Mobile Reach

Mobile Reach is ideally suited for providing a managed cellular backhaul solution for low capacity requirement areas such as

• rural regions
• sparsely populated regions
• low density regions with large land mass
• areas currently un-served due to low economic interest

Generally speaking, cell sites whose bandwidth requirements for connectivity to other networking entities (e.g. Base Station Controller, etc.) exhibit a high degree of variability on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis are more amenable to the Mobile Reach solution.

For low variability cell cites, Intelsat's existing Cellular Backhaul (CBH) service may be more economical.

One of the core thrusts behind Mobile Reach is the shared satellite bandwidth management technology. Bandwidth management architecture involves a central controller called the Hub and the remote proxy called the Remote Terminal.

The Hub is typically housed in the Teleport (or Network Operations Center-NOC), and the Remote Terminal resides on the customer (e.g. Mobile Service Operator) premises. In a typical configuration, one Hub controls multiple remote terminals. Furthermore, bandwidth optimization capabilities are incorporated into the Mobile Reach solution architecture via what is referred to as IP Optimizers.

An IP Optimizer is a purpose built IP Multiplexer optimizing IP data streams between BTS and BSC via various means, such as removal of silence (no speech) frames, idle frames, statistical multiplexing, compression, etc. In essence, IP Optimizers have the smarts to suppress the transmission of non-essential information, or are easily duplicated on the receiving side, thus generating savings due to reduced bandwidth requirements.

The Mobile Reach Solution includes all aspects of Hubs, Remote Terminals, and IP Optimizers - such as equipment sizing, acquisition, installation, provisioning, maintenance, troubleshooting, monitoring, and management. Hence, Mobile Reach is referred to as a managed cellular backhaul solution, and offered as a one-stop solution all the way from order placement to proactive management of the same or ongoing basis for the entire term of the contract.

Mobile Reach is designed with a pay-as-you-go philosophy in mind and pay for minutes used model. Accordingly, Mobile Reach reduces the Total Cost of Ownership for Mobile Service Operators by significantly reducing the high CAPEX and OPEX associated with existing managed cellular backhaul solutions. If you are an existing Intelsat customer, please contact your Intelsat Sales Director. If you are not an existing Intelsat customer, you can contact us here.

Yes. Consider the scenario in which the Mobile Service Operator is in the initial phase of the mobile service rollout. During such a subscriber acquisition phase, Mobile Reach is a natural choice due to its pay for minutes of use model. Over time, if enough subscribers sign up exceeding capacity needs, for example a full E1 (i.e. 2Mpbs) size, the Mobile Service Operator can evaluate his/her options. If the analysis shows transitioning to CBH is better, that route can be chosen, being subject to the terms and conditions of the Mobile Reach contract signed at the start of Mobile Reach period.

Mobile Reach solution architecture is designed to be GSM equipment vendor agnostic. However, as a matter of practicality, Mobile Reach is tested for interoperability with a few leading GSM equipment vendors' base stations.

Please contact us for questions related to Mobile Reach interoperability.

The Mobile Reach solution architecture is designed with flexibility in mind. As such, there is nothing inherent in the architecture itself that prevents Mobile Reach from working with CDMA. However, from a practical standpoint, Mobile Reach is tested for interoperability with current GSM infrastructure.

If your mobile network is based on CDMA technology, and you are interested in using GSM Reach, please contact us to discuss your business requirements.

If you are an existing Intelsat customer, please contact your Intelsat Sales Director. If you are not an existing Intelsat customer, you can contact us here.

Yes.

In fact, Intelsat is the global market share leader in providing satellite based cellular backhaul extension.

If you are an existing Intelsat customer, please contact your Intelsat Sales Director. If you are not an existing Intelsat customer, you can contact us here.

If you are interested in joining the Mobile Reach partnership, please send your request and contact details to us.