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Think Tank Industry heads discuss HTS and evolution of ground terminals
mobile medicine Doctors in rural areas use satellite to boost healthcare initiatives
UP in The aiR Patrick Brannelly of Emirates on providing uninterrupted on-board connectivity to passengers on their mobile devices
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Publishing Director Satellite connectivity on-board airlines has been the norm for quite Raz Islam a while, but in recent years, some airlines took it on themselves to [email protected] +971 4 375 5471 allow passengers to connect to the internet and make phone calls, using their own devices. Emirates was the first airline in the world Editorial Director Vijaya Cherian to introduce this feature on its fleet in 2008. The technology has [email protected] improved significantly since then and even though speeds are not +971 55 105 3787 on par with terrestrial fibre, for an aeroplane travelling at 40,000 Editor feet and nearly 1000km/h, its rather impressive. Clayton Aldo Vallabhan [email protected] Other airlines, that are more product focused, have followed suit, and +971 4 375 5479 are playing, catch-up to the trend. Fitting aircraft with broadband terminals, however, takes some ADVERTISING time, and it’s only carriers with a large fleet that can afford to fit equipment, and allow for the Group Sales Manager Sandip Virk downtime of the aircraft between flights. In the case of carriers buying new aircraft, the technology [email protected] can be fitted prior to taking delivery of the aircraft. For now, this is quite novel, however, in time, +971 4 375 5483 just like inflight entertainment, using your device to browse the web and chat with friends will +971 50 929 1845 be the norm in commercial air travel. With continuous improvements in technology, it won’t be Sales Executive long before speeds akin to what we are used to in our homes, will come into effect. Read more Natasa Glisovic [email protected] about it in our exclusive interview with Patrick Brannelly, the Divisional Vice President of customer +971 56 394 7706 experience, inflight entertainment and connectivity at Emirates.
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SatNews SatEvents 4 26 Collaboration in Space All set for IBC MBRSC, UKSA and Deimos Space UK IBC2015 will take place from September 10-15, announce collaboration; STN announces and will cover fourteen halls across the RAI in reorganisation; YahClick launches satellite Amsterdam. Read on for a preview of what broadband services in Pakistan some exhibitors will have on display
SatLead 4 SatStudy 10 32 Up in the Air Relief Operations With the introduction of satellite connectivity A look at how NGOs and relief organisations, on-board its fleet of aircraft, Emirates now engaged in humanitarian and peace- allows passengers to use their own personal keeping missions, rely on satellite-powered devices on-board to browse the Internet communications technology
SatTechnology SatTechnology 16 37 Essential Satcom Mobile Medicine A look at how satcom is a necessity Innovation in satellite technology is helping for military personnel, aid workers doctors in remote areas use e-health during disaster recovery, healthcare 26 services to communicate and share medical professionals and rural populations expertise with colleagues
SatTrends SatGuest 22 40 Trends and Challenges Protecting C-band networks In conversation with industry gurus Vicky Wong, Senior Communications on some of the recent trends in the Systems Engineer at Asiasat, speaks satellite industry, and the subsequent about how sharing C-band with challenges that these might present, to terrestrial applications can be detrimental operators and end-users, in the future to operators in the long run
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MBRSC, UKSA and Deimos Space UK announce collaboration
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and Deimos Space UK Ltd announced that they plan to proceed with a project co-funded by MBRSC, DEIMOS Space and the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Space Programme (IPSP). Based on this announcement the UK space agency signed an agreement with Deimos Space UK Ltd with the MBRSC as their International Partnership Space Programme (IPSP) Partner. The project named ‘SAFIY’ (Smart Application for Feature extraction & 3D modelling using high resolution satellite Imagery) will use Earth Observation (EO) data to monitor, and detect changes in vegetation, water, road networks and buildings in support of the Dubai “smart government” initiative. This project will develop mapping applications that utilise DubaiSat-2 and Deimos-2 high resolution optical data. Chris Lee from the www.mbrsc.ae UKSA and Salem Humaid Al Marri, www.deimos-space.com from MBRSC.
STN aNNouNceS ReoRgaNiSaTioN Yahclick lauNcheS SaTelliTe bRoadbaNd SeRviceS iN PakiSTaN
STN has announced the first steps of YahClick has been officially launched Pakistan is a significant milestone for a major internal reorganisation. at an event in Islamabad, Pakistan. YahClick. Regulatory approval by the Over the coming months the company is Customers across Pakistan will now Pakistani authorities for consumer use, planned to complete a designed transition be able to connect to satellite broadband paves the way for us to continue our global both internally and externally. These via a small satellite dish and modem, growth strategy in this promising market.” new appointments are the first of many including places where terrestrial “The exceptional demand in the rural which will change the face of STN. infrastructure is currently not yet available. and underserved communities across Together with the current leadership, this Masood M. Sharif Mahmood, CEO at Afghanistan and the whole of Africa has led new management structure will enhance Yahsat said: “Our consumer launch in to YahClick’s rapid growth to become the the company’s driving force giving way to largest satellite internet provider in Africa advanced client services and the future and a dominant player in the Afghan market. strategic development of the company. We are confident that with this launch of our STN has appointed Martina Knific as its service in Pakistan, we will attract even more CFO. Knific is responsible for the annual business and home users who are striving reporting of the company’s financial, to for better connectivity and access to accounting and tax reports, which are global online, social, cultural and knowledge consistent with all applicable laws and communities,” continued Mahmood. regulations. In addition to this Knific prepares Mahmood added: “YahClick will help details of forecast vs actual analysis as Pakistan accelerate its economic growth well as leading the accounting team. and social development by improving access STN has also appointed Sazo Hauzer as to information and reducing operational its new Director of sales and Jurij Blazin costs for internet access in the most has been promoted to Technical Director. Masood M. remote and currently underserved areas.” Sharif Mahmood, www.stn.eu CEO at Yahsat. www.yahsat.ae
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SatNews RAI Amsterdam Conference 10-14 September : Exhibition 11-15 September
Thuraya launches affordable 75MB maritime bundle plan
Thuraya has developed a 75MB bundle them a real choice. Our new bundles will plan adding to its list of flexible, help companies save money from the value-for-money voice and data bundles offset without compromising on quality. and zero up-front fees on hardware. Thuraya’s 75MB bundle plans are designed With the maritime sector enduring for those whose only previous options have financial pressures, end-users can been to buy a low-end plan, while having now take advantage of Thuraya’s to use expensive out-of-bundle data.” tailor-made communication packages The three bundles range from without the worry of over-spending SIM-only, to Orion IP and SF2500 on company budgets – thanks to hardware bundles – available on the new 75MB data bundles which both 12 and 24-month contracts. include three convenient options. “We have provided more choice for our Thuraya’s Product Manager, Maritime, customers by offering bundle plans that are Keith Murray said: “Ship owners and Keith Murray, both affordable and flexible,” Murray added. managers were stuck between a rock Product manager, Maritime, Thuraya. www.thuraya.com and a hard place, but we’re now offering
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SSL has announced that the Intelsat together with Arianespace to prepare Arianespace has successfully launched 34 satellite, designed and built for the satellite for next month’s launch.” two geostationary satellites: Star One Intelsat S.A., will be launched aboard an Intelsat 34 is designed to provide C4 for the private operator Embratel Ariane 5 launch vehicle by Arianespace. capacity to meet the growing needs of Latin Star One, a satellite communications Intelsat 34 is the 50th satellite that American media customers, and broadband company in South America, and SSL has provided to Intelsat. connectivity for maritime and aeronautical MSG-4 for EUMETSAT, the European “Intelsat and SSL have a close working companies serving the North Atlantic. organisation dedicated to weather, relationship based on many years of “SSL has been an important climate and environmental monitoring. Experience IBC experience and a mutual commitment manufacturing partner of Intelsat for The third Ariane 5 launch of the year Attracting over 55,000 attendees from more than 170 different to quality, reliability and customer more than 35 years and has designed and took place on July 15 at 6:42 pm local service,” said John Celli, President of delivered nearly half of the satellites in the time in Kourou, French Guiana, from countries, IBC’s annual Conference and Exhibition provide an essential SSL. “Our 50th satellite together is a Intelsat fleet,” said Thierry Guillemin, EVP the Guiana Space Center (CSG). guide to the current and future direction of the electronic media and significant milestone and we are happy and Chief Technology Officer of Intelsat. Star One C4, built by Space Systems/ entertainment industry. that it is has safely arrived at launch Loral (SSL), is the company’s tenth www.intelsat.com base. Now our teams are working satellite. It will increase Embratel Star IBC Conference IBC Content Everywhere Europe One’s telecom, broadcast and Internet • 6 streams over 5 themed days Featuring: Intelsat 34 is the service capacity in Brazil, other South • 300+ speakers • IBC Content Everywhere Hub 50th satellite built American countries, Mexico and the by SSL for Intelsat. • Over 80 sessions • IBC Content Everywhere Technology in Action United States. Arianespace and Embratel Theatre Star One have teamed up successfully IBC Exhibition for the last 30 years, with Arianespace • 1,700+ key industry suppliers Plus: launching all of the company’s satellites. • Fourteen themed and easy to navigate halls • IBC Awards With Star One C4, Arianespace • Touch & Connect networking technology • IBC Leaders’ Summit and SSL celebrate their 50th joint • IBC Rising Stars mission to geostationary transfer • IBC Future Zone orbit (GTO). Arianespace’s current launch manifest includes 14 more • IBC Big Screen Experience SSL-built satellites to be launched. The partnership between Arianespace Register now to take advantage of our Early Bird rates at and EUMETSAT, serving all European www.ibc.org/register citizens, reaches back to 1981.
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Thuraya has announced the launch of network and handsets in 140 countries. Calling Card – a market solution that Thuraya Chief Commercial Officer, Bilal reinforces value-for-money, convenience El Hamoui, said: “Thuraya Calling Card is and versatility for both individual being introduced at a time when Maritime Presented by users and business managers. users in particular are cost-conscious Available in three denominations of and the need for a comprehensive 25 units, 50 units and 100 units, Thuraya product that offers transparent pricing FCube is dedicated to fuelling the Calling Card will come as a welcome is of vital importance. Businesses can Fregat stage of the launch vehicle. relief to cost-conscious managers, keep commercial and personal calls particularly in the maritime and energy completely separate, on the same terminal. Arianespace has inaugurated FCube sectors, who need to control operational Employees can make their own calls (Fregat Fueling Facility), the new building costs of both equipment and staff. with complete confidence they are not dedicated to fuelling the Fregat upper Thuraya Calling Card allows entire running up a huge bill for the company.” stage of the Soyuz launch vehicle. Located crews to use their individual Calling at the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Cards to make personal calls from a Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This single phone – ensuring that business new facility will give Arianespace greater and personal calls are kept separate. flexibility, while also increasing launch This also allows managers and ship capacity with Ariane, Soyuz and Vega. A owners to monitor budgets effectively, The FCube facility will help optimise as usage is charged to the Calling Card the operation of the three launch and not the telephone account. systems deployed by Arianespace at New A fast and reliable way to communicate the Guiana Space Center – Ariane 5, with friends, family and colleagues, Soyuz and Vega. Each of these systems Bilal El Hamoui, Thuraya Calling Card can be used from CCO, Thuraya. now has its own propellant loading fixed and mobile phone networks around systems at its launch complex. the world and through the Thuraya Premiere www.thuraya.com www.arianespace.com
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Up in t he air
10 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 Emirates is one of the first airlines in the world to introduce satellite connectivity on-board for passengers. Patrick Brannelly, Divisional Vice President of customer experience, IFE and connectivity at Emirates, speaks in an exclusive interview with SatellitePro ME, about how satellite connectivity is revolutionising travel for passengers
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Emirates has deployed systems on-board its browse the internet, chat to your friends 60% of our aircraft (127 planes) are fitted fleet of aircraft, that enable its passengers to on Facebook and SMS etc. So this always with Internet connectivity. We presently use their own mobile phones to browse the connected person is very much the reality have 220 passenger planes, and are adding Internet and make phone calls while 40,000 of the world now, and people expect connectivity to about three to four planes a feet in the air. Powered by satellite, the to be connected on-board beyond the month. If you look at 81% of our planes, you technology has snowballed in popularity since traditional methods of voice and SMS.” can use your mobile phones and 60% of these it was introduced back in 2008. Although, not Emirates tends to deploy technology will allow users to connect to the Internet yet reaching terrestrial fibre speeds, the first before the demand for it is noticed. When through GPrS data,” explains Brannelly. step to on-board connectivity, using personal it introduced the ability to use mobile Emirates will be retiring some of its fleet devices, certainly has travellers buzzing. phones on planes, within a couple of next year, and the brand new replacements Passengers are now not just connected years the only complaints it received was will come fitted with full connectivity on for work, but also entertained through when people boarded planes that weren’t board. It takes a few weeks to fit these systems browsing the web and connecting with equipped with connectivity for passengers. onto the planes. This is generally done when friends on social media, during long flights. “They couldn’t use their phones in-flight. aircraft is brought in for maintenance. It’s time for BYOD to expand on-board too. We now see this happening with the Internet. “We have the biggest airline engineering Patrick Brannelly is the Divisional Passengers are boarding the aircraft and facility in the world, here in Dubai, and Vice President of customer experience, getting upset that their planes are not fitted those hangers are maxed out doing the Inflight entertainment and connectivity with Internet connectivity. Hence, as of today, maintenance for aircraft as well as updating at Emirates. A veteran at the airline, the equipment. I think the chances of you he has seen satellite communication getting on a plane without connectivity is evolve from its humble beginnings, to “It’s becoming a reducing every month by three or four aircraft. its current state on-board aircraft. A lot of our routes are also pure connected “The airline’s passengers have always more natural behaviour routes. Heathrow, for instance, has five A380s liked to be connected,” says Brannelly. to get on-board and that fly to that destination in a day. On these “ Many times over the past we’ve been just stay connected” planes, you get seamless connectivity every told we’re one of the biggest users of single time. This is where the expectation satellite communications in the world, PATrIck BrAnnElly, Divisional Vice is very high. We have 100% of our A380 apart from maybe the American military. President of customer experience, fleets connected, and over 70 of our 777s are What we’re seeing today is an exponential IFE and connectivity, Emirates already equipped with WiFi,” says Brannelly. growth in demand for connectivity to Emirates also has up to eight channels of
Emirates’ A380 fleet is fitted with Inmarsat SwiftBroadband terminals for seamless in-flight connectivity.
12 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 Passengers on-board Emirates flights expect to be connected to the Internet at any given time. live television. The primary focus of these personal phones on-board the aircraft. spare, but you can’t just plug any satellite into channels is for live sport and news. As for Brannelly says this is surprising in this an aircraft and expect it to work seamlessly. live TV serials, this is a bit more complicated. day and age. “We were happy to be the first Our planes go all over the world, and we’re The airline cannot show these on board airline in the world to launch the service. We looking for global broadband data, and I would until the rights have been released for were surprised at how few have followed. think most of what is out there today is not the airline market. Once these airborne Some of the big ones and those more broadband, its narrowband,” says Brannelly. rights for the movies and TV content are focused on product have followed suit.” Speaking about the types of terminals, bought, Brannelly says the programmes are He explains that in the future, there will be Brannelly elucidates that the A380s use usually available on-board the same day. an insatiable appetite for data. For instance, Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband terminal, and “In addition, when we take media to an someone on-board the lounge in an A380 the 777s are largely ku-based, provided aircraft and transfer it to the screens, we might want to take a picture with friends by Panasonic. regarding the speed of can transfer a very high quality version of and post it on Facebook. Photographs on uploads and downloads, Brannelly says that media. If you transmit it over satellite, smartphones nowadays are a few megabytes that this is dependent on various factors. you tend to go for a lower resolution with a in size, due to the very high resolution “If you are the only passenger using lower bit rate, and compression is added. cameras on smartphones. Emirates is seeing the Internet on an A380, you will probably “One thing that’s surprising is the offers for that people generally will take a photograph, get 432kbits/second. If there are two roaming data from the telcos in the UAE. We which will be a couple of megabytes, passengers, they’d probably get the same are charging phenomenally less now on-board then attach it to an email and send it to bandwidth because there are two channels the aircraft, but people are still saying they someone. This picture is then uploaded to on the aircraft. However if you have 20 want on-board connectivity for free. In this the cloud as well. Brannelly says through people using it, you can see how that can industry, sending anything over satellite is a these seemingly nominal data transactions, get shared. However, this is not necessarily super-premium methodology for getting data nearly 6MB of data has been transferred linear, because the systems are pretty from one place to another. Emirates chooses between the aircraft and the satellite. advanced and able to effectively manage to give our passengers the Internet almost for “Telling people to please switch off peak usage. For communications such as free on our aircraft, but that doesn’t mean it’s background synchronisation to your device e-mail, SMS, Facebook and all the others, free for us. We’re spending many millions of is a bit of a pain at the moment. We need latency is unseen by the customer. dollars every year to subsidise this service.” more bandwidth and to get this, we rely on “you’re not going to get a good youTube There are plenty of airlines with the satellite community. Many operators may experience. Frankly, that is going to use Internet, but not so many allow the use of say they’ve got a satellite with bandwidth to so much bandwidth and would upset
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We there is almost no coverage at the moment, PATrIck BrAnnElly, Divisional Vice get a lot of emails from customers saying because when satellites create their beams, President of customer experience, they would rather we charge $50 and give they are looking at land masses where IFE and connectivity, Emirates them dedicated access at higher speeds.” they can broadcast television channels. Since the introduction of the service price Let us show you beyond the horizon with new technologies and They need to maybe now look at where down to free, Emirates has seen a six-fold features that will power your business. the main flight routes are, and add a little of Africa uncovered,” explains Brannelly. increase in usage. What is interesting is extra notch to their satellite footprint so For Emirates, the biggest challenge is that the highest usage is on super long- Join us at the 35th edition of GITEX where we are showcasing the it can cover the flight routes of the future. managing customer expectations. “They haul flights. Brannelly says the number one technology of tomorrow and demonstrating the full potential of a These routes are pretty predictable. expect to have on a plane flying at 500mph, flight last month was Seattle, with a 15-16 smart, connected future, built on the power of the internet. The “On the north Atlantic, there are tonnes at 40,000 feet, the exact same experience hour mission, where 35% of the passengers internet future of everything. of bandwidth, because operators know there that they have using the Internet at home were using the on-board Internet services. are hundreds of planes above it. There is a through fibre. I think it is phenomenal what Emirates is also seeing an increase of usage www.gitex.com paucity of bandwidth in the South. There are has been achieved in terms of keeping on short-haul flights, which are classified planes there too, and they need connectivity. aircraft travelling at these speeds and these as sub three to four hour flights. On these, The South Indian Ocean also has coverage altitudes connected through satellites, nearly 15% of the passengers are connected. ORGANISED BY CO-LOCATED EVENT STRATEGIC PARTNERS VIP MAJLIS SPONSOR 3D PRINTING MOBILE APP ROBOTICS problems. In essence, coverage, bandwidth which by and large were designed to serve Brannelly concludes by saying: “It’s HEADLINE SPONSOR TITLE SPONSOR PARTNER and redundancy are important. There is terrestrial locations,” says Brannelly. becoming a more natural behaviour to get nothing worse for passengers than when currently, Emirates is engaged in on-board and just stay connected. 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Satellite connectivity is often the only comes to communication links and the ground-based infrastructure, and so can reliable form of connectivity, for certain Internet. It is often difficult for terrestrial be deployed quickly and easily anywhere, scenarios. Security, for instance, relies fibre and cellular networks to be laid out which is particularly useful in areas where heavily on satcom for accurate and in these areas, and satellite connectivity existing infrastructure is congested or encrypted communication links. Natural is generally the optimum solution. compromised, as well as for areas where or man-made disasters often leave other Nada El Marji, Director, Aid and such infrastructure simply doesn’t exist. communication links like terrestrial and Development at Inmarsat Enterprise “Inmarsat’s global mobile satellite cellular unusable; in events like this only thinks that satellite networks have a network helps to bridge the gap between satellite communications can aid those unique role to play in that they can access urban and rural communities thanks to its affected by the disaster. Rural areas too areas that no other technology can serve. ubiquitous, reliable coverage coupled with are often left on the backburner when it They aren’t reliant on investment in local its broadband data speeds,” says El Marji.
16 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 Adding to this, Serge Van Herck, CEO of a country or region. Running these Thuraya PCO-2110 makes voice, fax, data of Newtec says that it is crucial to bridge services in an economically viable way and SMS services available in a user- the digital divide and this is something is a major challenge,” explains Herck. friendly public telephone service station. which is high on the agenda of national There are a range of different solutions Inmarsat offers a range of satellite- and regional governments, because provided by the satellite community, such powered connectivity services that broadband penetration has a boosting as Thuraya’s satellite handheld terminals enable voice, data and even machine-to- impact on a country’s economy. for voice connectivity, and data terminals machine (M2M) communications. There “The service cannot be limited to cities. like (IP+) for broadband connectivity. Then is the IsatPhone 2, a satellite phone for This requirement translates into 100% there’s the Public Calling Office (PCO), dependable voice communications and service obligations for Internet Service using prepaid or postpaid credit, which IsatHub which allows the user to access the Providers (ISPs) covering the whole territory is typically used as a village phone. The satellite network for broadband Internet,
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from their own smartphone or tablet. As for Newtec, the company provides two-way satellite broadband platforms “Information and which are designed for service providers wanting to offer broadband access in large Communications geographical areas, independent of the Technology (ICT) number of households per square kilometre. is used in almost The key factors for ensuring success all phases of the when launching broadband services are a low customer-acquisition cost and CAPEX disaster management aligned with network growth. Newtec’s process: mitigation, Dialog system helps with this challenge by preparedness, response enabling our customers to access different and recovery” types of markets and applications. The flexibility of the system helps them to NAJWA AyOuB, Market Development access different types of markets, be it Manager, NGO Relief, Thuraya consumer broadband, mobility, or machine- to-machine. In other words, they can use the same hub infrastructure–Newtec Dialog–to access different vertical markets. Technology (ICT) is used in almost all All of these services are expanding phases of the disaster management broadband connectivity to rural regions process: mitigation, preparedness, enabling the extension of business response and recovery. In the disaster and government services that have mitigation and preparedness process, an immediate socio-economic impact ICT is widely used to create early warning for populations in remote areas. systems as well as automatically As an example of the power of satellite notifying nearby law enforcement and connectivity in rural areas, Jean-Philippe emergency response units in the event of Gillet, Vice President, EMEA Sales at Intelsat accidents, emergencies and disasters. explains: “A network operator in Africa is “Access to information is crucial, because expanding cellular services throughout ICT can be socially beneficial in a whole host the Democratic Republic of the Congo of ways. It has the power to help eradicate (DRC), a country the size of Western poverty; improve health, and education; Europe, but with little infrastructure in encourage better and more equitable use place to connect remote regions to the of resources; and raise participation in rest of the country. Leveraging Intelsat’s decision-making processes,” says Ayoub. integrated satellite solutions, the operator Besides rural areas, healthcare and security is deploying portable, solar-powered mobile services also rely on satellite communication. cell sites throughout the country. These El Marji says: “Inmarsat’s services are sites require less power and are quicker often used to enable healthcare provisions and easier to deploy than traditional in remote and rural locations. Inmarsat’s base stations that rely on diesel fuel. The BGAN broadband services can provide resulting connectivity provides business the essential connectivity that remote services, distance education, health services practitioners need to collaborate and consult and a sense of security for communities with medical personnel in urban clinics and improve healthcare is Intelsat’s ongoing in the DRC’s more remote regions.” hospitals, so these rural communities can project with the Children’s National Medical Najwa Ayoub, Market Development access healthcare services and expertise Center in Washington, DC, and the Kingdom Manager, NGO Relief, Thuraya agrees that would be otherwise unavailable. of Morocco. The partnership began in 2007 with Gillet and adds that Thuraya Our connectivity also enables the use of with Intelsat providing satellite capacity for establishes effective communications specialised eHealth and telemedicine weekly telemedicine calls between paediatric to rural areas, providing them with solutions in remote locations, whether cardiology experts in Washington, DC, and medical help and medicine, food and for epidemiological data gathering, physician teams working at a hospital in emergency communications. patient diagnosis or even treatment.” Morocco. There were weekly calls, where “Information and Communications An example of how satellite services can the teams reviewed electrocardiograms
18 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 Militaries across the world use satcom services to communicate seamlessly and effectively.
and patient details to determine the best tremendous improvements in outcomes. cable or terrestrial), communications can course of action in treating these young Van Herck says that the civil, government be restored over a high-speed satellite link. patients. Over the years, the physicians in and defence marketplace have many “Newtec supports different applications Morocco have learnt from the doctors in applications which are mission-critical and network configurations in this market. Washington, expanding their capabilities and require reliability, cost-effectiveness The understanding of our customers’ to several hospitals within the Kingdom and bandwidth-efficiency. applications in combination with our satellite and even drawing paediatric cardiology “From first aid to restoration services communication products leads to reliable, patients from nearby countries of Nigeria critical information needs to be sent towards cost-effective and bandwidth-efficient and Mauritania. More than 400 children the outside world in order to support quick solutions. The more we understand of the have benefited from the partnership, with emergency response. After a cable break (sea application level, the better we can start
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driving our technology into a direction that environment, as well as minimising damage brings profitability and lowers costs for to property from forest fires and wildfires, our customers. We do the same thing for are using SPOT Gen3s to help them track fire all vertical markets – whether it is oil and “SPOT devices are being engines and other vital rescue equipment gas, maritime, government, broadcast or used by firefighters to and to help promote the safety of response consumer broadband,” explains Van Herck. help control wildfires in teams. Every year, we learn of new ways According to Gavan Murphy, Director of remote communications- in which our devices are being used by Marketing, EMEA at Globalstar, the mobile security services to help them carry out satellite service provider works in close deprived regions – the their important operations,” says Murphy. partnership with numerous branches of the devices help ensure that Disaster recovery zones are another uS Army and Navy, as well as international all the team knows the segment that require satellite military groups, and has tailored features location of mission- communication. During disasters, the and settings of the company’s consumer communication infrastructure is usually product offerings to create new solutions critical equipment, the first thing to break down; and it also that fit diverse military missions. while maximising the takes time to repair that infrastructure “The requirements of military customers personal safety of once it does. On the other hand, satellite are, for obvious reasons, the most the brave rescuers” infrastructure is immune to physical demanding. Globalstar takes its already disruption on the ground because it highly functional offerings and customises GAVAN MuRPHy, Director of Marketing, is operating safely up in space. them to meet the exacting needs of this EMEA, Globalstar Ayoub says: “Local search and rescue group. More military organisations are using teams and national disaster management the Globalstar system, in more locations departments are usually the first responders and to support new kinds of missions. uK, before international relief teams arrive. French, Spanish and other NATO forces The Spanish MoD approved the use of the Satellite communication is vital in these have set up mobile headquarters and GSP-1700 satellite phone and procured circumstances, because it gives those first command operations in new places around additional SPOT Gen3 messengers to help responders information about the areas the world in recent years. They absolutely safeguard personnel. On the first-responder that are worst hit, allowing them to raise need more mobile communication tools side, Globalstar has had success supporting a vital relief appeal across the globe. The end for voice, data communications, and wide range of agencies including mountain user terminal portfolio offered by Thuraya position location for safety and security. rescue, fire and other government agencies. meets the demand and requirements of “In 2014, Globalstar announced the latest For example, specialists in controlling and disaster affected regions: it’s transportable, milestone with Spain’s Ministry of Defence. mitigating injury to people, wildlife and the easy to use and easy to deploy; light and
Jean-Philippe Gillet, Vice Gavan Murphy, President, Serge Van Herck, Director of Marketing, EMEA Sales, CEO, Newtec. Globalstar. Intelsat.
20 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 small in size; and plug and play. Voice is Najwa Ayoub, Market Development number one. Through our handsets and Manager, NGO Relief, Thuraya. data, and through our data broadband terminal the IP+, Thuraya also supports and provides location based services.” With Inmarsat, besides providing vital communications, the company also provides M2M services that can be used for environmental monitoring to help prevent and prepare for future disasters. Furthermore, its connectivity powers eHealth, eLearning and eBanking initiatives around the world that help communities affected by a disaster to recover, rebuild their infrastructure and grow their economy. So, what are the latest trends and how are they shaping the satcom industry as we know it? El Marji thinks that the industry is beginning change its mindset, moving from a pure service provision stance to more of a collaborative focus, seeking out partners and developers to provide customers with end- to-end solutions to better meet their needs. “Inmarsat works closely with third-party developers and solutions providers, holding annual developer conferences to promote collaboration, and certifying selected solutions through our Certified Application Partner (CAP) programme as ‘Inmarsat-ready’, meaning that the solution works well over our satellite services, and provides our customers with genuine business benefits,” says El Marji. Gillet says that with satellites becoming operations, and their own personal conditions. Newtec, called Mx-DMA combines features more capable, and with new designs like He says: “SPOT devices are being used by of SCPC and MF-TDMA, eliminating the Intelsat’s EpicNG platform, they can now firefighters to help control wildfires in remote need to choose between maximum return deliver more quanta in capacity at a lower communications-deprived regions – the efficiencies and flexibility. Furthermore, cost per bit. “This is in response to customers devices help ensure that all the team knows double throughput can be achieved at trying to support the explosion in demand the location of mission-critical equipment, increased levels of service availability. for data. This increased demand presents while maximising the personal safety of “We are also continuing to see the rise great opportunity, but the services need the brave rescuers. In our view the trend of HTS, with the technology no longer to be delivered in a cost-efficient manner. toward much more widespread uptake confined to certain areas of the planet or Intelsat is designing its satellite services to and diverse usage patterns, which we have to consumer broadband. HTS coverage has provide performance economics and simple seen in recent years will only accelerate. We emerged in all regions and is now targeting access. The primary trend is innovation really foresee a future where easy-to-use, applications from consumer/enterprise in the sky and on the ground. Given the affordable satellite communications will be broadband, cellular backhaul, mobility and advances in higher performance capacity relied upon as an everyday tool by untold government. Even markets like the oil and and innovation in access, we think in millions of people, including many living gas industry, which require high capacity the future, satellite will be a bigger part and working in the most remote places.” but also highly reliable service, are adopting of the communications landscape.” Van Herck points out that technology is the benefits of HTS: lower bandwidth costs Murphy adds that with Globalstar’s driving the evolution. He says that DVB-S2X combined with high capacity, but smaller low-cost and flexible airtime options, more is definitely going to further improve the terminals. Gone, therefore, are the days users of all kinds are discovering new ways satellite industry by giving higher efficiency where a satellite platform will be used for in which its networks can improve their and higher speeds. A separate technology by one purpose,” concludes Van Herck. PRO
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Trends and Challenges in the Satellite Sphere SatellitePro ME speaks to renowned industry experts on the recent trends within the satellite industry, and the subsequent challenges the industry faces
22 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 Dave Rehbehn, Senior Director, Marketing International Division, Hughes Trends: We think there is a huge opportunity for satellite services. one of our messages is that the reach of satellite can be extended much more than the classic enterprise. There is a huge opportunity to deliver internet services to communities via cellular backhaul. We believe 3G and 4G satellite backhaul is a huge opportunity, and HTS is well positioned to deliver these services. We will see the throughput rates increase. There are still three or four billion people that are unconnected. We just see a continuing demand for connectivity, “As for broadcasting, services and increasing demand for bandwidth. SD channels are still the Challenges: The challenge is for us as an majority. We’re looking “We believe 3G and 4G industry to cost effectively bring services at distribution and new to those people who are not yet served. ways to address their satellite backhaul is a These are people that are lower on the huge opportunity, and economic spectrum, and that’s where we requirements” HTS is well positioned to believe community VSAT has good potential. THomAS AnTony, Director of Sales, deliver these services” VSAT connected to a small cell can enable APT Satellite Company internet services as well as voice services to DAVE REHbEHn, Senior Director, marketing many people in a very cost-effective way. In International Division, Hughes general, I think the way forward to connect Thomas Antony, Director of Sales, APT the unconnected is through HTS, VSAT Satellite Company platforms and 3G and 4G backhaul. Trends: From a business perspective it’s back to the basics. How do you address your customer’s needs. That’s important. With the capacities Mohamed Youssif, Chief Operating Officer, that we have, new technology with higher President and MD of Middle East and throughput is something that we want to Central Asia at ABS position with our customers so that they get Trends: There’s a lot of demand for DTH. more bits per Hz. With this we are able to give Even though a lot of people talk about cost-effective solutions to customers, while oTT, DTH is still a dominant player. I read still competing with other technologies. As for a report, where there was a need for 288 broadcasting, SD channels are still the majority. transponders, out of which 50% were for We’re looking at distribution and new ways to DTH. That is the trend in Asia now, and address their requirements. With our teleport obviously DTH for satellite operators is an in Hong Kong we provide playout and backhaul, integral part of the business, because DTH which allows the customer to sit anywhere in suppliers tend to need a lot of capacity over the world and uplink to our satellites. a long time. Challenges: The biggest challenge is the normally, pricing for DTH too is a little bit need to constantly be vigilant of market “There’s a lot of demand higher than for telecom. pricing. Whether it’s coming from customers for DTH. Even though Challenges: The fact that all the operators or oversupply, it does not matter. Ultimately know that Asia is a growth area, means you cannot hoard bandwidth. It needs to be a lot of people talk that a lot of them are entering this market used. I think we have to work with market about OTT, DTH is still a to provide capacity. However, what you dynamics. There is definitely a challenge with dominant player” will find is that different operators excel at ground equipment for new technologies, but different coverage needs for DTH clients. ultimately Ku- band antennae and equipment moHAmED yoUSSIF, Coo, President and not all coverage is the same. So we’re all are freely available in the market. Existing mD of middle East and Central Asia, AbS finding our own customer relationships. customers don’t need to reinvest in equipment.
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from that very easily because they go down to the lowest common denominator which is SUMMIT AND 11TH NOVEMBER 2015 price. We aim to deliver high quality at a very AWARDS 2015 economical price. Things that we’re seeing ARAB HDTV is that the usage patterns are changing. It’s GROUP MEETING very hard to see where the person will be Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Habtoor Grand Hotel, Dubai in the future and what type of information they would want to access. So that’s one of things we focus on – ubiquity – the ability to have capacity anywhere on the earth. Hence one of the trends is mobility. The other one is globality. Another big trend we are seeing is machine to machine connectivity. The internet of things is one of the key backbones of what Inmarsat is trying to do. This is one of the “4K, HEVC and linear “All bandwidth is not areas that we are trying to move in to THE INDUSTRY EVENT vs non-linear content, very aggressively. the same. We talk about Challenges: The challenges that any satellite dynamic SCPC technology ‘goodput’ – the ability to organisation faces is that it takes a number called MX-DMA and S2X transport a quality bit of of years to get a satellite launched. you try are all buzzwords that IP end-to-end” to predict where the future is going, and THAT BRINGS THE the market is flooded in some ways that’s advantageous to us, RASH (nEETIn) JHAnJEE, Head of GX because of our satellite footprint we don’t with right now” Strategy and business Development concentrate on building satellites for specific MENA BROADCAST THomAS VAn DEn DRIESSCHE, Chief Enterprise, Inmarsat geographic markets, we cover the world. The Commercial officer, newtec other challenge which is also an opportunity COMMUNITY TOGETHER Rash (Neetin) Jhanjee, Head of GX Strategy and is the growth of oTT. over-the-top content Thomas Van den Driessche, Chief Business Development Enterprise, Inmarsat needs to be delivered everywhere and is Commercial Officer, Newtec Trends: In the satcom space, the major being demanded by social networks. The Trends: Everything we look at is coming buzzword is HTS. before it was battle of the problem is expectations are very high for social TO DEBATE from consumer behaviour. It might be more frequencies and battle of the bands, but now networks. A person thinks that he can get it channels on television, non-linear TV (oTT), the insatiable demand for satellite capacity is on a smartphone over cellular networks, but high speeds on cellular phones, it might be paramount in any market. bandwidth is good. why can’t he get it over satellite in a remote TO CELEBRATE the need to connected everywhere like on a However all bandwidth is not the same. We area. It’s the unpredictability of what the next cruise ship or plane and up-linking videos. talk about ‘goodput’ – the ability to transport big application is going to be to drive all this All the trends come from this consumer a quality bit of IP end-to-end. People deflect bandwidth, that is hard to predict. behaviour which is the same as terrestrial market using satellite. So we need to accommodate all of this with the backbone Andrew Bond, Sales Director at ETL Systems of satellite. 4K, HEVC and linear vs non- Trends: There are no such things linear content, dynamic SCPC technology as challenges, instead they are just www.broadcastprome.com/summitandawards2015 called mX-DmA and S2X are all buzzwords opportunities. We are being approached for that the market is flooded with right now. redundancy links. I feel teleports are taking Challenges: Data rates are going up, and some time to think about single points of SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES NOMINATION ENQUIRIES costs are going down. To combine these two failure, mTbF and mTbR, and we are working PUBLISHING DIRECTOR GROUP SALES MANAGER EDITORIAL DIRECTOR we need new and innovative technology. with them to design equipment to engineer Raz Islam Sandip Virk Vijaya Cherian Hence you really need some disruptive out these problems. Every single link is a +971 50 451 8213 +971 50 929 1845 +971 55 105 3787 technology to accommodate the fact that huge amount of revenue. If you think of a [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] people are not going to pay more from World Cup link, there are about two or three ground equipment, they are going to pay million people attached to that stream, less. neither are they going to pay more for where there are points of failure that can go capacity, but they want higher throughput wrong. I think that’s one of the philosophies at the same time. Staying relevant under of our designs to make sure that they can be TITLE SPONSOR CATEGORY SPONSORS KNOWLEDGE PARTNER ENDORSED BY these constraints is a big challenge. rest assured there is redundancy built in. PRO
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Newtec to debut Dialog 1.2 and MCX 7000
Satellite operators and service providers stopping by Newtec’s IBC2015 booth will learn how they can adapt to the trends currently shaping the industry, including HTS and multiservice, and prepare for the future, while reducing OPEX and CAPEX. Making its IBC debut will be Newtec Dialog 1.2, an updated version of the multiservice platform which guarantees optimal modulation and bandwidth allocation, whether it is being used for broadcast, enterprise, mobility or HTS networks. Newtec’s engineers have achieved this by inventing Mx-DMA, a new return link technology. It combines the best features of MF-TDMA and SCPC technologies to enable services to run more efficiently than ever before over satellite, while still providing the gateway for efficient distribution and non-linear pre-distortion technology Equalink option to have the platform also run in either contribution broadcast applications. Offering 3, which can insert up to 15% more channels SCPC or MF-TDMA. Demonstrations of significant OPEX and CAPEX savings, thanks in a DTH carrier. Newtec Dialog and its use within the to its multi-carrier processing capabilities, Finally, delegates will be able to view the different markets will take place throughout and equipped with multistream and MDM6000 R3.1, which incorporates Newtec’s IBC at Newtec’s booth A49, in Hall 1. Newtec’s Clean Channel Technology, the Bandwidth Cancellation (BWC) technology Also on-show will be the Newtec MCX7000 increases bandwidth efficiency by that allows to transmit two carriers and MCX7000 Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway – a up to 51%. It is compatible with Newtec provides record-breaking spectral efficiencies new dense DVB-S2X multi-carrier satellite Dialog and features Newtec’s linear and and throughputs. ABS to showcase three Boeing satellites
co-located at 3°W connecting the Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. The aim of the satellite is to will extend C and Ku-band coverage into the Atlantic Ocean region, with high performance C and Ku coverage will provide inter- regional and trans-Atlantic connectivity and services. The satellite will also support VSAT services, TV distribution, IP trunking, cellular backhaul and maritime services. There are also two new Boeing 702SP satellites (ABS-2A and ABS-8) which are scheduled for launch in late 2015 and At IBC2015 ABS will be showing off its over 80% of the world’s population, 2017 respectively. latest satellite, ABS 3A – positioned at providing tailored services to customers Headquartered in Bermuda, ABS has 3-degrees West, which will go into service across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, offices in the United States, UAE, South in September. Asia Pacific, CIS, Russia and the Americas. Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, and ABS operates six satellites (ABS-2, ABS-3, ABS-3A is based on the new all-electric Hong Kong. ABS is majority owned ABS-3A, ABS-4, ABS-6 & ABS-7), covering propulsion satellite 702SP design. It will be by funds managed by Permira.
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Work Microwave to Cobham goes SOLO showcase at IBC Cobham Tactical The underlying transmitter Communications and platform of the SOLO8, what DVB equipment Surveillance will launch Cobham calls “software- “SOLO7-OBTx” and defined radio” (SDR), is “SOLO8 SDR”, two new seen by the company as transmitters, at IBC 2015. the cornerstone of its next The SOLO7-OBTx is a new generation of wireless camera-back transmitter broadcast products, of which that features 1080p60 SOLO8 SDR is the first to and 4:2:2 with integrated be introduced. camera control. It includes SOLO8 SDR’s high density swappable RF modules of connectors is designed for (340MHz – 8.6GHz) and ease of integration. Its ultra- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video small form factor, coupled encoding. Its latency, with its ability to take on depending on mode, ranges many different functions in a At IBC2015, Work Microwave that comes predistortion-ready from 1s to an ultra-low 10ms, single unit, will significantly will showcase the latest for automatic group delay and which when coupled with reduce the amount of advancements in DVB-S/S2/ nonlinearity compensation. ultra-low power consumption equipment needed to be S2X equipment, designed to This allows operators to delivers extended carried into the field, resulting provide satellite operators with mitigate the negative effects in performance in the field. in levels of flexibility never increased flexibility, bandwidth, satellite filters and amplifiers, Also being launched at IBC before seen. and margins while reducing while reducing power and is the SOLO8 SDR, a dual-input According to Cobham Head their amplifier power, operating increasing beam coverage, HD-SDI COFDM transmitter of Broadcast Sales, JP Delport, costs, and antenna sizes. throughput, and availability. with integral video analytics, “The SOLO8 SDR platform Work Microwave will also Other features include recording and IP streaming. runs apps like a smartphone demonstrate improvements to DVB-S2 multistream, TSoIP, The transmitter includes and can, depending on its redundancy switch systems wideband up to 80Mbaud, 128GB of internal video the application, change its and block converter range. and carrier ID. By supporting storage; USB and Ethernet personality instantly to suit Its platforms have been DVB-S2X extensions, WORK I/O interfaces; an integrated the requirement in the field. deployed by operators Microwave’s DVB-S2X Broadcast ISM band telemetry modem; “We are very excited worldwide to support a range Modulator provides operators and an integral, battery about introducing these of applications within the with a future-proof platform backed, real time clock for new products to the satellite broadcast, satellite that offers smaller roll-offs, time and date stamp. world at IBC 2015.” communications, and telco advanced filtering, and higher markets, including SNG, modulation schemes, enabling direct-to-home, IP trunking operators to achieve sizeable and backhaul, teleport, efficiency gains compared remote location, and more. with proprietary systems. A key highlight at IBC2015 In addition Work Microwave’s will be WORK Microwave’s next-generation DVB-S2X IP DVB-S2X Broadcast Modulator, modem brings maximum the ideal solution for DTH performance to IP trunking broadcast, video contribution, and IP network infrastructure and distribution applications applications, making it the ideal over satellite. The DVB-S2X solution for telecommunication Broadcast Modulator is one of companies, Internet service the industry’s only solutions providers, and teleport operators.
28 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 Viaccess-Orca to showcase Eye on Piracy
Viaccess-Orca will also showcase its new backend management console. The console allows operators’ marketing teams to build service offerings in a few clicks as well as promote selected content in order to improve cost effectiveness. It also enables operators to engage with customers by sending messages to segmented groups of customers. For example, all accounts registered to a certain SVOD service can be notified about a newly added series. Through the console, operators can easily track problems such as failures in content preparation. The console uses advanced search and filter capabilities to pinpoint issues, while enabling operators to resolve problems quickly by performing bulk actions. At IBC2015, Viaccess-Orca will showcase its redistributed video streams. This new Viaccess-Orca will show front-end Eye on Piracy solution, which helps content capability enables rights owners to collect applications, powered by Viaccess-Orca and owners and operators track, fight, and prove evidence on piracy, in real time, to build legal Zenterio, on a variety of devices. The apps various types of piracy, such as Web cases in the most efficient manner possible. provide a superior service to end-users by streaming and peer-to-peer content During a live demo at IBC, attendees can see offering a personalized and intuitive viewing redistribution, getting the links removed how the Eye on Piracy solution helps experience for every screen. within the first few minutes of broadcast. operators rapidly take down TV content from Leveraging the company’s Voyage — TV A new “Snapshots” feature has been added illegal sites and eliminate the redistribution Everywhere solution, Voyage apps enable to the Eye on Piracy service to capture illegally of live events, such as major sports matches. seamless synchronisation between devices. Volicon to demonstrate Observer OTT
At IBC this year, Volicon will be the OTT pipeline — including a variety demonstrating its Observer OTT which of target mobile devices — not only to provides networks, video service provide a valuable look at how consumers providers, and broadcasters with a experience streamed content, but also solution for logging and monitoring to supply rich data that speeds isolation OTT A/V services that stream content to and resolution of any quality issues computers, tablets, and smartphones. for content viewed on any device. With the same suite of tools already Addressing broadcasters’ need for proven for set-top box STB and transport convenient, cost-effective long-term stream (TS) monitoring. Observer OTT storage of aired content, Volicon has offers a complete, cost-effective quality the presence of captioning, and determine introduced a new Archiver option for the monitoring and/or compliance logging that specialised apps are providing optimal company’s Observer Media Intelligence solution for multiplatform media delivery. quality of experience. In addition to Platform. Providing multiple simultaneous Users can ensure that video-on-demand providing a true recording of services, the users with random access to an indexed and linear services are available 24/7 system facilitates remote streaming and store of full-resolution, high-bit-rate at optimal quality, validate service review as well as in-depth analysis of both content, as well as low-resolution level agreements with content delivery unencrypted and encrypted content. proxies, this option makes programming, networks using pixel-level verification Volicon will demonstrate how Observer promos, and advertisements of cloud delivery and playback, confirm OTT ingests content from each point in readily available for use cases.
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Using Mobile Satellite Communications in Crisis Zones Gavan Murphy, Director of Marketing, EMEA, Globalstar, discusses how NGOs and relief organisations, engaged in humanitarian and peace-keeping missions, rely on satellite-powered communications technology
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Globalstar’s SPOT GEN3.
“What we do is help to provide peace of mind for field workers and their supervisors as they in turn seek to help the vulnerable”
GAVAN MurPHy, Director of Marketing, EMEA, Globalstar
During the many unfortunate natural were concerns about Globalstar’s SPOT Satellite GPS and manmade humanitarian crises faced sending first responders Messenger was used to track, across the globe, NGO workers and relief and equipment into in real time, the first responders organisations offer a vital lifeline to stricken Libya without effective working on-site as they helped communities. The dangerous nature of many communications backup. with the organisation of refugees of today’s peace-keeping and humanitarian The fixed and cellular and with aid distribution (blankets, aid efforts makes it essential for first networks could not be relied upon, making food, medical supplies etc.). responders – many of whom are volunteers a mobile satellite-based communications Prior to embarking on the mission, a – to consider their own safety, and that infrastructure the only viable option. number of pre-agreed alerts were configured of their equipment, prior to entering the One of our value-added resellers in for the SPOT tracker via VMDtrac. In this crisis zone. Specifically, a number of crucial Africa, VMD, was able to help by providing particular case, the NGO chose to include communications-based security measures a number of low-cost tracking solutions the following alerts: ‘SOS’ (to be used in the need to be in place to make these workers’ based on Globalstar’s mobile satellite case of a kidnapping); ‘Help’ (for any medical tasks easier to accomplish in what are communications technologies – the emergency); ‘OK’ (to send a message each extremely challenging conditions. SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger and the time the user starts/finishes a task); and a Consider the start of the Libyan crisis. SmartOne geolocation Simplex asset ‘need water and/or meal’ custom message. The first NGO intervention happened tracking device. These solutions, configured When an alert is sent from a volunteer in very close to the Tunisian-Libyan border, to work with VMD’s VMDtrac web-based the field, the alert is flashed up onto a central where refugee camps were being set up. tracking platform, were used by one of dashboard immediately, showing the SPOT Several associations were there at the the first NGOs to enter Libya, to monitor tracker’s exact location and making it easy outset, wanting to help the refugees, the position of volunteers, vehicles, for the director back at base to share the the wounded and the homeless but the equipment and specialist medical kit SOS alert with the local emergency services, situation was extremely volatile. There as they provided humanitarian aid. where appropriate – for example in the
34 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 case of a kidnapping. If the dashboard is not of major disasters. Disaster Tech Lab is of solar powered satellite terminals. being monitored for any reason, the alert is using Globalstar’s satellite phones and “With Globalstar technology, we can sent immediately as an email to designated SPOT messengers to improve the efficiency be less reliant on VHF radios and will be email addresses, and as a text message of its humanitarian rescue operations and able to overcome logistical challenges in to designated mobile phone numbers. enhance the safety of its volunteers. Disaster getting the right equipment to the right VMD also provided the same NGO with Tech Lab sets up networks that enable place, speeding up operations significantly,” the Globalstar SmartOne geolocation communications for aid organisations and said Evert Bopp, founder of Disaster Tech solution so that they could monitor cost- NGOs as well as affected communities. Lab. “At times, we can have up to five effectively, in real-time, their valuable Disaster Tech Lab’s volunteers in Nepal, separate teams operating in demanding mobile assets such as vehicles, containers for instance, setting up communications circumstances around the world. With the and medical equipment. This provided the networks in the aftermath of the recent SPOT app on my smartphone, I can easily NGO with a flexible, low-cost way to track earthquakes, are already using SPOT see where every team is and be reassured and trace the position of their assets, be Gen3 devices to trace rescuers’ locations that they are safe. Their friends and alerted to any unauthorised movement, and at regular intervals. The device enables family can also have that reassurance.” extract reports and statistics that could be a regular ‘check-in’ to be transmitted to Without the invaluable safety net used to resolve problems such as missing Disaster Tech Lab’s headquarters with provided by low-cost mobile satellite-based kit. Geofencing alerts were also configured a prepared message, indicating that all tracking systems, disaster relief workers and so that the team back at base would receive is OK, as well as acting as an emergency peace-keeping personnel would struggle to information in real-time every time a vehicle summon for help. Globalstar satellite undertake many of their tasks safely. What or valuable piece of equipment left the camp, phones are used by Disaster Tech Lab’s we do is help to provide peace of mind for or a suspicious movement was registered. communications and IT specialist field workers and their supervisors as they Elsewhere, Globalstar technology is also volunteers to coordinate activities with in turn seek to help the vulnerable and the being used to help rescuers in the aftermath head office, such as planning the shipment displaced during humanitarian crises. PRO
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Mobile Medicine: How satellite is changing the face of the e-health industry By Gerhard Bethscheider, Managing Director, SES TechCom Services
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SES TechCom Services’ SATMED e-health interface.
“With the emergence of satellite Internet, the obstacles associated with providing connectivity and e-health solutions become reduced. As long as there is a base satellite installed to receive signals, fast Internet access can be provided wherever it is required”
Gerhard Bethscheider, Managing director, ses techcom services
Connecting people, to public services, With the emergence of satellite internet, through the Internet is the ultimate goal the obstacles associated with providing for operators and vendors. In today’s digital connectivity and e-health solutions become age, Information and Communication reduced. as long as there is a base satellite Technology (ICT) is successfully used in installed to receive signals, fast internet a number of sectors to ensure quality access can be provided wherever it is control of workflows and improve the required, no matter how rural or remote the efficiency of an entire organisation. In the location. Medical contact can be established health sector, IT is particularly useful in quickly and easily and humanitarian aid enabling the delivery of national health delivered where it is most needed. training for medical professionals, as well it is with these innovations in satellite as optimising public health programs. technology that ses techcom services In rural or remote regions, however, has created satMed; a multi-layer achieving this is significantly harder for e-health platform which addresses many e-health operators and vendors, with of the challenges faced by operators and terrestrial infrastructures often not living vendors. changing the face of not just up to their urban counterparts. Here, e-health, satMed also aims to improve providing connectivity is a challenge but health in general in remote areas. one that must be overcome, especially when faced with situations like acute disease Tackling the market outbreaks as recently seen in West Africa. in terms of assessing the current market
38 | SatellitePro | July-August 2015 patient care across multiple applications. but also, health managers, health it thanks to innovative cloud technology, personnel and epidemiologists. though, communications between in serabu community hospital, sierra medical facilities can be vastly improved, Leone, for example, satMed has been used potentially providing one single point as a communications tool between regional of access for a global, unified system. doctors and off-site German doctors looking While communications standards to share medical expertise between medical may still be developing, the cloud professionals. Powering knowledge and provides a roaming service which is proving its worth as a database, as well vital to mobile health services. this is as a communications platform, satMed because different applications can be integrates different medical applications, integrated into one common platform such as health records, a teleradiology and accessed by a single login. system and information system, to record and analyse individual patient data, as well Introducing SATMED as document disease in public health. it is without question that the introduction Furthermore, the satMed platform of satellite technology has changed the can be used for medical training. in West landscape of the e-health market both in africa, satMed is being used to help terms of scale and delivery. While the advent improve conditions for the delivery of of ict services within the health market may babies at Benin Maternity hospital. training have brought significant changes locally, will be delivered online across africa, remote access has brought the potential for enabling midwives and health workers information to transmitted anywhere across in training to have their performance the world, even in extremely remote or monitored and evaluated. the end result mountainous regions. in developing nations, will be improved healthcare systems at satellite connectivity is vital since it is often a local, regional and national scale. the only solution where terrestrial access may be limited or poor, which can provide a A connected future fast connection over a vast coverage area. satellite technology has already made ses techcom services’ satMed uses significant advances in enabling more satellite internet connectivity to address and more people to become connected the fundamental issues that currently exist to the internet. if that new-found in the sharing of medical information. as connectivity can be used to share and potential for e-health services to be a multilayer e-health platform, which is medical information, vast improvements delivered effectively, four major barriers already making significant strides in medical in health services and, therefore, are seen in emerging countries and advancement in developing nations such as quality of life, can also be achieved. resource-poor areas when using health sierra Leone and Benin, satcOM provides satMed brings with it the potential to it applications: the costs of secure medical professionals with vital applications realise the adoption of e-health systems data management and purchasing and and tools for day-to-day tasks. supported across all manner of medical facilities, maintaining software, low user-friendliness, by Luxembourg’s government, with input whether it be hospitals, medical universities, poor interoperability between it solutions from medical health professionals, satMed or national/international health programs. and limited availability in remote areas. forms part of the disaster recovery platform as a result, medical professionals can be in these remote areas, where there is a emergency.lu to provide worldwide coverage freed of the shackles of poor connectivity, huge lack of trained health professionals, and humanitarian aid in times of need. increasing their skills-sets and collaborating simplicity and ease of use is of paramount Utilising satellite technology and the more than ever before. Finally, with satMed, importance. Furthermore, multiple cloud, the multi-layer platform overcomes e-health also becomes more affordable. applications from a variety of organisations the barriers of poor connectivity, cost of in order to realise this bright future, we are coming to market, all with different deployment and lack of interoperability must now focus our attention on getting data formats, which means the interfaces between applications. By integrating more e-health applications, professionals required for interoperability are often not multiple applications into one platform, and facilities signed up to satMed and provided. this lack of standards, and more information can be shared and transmitted further develop satellite technology to importantly shared standards, presents quickly and easily, bringing significant increase coverage. With these next steps, large problems for doctors wishing to advances to health care professionals, reaching the ultimate goal of a global unified access shared medical records and data for including not only doctors and nurses health system is only a matter of time. PRO
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Protecting C-band networks Vicky Wong, Senior Communications Systems Engineer at Asiasat, speaks about how sharing C-band with terrestrial applications can be detrimental in the long run
C-band frequencies have been shared show that separation distances in the order BROADCAST with terrestrial applications throughout of 5–500km are required depending on the entire satellite era, where traditional the deployment scenario and the emitting terrestrial applications were microwave power of the deployed equipment. It can links providing connectivity for a limited thus be seen that ubiquitous deployment numbers of stations at fixed locations of IMT affects vast areas and makes MASTERS CUP 2015 using directional antennas with controlled FSS reception unusable in the area. emissions and well-designed ground It should be emphasised that C-band is We invite you to join us for a free round of Golf. equipment. However, the new terrestrial heavily used for satellite communications applications of ubiquitous deployment throughout the world for a multitude Meet TV, film and radio professionals directly and of user terminals, using non-directional of services. The wide coverage enables antennas and often without individual services to be provided to developing network in a relaxed, fun-filled environment. licensing of stations are imposing new countries, to sparsely populated and threats to C-band Fixed Satellite Service geographically remote areas. Due to its (FSS). As a result, the interference ubiquitous coverage, high availability scenario is completely different. and instant connectivity, C-band FSS THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2015 The disregard of existence of FSS by new plays a key role in the socio-economic terrestrial applications further worsens the development of many countries to provide EMIRATES GOLF CLUB, DUBAI sharing situation. For example, for some vital services and is also crucial for disaster terrestrial communications, instead of relief operations. Furthermore, due to pointing antennas down for better spatial its lower frequency, C-band is the only isolation, terrestrial operators choose to put realistic band where high availability FSS their antennas on high grounds to service can be provided in high-rain regions. wider coverage and reduce their network The current use of C-band by BWA cost. These terrestrial applications no is causing significant interference and longer have a sharing desire (co-exist) but a disruption of satellite networks. Further simple strategy to dominate the FSS C-band identifying C-band for IMT would mean frequencies and maximise convenience. even more disruption to all these vital services, which would have a huge impact The two groups of new terrestrial on the socio-economic development applications are: of many countries. To protect the vital FSS services operating in C-band and to 1. Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)/ “C-band FSS plays a safeguard against the detrimental impact Fixed Wireless Access / WiMax key role in the socio- from BWA/IMT, it is instrumental that all Currently, in the Asia-Pacific region, BWA economic development administrations says NO to any further IMT is seen introduced predominantly in the identification in C-band at the WRC-15. For sponsorship opportunities please contact 3.4-3.6 GHz band. Nevertheless, it has been of many countries to What can be done to reduce the the main source of terrestrial interference provide vital services effect of interference from BWA/IMT? RAZ ISLAM in the entire C-band with many cases and is also crucial for 1. Take into account the usage/license +971 50 451 8213 leading to outages and loss of services. disaster relief” situation when deploying a new service [email protected] 2. Register your C-band earth station 2. International Mobile VICky WONG, Senior Communications 3 Select proper pre-LNA/ pre-LNB waveguide Telecommunications (IMT) / LTE Systems Engineer, Asiasat filter with the proper rejection levels Lead Sponsor Sponsor Prize Sponsor In terms of interference into FSS reception, 4. Report any interference to your IMT and BWA are very similar. ITU studies local regulatory authority PRO
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