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1. The Strategic Importance of
Satellite Phones for
Emergency Communication
Lou Altman
CEO, GlobaFone
Webinar
June 17, 2009
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2. Agenda
 Introduction
 Review
 Satcom Solutions
 Q&A
 Close
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3. So who is this guy anyway?
• Industry veteran
• Leading
spokesman
• Tireless advocate
• GlobaFone
founder
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5. Total
Communications
Failures
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10. And now….
Communications
myths….
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11. Our
radio
system is
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12. Our radio system is
dependable!
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13. We’ll use
our
cell phones!
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14. It’s never
happened before!
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15. Etc, Etc, Etc…..
We’ll use VoIP….
We have a ham radio….
We’ve never had a problem
with…
We have carrier pigeons…..
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16. NONSENSE!
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17. Who wants to
discuss reality?
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18. REALITY……
In most major and many minor
disasters you WILL LOSE your
communications systems:
• Landlines – PSTN, T1, T3, VoIP
• Cell phones – out or over
burdened
• Radios – limited scope
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19. Satellite
phones
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20. Satellite phones are
not:
• Complicated
• Hard to use
• Heavy
• Expensive
• OPTIONAL!
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22. Satellite phones ARE:
• Highly Reliable
• Functional
• Critical
• Inexpensive
• Mandatory!!!
Most critical device for DR/BC/
EM or remote communications
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23. Then
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24. Now
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25. Satellite phones are
THE most reliable
communications
solution
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26. Functionality
 B/C, E/M, D/R communications
 Daily use in remote locations
 Asset tagging and tracking
 Geo-fencing and alarms
 M2M – reporting, monitoring
Satellite phones save lives!
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27. Industries
 Military, Defense Contractors
 Civilian Government
 Law Enforcement
 Insurance, Fin. Services
 Utilities, Power Companies
 Oil, Gas, Chemical. Forestry
 Media, Journalists
 Maritime –shipping, fishing
 B/C, E/M, E/R
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29. What is in a Satellite?
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30. Satellite Orbits
Communications satellite orbit the
earth at a designated distance and
trajectory
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32. LEO Satellite Footprint
• Orbiting periods:
90 to 120 min
• 400 - 2500 miles
• 10-20 min horizon
• 2.5% - 5% of earth surface
• Many satellites = global coverage
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33. How it Works
 66 satellites
 6 Polar planes of 11 birds
 16,832 mph – 100 minutes
 Provides global coverage
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34. Each Satellite
 Linked to four others
 Has 48 spot beams
 250 NM in diameter
 Footprints overlap
 Specific spot beams briefly
support a call – 10 minutes
 2800 NM diameter
 All spot beams overlap
 Satellites hand off calls as
required
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36. Cross-link and spot beam technology
give Iridium…..
Total global coverage!
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39. How it Works
 40 satellites
 876 miles
 Gateway to connect calls
 Path diversity, bent-pipe
 70 degrees coverage
 Handsets see multiple
satellites
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42. Globalstar Status
 Radiated satellites
 S-Band degraded duplex
functionality
 Coverage gaps
 Wait times for service
 This is as bad as it will be
 Simplex data works great
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43. SPoT
 Satellite Personal Tracker
 Has won multiple awards
 120,000 since 11/07
 $149, $99, $49, $8.95
 Retail stores
 Simplex network
 Great device
 Personal use
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44. Globalstar Future
 New constellation
 New gateways, funding, SPoT
 June 2010
 Backwards compatible
 Up to 10 MB data rate
 Great deals on hardware
 Cheap/free, unlimited service
 ATC
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45. A NCILLARY TERRESTRIAL COMPONENT:
 Terrestar
 Skyterra
 Globalstar
 Terrestar – July 6, 500 spot beams, 60 ft.
 Skyterra – launch late 2009
 Globalstar – ATC part of new satellites
 Cell calls over Satcom spectrum
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47. GEO Satellite Footprint
• Most GEOs don’t cover poles
• 4 GEOS for near global coverage
• Voice signal - ¼ sec. for round trip
• Point and click
• Variety of applications
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48. How it Works
 Three I-4 satellites:
 America, EMEA, Asia
 Near global coverage
 Global beam covers 1/3 of the
earth
 19 regional beams - Fleet, mar.
mini-M
 228 narrow spot beams
 Each narrow beam has 630 channels
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53. Service Offered
 GMDSS - global maritime distress and safety services
 Fleet: Broadband, 77, 55, 33, Phone
 Swift Broadband and Swift 64
 Land phone, land portable, ISAT
 Comms on the move – BGAN 727
 BGAN – up to 492k IP, 384k
streaming
 All flavors, all speeds
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55. INMARSAT Coverage
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57. Conclusions
 NOT having satellite phones is dangerous
 People and assets are at risk
 Communications are cut off
 Coordination is near-impossible
 How do you implement and run your
response plan absent reliable
communications?
So….are you REALLY prepared?
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58. Conclusions
 Satellite phones work when all else
fails
 Must be on site before the disaster
 Solutions for you and your situation
 Test, test, test, train, train, train
 Include Satcom in your strategic
budget
The Bottom line? BE
PREPARED!
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59. Your Take-Aways
 Where does Satcom fit into your plan?
 What is the value of communications?
 What are the most critical areas of
your business?
 What will keep them running?
 Budgetary issues aside, what will you
buy?
 How will you test and train?
 How will you make all of this this
happen?
 Who do you recruit at your
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60. Contact
Louis Altman
GlobaFone
2 International Drive
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Office: 603-433-7232
www.satellitephonestraighttalk.c
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l.altman@globafone.com
www.linkedin.com/in/loualtman
http://twitter.com/loualtman
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