Return of investment Qualitative and Quantitative

1. Return on Investment:
Qualitative
Quantitative
Addis Ababa, 4-6 October 2016
Martin Jarrold
Chief of International Programme Development
martin.jarrold@gvf.org

2. Return on Investment ecosystem (simplified)
Satellite Technology
Satellite Services
Policy & Regulatory
Users

3. GVF is the single and unified voice of the global satellite industry.
Founded in 1997, it brings together organisations engaged in the
delivery of advanced broadband and narrowband satellite services to
consumers, and commercial and government enterprises worldwide.
Headquartered in London, GVF is an independent, non-partisan and
non-profit organisation with 200+ members from more than 100
countries.
The broad-based membership represents every major world region
and every sector of the satellite industry, including fixed and mobile
satellite operators, satellite network operators, teleports, satellite earth
station manufacturers, system integrators, value added and enhanced
service providers, telecom carriers, consultants, law firms, and users.
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4. Communications across economy & society
Banking
• Connecting bank
branches, ATM
networks, and
trading platforms
• 1.1 million ATMs in
APAC service 1.8
billion people
• 75000 VSAT sites in
Indonesia enable
15 million ATM
transactions a day
Mobile
Backhaul
• Backhaul for
mobile networks in
rural areas
• 2.9 billion people
in rural Africa and
Asia
• 6-15 million mobile
subscribers in
Indonesia
Oil and Gas
• Losing C-band
connection for one
day on a platform
can cause losses of
$15 million
• 6.9 billion barrels
are extracted every
year in tropical
regions
• Reliable
connectivity for
exploration,
extraction and
monitoring
Maritime
• 50,000 merchant
vessels and cruise
ships trading
internationally
• Connectivity for
trans-oceanic
shipping and
cruises
• 12,000 maritime C-
band terminals are
currently in use
Broadcasting
• Broadcast
distribution to
terrestrial network
and end-users
• C-band protects TV
audience of 140
million users in
Africa from service
disruption due to
rain fade
• Helps distribute
372 TV channels
across Africa

5. Communications across economy & society
Meteorological
• Distributes operationally
and time critical
meteorological data
• C-band is central to the
operation of
meteorological
networks in tropical and
remote areas
• Distribution of forecast
data via C-band allows
populations to prepare for
adverse weather events
Health
• Tele-medicine,
connectivity for hospitals
and medical centres
• 150,000 people treated
every year in India alone
with the support of C-
band
• 2.3 billion people in rural
areas across Asia have
limited access to
adequate healthcare
facilities
Humanitarian
• Connectivity for field
offices, programme
deployment, disaster
management in remote
and tropical areas
• Humanitarian agencies
target 70 million people
every year
• C-band facilitates the
delivery of $3.2 billion of
humanitarian aid to Sub-
Saharan Africa
Government
• E-government,
connection for local and
regional, specially in
remote regions
• E-government solutions
facilitate efficient delivery
of services to
underserved areas
across Asia and Africa
• In Nigeria government
network projects using C-
band are estimated to
generate cost savings of
$70 million per year

6. The $ return to economy & society
Improved money access & circulation, business &
personal finance, higher revenues (and taxation),
microfinance, FDI
Growth of network capabilities, more applications,
higher revenues (and taxation)
Commercial efficiency, higher revenues, increased
taxation; ring-fenced network access to communities
(CSR)
Commercial efficiency and more and cheaper
international trade
Opportunity for growth in numbers of channels
providing information access, advertising revenues,
social cohesion
Increased levels of literacy, improved workforce, bigger
stake in society, higher incomes and expenditures
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Banking
Mobile
Backhaul
Oil and Gas
Maritime
Broadcasting
Education

7. The $ return to economy & society
Improved forecasting for agricultural planning, business
continuity and severe weather security
Improved inter-Ministry communications (efficient
government), access to citizenship rights, strengthening
of culture of inclusion and democratic participation
Services access (tele-medicine) leads to healthier
workforce throughout nation not just in urban areas
Disaster response to rebuild damaged communities,
control of refugee crisis/crises, development of society
Safety, traffic control, opportunity for traffic growth,
more population/workforce movement, growth in
tourism, foreign exchange receipts
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Meteorological
Health
Humanitarian
Government
Air Navigation, etc

8. An RoI metric – Broadband to GDP
 Increase of 10
percentage points
in broadband
penetration
 Results in 1.38
percentage point
increase in GDP
(actual % varies
between studies)

9. Another RoI metric – Social Capital
From this…  To this…
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10. Thank you
martin.jarrold@gvf.org