Inmarsat’s Appropriate Satcoms Technologies for Africa

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Inmarsats Appropriate Satcoms Technologies for
Africa

• ITU Symposium
• Arusha, Tanzania
• 1-3 April 2003

Tai Ogunderu Regional Manager, Africa
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Relevant Quote

• Experience is not what happens to a man it is
  what a man does with what happens to him.
• English novelist and writer Aldous Huxley
  (1894-1963)

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Todays Expectations

• Reliable communications and equipment
• Global communications anywhere, anytime
• Portable telecom equipment
• Bearable transmission bandwidth
• Standard plug play devices
• Two-way communication (return channel, feedback )
• Easy installation independence from public
  utility
• Cost control

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Project Managing Rural/Remote Telecom Development

• In project Management, the triple constraints are
  important
• Cost (cheap), Time-schedule (fast) and Resources
  (quality)
• Quality
• Reliable, global, mobile, flexible, simple to use
• Fast
• Satcoms is fastest to deploy
• Easy to install and redeploy
• Independent of public utility
• Cheap
• Cost-effective cost is relative to opportunity
  being provided

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What Solution?

• In inaccessible areas, without fixed
  communications and requiring flexibility,
  satellite communications is preferred
• Satcoms is unaffected by breakdowns experienced
  by fixed line networks when wire lines are
  physically interrupted
• Satcoms provide instant access to critical data
  regardless of local working conditions
• Inmarsat satcoms is global and available wherever
  you can see the sky
• Inmarsat satcoms provide unprecedented
  broadcast speed through a personal, portable
  mobile terminal

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Inmarsat?

• Is a leading global mobile satellite
  communications company based in London, UK
• Started as an IGO, had 86 Shareholder countries,
  privatised in April 1999
• Satellite operator and service provider for
  land-mobile, aeronautical and maritime markets
• Contributed immensely to the success of the
  rural/remote industry through portable, personal
  and mobile communications terminals

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How Inmarsat Drives the Trend

• Global coverage
• 22 years track record

• Land, Sea and Air
• Rural and remote

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Personal, Portable, Mobile Terminals

• Rugged, reliable
• Mobile Office

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What is new?

• The Inmarsat Global Area Network which provides
  64 kbps speed with access to two of the worlds
  most useful data formats, ISDN and Internet
  Protocol (IP)
• It is fast enough to broadcast quality audio live
• It can support live video with two or more
  channels bonded together (greater than 128 kbps)
• Biggest appeal to the project managers is the
  ease of setting up connections and getting to the
  scene of despair

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Global Area Network (GAN)- positioning the
strength
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Fits Todays SatcomsTrends

• Increasing efficiency
• Maintaining profitability
• Low forward cost low operational cost
• Maintaining the competitive edge
• Timeliness to market quick installation
• Omni-present telecommunication
• Reasonable communication bandwidth and speed

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GAN Facts and Technical Information
64kbit/s ISDN supporting

• 64kbit/s UDI to support video conferencing, Group
  4 fax machines, other ISDN terminals

• 64kbits/s 3.1 kHz audio to support analogue
  devices
• Group 3 fax at speeds up to 14.4kbit/s
• Modems at speeds up to 33.6kbit/s
• Secure telephone units STU-III
• 64kbit/s ISDN speech

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GAN Facts and Technical Information
64kbit/s Mobile Packet Data Service

• Packet data service designed to support the range
  of Internet Protocol (IP) applications

• Best effort data rate depending on operating
  conditions
• LAN, VPN
• Features
• Lightweight, 3.5kg
• DECT cordless handsets
• Standard interfaces

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Global Area NetworkTypical Applications

• Traditional Mobile ISDN
• Broadcast-quality audio
• Store and forward video
• Videoconferencing
• Video/audio streaming
• Batch email
• File transfer

• New Mobile Packet Data
• Real time email
• Instant Messaging
• Web browsing
• Logistics Management and Scheduling
• Alerting and Notification

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GAN Addresses Your Concerns

• GAN related costs are Opportunity costs
• Omni-presence global
• One-off, low forward capital cost
• Always-On Always-Connected
• Volumetric-charging by / Megabit
• Time-based charging by / minute
• Standard protocols and interfaces (ISDN, USB,
  serial)
• Internet protocol (IP) connectivity access to
  WWW
• Dial-up networking
• Choice of Applications
• Secure data STU III, encryption
• Excellent training provided self-taught CDs with
  e-learning

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Typical Uses of GAN

• Radio Entertainment JazzFM (Mauritius) weekday
  show, Jazz with Jon Scragg (102.2fm 10am - 2pm),
  was broadcast live from Mauritius via GAN and an
  ISDN line.
• BBC News Service more than 100 terminals
  deployed worldwide
• Equipped 7 Peugeot 806s with GAN terminals for
  outside broadcast
• Due to simplicity of one person set-up, saves
  money and time

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Typical Uses of GAN

• Off The Road media coverage of the World Rally
  Championships
• Breaking News first images of Goma volcano
  explosion sent via GAN
• Teleducation
• Telemedicine
• E-commerce
• Telecentre

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Regional BGAN is the Alternative

• Regional BGAN
• High quality permanent connectivity
• Robust to operate in extreme weather conditions

• Internet-ready IP satellite modem
• High Speed data communication up to
  144kbits/sec shared channel
• Lightweight 1.6 kg modem simple set-up
• Secure communications
• Twice the speed of current GPRS terrestrial
  systems

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The Inmarsat Phone-(Mini-M)

• Characteristics
• small - A4 page size
• global coverage
• Costs less than 2000
• calls 1.50 per min
• Services
• voice at 4800 bps
• data, fax, e-mail at 2400 bps
• Rural and remote version (large antenna)

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Mini M Terminals
Small Antenna Mini-M
Large Antenna Mini-M
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Heart of a Telecentre Configuration
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Rural and Remote Applications

• Remote industries, e.g oil rig, mining, energy
• Rural village public telephones
• Remote tourist games park
• Rural telecentres
• Remote border towns
• Telemedicines, teleducation

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Health Safety

• Air Traffic Safety
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance

• Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS)
• Emergency and Disaster Management

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Summary

• rural and remote is where charity begins for a
  nation cannot afford to be complacent
• satellite based solution offers short to medium
  implementation time
• Inmarsats solutions offer global and mobile
  communications using voice, fax data
• LAMM, GAN and Regional BGAN is most suited for
  rural remote could be core to telecentres
• solution here now!
• Thank You.