BAKU GLOBAL ICT CONFERENCE 2004 DIGITAL DIVIDE AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Baku, N

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BAKU GLOBAL ICT CONFERENCE 2004DIGITAL DIVIDE
AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY PROBLEMS AND
SOLUTIONSBaku, November 25-28, 2004

• Global Broadband Satellite Infrastructure
• (GBSI) Initiative

Ahmed ToumiDirector General and CEO
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International Telecommunications Satellite
Organization- ITSO

• Created in 1964.
• Previously known as INTELSAT.
• Restructured 18 July 2001.
• Headquarters in Washington D.C.

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International Telecommunications Satellite
Organization - ITSO

• Mission
• act as supervisory authority of commercial
  entity.
• maintain continuity of international public
  telecommunications services, with high
  reliability and quality.
• promote international public telecommunications
  services to meet needs of Information and
  Communication Society.
• Member Countries - currently 148.

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Intelsat, Ltd.

• Incorporated under Bermuda Law.
• New private commercial entity.
• Global Satellite Operator
• 28 satellites, 2 leased satellites.
• 69,447.7 MHz available capacity.
• 850 staff.
• 200 countries and territories covered.
• 600 telecom providers served.
• Lifeline Connectivity Obligation (LCO) Program.

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Global Broadband Satellite Infrastructure (GBSI)
Initiative

• GBSI Initiative contribution from ITSOs
  Director General to World Summit on the
  Information Society.
• GOAL make benefits of broadband technology
  universally accessible, i.e., to as many people
  as possible, as soon as possible, and at the
  lowest cost possible.
• Focus on Broadband Divide.
• Timeline 2 to 5 years.

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GBSI Initiative

• Satellite industry already has components needed
  for global broadband satellite infrastructure
• Technology.
• Spectrum.
• Capacity 260 commercial satellites.
• But.needs to overcome three main obstacles
• User terminals too expensive.
• Bandwidth expensive.
• Regulations and national rules costly to comply
  with.

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GBSI Initiative

• AIM
• Significantly lower price of access to high-speed
  Internet services.
• Particularly for developing world and remote and
  rural areas.
• Through innovative public-private partnership.
• TARGET
• User terminal 30-50 cm (11-20 in) dish.
• Cost of terminal less than US 150.
• Monthly subscription similar to DSL or
  cable-modem.
• Uplink at least 128 Kbps.
• Downlink at least 2 Mbps.

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GBSI Initiative

• APPROACH
• European Global System for Mobile (GSM) Model
• Common technical standard for user terminals.
• Harmonized spectrum.
• Minimal, harmonized and pro-competitive
  regulatory environment.
• KEY ELEMENT
• Public-Private Partnership with role of each
  partner clearly defined.

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GBSI InitiativeRole of Government

• Development of attractive technical and
  regulatory framework
• Identification of frequency bands on non-shared
  basis with terrestrial services.
• Establishment of harmonized and minimal
  regulatory regime addressing
• Landing rights.
• Licensing.
• Competition.
• Cross-border traffic.

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GBSI InitiativeRole of Industry

• Tremendous business opportunity!
• Access to high-speed Internet market on global
  basis.

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GBSI InitiativeRole of Industry

• Agree to adopt, on voluntary basis, common
  technical standard for user terminals for
  high-speed Internet access.
• Propose frequency bands dedicated to high-speed
  access.
• Ensure interoperability.

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GBSI InitiativeDevelopments

• ITU Radiocommunications Assembly (RA-03)
• QUESTION ITU-R 269/4
• Technical studies underway.
• Finalized April/May 2005.
• Good progress.

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GBSI InitiativeDevelopments

• ITU World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-03)
• Point 1.19 of agenda for WRC-07.
• Preparatory work underway.
• Conference Preparatory Meeting (March 2007).
• WRC -07 (October 2007).

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GBSI Initiative Developments

• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
• WSIS Declaration of Principles
• Broadband.
• International, open, interoperable,
  non-discriminatory and demand-driven standards.
• Efficient use of radio frequency spectrum.
  

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GBSI InitiativeDevelopments

• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
• WSIS Plan of Action develop and strengthen
  national, regional and international broadband
  network infrastructure, based on
• Global frequency harmonization.
• Global systems standardization.
• Public-private partnership.
• Provision of global high-speed satellite services
  for underserved areas.

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GBSI InitiativeDevelopments

• Facilitate coordination and cooperation
• Memorandum of Understanding (no legal or
  financial constraints).
• Memorandum already signed and endorsed by
  significant number of stakeholders, including
• Satellite Operators.
• Equipment Manufacturers.
• International Organizations.

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GBSI InitiativeNext Steps

• Meeting in October 2004 of industry MOU
  Signatories (Spain). Next meeting in January 2005
  (Italy).
• ITU work.
• Standardization agencies work.
• Regulatory work at national, regional and
  international level.
• WSIS Tunisia 2005.

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GBSI InitiativeConclusion

• Initiative is means to overcome Broadband
  divide by
• low-cost, high-speed Internet access.
• particularly for developing countries and remote
  and rural areas.
• Opportunity for governments to
• Implement their ICT strategies in timely manner
  and at lowest cost.
• Contribute to efficient use of spectrum.
• Increase value of spectrum.
• Opportunity for private sector to develop new
  businesses and obtain access to global market.

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• Thank you
• atoumi_at_itso.int