KASAT:
LA SOLUZIONE AL
DIGITAL DIVIDE
Achille De Tommaso
Amministratore Delegato Skylogic S.p.A.
Broadband Forum – Roma 17 maggio 2012
LA BANDA LARGA NELL’ITALIA DELLE REGIONI
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KA-SAT, the biggest HTS (High Thoughput Satellite)
in the sky today
35 x more capacity than traditional satellites
KA-SAT, THE ‘80 GB/S GORILLA’
THE BIGGEST HTS IN THE SKY
TODAY
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Digital Divide: an immediate issue
Why is broadband important?
 Impacts economic growth, corporate
efficiency, job creation, social
inclusion
How big is Europe’s digital divide?
 30 million households in Europe have
less than 2 Mbps broadband
 Of which 13 million with dial-up Internet
access
 A priority endorsed by EU27
(Broadband For All in 2013)
 Initiatives:
 France Numérique 2012,
 Digital Britain,
 National Broadband Scheme (Ireland)
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A full integrated system, satellite and
ground segment
 Satellite: Very High Throuput on
KA-SAT, thanks to
 Ka-band spectrum
 Multi-spot beams (82)
 High frequency reuse (20 times)
 …with a very effective ground
technology
 10 gateways all over Europe
 linked to the main European PoP
and Internet backbone
 ViaSat SurfBeam 2 technology
Operators of HTS need to manage the full infrastructure
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KA-SAT is a next-generation satellite.
It has 82 beams, operating in Ka-band, using
Beam Layout
Option 1 - KaSat
82 Beams with BW 0.46º and 0.88º
circular
polarization.
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KA-SAT is a new net of 10 interconnected teleports. It is the first time
that 10 teleports work together feeding the same satellite for
broadband services.
Helsinki
Cork
Berlin
Rambouillet
Turin
Udine
Madrid
Scanzano
Athens
Cyprus
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KA-SAT MPLS network
Cross connection
Site
Helsinki
Network Pop
SG
Dublin
Berlin
Cork
London
Paris
Rambouillet
Frankfurt
Turin
Udine
Madrid
Arganda
Cagliari
Scanzano
Athens
Cyprus
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THE FIGURES OF KA-SAT: the largest HTS in the sky
An integrated system : satellite and ground segment
Satellite:
High Quality services all over
Europe
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Gateways all over Europe
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Ka-band spots of 250km diameter
availability
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500 M€
50.000
Satellite
Delay
Rain
Sensitivity
KA-SAT advanced ground segment
99.8 %
Countries covered in Europe and
Mediterranean Basin
Eutelsat investment in KA-SAT satellite
and ground segment
Terminals installed all over Europe in 6
months
Absorbed by sofisticated software
acceletarors
Absorbed by the much higher power and
by back-up teleports
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10 gateways across Europe
Linked to the main European PoP and Internet backbone
Integrated satellite system using ViaSat SurfBeam 2
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KA-SAT is a “game changer”
 Removing barriers to cost-effective IP applications
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High speed connectivity comparable to terrestrial solutions
Lower cost bandwidth
Lower cost volume terminals
Easy installation & operations
Unrivalled capacity available
 Expanding opportunities for Digital Divide areas
 New generation of mass-market broadband solution
 New point-to-point IP applications for Business
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A wide range of services on KA-SAT
B2B2C
B2B
Tooway™
Consumer / SOHO
Professional Data
Network
Enterprises,
Institutions and
Public Authorities
Satellite News
Gathering
News agencies
Enterprises
Broadcasting
National, regional TV
Enterprises
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Tooway™ means up to 20 Mb/s for all
 Broadband for everyone everywhere
 A true always-on service comparable to DSL
 Up to 20Mb/s downstream - 10Mb/s upstream
 Full triple-play, plus DTH TV reception from
neighbouring Ku-band satellites
 Easy operation and installation
 Easy-to-install and as accessible as satellite
television
 Plug and play
 Benefits from volume first-generation satellite
broadband
 USA - WildBlue to half a million homes,
 Europe - Eutelsat (Skylogic) Tooway™
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A full ecosystem for mass-market,
enterprises and Public authorities
Installers
Installers
Satellite Operator
Broadband Provider
Leading European
satellite company,
operating the KASAT satellite
Eutelsat broadband
affiliate, managing
Tooway™ sales,
engineering and
network operations
Channel Partners
End Users
Service providers and
distributors
Paying consumers
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Necessity of efficiency when using public funds
 Cost of roll-out of terrestrial technologies in dispersed areas increases
with remoteness
 E.g. fiber: 10-20 times higher for the last 10-20% of population
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FUNDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR FUNDING
A BROADBAND SERVICE ?
 Objective has to be the provision of broadband services in the
shortest possible time at the most convenient cost
 High speed satellite connectivity is comparable to terrestrial
solutions; so USE FIRST WHAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE
 Lower cost bandwidth
 Lower cost volume terminals
 Easy installation & operations
 Unrivalled capacity available
 Satellite Connectivity represents an opportunity for building NOT
ONLY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT SERVICES FROM THE
BEGINNING.
 There are industrial areas in Italy where manufacturers go off from
 Satellite technology can keep them there; allowing for critical mass
to be established and qualify the use of fiber at a later stage.
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GRAZIE
adetommaso@skylogic.it
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