Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Ex Parte Presentation SES 2020 SES2019 Proprietary and Confidential | SES MEO Low-Latency Broadband Connectivity The Commission’s proposed 100 ms latency metric is unnecessarily restrictive as it does not reflect actual network requirements for broadband services and real-time applications, which can be met by current and next-generation satellite systems. Adhering to the 100 ms standard would delay the delivery of broadband to rural communities. Commission policy should not prioritize latency at the expense of deployment speed and cost-effectiveness – don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. With round-trip latency in the range of 120-150 ms, SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (“MEO”) constellation, O3b, supports real-time applications every day across the U.S. and around the globe. SES’s MEO constellation is an immediate and long term solution for providing connectivity and supporting real-time applications to those in rural locations. MEO capacity can be integrated seamlessly into carrier networks using existing carrier standards and equipment, providing local ISPs today with cost-effective, high throughput service that supports latency-sensitive consumer applications. SES Proprietary and Confidential | Q4 '16 – Brand Team – SES PPT Template Refresh – KSM – md 2 SES GEO & MEO SES currently has internet service provider (ISP) Geostationary Orbit (GEO) customers throughout the U.S., including Alaska • SES’s GEO network supports critical broadband-enabled applications: video streaming, web browsing, social media and email • SES-17, scheduled for launch in 2021, will be SES’s first GEO Ka-band high-throughput satellite (HTS) - Will be used to provide connectivity services throughout the Americas region and also to complement the other HTS satellites across the SES fleet to provide complete, global multi-band coverage SES subsidiary O3b operates 20 non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • MEO satellites have an altitude of about 5,010 miles above the earth • O3b’s MEO constellation is the only satellite-based system that is currently delivering: - Fiber-like, high-performance data connectivity services - MEF Carrier Ethernet certified services - Certified Cloud connectivity services SES Proprietary and Confidential | Q4 '16 – Brand Team – SES PPT Template Refresh – KSM – md 3 O3b mPower A second-generation MEO satellite system that will operate in the Ka-band and deliver a ubiquitous, low- latency “virtual fiber” network • The constellation will have 35,000 steerable beams that can be shifted to support customers’ changing needs and improve bandwidth efficiency • Each high-powered beam will have a throughput capability 10 times greater than those in the first- generation O3b constellation Other Applications • Cloud-based connectivity: Customers will be able to route corporate data to a ground facility close to their headquarters, and send cloud services data close to a cloud operator’s data center • Maritime/Aero: The mPOWER system will make it much easier to deliver services to coverage areas determined by the customer, a major advantage for mobility use cases such as cruise lines, commercial shipping, passenger planes, and unmanned aerial vehicles • Oil and gas exploration and other remote enterprise applications: O3b mPOWER will provide remote sites access to the same enterprise services available to customers connected to terrestrial networks SES Proprietary and Confidential | Q4 '16 – Brand Team – SES PPT Template Refresh – KSM – md 4.