Elsacom is an international telecommunications operator and service provider that offers satellite communication services via the Globalstar network. It is a subsidiary of Finmeccanica Group and has its headquarters in Rome, Italy. Elsacom provides mobile voice and data services to customers in various industries such as utilities, government agencies, marine, disaster relief and defense.

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Elsacom Corporate
Presentation
A Globalstar Service provider
Antonio Bove
Business Development Manager
Elsacom Spa
16 March, 2007

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Company Profile
• Elsacom, a Finmeccanica company, is an International
Telecommunication Operator
• Elsacom is one of the most important satellite communication
companies on the market today, providing a complete range of
mobile and fixed satellite communication services: voice telephony,
data/fax transmission and asset location, as well as high speed
internet connection and satellite video broadcasting, offering
turnkey solutions for target customers
• Elsacom is a partner of Globalstar, the world most widely used
mobile satellite network, and Service Provider in several European
countries

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• The Finmeccanica Group is the main Italian
industrial group operating globally in the
aerospace, defence and security sectors.
• Finmeccanica is one of the world's leading
groups in the field of helicopters and
defence electronics, as well as being the
European leader for satellite and space
services
• With a total workforce of about 56,600
people, the Group has a production value of
around 11,5 billion euros.
• The Group invests more than 1.7 billion
euros a year in R&D activities (representing
15% of value of production
Finmeccanica figures

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• Elsacom is headquartered in Rome and
provides innovative technologies and
comprehensive know-how to benefit
customers in 24 countries
• Elsacom was founded in 1997 from the
experience of Elsag-Bailey, nowadays the
company counts on a total workforce of
about 50 people split between the HQ in
Rome and the operating center in
Avezzano
• Elsacom is also active in Hungary, through
Elsacom Hungaria Kft, in Bulgaria through
Elsacom Bulgaria and in Ukraine through
Elsacom Ukraine a Joint Stock Company
Elsacom key facts

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• The Elsacom Space Centre in
Avezzano, with 6 operational antennas
and direct interconnection to the main
mobile and fixed operators, guarantees
constant service and assistance to
customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year
• The Gateway is located over an area of
26.500 ms of which 1.900 ms dedicated
at business offices, Call Center, Control
Center and facility room
Elsacom facilities

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Elsacom key figures
• The most important company figures
for the last three years in comparison
(figures in millions)
– Turnover
– EBIT
– Net Profit
– Net Cash
• In fiscal year 2006 (ended December
31), Elsacom had sales of €23.6
million (+28%) and net income of
€2.5 million
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Elsacom Services Portfolio
• Mobile Globalstar services
– Voice
– Data
– SMS
– Asset tracking and tracing
– SCADA applications
• Customized telecommunication
projects

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The Globalstar System
• The Globalstar Satellite Communication
System provides coverage from
latitudes of 70 degrees north to 70
degrees south, through its own
constellation of 40 Low Earth Orbit
(LEO) satellites
• Globalstar utilizes a version of Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
technology based upon the IS-95
CDMA standard to provide secure and
clear transmissions, with high quality
voice

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The Globalstar System (2)
• Several satellites pick up a call,
assuring that the call does not get
dropped even if a phone moves out of
sight of one of the satellites
• As soon as a second satellite picks up
the signal and is able to contact the
same terrestrial gateway, it begins to
simultaneously transmit, this "soft-
handoff" prevents call interruption
• Additional advantages of using Low
Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites within
the Globalstar system include no
perceptible voice delay and lighter /
smaller all-in-one phones.

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The Globalstar System (3)
• Using Dual Mode phones, provided by
Elsacom, it is easy to switch from GSM
to the Globalstar satellite network and
vice versa
• Quality and costs are inline with those
of terrestrial networks
• Globalstar uses “Path Diversity”:
enabling the terminals to connect to
more than one satellite in view.
Continuity of service is assured and
automatically the strongest signal for
optimum communication is always
selected

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Call Flow
• Like "bent-pipes", or mirrors in the sky,
the Globalstar constellation picks up
signals from over 80% of the Earth's
surface, everywhere outside the
extreme polar regions and some mid-
ocean regions
• Users dials the desired number
• The call is routed to the nearest
satellite overhead
• The satellite then routes the call to the
nearest ground station / gateway
• The call is sent through the local
terrestrial network to its final
destination

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Satellite Coverage

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Elsacom Roaming partners
• Elsacom has signed roaming
agreements with the main
European GSM operators
• Thanks to these agreements GSM
subscribers can use the Globalstar
satellite network (with a satellite
phone) and the Elsacom
subscribers can roam onto the
GSM networks of several Elsacom
partners

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Services with Elsacom SIM card
• Standard services
– Voice
– Calling Line Identification (CLI)
– Call Transfer
– Roaming
– Call Barring
– Emergency Calls
– SMS
– Incoming Call Alert
– Call Waiting
– Multi Conference (1+5)
– Mailbox
• Data transmission services
– The sim card provides
V.32 standard data service
at 9,6 Kbps (or faster)
permits:
– Packed data transmission
– Asynchronous data
transmission

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Target markets
• Cellular extension
• Emergency services
• Rural communications
• Maritime
• Government
• Oil and Gas
• Mining/Exploration
• Tourism
• Transportation
• International roamer
• Agriculture
• Heavy Construction
• Humanitarian
• Law enforcement
• Commercial fishing
• Military
• Utilities
• Forestry

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Customer stories: utilities
• ENEL S.p.A., the Italian utility for
electricity, has benefited from satellite
services for the past four years.
Elsacom has supplied over 4.000
satellite mobile phones and 1.000
Fixed Access Units that are regularly
used by ENEL's field maintenance
teams.
• A major SCADA network of over
3.000 data modems was rolled out to
monitor critical equipment within
electric plants, as well as data
concentrators part of the National
Electronic Meter network, one of the
most advanced in Europe.

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Customer stories: government agencies
• Following an EU-wide public open
tender, Elsacom has won a EUR 20
million contract to provide mobile
satellite telephone services to the
Italian Public Administration and local
public bodies.
• Elsacom will provide Globalstar voice
and data services and will also supply
and maintain the handsets, giving
government agencies and local
bodies a latest-generation
communication system providing total
territorial coverage.

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Customer stories: marine industry
• To stay competitive and ensure safe and
efficient operations, companies in the
Marine sector must make smart, well-timed
decisions, which means they must be in
contact with their personnel at sea at all
times.
• For deep sea commercial fishing, maritime
shipping, ocean research and development
and ocean recreation companies, Elsacom
provides a complete range of affordable
voice, dial-up and packet data services to
allow seamen to communicate with their
families and corporate offices
• Globalstar services are operating on the
European water-whether inland water
systems, off the Mediterranean Sea, North
Sea, Baltic Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the
Black Sea

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Customer stories: disaster relief
• Elsacom provides mobile
communication to Italian Disaster
Relief organizations. In particular
during EUROSOT 2005 - the
international training operation -,
Elsacom supported (with voice and
data communication) the Italian
Disaster Relief organization in the
event of strong seismic activity in the
area of Eastern Sicily.
• The training operation took place with
the involvement of several National
Civil Protection Services (Italy,
France, Greece, Portugal, Sweden
and the U.K.).

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Customer stories: defence
• Elsacom provides communication to
the Italian and European Military
forces, ensuring secure and
uninterrupted telephone calls word
wide.
• Elsacom supports national DoDs
during standard operations and
most of recent operations in
Balkans, Afghanistan, IRAQ.

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Customer stories: tracking and tracing
• Asset tracking and monitoring:
Elsacom provided GPS position
locating information on each
asset through a logistic platform
(Globalfleet) via Globalstar's
satellite constellation

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Customer stories: e-health
• Elsacom and Medtronic (world
leader in the field of the medical
technology) have realized the first
system of premature defibrillation
and cardiovascular monitoring
with satellite transmission of the
data, to assure medical advice
and operations of medical first aid
to emergency departments and
hospitals.

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Customer stories: SCADA
• SCADA (Supervisory Control and
Asset Data Acquisition): Elsacom
provides connectivity for sensor
data relay for a wide range of
applications for utility companies,
pipeline operators, energy
companies and more. Some
applications: storage tank levels
monitoring, remote meter
reading, pipeline monitoring,
security systems

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Customer stories: environmental
monitoring
• Within the TACOS project, lead
by Italian Research Institute,
Elsacom provided satellite
communication for
environmental, meteorological,
and oceanographic data
collection around the world

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Customer stories: railways
• Railway Signaling System:
Elsacom provided to Alstom and
Ansaldo Signal reliable data
communication for Railway
Signaling dedicated to low or
medium traffic secondary lines