Providing Fast and High Capacity Network Connectivity for Billions of (New) Users
By John Finney, EVP Global Sales and Marketing, O3b Networks Ltd.
(travel time of any given signal between transmitter and receiver) will be significantly reduced (by factor 4.4.). O3b’s first set of eight satellites is build by Thales Alenia Space and will be launched by Arianspace on a Soyuz 2 rocket from French Guiana. Our company’s groundbreaking concept is endorsed by investments from SES, Google Inc., Liberty Global Inc., HSBC Principal Investments, Northbridge Venture Partners and Allen & Company.
Everyone is talking about the ongoing and constant changes of broadband user behavior. As a matter of fact; once attractively priced broadband connectivity becomes available, the paradigm shift made by users looks pretty much the same everywhere. As the most important consequence significantly more data is pumped through the networks and times of usage grow exponentially. At O3b we have thoroughly analyzed these observations
and came to the conclusion that there are only two real drivers for bandwidth growth: - Cost-for-access; and – Quality of service. Sub- consequently we have asked ourselves what would be required - bearing in mind our two essential findings - to additionally connect several billions of people and hundreds of thousands of businesses, institutions and organizations to these fast network infrastructures. We also concluded that if we wanted not only to serve
the existing and future demand, but at the same time act in a sustainable, and socially responsible way, we should provide network coverage to the around 150 countries and their citizens, which are located in the 45° latitude north/south belt. As it happens, this is at the same time the belt of our planet where most of the countries of the developing world are to be found. It is in many of those countries, that the lack of readily available telecommunications infrastructures prevents the population from connecting to the modern and communicative world.
Infrastructure Advantage At the core of O3b Networks stands the idea to improve the communications services for the “other three billion” citizens and Internet users in the developing world. This is why; we are focusing exclusively on this very large part of the world. We are convinced that by increasing available bandwidth, lowering latency, and most importantly lowering connectivity costs, we will provide a much needed added value to all Tier 1 clients of our services and products, such as the ISPs, mobile backhaul- as well as backbone operators, government entities and bandwidth resellers. We will launch and exploit a new network of
communications satellites operating in a medium earth orbit (MEO), positioned on the equatorial plane at an altitude of 8062 kilometers. As O3b’s satellites will operate significantly closer to Earth than those satellites in geosynchronous orbit, the latency
Network Services The innovative value as well as the technical feasibility of O3b Networks’ concept is convincing a constantly growing number of clients in all parts of the world. In a timeframe slightly short of two years, O3b Networks has evolved dramatically and we have become a very dynamic, highly professional and fully operational company; present throughout the world. Just recently we had the pleasure to announce that Cook
Islands Telecom became a customer of our services. They have signed a long term agreement with us for the provision of fast Internet connectivity. Telecom Cook Islands has chosen the O3b carrier managed service, named Quick Start. This service simplifies the deployment of high speed internet services to end users. Quick Start is a full turn-key solution conceived by O3b that includes the associated ground equipment, space segment bandwidth, and the connectivity to the global fiber infrastructure at the location of the corresponding O3bNetworks approved gateway site. O3b has divided the Earth into seven regions based
on longitude – each region anchored at a gateway that provides the interconnection to the fiber Internet and access to the major Internet exchange points in that region of the world. Additional gateways can be added over time.
The Ultimate Value Proposition It is our vision to make the Internet accessible and affordable to those who today remain cut off from it. We will enable individuals, families, communities and organizations to enrich their quality of life through greater interactivity and closer connection with the modern world. To achieve this ambitious goal, we have a unique value proposition in the market. As pointed out above, there are still many parts of the
world, which do not have infrastructure conducive to 21st century communications in place. O3b’s first ultra-low latency, fiber speed satellite network is a very attractive customer proposition that will open up a new and exciting world of state-of-the-art connectivity and communications to billions of people who, up to now, have not experienced the benefits of fast Internet connectivity. The O3b system will provide its clients – ISPs, telecommunications operators, etc. – with a low-cost, high-speed alternative to connect their 3G, WiMAX and fixed-line networks to the rest of the world. This will allow billions of consumers and businesses to benefit from high-speed Internet connectivity for educational, medical and commercial applications.
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