NEWS

SHAPING THE FUTURE OFSATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

EMBRACING HTSBenefits for Connectivity Services

ADVANCED NEWSGATHERINGWhat Really Matters

HUMANITARIAN SATCOMNETWORKSFive Ideas to Maximize Efficiency

EXPANDING MOBILE BACKHAULDeliver Optimum End-user Experience & Quality of Service

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Newtec NewsletterSeptember 2018

Satellite's Role in 5G & OTT

Thomas Van den Driessche, CEO of Newtec

DEAR BUSINESS PARTNER

By Ben Neyrinck, Training Operations Manager at Newtec

training@newtec.eu

UPCOMING NEWTEC EVENTS

CONTENTS

www.newtec.eu/events

14-18 Sep IBC2018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

18-21 Sep VSAT GLOBAL London, UK

19-20 Sep Aerospace Summit Brussels 2018 Brussels, Belgium

27-30 Sep SuperNova Antwerp, Belgium

2-4 Oct APSCC 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia

8 Oct Switch to Space Brussels, Belgium

8-10 Oct Satellite Innovation Symposium 2018 Silicon Valley, CA, USA

15-16 Oct VSAT Congress Washington D.C., USA

17-18 Oct NAB Show New York NYC, USA

6-8 Nov Global MilSatCom London, UK

13-15 Nov AfricaCom Cape Town, South Africa

29-31 Jan Convergence India New Delhi, India

12-14 Mar CABSAT 2019 Dubai, UAE

6-11 Apr NAB Show Las Vegas, NV, USA

6-9 May SATELLITE 2019 Washington D.C., USA

Train with Newtec

Newtec training is the best way to understand the

theory and application of Newtec’s products and

technologies. We offer a comprehensive training and certification

portfolio of face-to-face and online courses for businesses, customers and

individuals interested in developing their technical knowledge.

Our training courses and certification programs are designed to ensure

that participants are kept up-to-date with the latest technologies to help

them advance their businesses. Well-trained engineers are a solid base

for designing and running a future-proof system with high availability,

reliability and maximum performance at minimal cost.

OPEN TRAINING CALENDARNewtec offers a number of courses which provide you with discounted

public training sessions, scheduled in advance. This service is available to

all and organized at one of our Newtec Training Centers. Please see our

training calendar for the latest availability. We can also offer our customers

any combination of courses from our training portfolio as a closed training

session, delivered with full confidentiality either at a Newtec Training

Center or at the customer premises.

Alternatively, if you have specific training requirements, we can

offer a tailor-made program. Please contact us and let us know your

requirements, preferred location and time frame.

NEWTEC OFFERS GVF TRAININGWe have successfully integrated the Global

VSAT Forum’s (GVF) VSAT Installation

Certification Program into our training

portfolio. We are offering GVF’s online courses as part of our product-

specific classroom training.

The GVF courses complement Newtec’s training program, bringing the

skill level of all trainees to a solid understanding of the fundamentals

of Satcom. The online courses cover an extensive range of Satcom

fundamentals, knowledge and installation techniques.

NEWTEC CERTIFICATION PORTFOLIOOur industry is a knowledge-driven industry that demands up-to-

date skills and warrants continuous training on existing and emerging

technologies for its professionals.

We realize that technical training and applicable business knowledge

are paramount to success and we have, therefore, further expanded

our training portfolio to feature application-oriented certification tracks

for different engineering roles. We offer several levels ranging from

Foundation to Professional and extending to Expert.

We aim to provide a range of globally recognized certificates. Each one is

adapted to the activity of the certified person, whether they are in solution

design, network operations or deployment activities, and defined by the

targeted level of expertise of the participant. It will facilitate even stronger

interaction with suppliers and help engineers learn best practice across a

range of domains. The certification program is also beneficial for staff and

will ensure a well-trained and satisfied team.

MORE INFORMATIONMore information via www.newtec.eu/services-training

@Newtec_Satcom

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UPCOMING NEWTEC EVENTS 2

WELCOME WORDS 3

CLOSING THE CONNECTIVITY GAP 4

EMBRACING HTS CONNECTIVITY SERVICES: YOUR HTS PLATFORM BENEFITS 6

WHAT DOES THE 5G AND OTT ERA MEAN FOR SATELLITE? 8

ENHANCED BROADCASTING: A CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE 12

CHOOSING THE RIGHT CONNECTIVITY FOR 5G 14

EFFICIENT HUMANITARIAN SATCOM NETWORKS: FIVE IDEAS 16

SATELLITE NETWORK CALCULATOR: OPTIMIZE OPEX 21

OVERCOMING CELLULAR NETWORK CONGESTION 22

SERVING CUSTOMERS WITHOUT COMPROMISE 24

EMPOWERING MYANMAR’S MOBILE OPERATOR 26

NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES 26

Welcome to the latest edition of Newtec News – full of exciting industry insights as we continue to enter a new era of connectivity.

Serving Today’s Needs, Preparing for TomorrowFor Newtec, this new era means connecting more people and more applications in more locations than ever before. It also means dealing with never-before-seen data demands – which is why we are committed to continuing to push the boundaries of satellite communication technology.

Transparent Technologies Nowhere is this evolution more evident than with satellite. To give an example, for workers on maritime vessels or passengers on cruise ships, gone are the days when a satellite telephone was needed to connect to the mainland. Today, satellite-based Wi-Fi enables users to call or message their friends and family from their smartphones, with satellite’s role almost invisible.

The same will happen, perhaps to an even greater extent, when 5G arrives. Incorporating a mix of technologies – including millimeter waves, fiber/microwave and satellite constellations – 5G will enable end-users to move seamlessly between networks, aware that they have a connection but oblivious to the access technology providing it.

The Sky is not the Limit As with all great innovations, this will not happen overnight and much remains unclear but one certainty is that new trends and applications will continue to emerge.

Looking ahead, we will continue to evolve with the industry, making our offering even more competitive and geared towards a future that is only just beginning to emerge.

For now, enjoy the read.

Warm regards,

Thomas

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By Sergey Raber, Chief Operations Officer at CETel

Maximum Return on Investment

Installed near Cologne, Germany, the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform will initially provide services to Ultrasat’s existing customers, with these including hospitals, banks, e-learning centers and corporate businesses in rural areas in the Middle East.

These clients represent the ideal target market for the Newtec Dialog hub due to the low investment required and the system being ‘Plug’n’Play-ready.’

Ultrasat supports its clients in the field by installing and activating sites and, in the longer-term, intends to grow its client numbers and satellites to provide services in additional vertical markets.

Flexible, Scalable and Efficient

For CETel, a leading provider of global satellite, fiber and wireless-enabled communications solutions, the scalability, flexibility and efficiency Newtec Dialog provides are hard to beat.

The integration and set up was managed flawlessly and, with the support of Newtec’s dedicated engineers, was achieved within a minimal timeframe. The operation of the Newtec Dialog hub is straightforward and our Network Operations Center (NOC) and engineering teams are ready to widen the service to other satellites when required.

It is particularly great to see one project bring together three successful operating companies, with each one providing its expertise and excellence accordingly.

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World-class Operations

As of today, the service operates in Ku-Band on the Middle East and Europe beam of SES Satellite NSS-12. Extension of the services to further satellites, for example, for maritime communications, are currently being evaluated.

CETel teleport has just recently acquainted full certification under the World Teleport Association (WTA), becoming the 15th teleport worldwide and the 10th teleport in Europe to be fully certified by WTA. In 2017, we also received the title of “Service Provider of the Year” from the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) for outstanding service excellence and customer satisfaction.

CLOSING THE CONNECTIVITY GAP As we continue to work to bridge the digital divide, we are proud to announce that Ultrasat, a dynamic leader in GPS, VSAT services and wireless location-based software development, has signed a long-term contract with CETel to deliver broadband connectivity into rural areas in the Middle East via the Newtec Dialog® VSAT platform.

“It is wonderful to see our happy clients throughout many countries.

They are grateful for the reliable and fast communications they receive via

the Newtec Dialog platform. From hardware purchase to installation

and activation, they have experienced a hassle-free project, and many of

them intend to widen their services with us. For the project, we evaluated possible scenarios and concluded that

Newtec technology paired with CETel’s operation excellence represents the ideal

fit for our sophisticated clients.”

Abbas Ghanem, CEO of Ultrasat

Fltr: Pradeep Asthana

(Presales Manager at

Newtec), Rami Alkhatib

(Sales Director at

CETel), Guido Neumann

(Managing Director

at CETel), Shivan M.

Abdulrahman (CTO

at Ultrasat and Abbas

Ghanem (CEO at Ultrasat)

CETel’s teleport

in Germany

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Maximal Revenues

Highest Profitability

Minimized Risk

Fixed and Mobility ServicesLarge, small, FPA terminalswithout compromises

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4Deliver bandwidth when/where neededHighest throughput, reliability and flexibility

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Enabling all HTS markets, most demanding end-users

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Highest Bandwidth Efficiencies and ThroughputsHighest Availability with Lowest Terminal CAPEX

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OUR HTS VALUES

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EMBRACING HTS CONNECTIVITY SERVICES: YOUR HTS PLATFORM BENEFITSOver the last several years we have seen High Throughput Satellite (HTS)-based services thriving all over the world. Many satellite operators have launched and brought into service Ka- and Ku-band HTSs into all regions and HTS capacity on its way to the market is still rising incrementally as well. Meanwhile, HTS-based services have found their way to end-users in different vertical markets, ranging from consumer broadband and enterprise VSAT to cellular backhaul and mobility services for aero and maritime.

End-users in the different vertical markets are compelled by the benefits of these HTSs and the high power spot beams which, combined with smaller end-user terminals, provide higher throughputs, improved service levels and more cost-effective services. According to Northern Sky Research (NSR), the GEO HTS capacity demand in 2017 was about 528 Gbps and estimated to grow to 1.9 Tbps by 2021, corresponding with a Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 63%.

This massive GEO HTS growth is mainly driven by the following markets: mobility for aero/maritime, cellular backhaul and broadband/enterprise VSAT.

Broadband Services - Enabling the End-user ARPU

Demand for HTS-based broadband services is growing rapidly in all regions of the world with an estimated demand of 1.4 Tbps by 2021. With smartphones penetrating every place in the world, including black-spots not serviced by terrestrial services, the key challenge for service providers when meeting this end-user demand is to deliver services matching the customer spending for broadband. Part of the market, with the higher Average Revenue per User (ARPU) potential, can be addressed using ‘direct-to-home’ satellite broadband services, while the lower APRU customers who can only spend a few dollars per month can be served using satellite-based community Wi-Fi hotspots.

To address this high-volume broadband market, it is essential to deliver good user experience, while also keeping Operating Expenditure (OPEX) as low as possible by leveraging the best bandwidth efficiencies possible. Furthermore, the cost of onboarding a new subscriber needs to be well managed by optimizing every part of the ‘customer acquisition cost’ – for example, cost-effective VSAT terminals, optimized logistics to get the equipment to the end-user and easy and fail-safe VSAT terminal installation to reduce installation costs.

True HTS-optimized platforms can address all these challenges in the most optimal way.

Cellular Backhaul – Addressing the MNO Reach

Alongside this, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) need solutions to extend their service coverage into places where there is a lack of terrestrial infrastructure. HTS-based satellite services have proven a very good fit for MNOs to complement and extend their mobile services coverage for 2G, 3G and 4G. It is forecasted that by 2021, 272 Gbps, representing a CAGR of 62%, of mobile backhaul traffic will be backhauled over HTSs.

When doing so, delivering a good user experience is key for MNOs, including the desired level of throughput and reliable services. Optimized OPEX and Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) of the satellite backhaul services is also essential to enable an MNO’s business case. Remote sites are often located in places without reliable mains power, requiring the remote tower to be powered by generators or solar power. Lower power consumption helps to further optimize the total CAPEX and OPEX cost of the remote sites.

To address these challenges, HTS service platforms need to be capable of delivering the throughput and packets per seconds for even the most demanding sites and include embedded optimization technologies to deliver the required 2G, 3G and 4G user experience. They should also be able to deliver highly reliable services in Ku- and Ka-band, with the lowest possible OPEX and terminal CAPEX.

Mobility for Aero and Maritime – Delivering the Mobility Promise

Satellite has and will keep its unique value of being able to deliver connectivity to any place in the world, including oceans and remote, vast places without any terrestrial infrastructure. The mobility Satcom market is growing at a very fast pace, with demand for GEO HTS mobility expected to surge from 19 Gbps in 2017 to more than106 Gbps in 2021 (CAGR 53%). Importantly, although mobility services represent only 5.6% of the HTS capacity demand, the aero, maritime and land mobile market accounts for 18% of the total HTS revenues.

The mobility market has very diverse service requirements: from the very bandwidth-hungry cruise ships requiring throughputs in the range of 100Mbpst to 1 Gbps, to in-flight broadband connectivity providing internet access and live television in the air, to other maritime segments such as super yachts, merchant vessels and shipping boats. In the past, delivering services for such diverse mobility requirements was costly and required complex operations, including multiple platforms for each sub-segment, dedicated and very inefficient bandwidth usage to serve the very small antennas on airplanes and lack of control on beam switching, resulting in inefficient use of satellite capacity and high operational complexity.

Today, however, the latest technological innovations, such as those included in the Newtec Dialog® platform, have revolutionized the way such a vast range of mobility services is addressed. With Newtec Dialog, service providers can deliver on the mobility promise and can address the maximal market at the lowest service cost while providing the best connectivity experience. By addressing the mix of maritime/aero/fixed from a single platform, the previous compromises on cost and operational complexity are eliminated.

Monetize Your HTS Services and Minimize Your Business Risk with Newtec Dialog

Newtec Dialog is an innovative multiservice platform which ensures optimal execution of your HTS services strategy. It enables HTS benefits to be maximized and provides unprecedented bandwidth efficiencies and throughputs thanks to the 500 Mbaud DVB-S2X forward and Mx-DMA® return link. Additionally, it delivers the best connectivity experience for your most demanding customers and lets you enlarge your addressable markets in key HTS sectors for broadband, backhaul and mobility and expand into newly developing markets, enabled by small electronically-steered flat panel antennas.

Newtec Dialog is completely unique in its ability to optimally address the mix of fixed and mobility services and small and large antennas while removing the dramatic cost increase and operational complexity traditionally associated with legacy VSAT platforms. The platform is fully proven through Tier-1 service providers delivering HTS services in different verticals, including broadband, cellular backhaul and mobility.

The combination of maximal revenue potential and highest efficiency in OPEX and CAPEX – resulting in best total cost of ownership and the flexibility to diversify into all HTS verticals – assures operators of highly competitive and profitable services while minimizing the business risk, with the needs for different satellite services potentially changing over time.

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By Jo De Loor, VP Market Development

at Newtec

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HTS DEMAND AND REVENUES IN 2021

GEO HTSCAPACITY DEMAND

1.9Tbpsby 2021

Mobility 106 Gbps 5% 18%

Government 49 Gbps 3% 6%

Cellular Backhaul 272 Gbps 14% 17%

Enterprise 113 Gbps 6% 8%

Broadband 1.4 Tbps 72% 51%

CAPACITY REVENUE

REVENUECAPACITY

CAPACITY

REVENUE

REVENUE

CAPACITY

CAPACITY REVENUE

Sources: NSR Global Capacity Demand and Supply, 14th Edition 2017Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 11th Edition 2017

0.5 Tbps2017

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Newtec NewsletterSeptember 2018

WHAT DOES THE 5G AND OTT ERA MEAN FOR SATELLITE? From broadband to broadcast, the satellite industry is continuing through a period of unparalleled change. 5G is promising to revolutionize our lives as we enter the next era of communications and the rise of Over-The-Top (OTT) video services is transforming how viewers consume content, knocking down the walls of home cinemas and taking programs outside of them, anywhere, anytime and on any device.

While these trends bring challenges for satellite operators, they also bring opportunities with satellite perfectly positioned to be a key enabler for the new developments.

Realizing 5G’s Potential

When it comes to 5G, satellite has an important role to play in the mix of technologies that will be required to realize the technology’s full potential. Bringing with it a promise to radically transform our personal and work lives, or homes and even whole cities through new applications in health, transport, entertainment, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and security, 5G will require a huge shift towards a landscape dominated by wireless connectivity.

Major architectural changes are also necessary and these are already beginning, with virtualization playing a key role. By leveraging Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN), both at the core and edge of the network, increased computing power, scalability and reduced operation costs can be achieved, empowering creative business models that enable differentiation.

As service providers will need to offer seamless terrestrial and satellite connectivity, a suite of orchestrators will be needed to dynamically steer traffic to the best transport options available, according to bandwidth, latency, network conditions and other application-specific requirements.

Starting with the network core and then expanding to the edge, full integration within the virtualized architecture will also apply to satellites. A Management and Orchestration (MANO) framework will manage this NFV infrastructure, allowing for easy integration of multiple applications.

Local call switching possibilities could be extended by a virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) application, while reduced latency and improved Quality of Service (QoS) could be achieved through different applications, such as caching and multicast, hosted on a Mobile (or Multi-Access) Edge Computing (MEC) platform.

By Hans Massart, Market Director Broadcast

at Newtec

Kerstin Roost, Strategic Marketing &

Public Relations Directorat Newtec

Semir Hassanaly, Market Director

Cellular Backhaul and Trunking at Newtec

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Unlocking New Prospects

In delivering 5G, QoS and Operational Expense (OPEX) will remain key – but new opportunities will also emerge. In urban and rural areas, satellite services will be well placed to enable seamless connectivity for emergency services, broadcast or multicast and network offload schemes, aero and maritime mobility, connected cars and mobile backhaul. Newer Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellations will building on this, further expanding the reach of satellite communications.

Companies looking to get involved at an early stage can already take part in 5G trials. Newtec, for example, along with the European Space Agency (ESA) and a number of industrial companies, has signed a joint statement to demonstrate the functionality, performance and benefits of satellite when integrated and interoperating within the 5G environment. The first phase will leverage existing space and ground segment assets and further developments will be trailed after 2019.

Newtec is also a key player in the Satis5 initiative. This provides a testbed showcasing major technology progress and demonstrating the benefits of satellite technology for the main 5G use cases. Live, over the air GEO and MEO satellite connectivity is included, as well as laboratory emulations and simulations, and a federation of terrestrial locations is used. The activity drives the full integration of satellite in 5G through open and standard solutions, facilitated primarily through 3GPP standardization.

For all these initiatives, a virtualized, multiservice platform which enables the high performance and high efficiency vital for 5G will be needed.

The Big Broadcast Switch

Evolving at an even more rapid pace is the broadcast industry, with OTT broadcasting already finding its way on to screens in homes and businesses. Underlining this progression is a recent Unisphere report which predicts – somewhat surprisingly – that OTT viewership will overtake traditional viewing before 2020. This is no doubt at least partially due to the millions of subscribers who use streaming sites such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video – and this market is only expected to grow.

More and more media companies are beginning to respond to this trend and move their broadcasts to the world of instant consumption. This brings key benefits such as new subscribers or customers, enhancing a company’s competitive profile and increasing profitability.

For satellite operators, the emerging OTT trend has led many to question the long-term sustainability of the traditional linear TV business that has been their bread and butter over the past decades. But, the key to successful content distribution is transmission and at the heart of these transmissions is satellite.

Keeping Up With Demand

While satellite hasn’t traditionally been thought of as being compatible with OTT services, the technology still has an extremely important role to play, with broadcasters finding more and more that they need to be on-site wherever and whenever breaking news happens to deliver quality broadcasts over multiple platforms. To meet the demand of viewers, this means sharing real-time events with the best image quality, low delay and buffering to a global audience over the Internet, no matter where the event is taking place. The good news is, solutions to this challenge have already arrived.

To give an example, the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform incorporates our unique, award-winning, dynamic Mx-DMA® bandwidth allocation technology, providing an IP solution that enables on-demand bandwidth and reliable connectivity for seamless live streaming and general broadband applications. This gives broadcasters the flexibility to run additional communications and applications on top of live streaming such as live social media posting. Newtec Dialog’s powerful API allows deep integration into NMS known from the cellular bonding industry, underlining compactness and ease of use of the newsgathering kits. The capabilities of the platform have already been experienced by the Punch Powertrain Solar Team as they competed in the Bridgestone World Solar Channel — a 3,000 km. solar car race across the Australian outback – and used the solution to live stream interviews and action video clips.

Delivery of premium content to enable multiscreen viewing brings with it an increase in traffic, meaning bandwidth must be used effectively and traffic needs to be minimized. To address Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), which the multiscreen devices require, the unicast content streams can be converted at the hub to multi-cast, enabling efficient transportation, and then converted back to unicast at the remote site. Satellite is ideally positioned for this due to the unique multi-cast potential it brings when broadcasting the content.

In addition to enabling live streams, the satellite link also feeds the Content Distribution Network (CDN), pushing popular content in the different required profiles to edge CDN-based on content popularity analysis. The return channel of Newtec Dialog provides the bi-directional IP pipe to make this popularity feedback possible as well as address any DRM concerns when terrestrial networks are not available. Crucially, through satellite multi-cast distribution, terrestrial backbones can be offloaded to keep up with the demand from the edge which will be especially important in the 5G era.

Entering The Next Era

With these leaps forward in innovation, the satellite industry is moving towards an exciting period which will bring numerous opportunities to break down barriers and push the boundaries of the connected world as we know it today. Whether we are talking about 5G or OTT, there is no doubt that the infrastructure in the sky is more relevant to our daily lives than ever.

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OTT – TERRESTRIAL/SATELLITE CONVERGENCE

Live or File ABR

Origin &DRM Server

Unicast / Multicast

MEC

- Storage- CDN- Multicast- Unicast

MulticastTerrestrial

4G / 5GOTT Unicast

DRM License CDN Feedback

ABR Video

Cell bonding technology

Inject to Cloud Feed CDN

TX/RX

OrchestrationAutomation, provisioning and interworking of

physical and virtual resources

NFVNetwork functions and software running on

any open standards-based resources

SDNControl & Data Plane seperation... Centralized

Control... abstraction & programmability

NFV

ServiceOrchestration

SDN

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ENHANCED BROADCASTING: A CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE Streaming a live sporting event or delivering breaking news straight from the scene to multiple platforms is putting Occasional Use (OU) broadcasters under increasing pressure to deliver reliable and seamless broadcasts – with no room for jitters. Meeting the new expectations from audiences for an enriched experience as close to the real thing as possible, presents a great technical challenge.

By Tomás Mac Craith, Head of Technical Facilities

at Nemeton

As an OU Flex broadcaster, the Nemeton team experiences

this challenge first-hand. Having won several new contracts,

including one with the international broadcaster Sky, we

required a solution that was compatible with our existing

equipment to power high-quality IP connectivity. Having that

connectivity allowed us to manage our customers’ entire video

and data content contributions, with guaranteed quality of

service in any conditions.

Breaking Boundaries

In January 2018, Sky contracted the satellite arm of our

business, Digisat, to supply uplink trucks, satellite capacity,

communication and broadband for all of its outdoor broadcasts

across Ireland. Previously, we had deployed terrestrial

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) for talkback and

Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs) in venues across Ireland. Yet

this proved difficult and expensive to maintain and was simply

not efficient enough for an international, 24-hour broadcaster

such as Sky. In addition to this, ISDN lines were often terminated

away from our Satellite News Gathering (SNG) trucks, resulting

in insufficient broadband speeds.

We found the perfect solution in MX1’s OU Flex broadband

modem – which is based on the Newtec Dialog® platform

including its MDM-series of modems. The OU Flex system works

on top of our existing SNG trucks to ensure we deliver reliable,

high-speed broadband as soon as we arrive on-site, without the

need for ISDN or DSL lines. Using reliable VSAT connectivity

via satellite to support live video is particularly efficient at busy

events such as live sports games, when the network can easily

become congested due to a high level of other reporters and

users in the area.

New Capabilities

Beyond live video broadcasts, OU Flex allows crews in the field

to use multiple applications such as Voice-over-IP (VoIP), video

clip transfer, archive browsing, email, social media, and the

Internet, ,as quickly and reliably as if they were in the studio.

All of this is enabled by the Newtec Dialog platform and its

support of three return technologies, MF-TDMA, SCPC and

Mx-DMA®. The latter is a unique technology from Newtec that

combines the best qualities of the other two technologies,

enabling bandwidth to be allocated dynamically as it is

needed, while also ensuring the highest quality. We have

already noticed the benefits of this efficiency which has

enabled the seamless transmission of video, audio and media

solutions across our network, while eliminating jitter.

Thanks to the flexibility of the OU Flex broadband modem, we

were able to deploy the solution on top of our existing fleet

of SNG trucks, reducing Operational Expenditure (OPEX),

while ensuring high quality and reliable connectivity and

transmission.

A Seamless Solution

The seamless installation means the additional modem has

become almost transparent within our network. However, that

is not to say the benefits of OU Flex have gone unnoticed.

Now we enjoy getting our SNG van up and running knowing

we can rely on the connectivity we have to get the job done,

with enhanced bandwidth and reduced jitter on top. Through

these enhanced capabilities, we have been able to deliver

8 Mbps broadband speeds to Sky, allowing graphics to be

seamlessly transmitted from our SNGs in Ireland back to Sky’s

HQ in London.

OU Flex is definitely a solution we see ourselves taking more

advantage of in the future. From extending our service to other

major broadcasters, or exploring new use cases to exploit the

full potential of the solution, we know that this solution will

help us grow our business.

Croke Park, Dublin

Inside of a digisat SNG

Wexford, Ireland

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OU Flex As a scalable and flexible multiservice satellite communications platform, the

Newtec Dialog all-IP platform offers cutting-edge technology that enabled MX1

to create an adaptable solution for OU broadcasters. MX1’s solution – OU Flex

– provides high-quality IP connectivity to manage customers’ entire video and

data content contributions, with guaranteed quality of service in any conditions.

It transforms the DVB one-way feed into a bidirectional link, providing maximum

flexibility without the need for two antennas, enabling video content distribution,

live video sharing on social media, file sharing and Internet connectivity for

broadcasters and SNG operators. Incorporating Newtec Dialog, OU Flex has been

developed to meet the requirements of broadcasters, live event producers, event

organizers and remote operators to enrich the viewer experience through live

broadcast, all while enabling content creators to grow.

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CHOOSING THE RIGHT CONNECTIVITY FOR 5G

Impact on Architecture

The extension of spectrum range has an impact on the network

architecture. mmwave cells will employ shorter ranges of around

100-to-200 meters which will require extreme densification to

provide high coverage. 3G networks reached densities of four-

to-five base stations per km², 4G networks eight-to-ten per

km², while 5G networks could reach densities of 40-to-50 per

km². Each base station could provide transport links up to 25

Gbit/s, with up to 100 Gbit/s backhaul links. Often, new optical

transport networks will need to be built to accommodate these

requirements.

In addition, mmwaves are extremely fade sensitive; their

effective range depends on building materials, weather, foliage,

mast height and whether line-of-sight is available.

Consequently, it is reasonable to believe that very high

throughputs will be limited to urban areas where a high density

of base stations can be deployed, along with a high capacity

transport network. Fortunately, small cells, with their reduced

costs and self-backhaul technology, should help in deploying

such dense networks.

Spectrum is becoming key for enabling 5G ambitions. As the next generation of mobile connectivity, 5G promises to support new types of applications and services with the help of low but also extremely high frequencies, including millimeter waves (mmwaves) to provide very high throughputs. These networks will take advantage of ten times as much spectrum as they use today.

By Semir Hassanaly, Market Director

Cellular Backhaul and Trunking at Newtec

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SPECTRUM CONSTRAINTS

Throughput

Reach

Ultra-denseNetwork –Urban area10 to 50 base stations per km²mmwaves

Low/Medium bands

30 GHz1 GHzCoverage within glass and steel

buildings

In semi-urban areas, very high 5G throughput will rely on the availability of a powerful optical backbone. In any case, 5G will not replace LTE; both technologies will co-exist until at least the end of 2020 and most probably beyond. LTE Advanced also brings multiple benefits including carrier aggregation, 1 Gbps peak throughputs and higher-order multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO). LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U), LTE- Licenses Assisted Access (LAA) and Multifire bring the additional benefit of being able to operate in unlicensed spectrum.

As for remote and difficult to reach areas, several configurations which involve satellite backhaul could be envisaged. The first one could deploy a network of small cells to cover several villages with an aggregation of the traffic at central points for backhauling. The second option would leverage a macro cell base station with very wide coverage but with lesser throughput than those small cells and their mmwaves.

Latency

According to the ITU use case model, latency requirements for 5G are very diverse.

Mission critical applications require millisecond latency, while broadband-to-the-home has a higher latency tolerance. Software updates, for example, can be transmitted with an even higher latency over satellite and be much more cost-effective than unicast. In many cases, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) platforms will help process content at the very edge of the mobile network and will reduce latency significantly.

As a result, different connectivity offerings can address the multiple latency use cases proposed by 5G: mmwaves, fiber/microwave and newer satellite constellations (lower constellations, high throughput capability). The table below summarizes the connectivity choices for different requirements.

Future broadband needs will expand in all corners of the world, from connected objects in deserts to smart cities and connectivity in objects on-the-move – for example, trains, planes and ships – to name a few. Future networks will, therefore, be much more ubiquitous than today, leveraging different combinations of transport networks including satellite, 5G and LTE, small cells and macrocells to accommodate the connectivity demands of in-city, semi-urban and remote and hard-to-reach areas.

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MILLIMETER-WAVE: IS THE TRANSPORT FIT?5G millimeter-waves Fiber/Microwave Transport Satellite Transport

Throughput √ √ √LEO/ MEO/ High Throughput

Satellites

Latency √ √MEC

√LEO/ MEO/ High Throughput

SatellitesMEC

Coverage/Reach

Lower reach, requires densified network

Availability in remote/rural/hard to reach

areas

√Ubiquitous

Cost of transport

Should lower the cost per gigabyte of data by a

factor of 10x, but increased # base stations

√ √Broadcast/Multicast

LEO/ MEO/ High Throughput Satellites

Reliability Very fade sensitive √ with a few exceptions √

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EFFICIENT HUMANITARIAN SATCOM NETWORKS: FIVE IDEAS

The frequency and risk of natural hazards is continuing to rise, while conflict and persecution are displacing a record number of people. When an emergency or a disaster strikes, a coordinated approach by humanitarian organizations is required to enable fast and effective intervention. During and immediately after a crisis, urgent action is required to save lives. At the same time, from the start of a humanitarian response, time critical interventions which lay the foundations for sustainable recovery and a speedy return to longer term development are also imperative. Moving from responding to emergencies to rebuilding countries, the focus shifts to long-term finance, capacity building for national governments and the empowerment of local communities to meet their own needs. During all these stages, telecommunications in general and satellite communications (Satcom) in particular are key contributors to the success of the humanitarian intervention and development activities.

Satcom is the only reliable method to exchange critical logistic, medical and situational awareness information with mission headquarters after a man-made or natural disaster. In such events, telecom landlines and terrestrial wireless systems are lacking, destroyed, or overloaded by people sourcing help,

information or trying to contact relatives. In this article five ideas will be introduced to increase the effectiveness of humanitarian operations and the efficiency of satellite communication networks to support these activities.

Translating Effective Humanitarian Operation Objectives to Efficient Satcom Networks

The effectiveness of a humanitarian intervention is calculated on the smoothness of the operation, the amount of affected people that can be reached and how quickly organizations can provide first responder emergency services. These objectives need to be translated into how an efficient satellite network should operate. However, in most cases, humanitarian organizations lack the resources and budgets to have dedicated satellite experts amongst their ranks who can assist in building and operating these networks over satellite or even perform installations in remote locations. In most cases, humanitarian organizations and NGOs will rely on satellite service providers for managed services. But how can a humanitarian organization ensure it selects the right satellite service and equipment that are relevant to the operations at hand?

By Koen Willems, Market Director Government & Humanitarian Networksat Newtec

The coordinated series of actions to prepare, manage and deliver humanitarian response are combined in a model related to the different stages in a humanitarian process, from the crisis or disaster to the development and capability building activities. The successful implementation of such a humanitarian aid and development cycle is dependent on effective emergency preparedness, coordination with national/local authorities and humanitarian actors, information management and flexible, scalable and efficient satellite communication platforms. Each stage in the humanitarian aid and development cycle requires a different type of service, throughput and traffic type that need to be exchanged with fixed, on-the-pause and on-the-move satellite terminals.

Five Ideas for More Efficient Humanitarian VSAT Networks

It is time for game-changing approaches and innovative technologies from the satellite industry to support humanitarian operations and make them successful. Here are some ideas to achieve effective humanitarian interventions through efficient VSAT solutions.

1. Time is of the essence; support first responders in their quick deployment requirements

The first 72 hours after a crisis or disaster are vital. Chaos reigns and a coordinated response is set up quickly during that time to save lives. Once the planning is done and the first responders are on their way towards the disaster or crisis area, the satellite network needs to be configured and prepared to cater for emergency communications, situational awareness reports and first logistics. The first responders must be able to be deployed anytime, anywhere, and be assured that instant satellite connectivity is available.

Basically, the VSAT system must enable first responders to set-up their fly-away VSAT terminals once they have reached the disaster area and provide immediate connectivity to data, video and voice services over satellite. Planning and preparation are key, as is the speed the VSAT network can be configured, the availability of instant ground segment infrastructure elements, the satellite capacity allocation over the disaster area and rapid provisioning of services. As such, the VSAT platform needs to be independent from satellite constellation and satellite frequency to be repurposed quickly over different humanitarian operations. Once operational, the Satcom links are expected to remain available during the operation’s length.

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Different services required during the different stages after a disaster

Five ideas for efficient humanitarian satellite networks for all phases

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2. Make VSAT terminals and networks easy to install and operate; reduce human error whilst saving time and money

Linked to quick deployment is the necessity for easy-to-install VSAT terminals and easy-to-operate satellite networks. Although it sounds like a no-brainer, a lot of current VSAT solutions still require a satellite engineer and time-consuming set-up of procedures to establish a first connection. Making complex systems out of VSAT solutions increases the risk of mistakes and security breaches, creating interference on satellites which could ultimately hamper operations.

The VSAT platform needs to come with a set of tools and technologies to facilitate the easy installation of hubs and modems, as well as the ease to plan, monitor and manage the satellite network. The quicker the terminal is up and running, the quicker the deployed humanitarian personnel can focus on their core operational tasks. This process ensures that each terminal works at maximum efficiency, reducing the interference and implementation risks. A basic half-day training should be enough for a humanitarian employee with some IT knowledge to point and set-up the VSAT terminal through a comprehensive Graphical User Interface (GUI). Once the terminal is correctly pointed, the network and authentication management will take over automatically and provide internet connectivity in a matter of minutes.

3. The impact of the next crisis or disaster is difficult to predict; the humanitarian Satcom network must be scalable and flexible to face the variety of operations at hand

A lot of scientists and studies have tried to find ways to predict the next crisis or disaster using climate models, setting up seismic, volcanic, forest fire and tsunami monitoring networks and keeping track of political events and migration movements. Although natural disasters are easier to predict today, the impact and aftermath of these events remain disastrous, chaotic and difficult to assess. The same goes for crisis management after political or social problems. From local events to disasters impacting multiple nations, first responders and humanitarian workers are often deployed to the furthest corners of the world.

Flexibility is the key requirement for humanitarian organizations when they look for satellite services. Both locally fragmented and global connectivity are imperative and the satellite services need

to be adaptable to the situation at hand. After the disaster, the parameters and service requirements might change constantly depending on the stage in the humanitarian aid

and development cycle. Having flexible satellites and services is not sufficient; they need to go hand-in-hand with a flexible and scalable VSAT platform. Only in such a scenario is the flexible pooling and sharing of capacity and assets possible.

The VSAT terminal can be installed on a vessel during a

humanitarian mission seeking victims of human trafficking, fixed on the roof of a hospital to support AIDS prevention programs, or deployed and re-used as a fly-away terminal for a first responder after a hurricane disaster. In all scenarios, the VSAT terminal will need to blend in with terrestrial network elements such as two-way radio, 3G/4G/LTE and Wi-Fi networks. Once installed, the VSAT terminal can serve as a temporary asset to provide mission critical communications in a first responder network or be part of a permanent disaster recovery back-up network operated by a local service provider. In the latter scenario, the VSAT network management system will be able to allocate part of the network to a local service provider in a Virtual Network Operator (VNO) structure for a development program to empower local governments and communities. The multiple types of VSAT terminals installed on different platforms are all connected to a single VSAT platform in a global and flexible satellite network.

4. Humanitarian workers cannot afford to fail even though they operate in the worst locations and conditions on earth; the same is expected from satellite networks

Humanitarian relief workers and first responders are deployed to the worst locations on earth. The local situation is chaotic and hostile, terrestrial communication infrastructure is missing and weather conditions can be a nightmare. Losing a satellite link might slow down interventions and endanger human lives.

Humanitarian organizations will demand satellite service providers to respect the most stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Only VSAT platforms providing seamless, reliable and robust satellite links can be considered for running seamless humanitarian, mission critical communications. The VSAT terminals must maintain connectivity and maximum service availability even in highly adaptive satellite networks with fading conditions and occasional interference.

In hostile environments such as conflict zones, satellite communications need to be secured and the location of the humanitarian camps or whereabouts of peacekeeping cannot be revealed.

5. Invest in cost-efficient Satcom technology so humanitarian organizations can spend less on operating Satcom networks and more on humanitarian aid programs

Addressing the issues common to disaster recovery remain difficult as pre-disaster recovery planning is less salient to local officials, particularly when compared to pressing day-to-day activities and available budgets. Most humanitarian organizations and NGOs survive on donations, development bank initiatives or government funding programs and are very conscious about their operational budgets. They prefer to spend their money on relief efforts that directly impact victims after a disaster or a crisis, rather than investing in infrastructure and overhead. Ambitions to set up large development, educational or closing digital divide programs are mostly only partly realized or need to be halted because the underlying costs were underestimated.

Environmental and social responsibility is high on the agenda of the satellite communications industry. Innovative, efficient and affordable Satcom technology can be accessed by humanitarian organizations for their first responder operations and to realize their large development programs. Efficient Satcom technology helps to save bandwidth costs and provide double throughput in the same available bandwidth. A wide portfolio of VSAT terminals, modems and service profiles on a single VSAT platform can help a humanitarian organization to tune its satellite network to the planned operations and programs whilst reducing Operational Expenditure (OPEX) and Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) costs which can be reinvested in development and disaster recovery programs.

Newtec Dialog® Multiservice VSAT Platform to the Rescue

These five ideas for efficient humanitarian satellite networks are implemented in the Newtec Dialog® VSAT platform. This is exactly why the Newtec Dialog platform has become the first choice amongst humanitarian organizations, service providers and satellite operators running humanitarian networks.

The Newtec Dialog platform is a scalable and flexible multiservice satellite communications platform that allows operators and satellite service providers to build and adapt their networks easily as humanitarian operations change or grow. As such, Newtec Dialog gives them the power to offer a variety of services while making hassle-free decisions on which technology to use. A set of key technologies (such as Newtec Mx-DMA®, DVB-S2X and FlexACM) bolster the high availability platform to offer highly reliable and secure services at unsurpassed efficiencies. This addresses the continued pressure on the ever-increasing need for more data throughput.

The Newtec Dialog VSAT system embraces the complexity of humanitarian operations and addresses multiple applications (logistics, medical, situational awareness, ERP, administration, internet access, video conferencing, VoIP, etc.) and services (video, voice, data) on a single platform. The platform can easily be adapted and operated during each stage of the humanitarian aid and development cycle when the mix of services and applications frequently change. The Newtec Dialog VSAT platform is equipped with a set of tools and technologies to facilitate the easy installation of hubs and remote VSAT modems, as well as ease the planning, monitoring and management of a humanitarian network over satellite.

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IDEA 2 EASY TO INSTALL

AND OPERATE VSAT TERMINALS

IDEA 4RELIABLE, ROBUST AND SECURE LINKS

IDEA 5COST-EFFICIENT

TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES

THE NEWTEC DIALOG VSAT PLATFORM EMBRACES

THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMANITARIAN

OPERATIONS

IDEA 3 FLEXIBLE AND

SCALABLE VSAT SERVICES

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Successful Deployments in Humanitarian Networks

The Newtec Dialog VSAT platform is a very good fit with humanitarian satellite networks. The platform has a track record of installations and deployments worldwide in first responders, humanitarian aid, development, educational, bridging the digital divide and disaster recovery networks, and has built a firm reputation on efficiency, reliability and innovation in the satellite market. Newtec Dialog has been installed in each stage of the humanitarian aid and development cycle in networks supported by humanitarian organizations, NGOs and government agencies.

In the first phase when interventions are planned and situational awareness imagery is exchanged, Newtec technology is the engine behind the distribution of weather maps, climate models and earth

observation imagery in Europe and US. During the response stage (phase 2) Newtec Dialog has been deployed by first responders in the US for emergency services after several different hurricanes hit Puerto Rico and continental US. During the Ebola crisis in Africa, Newtec Dialog supported health organizations to provide the first medical aid to victims and prevent a global pandemic outbreak. Peacekeeping agencies and humanitarian organizations dealing with refugee shelter and relief use the Newtec Dialog VSAT system to provide their different missions with a mix of services during the recovery stage (phase 3). Development banks play an important role in financing and initiating development programs during the reconstruction stage (phase 4). Newtec Dialog connects their offices and operations throughout Africa and Asia. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 300 hospitals and health centers in remote communities have a Newtec VSAT terminal in place to access the internet and exchange medical information. A lot of today’s focus has shifted towards prevention and mitigation programs (phase 5). The Newtec Dialog platform connects 4,000 schools in Morocco as education is a key driver for sustainable development, economic growth and prevention. In Indonesia, the Newtec Dialog VSAT system is part of the government initiative to bridge the digital

divide, connecting remote communities for internet access, data and voice services. Thanks to Newtec’s vast experience in trunking networks and high-speed modem technology, Newtec modems have been installed in disaster recovery networks (phase 6) that serve as back-up solutions over satellite when terrestrial communication networks fail due to natural or man-made disasters.

Conclusion

When a disaster strikes, a timely reaction and intervention is of upmost importance in order to save lives, bring stability to the region and restore the affected elements of the key infrastructure. Satellite communication is the only reliable method to exchange critical logistic, medical and situational awareness information with mission headquarters after a man-made or natural disaster.

Newtec Satcom technology supports the emergency response and humanitarian missions by providing a VSAT platform that can be deployed from the early stages after a disaster to the restoration of the affected area. The five key requirements to support efficient humanitarian operations have been implemented inside the Newtec Dialog VSAT platform. These requirements originate directly from the operational reality in which humanitarian organizations set up their relief and development programs. Newtec Dialog is a very good fit with humanitarian networks thanks to its ability to support quick deployments and easy installation of terminals, as well as its ability to provide flexible VSAT services worldwide. With the Newtec Dialog platform network, operators can set up reliable satellite links at all times in a flexible, scalable and efficient way. Furthermore, double throughput can be achieved at maximum service availability. Finally, the OPEX and CAPEX savings achieved through Newtec’s cost-efficient Satcom technology can be reinvested by humanitarian organizations in relief, development and disaster recovery programs.

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NEWTEC DIALOG HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN EACH STAGE OF THE

HUMANITARIAN AID AND DEVELOPMENT CYCLE

THE FIVE KEY REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT EFFICIENT

HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN

IMPLEMENTED INSIDE THE NEWTEC DIALOG

VSAT PLATFORM

The Newtec Dialog VSAT platform can be deployed during all stages following a disaster

At Newtec, we are constantly asking ourselves how we can

enable our customers to create better services. We want the

technologies that we provide to have a positive impact upon

their businesses – and this was foremost in our mind when

we created the Satellite Network Calculator. This is a tool that

provides instant insight into the performance and potential of a

satellite network, based on the capabilities of Newtec hub and

modem products. The information is presented in a graphical

and intuitive way and it encompasses network configurations

from single beam to large multi-beam constellations.

Turn the Technical into a Business Case and Optimize OPEX

The satellite environment is a very technical one, but we realize

that this is just one part of a business. We wanted to make

sure that the technical aspects could be understood clearly

by non-technical staff in order obtain more information and

The calculation of link budgets and other parameters has always been the preserve of highly specialized engineers, but Newtec has developed a tool that enables easy calculation of very complex scenarios that facilitates better understanding of the business case to engineers and of technical aspects to executives.

By Koenraad Lievens, Solutions Architect

at Newtec

insight about the trade-offs that Newtec products offer. This,

in turn, helps customers to better match their definition of a

new network or to design a more efficient satellite, as well as

reducing Operating Expenditure (OPEX).

Multi-Use Resource

The Satellite Network Calculator has proved invaluable for

satellite operator, Kacific, that started to use the resource a

few months ago and discovered that it had many more uses

than simply a link budget calculator. “We just recently used it to

optimize the forward and return repeater paths of the satellite

payload in a more efficient way,” said Bob Perpall, CTO, Kacific.

“Satellite Network Calculator would have been useful to have

during the initial design phase but it was especially helpful for

the repeater gain alignment discussions we just had.”

The intuitive display of data particularly appealed to the

Kacific team. “The graphical presentation allowed for clear

understanding and made explanations easier,” continued

Perpall.

The multi-use aspect of the Satellite Network Calculator also

meant that Kacific did not need to employ several tools. “Too

often there are too many different tools needed whereas

Satellite Network Calculator seems to replace multiple tools

into one user interface,” said Perpall. “Going forward we will

use Satellite Network Calculator for our traffic planning and

customer sales engineering services”.

SATELLITE NETWORK CALCULATOR: OPTIMIZE OPEX

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OVERCOMING CELLULAR NETWORK CONGESTION

No more Connectivity Worries

Time and resources are extremely limited in high-profile events like the Royal Wedding, where there are thousands of spectators, or the Pyeongchang winter games in South Korea, where crews were tasked with interviewing athletes at the bottom of the slopes. Their single biggest concern? Connectivity.

Remote crews, no matter how well equipped, need to be able to do their jobs quickly and easily without having to worry about technical complications. Connectivity technologies such as cellular, microwave, and satellite systems all have their relative merits and challenges. No single delivery technology is perfect, but combining the best attributes of these technologies can give broadcasters improved relaibility to go live.

What if you could choose when to use cellular, when to use satellite, or a combination of both? Or even better, have a system that chooses for you – intelligently optimizing connectivity to transport live video economically without compromising on quality or reliability?

Intelligent Network Blending

The award-winning Dejero CellSat solution provides enhanced reliability in situations where cellular networks are congested or cellular coverage is limited. CellSat intelligently blends cellular connectivity from multiple mobile network carriers with Intelsat’s Ku-band IP satellite connectivity to provide the necessary bandwidth on demand to deliver exceptional picture quality and greater reliability while on location.

When Canadian crews from Global TV needed to capture the high-profile Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018, they were surrounded by nearly a hundred thousand visitors, busy live streaming and posting photos back to their friends and families around the world, congesting cellular networks.

Dejero CellSat enabled Global TV to deliver seven hours of on-location, live coverage of the Royal Wedding by optimizing connectivity sources that were available in the vicinity.

CellSat users don’t have to book satellite time – it is simply available to boost bandwidth when they need, at the push of a button. To achieve this, Dejero CellSat can be tightly integrated with a self-acquiring IP modem such as Newtec’s MDM3310 powered by the unique Mx-DMA® technology, part of the Newtec Dialog® platform. Mx-DMA combines the best of SCPC and TDMA to flexibly and seamlessly manage bandwidth on demand, while avoiding fragmentation of space segment.

The system also intelligently manages and blends the satellite connection with the available cellular connections. This enables Dejero to provide the aggregated bandwidth that delivers additional reliability when broadcasting live from the field.

The Dejero CellSat solution provided the additional bandwidth needed for Global TV to deliver exceptional coverage of the monumental Royal Wedding. With reliable connectivity, crews had confidence in their ability to deliver high-quality content for their viewers eagerly watching every moment back in Canada.

By Yvonne Monterroso, Director, Product Management at Dejero

NEW CELLSAT FEATURESDejero CellSat now includes a midstream activation

feature, simplifying switching between cellular-only

and CellSat transmission paths, without having to

stop and restart the transmission. CellSat midstream

activation puts greater cost control in the hands of

broadcasters when contributing high-quality video

content from the field. In addition to video transport

up to 20 Mbit/s with Dejero HEVC-capable encoders,

the CellSat blended connectivity service also enables

data transport for applications such as email and

Internet access.

"The beauty of using Dejero CellSat is that it offers the ability to blend

multiple connections and get increased reliability at a big event like the Royal

Wedding. It’s great that we can use our existing video over IP workflow."

Mark Blanchard, Manager, Network Services,

Global Television Canada

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SERVING CUSTOMERS WITHOUT COMPROMISE

The Multiservice Era

With uncertainty and change marking the satellite market, the industry is well-versed in the benefits of multiservice platforms. Taking away the guesswork around which markets will provide the best return on investment, multiservice operations enable multiple markets to be served from a single platform.

Addressing multiple vertical markets often results in high operating costs and a large amount of complexity, which used to mean compromises – but today, thanks to various technological innovations, our customers can serve a wide range of markets, from broadband access to very high-speed mobility, without compromising on cost or complexity.

Future-proof Operations

So how can they do this? The answer is through our comprehensive DVB-S2X-enabled modem portfolio which we are completing by launching the MDM5010 Satellite Modem.

This very high-throughput modem – capable of handling more than 500 Mbps of traffic – enables network operators to get the most out of any available satellite with any transponder size. It supports a diverse range of IP services, including Internet/Intranet access, VoIP, backbones for mobile backhauling and trunking to fiber restoral/backup services, contribution and multicasting services.

This, along with the modem’s high spectral efficiency, high packet and bit rate capability, and ability to deliver high return speeds in shared capacity, makes it ideal for bandwidth-intensive services in the enterprise, backhauling, offshore and maritime markets. And with throughput demands expected to further increase in this area, a software upgrade is available, future-proofing the product against our rapidly changing satellite market.

Flexible and Scalable

From broadband and broadcast to cellular backhaul and high-speed mobility, the MDM5010 joins the rest of our modem portfolio. Combined with our Newtec Dialog® multiservice platform, the range of market segments that can be served is extended to include high rate applications – and all without compromises.

With some markets, such as Government and Defense, requiring dedicated purpose-built terminals, we have also developed a DVB-S2X satellite modem board. This allows terminal suppliers to integrate the capabilities of our modems into their specific terminals, further widening the number of applications that can be addressed by Newtec Dialog.

As our customers’ needs shift, so too does our technology – which is why we have expanded our modem portfolio to include the MDM5010, addressing very high throughput data rates and ensuring we can provide a solution suitable for every market.

By Bart Van Poucke, VP Product

Management at Newtec

Newtec’s DVB-S2X Wideband Modem Portfolio

as part of the Newtec Dialog platform with the

new MDM5010 Satellite Modem: A clear answer

to the market's ever-increasing throughput.

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MYANMAR’S MOBILE OPERATOR

Dynamic Technology

Com & Com is a joint-venture company established between Terabit Wave (Myanmar) and OSB JSC (Vietnam). The tender was awarded to the company due to the high performance and low Operational Expenditure (OPEX) it could offer based on the Newtec Dialog® platform, as well as its support of our proven dynamic bandwidth allocation technology Mx-DMA® via our MDM3100 Satellite Modems.

With a lot of modems having already been installed and active, Mytel is able to deliver 2G, 3G and 4G across Myanmar, increasing its coverage as mobile traffic demands grow.

Fast and Affordable Internet

With aspirations to increase its coverage and make its product offering as competitive as possible, Mytel will deliver Myanmar’s first all-4G network with an optimal end-user experience.

and Mark Lee, Regional Sales Director

at Newtec

“As a rapidly growing mobile operator, increasing our coverage and making our product

offering as competitive as possible is very important. Newtec’s and Com & Com’s solution

will help us achieve this goal by lowering our OPEX thanks to the efficiency provided

by Newtec’s mobile backhaul technologies, including Mx-DMA, which is already a success

for a number of operators across Asia.”

“Satellite communication is the most cost-effective, fastest and reliable way of bridging the digital divide in Myanmar as it can be deployed in even the most rural areas in

a very short time. By blending Newtec’s innovative technologies and Com & Com’s fully managed satellite services, we are confident that we can enhance Mytel’s offering

and meet the growing demand for connectivity while ensuring optimal end-user experience.”

As Myanmar prepares for the predicted spike in mobile traffic, we have been working with Communication & Commerce (Com & Com) to launch a mobile backhaul network for Telecom International Myanmar Company Limited’s brand Mytel, Myanmar’s fourth and most-recent mobile operator.

By Semir Hassanaly, Market Director

Cellular Backhaul and Trunking at Newtec

Ms Theingi Lin, Managing Director at Com & Com

Mr. Nguyen The Nghia, Deputy CEO at Mytel

The performant technology provided by us, together with Com & Com, provides the fastest mobile Internet access available at affordable rates, allowing local people to connect with each other and the rest of the world.

The Rise of Newtec Dialog

Mytel is the latest operator in the Asia-Pacific region to choose our mobile backhaul solution based on the Newtec Dialog platform as part of a bigger series of recently installed networks in the region. The number of installations is also increasing in Latin America and Africa.

Com & Com is responsible for fully managing the Newtec Dialog-based network, supported by the platform’s network management system. Available as part of the multiservice platform is our Mx-DMA technology, which delivers the efficiency of SCPC with the bandwidth allocation of MF-TDMA to offer best-cost performance, bandwidth efficiency and reliability of services.

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NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

MCX7000 MULTI-CARRIER SATELLITE GATEWAY R2.3 NEW

Release 2.11 of the M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulator – this flagship modulator, is also available in the modem version as the MDM6100, brings optional full C-band (5.85-7.05 GHz) and Ku-band (13.75-14.5 GHz) output options. The dual input stream monitoring guarantees quasi-seamless switching in case of input network failures. The support of all DVB satellite transmission standards guarantees optimum efficiency and compatibility. Its comprehensive feature set reduces your OPEX by providing the highest bandwidth efficiency and throughput. It is fit for all single and multi-transport stream applications.

In case a program is missing in a video multiplex, the M6100 can select the redundant input, based upon the presence of a high null packet rate. REpresentational State Transfer (REST) interface, as an alternative to SNMP, secures compatibility with latest management systems.

Release 2.3 of the MCX7000 Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway – used for efficient distribution and contribution broadcast applications – is also beingpremiered now. This versatile platform can function as a quadruple modulator or as a modem with dual demodulator. The dense modulator is ideal wheredensity and power consumption is at stake. The optional Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption of the baseband frames gives full protection for closed networks. The seamless input stream reconstruction acc. SMPTE 2022-7 gives another way of protecting the video content received over the IP network. This gateway can increase bandwidth efficiency by up to 51%.

Channel Bonding is one method of optimization, using the new DVB transmission standard, DVB-S2X. It splits a large transport stream into two or three parts over the satellite and recomposes it on the receive side, combining multiple carriers into one, large enough to maintain the efficiency gain of statistical multiplexers on a bouquet of UHD channels.In a 1:1 multi-modulator redundancy set-up with single carrier switching under supervision of a Newtec USS0202 Redundancy Switching Unit, the MCX7000 R2.3 is the preferred solution for dense DTH uplink stations.

NEWTEC M6100/MDM6100: BROADCASTSATELLITE MODULATOR/MODEM R2.11

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MDM5010 HIGH SPEED VSAT MODEM

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PORTFOLIO DESIGNED TO MONETIZE YOUR HTS CAPACITY

RELEASE 2.1 HUB PORTFOLIO

FOR SMALL TO MULTISERVICE HTS & GLOBAL NETWORKS

NEW COMPLETE DVB-S2X WIDEBANDMODEM PORTFOLIO

NEW

The Newtec MDM2510 IP Satellite Modem is a two-way, high throughput satellite modem that supports a wide range of services including Internet/Intranet access, Voice-over-IP (VoIP), backhauling, contribution and multicasting. It is perfectly suited to service Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) customers and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), as well as supporting applications such as telemetry networks, Point of Sale (POS) and banking. Featuring Newtec’s dynamic Mx-DMA® return link, it is also a perfect fit for the mobility and cellular backhauling markets.

The MDM5010 is a clear answer to the market's ever-increasing throughput demands. In a world that is consolidating at a rapid pace, network operators are eager to expand the reach of their offered services. With the MDM5010, high-speed VSAT services can be operated by the Newtec Dialog® platforms. With a throughput of more than half a gigabit and very high packets per second processing, the MDM5010 can add high speed mobility, cellular backhauling and high-quality broadcasting services to a Newtec Dialog platform. The MDM5010 completes the Newtec Dialog modem portfolio which now covers any market or application imaginable in the satellite industry.

• Future-proof SDR architecture• DVB-S2X, 500 Mbaud, 256APSK• Dynamic TDMA, Mx-DMA® and SCPC• 400/250 Mbps maximum throughput• 250.000 PPS• Built-in TCP acceleration, compression and packet aggregation• Embedded GTP optimization/acceleration

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MDM2510

MDM3310

MDM5010

MDM2210

• HTS-ready through wideband DVB-S2X support up to 500 Mbaud in the forward link • 16 000 TCP session; 28 000 PPS• High service satisfaction ensured

through true broadband experience • MF-TDMA and Newtec-patented Mx-DMA return technologies

• High throughput, up to 150/20 Mbit/s• Optimal modulation and bandwidth

allocation while guaranteeing highest efficiency and availability with Mx-DMA

• Easy to use, multilingual web GUI for installation, diagnostics and troubleshooting

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