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Cellular Network Rollouts and Upgrades to 3G / 4G

Lare Atcha-OubouRegional Director, North and West Africa

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Standard kits to support BTS-BSC link:

C-Band:2.4M antenna / 20W HPA

Ku-Band:1.2M antenna / 5W HPA

The Role of Fixed Satellite Services for Cellular

Backhaul (2000-2011)

• Satellite options of today:

– Provide last-mile connectivity required to reach the most remote locations

– Foster population welfare and

improved quality of life

– Allow for rapid deployment

– Provide resiliencies needed to

meet SLAs at edges of hybrid networks

Intelsat Confidential & Proprietary

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Fiber best for densely populated areas

- Links of 1 mile or less

Satellite best for

sparsely populated

areas / long distances

Microwave & satellite mix best for sparsely populated

areas, medium or long

links- Fuel & security elements

contribute significantly to

microwave TCO

Roles of Fiber, Microwave & Satellite to

Support Cellular Backhaul Requirements

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Challenges of Today’s FSS Solutions for

Cellular Backhaul

3G and 4G Networks

• Increased bandwidth requirements per user

• Limits of current FSS network design (ground equipment and satellite resource) for backhaul approached due to increased traffic load

• Altered multimedia mix creates challenging connectivity designs with trends towards opportunistic and asymmetric traffic patterns

Total Cost of Ownership of ALL solutions

• Challenging economics to support thin routes with low ARPU users

• High energy consumption of remote equipment renders some solar-powered options unfeasible

• Unattractive economics with long ROI slows down ICT obligation compliance

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The Role of Intelsat EpicNG for Cellular Backhaul

With 3G and 4G Networks, Intelsat EpicNG:

• Provides high throughputs required to support increased per-user and backhaul bandwidth requirements

• Allocates bandwidth dynamically for asymmetric multimedia requirements through application specific routing

• Allows load sharing of links in times of high traffic load per site and/or congestion in network

Intelsat EpicNG Alters Total Cost of Ownership

• New economics lower revenue per site barriers

• Support thin routes with low ARPU users

• Smaller CPE footprint allows low-power solar options

• Provides viability to use satellite links as primary/backup solutions for backbone links due to increased throughputs and better economics

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Bridging from Today’s FSS Solution to

Intelsat EpicNG

• Over 50,000 satellite modem purchases between 2012-2015 to support cellular backhaul

– New equipment plus legacy purchases are compatible with Intelsat EpicNG

– Purchasing decisions need not be pushed out until new platform available

SCPC & TDMA Unit Shipments

Intelsat EpicNG provides comparable economics to microwave solutions

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• Current FSS design can continue to be leveraged by the large existing installed base and provide primary solutions in sparsely populated areas

Existing

2016 and Beyond: The Right Physics and

Right Economics for the Right Solution

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Intelsat EpicNG:

• Can be leveraged in more highly-populated areas that demand more bandwidth

• Provide a very low-cost solution that can push a mobile network’s edge further into rural areas

• Provides the bandwidth needed to backup high-speed core/backbone links.

ExistingEpicNG

2016 and Beyond: The Right Physics and

Right Economics for the Right Solution

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ExistingEpicNG

• Economical backup to fiber/microwave links towards the edge of a network

• Provides increased resiliency via a redundancy option in case of link failure

The Intelsat EpicNG platform complements existing FSS designs - a layered networkapproach matches proper design and economics to best meet a given set of requirements

2016 and Beyond: The Right Physics and

Right Economics for the Right Solution