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Industry Association Roundtable
National Spectrum Managers Association
May 16, 2006
Carlos M. Nalda
for the
Satellite Industry Association
Satellite Industry Association
• The SIA a U.S.-based trade association providing worldwide
representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers,
manufacturers, launch services providers, remote sensing
operators, and ground equipment suppliers.
• The SIA is the unified voice of the U.S. satellite industry on policy,
regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the satellite business.
Mission
“To educate the public, the press, policy and lawmakers throughout
the world of the critical role satellites play in our everyday lives”
Satellite Industry Overview
Satellite Manufacturing
•Satellite Manufacturing
•Component and Subsystem
Manufacturing
Satellite Services
•DBS/DARS
•Fixed Satellite Services
•Voice, Video, Data
•VSATs
•Remote Sensing
•Transponder Leasing
•Mobile Satellite Services
•Mobile Telephony
•Data/Messaging
Ground Equipment
• Mobile Terminals
• Gateways
• Control Stations
• VSATs
• DBS Dishes
• Handheld Phones
• DARS Equipment
Launch Industry
•Launch Services
•Vehicle Manufacturing
•Component and
Subsystem Manufacturing
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World Satellite Industry Revenues By Sector
$38.0B $49.1B $55.0B $60.4B $73.1B
$78.6B $86.1B $91.1B $97.2B
World Satellite Services Revenue
$60.9
$56.0
$49.1
$46.5
$38.6
$29.7
$21.1
$ 24.4
$15.8
FSS $
MSS $
DBS $
6.1
0.7
9.0
$ 6.8
$ 0.8
$ 13.5
$ 7.3
$ 1.0
$ 16.1
$ 8.6
$ 1.3
$ 19.8
$ 9.2
$ 1.5
$ 27.9
FSS=VSAT services, remote sensing, and transponder leasing
MSS=Mobile telephone and mobile data
DBS/DARS=DTH TV, DARS, and Broadband
$ 8.9
$ 1.4
$ 36.2
$
$
$
8.7
1.3
39.1
$ 9.7
$ 1.7
$ 44.7
$ 9.4
$ 2.0
$ 49.5
Satellite Services & Applications
Voice/Video/Data Communications
GPS/Navigation
• Rural Telephony
• News Gathering/Distribution
• Internet Trunking
• Corporate VSAT Networks
• Tele-Medicine
• Distance-Learning
• Mobile Telephony
• Videoconferencing
• Business Television
• Broadcast and Cable Relay
• VOIP & Multimedia over IP
• Position Location
• Timing
• Search and Rescue
• Mapping
• Fleet Management
• Security & Database Access
• Emergency Services
Direct-To-Consumer
• Broadband IP
• DTH/DBS Television
• Digital Audio Radio
• Interactive Entertainment & Games
• Video & Data to handhelds
Remote Sensing
• Pipeline Monitoring
• Infrastructure Planning
• Forest Fire Prevention
• Urban Planning
• Flood and Storm watches
• Air Pollution Management
• Geo-spatial Services
Satellites are Critical To The Economy
Eat
Out
Pump
Gas
Watch
TV
Shop
Transact
Financially
Stay at
Hotels
Buy & Service
Automobile
Critical to Flow of Information
• Newsgathering – First choice
for live coverage, providing
high-bandwidth video links
from remote locations to
capture “breaking news”
• Program Delivery – National broadcasts from four major television networks
and more than 180 cable channels are relayed to over 10,000 local cable
systems via satellite
Critical to Homeland Security
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Federal Government utilize satellites for backup communications and diversified
access alternatives to their federal facilities
Over 80% of Federal agencies rely on satellites for communications, such as:
– Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) uses mobile “satellite on wheels” trucks,
fixed voice terminals, and mobile satellite phones for emergencies
– Coast Guard uses satellites for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communications
– Customs and Border Protection uses satellites for border monitoring and mobile voice
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Satellites provide GPS Navigation signals for:
– Public Safety Dispatch, Search & Rescue, etc.
– Air Traffic Control and Transportation/Shipment tracking
– Telecommunications – primary timing source, E-911 enabler
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Satellites provide commercial remote sensing imagery for:
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Homeland Security & Asset Protection
Transportation & Infrastructure planning
Natural Resource Assessment
Disaster Relief, etc.
Satellites support network reconstitution, improving infrastructure resiliency with
media diversity
Satellites support economic continuity
– Industries such as finance/banking, oil, gas, communications and retail rely on satellites
Critical To National Security and Defense
• 80% of satellite communications used for Operation
Iraqi Freedom were provided by the private sector
• To meet its near-to-midterm requirements, DOD must
continue to use commercial SATCOM
• Strategic and in-theater communications networks
• New services such as Comm-on-the-Move provide
real-time, operational communications capabilities
Critical To Rural America
Satellites are often the only viable
communications option for Rural America
Emerging Services/Applications
Broadband Connectivity to Homes/Offices
• Hughes Network Systems – Direcway / Spaceway
• Americom-2-Home
• WildBlue
Mobile Broadband Services “Comm-on-the-Move”
• In-motion: Transmit and Receive on-the-go
– Multi-Mb inbound to vehicle, up to 500kbs+ out
– Valuable for Network Centric Operations
Consumer Focused Satellite Services
• Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC)
• Satellite Radio - DARS
Broadband Connectivity to Aircraft
• Forward link: 5 Mbps
• Return link: 128 - 512 Kbps
• E-mail/Internet access
Satellite Industry Issues
• Spectrum Fees for Satellites
• Broadband Mobile-Satellite Services
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Earth Stations Onboard Vessels (“ESVs”)
Aeronautical Mobile-Satellite Service (“AMSS”)
LMSS and COTM
Inmarsat BGAN
• ITS-DSRC in the 5.9 GHz Band
• Ancillary Terrestrial Component (“ATC”)
• 2 GHz MSS Spectrum
Spectrum Fees for Satellites
• Auctions are generally inappropriate for satellite services
• Spectrum fees are tax on un-auctioned spectrum users and customers
• Satellite operators already pay substantial fees:
– Application fees, ITU cost recovery fees, annual regulatory fees, etc.
• Spectrum fees will not promote spectrum efficiency
– Continued advances in satellite and receiver technology have allowed
satellites to substantially increase capacity
– Fees discourage technological innovation by increasing costs
– Incentives exist to put spectrum to highest and best use
• Spectrum fees could have disastrous consequences globally, i.e.,
“Domino Effect”
• Spectrum fees unduly burden rural and remote users, increase cost to
consumers generally and will delay/discourage new services
• Fees for un-auctioned spectrum should only be tied to reimbursement of
regulatory and/or administrative costs
Broadband Mobile-Satellite Services
• Earth Stations Onboard Vessels (“ESVs”)
– C-band and Ku-band systems
– Pending Petition for Reconsideration
• Aeronautical Mobile-Satellite Service (“AMSS”)
– Service rules proceeding pending
– Licenses and applications
• LMSS and Comm-on-the-Move
– Commercial and military applications
• Inmarsat BGAN
5.9 GHz Band
• Dedicated Short Range Communications (“DSRC”) operations
in the 5850-5925 MHz Band
– Intelligent Transportation Society of America (“ITS
America”), American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials (“AASHTO”) and SIA sponsoring
a cooperative effort to develop a sharing regime
• Issues
– DSRC/FSS Earth Station Spectrum Sharing Protocol
– Examination of the potential for interference from aggregate
DSRC transmissions in the 5.9 GHz Band into co-frequency
FSS space stations receivers
– Examination of adjacent band interference issues
Ancillary Terrestrial Component (“ATC”)
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FCC Rule Section 25.149 permits L-band, Big LEO and 2 GHz licensees to
provide ATC services subject to certain conditions; gating criteria adopted:
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Existing ATC Licensees
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Must be integrated with MSS service and may not be provide prior to MSS service
Geographic coverage requirements for MSS service must be satisfied
Replacement satellites required
Equipment certification requirements for handsets
MSV licensed in November 2004 to provide ATC services using next-generation GSO satellite
Globalstar licensed in January 2006 to provide ATC services using existing NGSO system
Benefits of ATC
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Enhance public safety
Ensure spectrum efficiency
Improve MSS coverage
Reduce costs of providing MSS service
Enhance competition in MSS markets
2 GHz MSS Spectrum
Background
• 2 GHz MSS allocation approved at WRC-95
• In 1997, FCC allocates 2x 35 MHz of spectrum for MSS at 1990-2025 MHz
and 2165-2200 MHz; nine MSS application filed
• In 2001, 2 GHz MSS licenses granted to eight licensees
• In 2003, FCC cancels three 2 GHz licenses and reallocates 2x 15 MHz of
spectrum for terrestrial use, leaving 2x 20 MHz of MSS spectrum
• In 2005, after 2 GHz license surrenders, 2 licensees remain: TMI/ Terrastar
and ICO, with potential access to all 2 GHz MSS spectrum
Status
• Current licensee access to all available 2 GHz MSS spectrum challenged by
Inmarsat and Globalstar
• CTIA and T-Mobile filed comments “supporting” the challenge but suggesting
re-allocation to terrestrial use
• Remaining 2 GHz MSS spectrum must be preserved
Thank you.
Carlos M. Nalda
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris
Glovsky and Popeo PC
202-434-7333
[email protected]