwide new regulatory framework is
  needed.
• The participation and support of the industry is
  essential.