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Nunavut to benefit from long-term satellite capacity and network-wide upgradesIQALUIT, September 23, 2015. Today the SSi Group of Companies, the premier broadband provider in Northern Canada, announced $75 million of new investment in Nunavut’s broadband future. This represents a significant milestone and an unprecedented effort to help bridge the digital divide between North and South. All of Nunavut – consumers, business, the education system, health-care providers and government – will soon benefit from SSi’s commitment to upgraded capacity and next-generation communications technologies.TRANSCRIPT
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Massive Satellite Backbone Upgrade
l New transponders, equipment and electronics will boost capacity by March of 2016
High Throughput Satellites (HTS)
l Inves?ng in new ground infrastructure and electronics to provide plaAorm for HTS and ensure ever greater capacity for the future
4G LTE Wireless “Last-‐Mile” Access Technology
l Highest performance and state-‐of-‐the-‐art
l Open and proven technology to provide broadband data, mobile telephony and mul?media services using the “latest and greatest” consumer handsets and devices
l Deliver “the Internet of things” with new enhanced services, e.g., telemetry, smart power meters, remote access security systems and other machine-‐to-‐machine applica?ons
Open Gateway FaciliIes in the CommuniIes
l PowerComm Hub – innova?ve and energy-‐efficient design
l Gateway allows connec?vity to all transport sources and co-‐loca?on for a variety of local service providers
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Recognized leader in remote area connecIvity § Deep northern roots. SSi = Snowshoe Inn, 50 years family business in Fort Providence, NWT
§ SSi Micro began in 1990: headquarters in Yellowknife; network opera?ons centre and teleport in OYawa
§ Experts in leading edge satellite, broadband wireless, mobile and Internet technologies
Extensively deployed
§ State-‐of-‐the-‐art broadband wireless access infrastructure across Nunavut and the NWT § Service Providers in every community create jobs and ensure customers receive fast, local support
§ Opera?ng wide-‐area network (“WAN”) for the Government of Nunavut in all 25 communi?es
Local experIse and internaIonal expansion § First-‐hand exper?se in delivering high quality,
affordable, communica?ons to remote areas
§ An effec?ve compe??ve alterna?ve to incumbent operators in small and remote markets
§ Northern exper?se leveraged for export to Africa, Indonesia, the South Pacific and the Caribbean
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§ 12,000 sq. b. custom designed facility space § 2,500 sq. b. data centre / co-‐loca?on facility § Cisco Tele-‐presence Video Conference Hub § 10 metre antenna pointed at Anik F2 § 7.2 metre antenna pointed at Anik F3
§ Full diesel backup power with automa?c failover § 24x7 Security & Access Control § Fast growing team of experts SSi OOawa Teleport and NOC
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IN BRIEF: § 1998: first satellite facili?es built by SSi in Nunavut, working with the Ki?kmeot Corpora?on to
provide consumer Internet to the five communi?es of the region § 1999: SSi link Sakku’s facili?es in the Kivalliq region to SSi’s own satellite network § 2005: working with NBDC, SSi launches Qiniq broadband service in all 25 Nunavut communi?es § 2009: SSi selected by the GN to design, deploy, maintain and operate its wide area network
(WAN)
§ 2012: upgrades to Qiniq service and satellite infrastructure for redundancy and diversity
§ 2013: partner with Cisco Canada to launch Connected North video conferencing educa?on project
§ 2015 and forward: extensive infrastructure upgrades to deploy 4G LTE mobile and High Throughput Satellite (HTS)
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§ The CSP model – local community service providers § Started in 2005 -‐ QINIQ customer service
§ Over $7 million in CSP commissions paid by SSi in last 10 years § 23 Nunavut companies supported, CSP’s trained
§ SSi is developing the Service North Program – local technical maintenance personnel § Trainees learn ground sta?on maintenance skills § On site and online learning
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Selected in 2009, SSi designed, maintains and operates the GN’s wide area network (WAN): § Used to deliver communica?ons services to meet needs of schools, health care, voice and
video, and other core government business (e.g. finance)
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Connected North
l Partnered with Cisco Canada, launched 2013
l HD video conferencing in classrooms
l Live remote sessions with scien?sts/experts
l Incredible enthusiasm and results for the Program
l 4 communi?es and 7 schools connected in the North so far -‐ and more expected
Nunavut ArcIc College PASS Program
l Pathway to Adult Secondary Educa?on
l Students learn online using dedicated QINIQ accounts and laptops
l Students work from anywhere, any?me, link to materials, instructors and other students
l Approx. 200 student enrollments per year
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Canada’s North is underserved § Lack of backbone capacity is inhibi?ng local market
development, new suppliers and compe??ve choice for consumers, business and government
Growing needs and demand to be served
§ Consumers – broadband, mobile, banking, training, ecommerce, enhanced services
§ Government – essen?al services (coast guard, military, search and rescue, environment, health, educa?on, jus?ce)
§ Industry – mining, energy, transport, shipping sectors § Redundancy for fibre backbone
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“Mid-‐North”
The North and Mid-‐North Market § Over 150 communi?es and 450 reserves
§ Significant concentra?on of corporate, resource sector, government, military and emergency service players
§ Satellite solu?ons can provide expedient and massive improvements to backbone capacity and broadband service across Canada's North and the Mid-‐North
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§ SSi has entered into a mul?-‐year contract with Telesat Canada § Addi?onal C-‐Band capacity for the North on Anik F2 and F3 satellites § CommiYed to Ka-‐Band capacity on new High Throughput Satellites (HTS) Telesat is
planning to launch
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§ By March 31, 2016, all 25 Nunavut communi?es will benefit from:
§ A massive upgrade to the satellite backbone connec?ng Canada to the Arc?c
§ Latest genera?on and high performing 4G “last-‐mile” technology
§ Significantly increased last-‐mile capacity, service usage caps and burst speeds
§ A system that is scalable to meet forecast growth in customers and usage
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State-‐of-‐the-‐Art PowerComm Hub § Designed for high opera?onal reliability and economic efficiency of broadband delivery in the Arc?c
§ Self-‐contained in 40 foot sealib container – first of its kind in the North § Energy saving passive cooling system regulates internal temperature while outside ranges from -‐50 to +30
§ Built-‐in diesel generator for power redundancy
§ All systems can be controlled on site or remotely over the SSi network
§ Designed to include co-‐loca?on facili?es for other service providers
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1. Community with fibre and satellite backhaul diversity
2. Community with satellite link diversity
3. Co-‐locaIon faciliIes for compeIng service providers
l Communica*ons shelter
l Electronics
l Efficient back-‐up power
4. Open access infrastructure
l Towers
l Local plant
l Co-‐loca*on space
5. Intra-‐community backhaul and connecIvity
6. Training programs for local support