EFTA02589850.pdf

From: Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 10:38 AM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: Satellites! Yes Ok will try St=ll in Africa On Oct 6, 2014, at 12:57 PM, j=ffrey E. <[email protected]» wrote: <mailto:[email protected]> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 12:38 AM, >> wrote: Should we meet him next Saturday in Boston? Begin forwarded message: From: Greg Wyler < Date: October 6, 2014 at 7:30:0= AM GMT+3 To:' Cc: 'Philippa S=gl-Gloeckner' > Subject: RE: Satellit=s! Reply-To: Greg Wyler < Hi, =nbsp; This broadband report is a good place to start ... it is not ve=y technical but gives a good outline of the problem. EFTA_R1_01771561 EFTA02589850  &nb=p; Again, keeping away from the technical for=a moment - I, and a growing number of others, believe that communications i= fundamental to economic, social, civic and health development goals. It is=not something parallel, rather it is a foundational. Of course, being a bit=of a communications geek it may be that I see things from this perspective!=However, there is a reason why every (successful) large organization depend= on, and could not exist in its current form, without quality ICT's. If you=want to deliver malaria tents to 10,000 locations you will need to inventor= them, ship them, make sure they arrived, etc... the logistics alone requir= ICT's. &n=sp; Now, gettin= technical ... We have a way to fundamentally solve this problem and make s=re everyone on the planet can have affordable access to high speed internet= From the user point of view= we enable a small terminal - not much bigger than a laptop - which if it c=n see the sky can relay broadband via wifi or LTE to the surrounding area. The terminal can be solar powered and requires virtually no set up. Just open=it - and your on. </=iv> &=bsp; We could achieve=over 500mbps to the terminal (one example from satify is pictured above). W= can achieve pricing as low as $.10 for 50MB of prepaid. While we wont do t=is low or pricing everywhere, the fact that we can profitably serve t=e poorest regions of the world allows us to sustainably solve the digital d=vide. &nbs=; As we discuss=d, this is a fairly large endeavour, but it is also one worth undertaking. A= this point we have acquired all of the spectrum rights, designed the satel=ites, and are getting close to starting production and testing. While we ha=e focused on the technical (satellite design, antenna design, launch system=, etc), we will soon start focusing on the BSS/OSS (billing systems and ope=ational support systems like customer management) and Government Relations.=Which is where I would see your interest. =u> &n=sp; Government relations is the forefront of explaining t=e system to the world. While the technical details would be handled by the e=gineers and regulatory staff, we also need to help governments think throug= what this means for their own broadband initiatives. For instance, Austral=a is planning to spend 35b dollars to provide 12mbps for $75/month to every=ne in the country. We can provide 50mbps for half that, with no cost to the=Australian government. Mexico has a 14b national broadband plan and France h=s a 3b plan. &nb=p; These g=vernments face tremendous pressure from their rural communities to get acce=s to the internet. They auctioned off spectrum to the telco's, but the telc='s can't economically justify rolling out infrastructure to rural communiti=s. So there is a bit of a tension - the telco's are supposed to provide 2 EFTA_R1_01771562 EFTA02589851 uni=ersal services, but it is too expensive - the governments are talking about=doing it, but it puts them in direct competition with the telco's. This is g=ing on worldwide. I look for=ard to talking again when you are free. As I said above, we are just now th=nking about building our government relations team. It's a pretty big job, b=t its at the forefront of bringing something really important to the world.=u> I am in CA. tuesday-Thursday=this week, but free next Friday / Saturday in Boston or I am happy to find s=me other times to meet. =/p> <=iV> pleas= note The information contained in this communication is confide=tial, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside informati=n, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the propertyrof JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communicati=n or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you=have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately b= return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , and destroy this communicatio= and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all right= reserved 3 EFTA_R1_01771563 EFTA02589852