2. Connecting the unconnected
True in 2011:
“Fixed or wireless computer broadband Internet connections are
expensive, not widely accessible, require hardware (a computer, a modem
etc.) and are not as convenient as mobile connections, especially for
Pacific Islanders living outside of urban centres.”
Danielle Cave, “Digital Islands,” Lowry Institute, 2012
Fast forward to 2015:
• Fixed broadband still expensive, despite cable deployments
• Low cost PCs and tablets readily available
• Data over mobile remains expensive and limited in quality and speed
• Mobile devices more suited for consumption than production
3. Mobile phones are not the answer
There are real limits to how much kids can learn, governments can deliver, and
businesses can achieve using a basic mobile phone on a GPRS connection.
(and even that’s not cheap in the Islands).
4. Problems and consequences
Broadband
Availability
Broadband
Affordability
Remote and isolated
communities
Slow economic
development
Education
Vulnerable to
disasters
Reduced social
cohesion
Slow response to
pandemics
Limited civil
participation
Low income
communities
Key problems Who’s most affected Consequences
Most vulnerable
citizens
Children
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Broadband
Speed
5. Solutions and impacts
Broadband available
everywhere
Affordable
broadband
All communities
equally
More trade, tourism,
manufacturing
Improved access to
education resources
Improved disaster
recovery
Improved social
cohesion
Better healthcare
and epidemiology
Greater democratic
participation
All income
groups
Solutions Who will benefit Positive impacts
Businesses
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High speed
Broadband
Vulnerable
citizens
Children
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Source: Measuring the Information Society
ITU, 2014 Image: Radio Australia
Readiness
Capability
Use ImpactICT
Three stages in the evolution of an information society
7. Role of broadband in ICT readiness
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“Without broadband, it is clear that we will never meet our development goals on
time. Broadband is a key element for progress in all countries and has already become
a critical national infrastructure, like transport and other public utility networks.”
Addressing an urgent need
Kacific has designed its service to meet this urgent need to affordably
connect all islands and is working on providing interim connectivity
for the most pressing cases.
* ITU Communique, 16 September 2014
Brahima Sanou Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau*
Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi *
“Broadband is a catalyst for advancing sustainable development. Satellites play a
crucial part in providing broadband access to vulnerable areas so that the regional
vision of ICTs for all can become an achievable target.”
8. The effects of limited competition on ICT prices
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Source: Measuring the Information Society
ITU, 2014
> 100% of GNI p.c
50 Mbit/s/customer
≈10 % penetration
Vastly underserved
<50 Mbit/s total
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Fixed broadband prices in Asia and the Pacific
as a percentage of GNI per capita 2008-2013
11. • Empower entire populations with much improved access to ICT
• Include outer islands and rural communities
• Provide services to schools, clinics and communities everywhere
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Our objective: Fast, affordable broadband
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• Offer direct-to-premises access
with smaller terminals easily
deployable in remote villages
• Complement terrestrial networks
by covering the outermost islands
Accessible everywhere in the Pacific islands
13. A solution to manage natural disasters emergencies
EMERGENCY
• Quick and easy deployment of communication equipment
No tools / no skills required
• GPS localization of survivors
• Information transmission over phone/webcam
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RESCUE EFFORT
• Logistics coordination
• On-going situation monitoring
• Access to online recovery procedures
• Remote treatment/telemedicine
RECOVERY
• Return to normal life while permanent
telecommunications infrastructure is rebuilt
PREPAREDNESS
• Warning messages to all phones & computers
• Anticipated evacuations, etc.
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Time sharing
Schools become Internet cafes at
night
Pool of
40 Mbps
for 40
schools
400$
per month
per school
20Mbps
Max
per school
8h/day
5days/week
100
students
1 student
270 internet
pages
per month
3h youtube
videos
per month
Our capacity offer
Our value proposition
Zoom in: Connect schools, Connect communities
15. The Kacific promise:
• A genuine game-changer
• Proven HTS technology
• Complete coverage of the Pacific
• Affordable high speed broadband
• Direct-to-the-building
• Empowering communities
• Easy and rapid rollout
• 75cm terminal
• 20 minutes self-installation
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Kacific vision: “Connecting the Dots”
16. Affordable, Accessible everywhere, Validated
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Connecting the dots, simply
Kacific, the Ka-Band HTS of the Pacific
17. Christian Patouraux
chris@kacific.com
Mobile Singapore: +6598000310
Kacific Broadband Satellites Pte Ltd
32A Kandahar Street
Singapore 198891
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Thank You
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50 Mbit/s: advertised speed of entry-level fixed broadband plan in the Republic of Korea
In many Pacific nations, it would not be possible to offer this to even one customer
Prices for entry-level fixed-broadband plans in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea: > 100% of GNI per capita
With slow speeds and high prices the internet penetration rate of many Pacific Island nations remains as low as 10 %
Remote islands and rural areas remain largely underserved
Asia and the Pacific is a region exhibiting striking contrasts in fixed-broadband prices, with the average price corresponding to 23.7 per cent of GNI p.c. and prices ranging from 0.3 per cent in Macao (China) to over 100 per cent in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
There are 13 countries in the Asia and the Pacific region where entry-level fixed-broadband plans cost more than 10 per cent of GNI p.c. These include some large countries, such as Pakistan and the Philippines, and several small island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific. A stronger policy impetus would be necessary for these countries to reach the affordability target of 5 per cent of GNI p.c. set by the Broadband Commission for 2015. Because of their geographic situation, one of the main challenges facing these countries is international Internet bandwidth. Indeed, the latest data on international connectivity show that this may remain an issue in Kiribati (45 Mbit/s), Marshall Islands (45 Mbit/s), Micronesia (45 Mbit/s), Samoa (135 Mbit/s), Solomon Islands (216 Mbit/s), Timor-Leste (178 Mbit/s) and Vanuatu (60 Mbit/savailable). In several of these countries, it would not be possible to offer the entry-level fixed broadband plan in the Republic of Korea (advertised speed of 50 Mbit/s) to even one customer. Since this is a problem shared by many SIDS in the Pacific, a common approach might be an efficient solution to help overcome it, e.g. by concentrating international traffic in a regional Internet exchange point and sharing the cost of building a high-capacity international link from there.
Kacific has achieved widespread acceptance in a little over a year
Agreements are now in place to provide satellite connectivity to seven nations
Kacific is a core part of an ITU program that will provide connectivity and ICT services to some 55 rural and remote communities in 11 nations
Small terminals deployable everywhere
Bring internet to ALL citizens
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Max 20 Mbps/school
An HTS solution, based on proven technologies, is the answer
Using HTS Kacific can offer three things.
Very easy access
Very low cost of connectivity
Very high speed.
And with a broadband service that’s delivered direct to the point of consumption, that makes it a genuine game-changer