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Page 1: Satellite Spectrum and C Band David Ball Regional Vice President Asia-Pacific 11 December 2006

Satellite Spectrum and C BandDavid Ball

Regional Vice President Asia-Pacific

11 December 2006

Page 2: Satellite Spectrum and C Band David Ball Regional Vice President Asia-Pacific 11 December 2006

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Overview• Intelsat is the largest FSS provider operating worldwide with a

diversified, premier, blue-chip customer base

– 1,800 customers

– Over 200 countries

• Unparalleled resilient and flexible communications network

– 51 satellites

– 8 owned teleports

– Over 50 points of presence in 37 cities

– Fibre connectivity

• Business is highly diversified by service and region, reducing financial risk and ensuring long-term stability of the company

$2.0 billion in combined pro forma revenue and $1.6 billion pro forma adjusted EBITDA of Intelsat (Bermuda) Ltd. in last twelve months ended 03/31/061

$8.3 billion in combined revenue backlog as of 3/31/06

1 Please refer to the current report on Form 8-K of Intelsat, Ltd. filed with the SEC on June 30, 2006 for a reconciliation of pro forma Intelsat Bermuda Adjusted EBITDA to net income of Intelsat, Ltd.

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Our Industry Leading Satellite Fleet

Complementary fleet provides customers with worldwide connectivity, back-up options and unrivaled scale & flexibility

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Integrated with Multiple Teleports and a Robust Ground Infrastructure…

Riverside U.S. West Coast

MountainsideU.S. East Coast

FuchsstadtGermany

ClarksburgU.S. East Coast

Napa U.S. West Coast

Fillmore U.S. West Coast

Castle RockU.S. Midwest

AtlantaU.S. East Coast

• Over 20,000 miles of fiber connectivity worldwide for video, voice & data• Robust IP network with Juniper routers, DS3, OC3/ STM1 connectivity lines• 50+ strategically located PoPs for video and voice & data connectivity

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C-Band Frequencies for FSS

• Standard C-band – 5925-6425 MHz (uplink)

– 3700-4200 MHz (downlink)

• Extended C-Band

– 5850-5925 MHz (uplink)

– 6425-6725 MHz (uplink)

– 3400-3700 MHz (downlink)

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Importance of C-Band Frequencies to the Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS)

• Features of C Band

– Broad geographic coverage – trans-oceanic connectivity

– High availability and reasonable dish sizes regardless of rain zones

– Distribution and connectivity efficiencies cannot be replicated at Ku- or Ka-bands, or via terrestrial means

• C-Band is used to provide:

– Distribution of TV programs to cable head-ends around the world

– Trans-oceanic connectivity

– Backhaul services

– Government/Emergency communication links

– VSAT data links (e.g., bank transactions, corporate networks)

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C Band deployments

• C Band is the most widely used FSS band today

– Standardised global allocation in 3.7 – 4.2 GHz downlink band

• Intelsat alone operates over 1800 C Band transponders globally

• Well established existing ground networks

– 100,000s of dishes worldwide

• These existing ground networks are extremely sensitive to interference and service can be wiped out by terrestrial services

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Indicative C Band Footprint

41

40

3937

35

33

31

29

29

29

31

31

3335

37

39

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Indicative Ku Band Footprint

52

48

4240

5251

5048

46

4240

52

51

PAS-8 @ 166.0° E Ku-Band Australia Horizontal Downlink Beam (Contours 52, 51, 50, 48, 46, 44, 42, 40 dBW)

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Main Threats from Terrestrial Wireless Systems to C-band Satellite Use

• Groups seeking access to FSS C-band frequencies include:

– Fixed systems, referred to as Fixed Wireless Access (“FWA”) or Broadband Wireless Access (“BWA”) (e.g., WiMax systems)

– Mobile systems, referred to as IMT-2000 (3G systems) and IMT-Advanced (4G systems)

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National Processes – Fixed Systems

• Administrations around the world are currently allocating frequencies below 6 GHz for fixed systems

• The focus has been primarily on frequencies around 3.5 GHz

– 3400-3600 MHz in many countries

– 3400-3800 MHz in some others

– 3650-3700 MHz in the U.S. and very likely in Canada

• Allocations are occurring on a country-by-country basis

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ITU Process – Mobile Systems

• WRC-07 will consider frequency-related matters for the future development of mobile systems

– The ITU has identified a list of candidate bands that includes the band 3400-4200 MHz

– Other candidate bands include 410-430 MHz; 450-470 MHz; 470-806 MHz; 2300-2400 MHz; 2700-2900 MHz; and 4400-4990 MHz

• Fixed and mobile system groups are working to ensure that their respective services get access to as much spectrum as possible through the WRC process

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Sharing between FSS Receive Earth Stations and BWA or mobile systems is NOT Feasible• Co-frequency operation of FSS services and BWA systems

would impose severe constraints on both sides

• BWA systems are characterised by a large number of base stations and user terminals ubiquitously deployed

• ITU studies have concluded that protection distances of between 150 – 430 km are necessary to allow sharing between fixed or mobile systems and FSS earth stations

– The FCC in the U.S. has reached similar conclusions

• Considering that a typical city has a radius of 15 to 30 km, sharing between BWA or mobile systems and FSS receive earth stations is not realistic

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• Hong Kong -- OFTA has concluded that a separation distance of several km between the BWA and FSS stations is required, making difficult the deployment of BWA in the same geographic area as FSS

• Vietnam -- The Ministry of Posts and Telematics has warned that a separation distance for in-band interference of more than 1 km is unfeasible in urban areas because of massive deployment of BWA systems, making co-existence impossible

• The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (“APT”) has warned that “to avoid interference in non-overlapping frequency bands … a minimum separation distance of 2 km needs to be ensured with respect to all FSS receivers”

Sharing between FSS Receive Earth Stations and BWA or IMT Transmitters is NOT Feasible (cont’d)

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Cases of Interference from BWA Transmitters to FSS Receive Earth Stations

• Operating experience in Australia, Fiji and Indonesia, and field trials in Hong Kong, have confirmed the existence of interference problems

– In the Hong Kong experiments, television signals feeding 300 million households throughout Asia were inadvertently knocked off the air

• In Bolivia, BWA interference to FSS earth stations operating in the band 3700-3800 MHz was severe enough to interrupt reception of at least three TV channels in one city were BWA trials were conducted

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Current Interference Cases

• Interference has already been encountered in countries where BWA has been introduced:

– Australia

– Hong Kong

– Fiji

– Indonesia

– Bolivia

– Caribbean

– China

– Russia

– Africa

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Growing International Recognition

• Recognition is growing about the extremely adverse effect that BWA and IMT systems will have on FSS C Band services:

– ITU International Telecommunications Union

– ABU Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

– APT Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

– APSCC Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council

– CASBAA Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia

– GVF Global VSAT Forum

– PITA Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association

– SIA Satellite Industry Association

– SUIRG Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group

– US DoD US Department of Defence

– Government Agencies in Australia and overseas

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Possible Candidate Bands for BWA and IMT

• S band

• 7 GHz

• Unused Planned Satellite Bands

• FSS uplink bands – extended uplink bands offer good potential

• Much further examination is needed to determine the most appropriate spectrum allocations for BWA / IMT services

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A Global View

• A global view is needed on this issue in order to preserve FSS services in the C Band spectrum for all users worldwide

• BWA / IMT services operating in the FSS band in one country can affect service in another country

• Intelsat is working with CASBAA, the Global VSAT Forum, and the Satellite Industry Association to defend FSS interests in the band at both a national and international level

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Thank You