CANTO 2008 Satellite’s Role in Connecting the Caribbean

April 19, 2023

CANTO 2008Satellite’s Role in Connecting the Caribbean

SES NEW SKIES

A global satellite communications provider, based in The Hague, the Netherlands

100% owned by SES, the world's premier satellite group

Operate a fleet of seven in-orbit satellites

Global presence:

The Hague (HQ) Washington, D.C. Singapore Beijing Sydney Johannesburg Sao Paulo

SES NEW SKIES’ satellite fleet

• 36 Satellites: 34 operated by wholly-owned subsidiaries and 2 through equity participations• Located at 25 orbital positions

NSS-806 ‘Hotbird’ for the Americas

One of two leading satellites for Caribbean and Latin American program distribution

130 channel community reaches approximately 14 million homes and 4,500 cable headends across the region

Provides ‘single beam’ C-band coverage of Caribbean, Latin America and Western Europe - ideal for European broadcasters seeking Caribbean coverage (and vice-versa)

NSS-806 Satellite Facts

Orbital Location: 319.5 East

Launch Date: 1998

EOL: 2016

Payload:

C-band: 36 transponders

Ku-band: 6 transponders

Coverage: Americas, Caribbean and Western Europe

NSS-7 Unrivalled Atlantic Coverage

Distributed governmental and enterprise networks

Home to a historically strong African video neighborhood

• Reaches 3.5 million homes in Sub-Saharan Africa via DTH, MMDS and terrestrial retransmission

• Carries over 100 channels in 8 languages

338 East is one of the leading trans-Atlantic locations for permanent and OU/SNG feeds

Home to multiple GSM trunking networks across Africa, broadband circuits in the Caribbean and South America.

NSS-7 Satellite Facts

Orbital Position: 338 East

Launch Date: 2002

EOL: 2016

Payload:

C-band: 49 transponders

Ku-band: 48 transponders

Coverage: Atlantic Ocean region, including the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East

Examples of End Customer Applications Retail Networks

• Point-of-Sale (PoS)• Banking, inventory• Lottery/Gaming• Reservations

Corporate Networks• Internet/Intranet access• Corporate voice • File transfers• Video-conferencing

Government Services• Secure Global communications• Remote command• Remote surveillance

Rural Telephony and Network Extensions• PSTN extensions• GSM Trunking• Payphones• WLL interconnections• Oil/Gas Exploration Scientific Data

transfer

High-speed Internet access• Browsing• E-mail• Internet trunking• E-commerce • VoIP Termination

Video• DTH platforms• IPTV platforms

Connecting the Caribbean

Connect the Caribbean Objective: “Connecting the Unconnected by 2015”

Caribbean Geography Demands Satellite Connectivity

• Small Island States

• Subject to weather related disasters which stress terrestrial based infrastructure

• Rural and remote areas with limited connectivity

• Low cost applications

Broadband Access

Large projects aimed at closing the “Digital Divide” Internet cafés – Hot spots Remote GSM and WiMax sites Incomplete coverage of existing terrestrial fiber, copper or wireless

networks Rural networks Multi tenants – condominiums Add value to future DTH and IPTV systems

Examples of current networks

GSM Backhaul Network in the South Pacific Islands• Digital circuits connecting cell sites in Samoa, Papua New Guinea,

Vanuatu and Fiji• 10 sites• C-band

Rural Telephony Network in the Dominican Republic• Voice network for pay-phones• 500 sites• Ku-band

Broadband Network for Remote Schools in Nicaragua• IP connectivity and educational content• 60 sites• C-band

Telemedicine in Haiti• IP connectivity and videoconferencing• 2 sites• C-band

Terminals Are More Accurate and Efficient

Skyware Ku Band 1 to 4W integrated TX/RxORUs

HNS Direcway integrated terminal Wildblue Ka Band consumer terminalusing Raven 66cmantenna and US Monolithics 3W ORU

Nera DVB RCS terminalindoor unit

What Was…

What’s New…

Market Status:• Expansion of commercial shipping and

recreational maritime segments• Resuscitation of Aeronautical market

What SES NEW SKIES does today• Work with our customers MTN-SeaLink,

Broadband Maritime, Telenor etc. to provision broadband solutions to ocean-going vessels

Future Opportunities• Continue to work with customers and value-

chain customers to support the growth of truly global mobile broadband networks

Broadband Mobile Platforms Mobile Media

Market Value of Mobile TV market*

0.561.44

2.96

4.8

7.44

12.8

2006E 2007E 2008E 2009E 2010E 2011E

Global Market

CAGR: 72.9%

in € billion

Market Status:• DMB-S has had success in Japan/Korea• DVB-H is being adopted in Europe and several

other Emerging Markets

What SES does today• Exploratory SOLARIS JV with Eutelsat to

explore S-band payload to support DVB-H services in Europe (feeder and direct-to-handset)

Future Opportunities• We see strong potential in Satellite feeder links

to 3G base-stations and DVB-H repeaters

What’s Needed…

All satellite operators need spectrum to deliver their services Our evolving technology uses it more efficiently and cost-effectively Regulatory environment must be predictable Regulators must safeguard the delivery mechanisms of satellites… …as for other critical infrastructure

Example: C-Band Use in the Caribbean

3.4 – 4.2 GHz Backhaul services for telecoms networks Point-to-point trunking Government and strategic communications High-volume data and broadcast transmission Rural telephony services Avionics Maritime services ‘Lifeblood of the satellite industry’

Can Satellites Share C-band With

Other Technologies?

Example: WiMax…

…150km exclusion zone needed Exclusion zones are dependent on terrain type and may

need to be much bigger Many users are not listed so creating exclusion zones is

often impossible

Conclusions

SES New Skies: committed to increasing service over the Caribbean Significant expansion of its fleet planned in the next 3 years Caribbean customer growth foreseen for long term for… …Broadband, government, and safety services Satellite use of spectrum must be preserved to ensure continued

connectivity Satellite use of C band should be safeguarded in particular New technologies must be implemented in a way that preserves

existing services