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Presented by
Patrick van Niftrik
VP Spectrum Development EMEA
Presented on
28 April 2016
Current and future satellite based broadband technologies ATU Capacity building workshop – Cotonou, Benin
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Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Johannesburg South Africa
Accra Ghana
Global satellite operator providing
capacity for reliable and secure satellite
services and solutions
10 satellites at 7 orbital positions. With C-
and Ku-band over the entire continent
SES satellites and teleports are
supporting communications networks
across Africa
Committed to growing the African
continent with local teams & regional
offices in Johannesburg, Accra and
Addis Ababa
Caravan and Elevate programmes
Caravan
Elevate
► SES invested heavily in satellites system covering the region
including platforms and ground segment facilities
SES investments and presence in Africa
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Supporting Africa growth with satellites
Undersea cables only serve the coasts
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300 million people are over 50 km from
fibre or cable broadband connection The greater the distance the worse the connection
quality.
400 million people have no internet
access at all 10% more broadband connectivity equals 1.38%
increase in GDP for developing nations.
Broadband cables are expensive to
install Fibre bridges the digital divide between the
Western World and Africa, but does not bridge the
digital divide within Africa between urban and non-
urban areas.
Satellite provides efficient way of
connecting the majority of the 700 million
unconnected people Satellite also has the advantage of reach, providing
an efficient way of connecting the majority of the
poorly connected people.
Snapshot of African undersea cables
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► SES satellites covering Africa support the growing demand for modern
telecommunications and bridge the digital divide in the continent:
e-Health, e-Education, Digitalization, Ground equipment, …
e-Health e-Education e-Government
Broadcasting Broadband WiFi hotspot
Bridging the digital divide into the continent
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22°W
5°E
28.2°E
Francophone
West & Central Africa
1 satellite
SES-4
East & Southern Africa
2 satellites
ASTRA-A4 & SES-5
Anglophone
West Africa
2 satellites
ASTRA-2F & ASTRA-2G
► SES’ 3 prime video orbital positions at 22W, 5°E and 28.2W currently
carry 7 DTH platforms, reaching 7M TV homes with over 500 channels
1.5 M
TV HH
0.5 M
TV HH
5 M
TV HH
Television landscape
Sub-Sahara African DTH platforms on SES’ satellites
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Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Johannesburg South Africa
Accra Ghana
Elevate
SES Elevate programme
SES Quality Assurance and Accreditation
training programme for Satellite dish installers
across the African continent
Train, motivate and engage with installers
network to support DTH
Conceived in 2012
Trainings conducted in 12 African countries
Theoretical and practical aspects
The SES ELEVATE team has so far trained over
5,000 installers !!
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Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Johannesburg South Africa
Accra Ghana
Elevate
SES Elevate programme
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A shared satellite antenna
& WiFi or other wireless in
the last mile
SolarKiosk (Ethiopia)
Wifi Mini Hotspot
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► Satellite delivers internet connectivity to rural communities which can enable e-
commerce, e-school, e-health and e-government initiatives
Process
Applications
Households Mobile/ Roaming users
SME
SES Broadband for Kiosks and Wifi Hotspots
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What is SATMED
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Secure data storage and content
management capacities
Satellite connectivity for areas in which mobile or
terrestrial internet is lacking
E-Health tools (covers full spectrum of e-health
including e-learning, e-care and e-surveillance)
SATMED is a cloud-computing based e-health platform that operates on a
global scale.
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Connectivity Support for elections in Burkina Faso
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The project was about interconnecting the 368 election sites across Burkina Faso
to support the presidential and legislative elections
Each site had to be equipped with a VSAT station to allow for a rapid
transmission of the results from the local offices to the headquarters of the
‘Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante’ (CENI), where the results were
consolidated before they got published.
CENI had committed to a publication of the election results 24 hours after closure
of the polling stations to demonstrate the commitment to a transparent and fair
election process.
Fast deployment : the implementation of a satellite communications system for
electoral data transmission within eight weeks from contract signature
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► O3b constellation is already connecting customers in
South Sudan, D.R. Congo and Somalia
Fiber capacity & low latency via O3b
Circular equatorial orbit at 8062 km altitude (MEO)
O3b’s operates in Ka-band
Fiber-like latency and capacity
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Communication ecosystem is evolving
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Traditional ecosystem mainly connected linear broadcast customers
Teleport
GEO
Direct-to-Home
Television
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Communication ecosystem is evolving
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Modern ecosystem also includes deeper networks/applications with a multitude of connectivity options
Remote
Enterprise Enterprise Teleport
Computing
Data Centres
Big Data
Machine-to-
Machine
GEO
MEO
Cellular
Direct-to-Home WiFi
Television Personal
Computing
E-Commerce
Mobile
Devices
Maritime
Aeronautical
Public WiFi
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SES’s new satellite mantra
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solution Issue / opportunity
~50% of total payload mass
is traditionally propellant; of
which ~⅔ burnt in a few days
Light in
weight 1 Electric propulsion
Communication ecosystem is
evolving with additional need
for more efficient, affordable
data connectivity solutions
Efficient in
beams 2 HTS capacity
Digital processing
Currently takes ~3 years to
design, build and launch a
GEO satellite
Fast to
market 3 New launch vehicles
Exploring other possibilities
(e.g. modular construction, reusable rockets)
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Delivering greater flexibility of market coverage
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Building SES’s future technology infrastructure
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Next Gen: Now
Next Next Gen: 2019
Future: Blue Sky
Electric propulsion allows
for larger satellites to be
launched on smaller vehicles
Selective payload
processing builds in
flexibility to market demand
Qualifying new launch
vehicles (Falcon 9) which
diversify access to space
Hybrid network offerings
interconnecting SES’s GEO
coverage with low
latency/low cost per bit of
O3b
Massively processed
payloads optimising
spectrum allocation
Full digitisation means
simpler, smaller, lighter
payload manufacturing
Fully reusable launch
vehicles (Falcon 9-R) which
amortises rocket costs over
multiple missions
Satellite at heart of
universal global
transparent network
Upgradeable payloads
leverage digital technology
evolution rates
Advanced launch
strategies (e.g. ‘space
tugs’) maximising efficiency
to orbit
Allocation-specific
programmable
transponders allow
payloads to be reconfigured
in software on orbit
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Patrick van Niftrik
VP Spectrum Management and
Development, EMEA
T +31 70 306 4226
M +971 52 612 0319
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www.ses.com
Thank you! Questions?
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Appendix
SES Fleet coverage over Africa
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SES C-band capacity over Africa
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SES-5
5°E
NSS-12
57°E
SES-4
22°W
NSS-10
37.5°W NSS-7
20°W
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SES Ku-band capacity over Africa
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SES-4
22°W
ASTRA 4A + SES-5
5°E
ASTRA 2F/2G
28.2°E
NSS-12
57°E
East Africa:
West & Central Africa:
Southern Africa:
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