Spectrum Management 2005

1. Spectrum Management 2005 Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group, Inc. SUIRG Robert Ames President/CEO

2. Outline • SUIRG Introduction • Cost of Interference • SUIRG’s pro-active actions • Updated Interference data • Regulatory Issues

3. SUIRG Mission • SUIRG is an international assembly of parties within which members disseminate information, fund operations and actively pursue programs to reduce radio frequency interference (RFI) incidents.

4. Membership • Current membership: 32 members from 13 countries. • 15 Satellite Operators (all major) are members plus vendors, users and institutional members. • Active program ongoing to expand membership, expect to add a 5-10 companies per year.

5. 2005 Focus Areas • Track cost impacts of interference • Development of Tools • Training, Procedures, & Certification • Maintain metrics of events to track success via Metrics Database

6. Interference Financial Impacts Outline • Affected Power & Bandwidth • Customer Impacts • Mitigation Costs • Financial Impact Summary

7. Affected Power and Bandwidth • Long Term Causes • Adjacent Satellite • Lack of coordination and cooperation between users • outdated or poorly designed equipment • Deliberate • Due to geopolitical or religious reasons • Terrestrial • Microwave, Civil/Military Radar, Radar Detectors

8. Affected Power and Bandwidth • Short Term Affects • User Caused • Cross Pol • Wrong Frequency • Wrong Satellite • Equipment Malfunction • Failures • Incorrect back-up Configurations

9. Affected BW - Costs Costs - Revenue • Large Example #1: $110M contract held up for two months– Cost > $750K • Large Example #2: $3.5M/year lost due to reduced value of transponders operated in “backed off mode” • Small Example: 22.5K/month lost due to interference blocking of BW

10. Identification Costs • Direct System Costs • Geolocation System Purchase • Upwards of $500K/system, plus monthly recurring costs of $15K • Geolocation Pay as you Go Service • $20-30K per year per Satellite plus expenses • Not available in all bands in all regions • Manpower Costs • Can exceed $500K/year per operator, excludes user additional costs.

11. Financial Impact Summary • Major Contributors to the Financial Impact • Lost Revenue due to reduced BW, Power or Both • Increase Expenses • Equipment – Geolocation, DSP’s, Monitoring, other • Human Resources – Dedicated Personnel • Operator expense Variations • Markets • Quality of Service Targets • Fleet Size

12. SUIRG Pro-Active Programs • Global Up-linker Registry • Interference Matrix Database • Regulatory Working Group • UAP Tools • Screensaver on Web site • Mousepads

13. Global Up-linker Registry • Registry provides a common global database for use by customers to procure satellite uplink services. • The Registry goal is to have a collection of satellite uplinker companies that have proven to the industry that they are competent and provide interference free uplinks • If a company is found to be the source of three or more interference incidents, without taking corrective action, SUIRG reserves the right to remove the uplinker from the Registry.

14. Global Up-linker Registry • Registration Procedures • Unknown Uplinkers • Access www.suirg.org home page • Click on “Uplink Provider Data” to see how to gain access to Registry • Known & Recommended Uplinkers • Use “Uplinker Invitees” link on Home page • Enter Uplink Provider data as requested and submit • If you have any questions concerning SUIRG’s Global Uplink Registry, please contact us at uplinkproviders@suirg.org

15. Interference Matrix Database • Purpose • Provide a globally centralized depository of interference incidents. • Allows tracking and trending of interference incidents. • Initially conceived to establish benchmark of interference incidents and continually analyze data looking for trends. • Allows SUIRG to focus its efforts on most significant causes.

16. Interference Matrix Database • Database Information • Analysis is summarized in chart form and will be available to all on SUIRG home page. • All data is devoid of owner specific information • Expected release is by the end of June 2005. • Current Status • Beta capability in place • Initial data provided by several SUIRG satellite operator members. • To-date there are 3,560 incidents categorized

17. Matrix Database Data

18. Data is based on 3,560 incidents from SUIRG Members

20. UAP Tools • Universal Access Procedures (UAP) currently in final review by ITU. • Mousepads currently being made and will be provided complementary to users and equipment vendors for inclusion with deliveries. • Summarizes procedures contained within UAP • Screensaver available on Web sitewww.suirg.orghome page and matches mouse pad information.

22. Regulatory Issues • Newly initiated Regulatory Working Group • Omer Bashir, Intelsat, is Chairman • Have working agreement with GVF • Current NPRM’s being addressed by SUIRG • Docket 00-248: Sixth Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. • Docket 05-20: Service rules and procedures to govern the use of Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service Earth Stations in FSS

23. Docket 00-248 • Sixth Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. • New NPRM • Two concerns • (Paras: 34) Location Identifier System • (Paras: 84-88) Analog Video Service

24. Location Identifier System • Commission since 1991 has required ATIS on uplink video signals • SIA argued it is expensive to require all small antennas to use an ATIS-like system • Commission agreed the benefits do not justify its expense. • Commission will not adopt an ATIS requirement for small e/s antennas. • SUIRG strongly disagrees with this adoption and will provide appropriate comments.

25. Analog Video Service • Commission is investigating modifying or producing new off-axis EIRP envelopes. • One option under consideration by the Commission is possible prohibition on analog video transmissions. • Transition period would be within 1 year. • SUIRG supports the possible reduction in interference but is concerned about the extent of freed-up transponder space which could result in a significant increase in “cheap” uplinks with no interference prevention schemes.

26. SUIRG, Inc. Comments NPRM IB Docket No. 05-20 • Service rules and procedures to govern the use of Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service Earth Stations in FSS

27. SUIRG Comments • General Comment • SUIRG fully supports the goal to protect existing FSS operators from harmful interference from AMSS stations as the interference problem is steadily increasing. • Para: 34-36- Off-axis e.i.r.p. Density Limits and associated Conditions • These limits are in excess of the bilateral limits in coordination agreements which apply to the individual earth station.

28. SUIRG Comments • Para 54-55: Tracking AES Terminals • SUIRG fully supports the requirement for tracking AES terminals and having the capability of suspending/terminating their operational license for repeat interference offenders. • SUIRG fully supports the proposal to add identification capability coded within the signal carrier to quickly identify any offending terminal via a common database of identification codes.

29. SUIRG Closing Comments • Thanks for the invitation to participate. • Interference is a growing problem in both impacts and costs. • SUIRG is a membership fee funded organization which limits what it can do to mitigate the problem. • Please visit the web site WWW.SUIRG.ORG for more information and membership application.