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SES Satellite Access Drives African Growth
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Presented by
Gerry Oberst
SVP Global Regulatory
Presented on
5 October 2016
Effective Policy & Regulation for Satellite
Future-Sat Africa – Day 2 “Affordable Access”
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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
for training and awareness
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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SES Today – the Luxembourg “campus”
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Emerging Trends
The entire telecoms ecosystem:
Satellite supporting fiber and wireless
New HTS satellites
New fibre-like capacity with O3b
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Emerging Trends
Communication ecosystem is evolving
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Traditional ecosystem mainly connected linear broadcast customers
Teleport
GEO
Direct-to-Home
Television
Infrastructure
Connected
nodes
Device/
application
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Emerging Trends
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
Fiber Optics
Infrastructure
Connected
nodes
Device/
application
Fixed Microwave
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Emerging Trends
High Throughput Satellites delivering greater flexibility
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For illustrative purposes only
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► O3b constellation is already connecting customers in
South Sudan, D.R. Congo and Somalia
Emerging Trends
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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Market Segments and
Stakeholders
Four segments:
Media
Data & Enterprise
Government Service
Mobility
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Regulatory Recommendations
Address entire telecoms ecosystem
Open regulatory system, including reasonable tariffs
and spectrum access
Encourage training and quality assurance
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Appendix - Backup
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SES Coverage
SES Elevate programme
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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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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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Emerging Trends
Supporting Africa growth with satellites
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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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