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Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations

(CANTO)

Connecting the Caribbean – Lessons From Around the World

Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

Jean-Robert (JR) BarallonVice President Sales

Americas & Caribbean

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Rwanda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Rwanda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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Our Mission

To shape the future ofTo shape the future ofsatellite communicationssatellite communications

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The Newtec Group

• A European based market leader in the satellite broadcasting market

• Over 400 customers around the world

• Product leadership strategy in the satellite communications equipment industry

• Rapidly growing :

‘05: 165 people /23MEuro‘07: 250 people /37MEuro

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Global Presence

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Management Team

CEOSerge Van Herck

SalesProduct

managementCustomer Service

MarketingTechnology laboratory

EngineeringFinance &

AdministrationProduction

Kris WarreynYves Bronchain

(COO)Sander BoomMax D’Oreye

Dirk Breynaert(CTO)

Ivan De BaereEmmanuel

Schellekens(CFO)

Sander Boom

• Main Activities– Technology Laboratory Product incubation, research, patent application, technology watch, standardisation– Engineering Design, development, validation, resource planning, prototyping– Product Management Product strategy, planning, coordination product board, master development planning, lobbying, funding,

Engineering outsourcing, strategic vendor management, quality assurance, process management– Marketing Marketing, communication (internal and external), product marketing, lead nurturing, customer satisfaction,

market watch– Sales Sales, pre-sales support, account management, business development, sales administration– Customer service Customer service helpdesk, customer maintenance, field deployment (SAT), customer training,

training/documentation– Production Product & systems industrialisation (FAT), vendor management, production outsourcing, logistics,

manufacturing, system production– Finance and Administration HR, ICT, Finance (accounting, controlling, cash management), purchasing, facilities and assets

management central services, travelling (including shipping documentation), subsidies management (non technical), billing, risk management (e.g insurances), collection, legal affairs

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Americas & Caribbean Team

JR BarallonVice President

Sales(Stamford/CT)

Bart Van Utterbeek

Sales Director(Sao Paulo/Brasil)

Sander Van Leeuwen

Sales Director(Stamford/CT)

Slava FrayterSales Director(Stamford/CT)

Waylon SunCustomer Support

Manager(Stamford/CT)

Marcus GottwaldPre-Sales Engineer

(IP Software)(Berlin/Germany)

Brianny McManamonSales Support

Manager(Stamford/CT)

Natacha FonsecaSales Admin

(Sao Paulo/Brasil)

Uday SorteCustomer Support

Engineer(Stamford/CT)

Jef AppelsCustomer Support

Engineer(Stamford/CT)

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Business Lines

Professional Equipment

Broadband Systems

IP software

Azimuth Horizon Sat3Play Menos

High speed modulators

Elevation

High speeddemodulators

High speed modems

Data processingunits

Frequency Converters

Combiners

Transceivers for mobile & terrestrial TV

Medium speed IP Modems

OEM (de)modboard

Switches Matrices

Tellitec

TelliNet

TelliCast

TelliShapePEP applicances

IPreceivers

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Professional Equipment

OEM DVB-S/DSNG/S2 modulator and demodulators boards

Horizon: integrated transceivers used in terrestrial or mobile television networks

Azimuth: high speed modulation equipment, frequency converters, and data processors for the broadcast and TELCO markets Elevation: IP modems,

receivers and appliances for IP trunking and backhauling markets

Exceptional performance and reliability Fully DVB-S, DVB-DSNG and/or DVB-S2 compliant Extensive feature/option range (BISS, VCM, ACM, …) Truly optimizes bandwidth efficiency

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Broadband IP Systems – Sat3Play

Complete networks solutions (Hub, NMS, terminals)

High speed, high performance broadband experience

High bandwidth efficiency (DVB-S2)

Fully scalable solutions, including multi-ISP hubs

Cost effective terminals

Consumer Internet accessPrivate networksSCADA

75cm dish

Plug & Play satellite modem

Easy to install

InteractiveLNB

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Menos IP SIT

Menos TV Satellite Interactive Terminal (SIT)

Powerful and scalable architecture for multimedia exchange Convergence between digital broadcast networks & broadband IP Networks Integration of an extensive suite of applications:

• High quality audio and video contribution• Fast news gathering• Store and forward file transfer• Distance learning and training• Archiving of audio and video content• Collaboration services

Multimedia Exchange Network Over Satellite

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Tellitec – Flexible Software Solutions

• TCP Acceleration

• HTTP, SMB, POP3Acceleration

• Compression

• Encryption• Traffic Shaping

• Service Prioritization

• Bandwidth and QoS Management

• Multicast / Unicast content distribution

• File Push, VoD

• Content Streaming, IPTV

Reduced Bandwidth CostsIncreased Bandwidth EfficiencyIncreased Customer SatisfactionUltimate Security and SpeedReal-Time Adaptable Traffic PolicingQoS-Management

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Rwanda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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Backbone Access in Africa....

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Challenges ISP’s Face in Africa

• Increasing demand (Internet Cafes,VoIP applications)• Very limited terrestrial infrastructure• Sparse satellite capacity• Older/inclined orbit satellites• Dispersed sites with varying rain fade conditions• Different earth station/antenna sizes

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Rwanda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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3 Working Examples + 1 Field Trial

Enabling access to ISPs in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda

Enabling WiMax break out in Nigeria

With

Why?

Enabling increased demand to the Seychelles Islands

Field Trial - Cobranet in Nigeria

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Reminder - Typical IP Trunking Network

36Mhz 36, 54, or 72Mhz

Local ISPAzimuth - High Speed Modulator

Elevation – IP Demodulator bank

Elevation – IP Modem

Elevation – IP Modem

Elevation – IP Modem

PEP-Box 4000Acceleration and QoS

Server

PEP-Box 3000Acceleration and

QoS Terminal

PEP-Box 3000Acceleration and

QoS Terminal

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Variable Coding and Modulation (VCM)

Up to 60% more

efficient than DVB-S!

HUB

16APSK2/3

QPSK4/5

8PSK3/5

8PSK2/3

- One service per destination site

- All services multiplexed together

- Each service is encoded and modulated with its own set of parameters, on the same carrier

Multiplexed Carrier

The multiplexed carrier does not need to be dimensioned according to the worst site!

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Rwanda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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Reference Case 1:

• IP trunking network from Sweden to multiple sites in Rwanda, Africa

• Using an older, low performance satellite (Intelsat 603) @ 340E

• Various remote site configurations (2.4m to 7m antenna)

• Unable to establish reliable links using previous mod/cod

• Success with DVB-S2 and VCM!

• Technology enabler allowing local ISPs to develop rural Internet access

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Service 1

Service 2

Service 3

Service 1

Service 2

QPSK 2/3

16APSK 5/6

8PSK 3/4

NTC/2280DVB-S2 VCM modulatorWith XPE encapsulation

Service 3

31 dBW

28 dBW

Intelsat 603

7m

4,5m

Sweden

Rwanda

32mC-band

2.4m

VCM Implementation

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Uganda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

Reference Case 2:

• IP trunking network from Germany to multiple sites in Nigeria, Africa for WiMax breakout application

• Various remote site configurations (2.4m to 4.5m antenna)

• Success with DVB-S2 and VCM!

•Web sites open 3-4 times faster

•Time-sensitive applications are prioritized

• Technology enabler allowing local ISPs to develop rural Internet access via WiMax

Combined bandwidth savings of 40 to 50 %

True broadband experience for end-users

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VCM Implementation

Service 1

Service 2

Service 3

Service 1

Service 2

8PSK 8/9

8APSK 2/3

8PSK 5/6

Service 3

Intelsat

2.4 m

4.5m

Germany

Nigeria

8.1 mC-band

4.5 m

EL970 IP demodulators

EL830 PEP-Box Terminal

EL170 IP modulator (VCM)

EL470 IP modem

EL840 PEP-Box Server Cluster

EL830 PEP-Box Terminal

EL830 PEP-Box Terminal

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Uganda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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Reference Case 3:

• Gateway Communications and Intelvision – increasing backbone capacity to the Seychelles Islands with DVB-S2

– Cable TV operator Intelvision awarded a license for voice telephony services in the Seychelles

– 30% expected traffic growth due to triple play service of telephony, Internet and TV

– No capacity over Africa/Seychelles, Gateway’s 36 MHz transponder fully utilised

– Solution not in the sky, but on the ground!– Replaced Turbo Codec modems with Newtec’s state of the art DVB-S2

equipment– Immediate 30% increase in throughput within same bandwidth– Problem solved <until the next increase ;-) >

Gateway Communications provides service to 37 African countries over 25transponders of capacity

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Uganda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM)

16APSK5/6

MeasuredRxConditions

ACM Hub

Each packet is encoded and modulated according to the instantaneous receive conditions of the target station

16APSK3/4

16APSK2/3

Up to 130% more

efficient than DVB-S!

Mimimum rain fade required

Requires a return link

Leads to varying bandwidth conditions

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ACM Concept

1. ACM controllers are embedded in each modem2. Controller on the demod relays the current conditions to the mod on

the transmit end3. Controller on mod reads this information from the demod and adjusts

its transmit parameters4. Optimised link performance is continuously ensured5. No investment in space segment and ground station dimensioning

ACM controller

ACM controller

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Reference Case (Field Trial): Cobranet

• Field trial Cobranet:– 18 MHz outbound Germany (Fuchsstadt) C-band – Nigeria (Ku)– 9 MHz return Nigeria (Ku) – Germany (C-band)

• Installed on-board ACM controller in modems mid April

• Original Intelsat link budget enabled 39 Mbps• Link now runs on 58 Mbps• Same E/S and satellite resources• Link has been up since installation, even during

severe tropical rain showers with 15 dB fading

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Agenda

• Brief Newtec Introduction

• Connect Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

• 3 Working Examples• Uganda• Nigeria• Seychelles

• 1 Field Trial in Nigeria

• Conclusions

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Conclusions: Turn to DVB-S2

• DVB-S2 increases your spectrum efficiency by at least 30 %

• DVB-S2 is optimized for data transmission

• DVB-S2 equipment is readily available (and interoperable)

• Advanced traffic enhancement software further optimizes the bandwidth efficiency

• It’s all about QoE (Quality of Experience)!

Free DVB-S2 calculator on www.newtec.eu

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Thank You!

jr@newtec.eu

+ 1 203 564 6580