IPSTAR Broadband Satellite

IPSTAR EMPOWERING ASIA-PACIFIC www.ipstar.com

>> Removing distance barriers with the world’s most advanced
broadband satellite communications system
Digital technologies and
broadband are opening new
opportunities for administrations,
businesses and communities in
Asia-Pacific.
In addition to being vital to
productivity and development,
the demand for broadband is
constantly growing in everyday
life, in schools and in public
administrations as well as in
every business sector thinkable.
Public agencies and organisations
need to answer the challenge of
safeguarding homeland security
and providing disaster
recovery—anywhere and
any time.
IPSTAR is the world’s largest commercial
satellite and the only satellite designed for
high speed communications over an Internet
Protocol platform, facilitating two-way
broadband connectivity and cost-effective
solutions for any community or business lacking
access to terrestrial line infrastructure.
IPSTAR has established a new era in Internet
Protocol based satellite communications,
determined to provide universal access to
broadband Internet across Asia-Pacific.
The breadth of IPSTAR’s geographical reach
covering an area inhabited by 3.2 billion
people, or roughly 45 percent of the world’s
population—positions IPSTAR as a preferred
gateway into 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific,
resulting in strategic advantages over other
broadband satellites and setting the pace for
innovation in the industry.
> Bridging the digital divide
With more than 100,000 User Terminals sold,
IPSTAR has achieved a critical milestone in its
pursuit to bridge the digital divide in the
region, where the demand for broadband is
constantly growing in everyday life, in schools,
in public administrations, as well as in every
business sector thinkable.
Whether it is distance learning for rural
communities and schools, retail network
communication systems, or delivery of “always
on” high speed Internet to small and medium-
sized businesses and homes, IPSTAR Broadband
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Satellite can play a key role in empowering
universal access to broadband Internet.
The key benefits of the IPSTAR system are its
ability to provide an immediately available,
high-capacity ground network with affordable
bandwidth and satellite end user terminals.
The system allows for rapid deployment and
flexible service locations anywhere, any time
under its extensive footprint.
Since the launch of the satellite in August
2005, IPSTAR Broadband Satellite has become
synonymous with cost-effective broadband
services and solutions, aimed at helping the
community at large, especially where there is
a lack of landlines and telecom infrastructure
able to support broadband technology.
The satellite’s massive 45 Gbps of aggregate
bandwidth capacity—far higher than
conventional satellites—satisfies the enormous
demand for broadband Internet for millions of
users: consumers, corporate customers,
service providers and telecom operators alike.
> Enter the world of IPSTAR Broadband
Solutions
THAICOM has steadily extended and diversified
the resources it allocates for broadband
applications to capture growth opportunities in
the region’s emerging broadband markets,
including Australia, New Zealand, China, India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and
Thailand.
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Whether it is distance learning for rural “IPSTAR’s rationale is at

communities and schools, retail network the heart of broadband access for
communication systems, or delivery of “always everyone, meeting the challenge
on” high speed Internet to small and medium- of removing distance barriers and
sized businesses, IPSTAR Broadband Satellite assisting underserved areas in the
can play a key role in empowering universal Asia-Pacific region with cost-
access to broadband Internet. effective broadband satellite
services—with quality of service
In parallel to supplying service providers with that is second to none.”
bandwidth and reach, IPSTAR has developed
proprietary on-ground infrastructure and
expertise to provide one-stop shop broadband
solutions in close collaboration with our
partner network of System Integrators and
Service Providers. This enables government
agencies, local communities and businesses to
benefit from the same level of broadband
Dr. Dumrong Kasemset
connectivity as users connected to terrestrial
THAICOM Chairman and CEO
networks in urban areas.

I P S TA R c o m b i n e s d y n a m i c b a n d w i d t h
allocation technology, highly secure network
connectivity, and the highest bit rates in the
industry into a preferred data connectivity
platform for civilian and military land- and
offshore-based communications.

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 > Positioned to
satisfy Asia-Pacific's
broadband needs

>> IPSTAR Coverage

The breadth of IPSTAR’s
geographical reach, with up to ten
million subscribers, positions
IPSTAR as a preferred gateway into
14 countries across the Asia-Pacific
region, resulting in strategic
advantages over other broadband
satellites and setting the pace for
innovation in the industry.
IPSTAR’s ground-breaking in-orbit system
design involves high performance two-way
shaped and spot beams in combination with
multi-band frequency reuse and air interface,
including the first commercial deployment of
advanced Adaptive Coding and Modulation
(ACM) on outbound and inbound links.

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>> IPSTAR Enterprise Solutions
We are in business to make your
business work—anywhere and any
time under IPSTAR’s extensive
footprint in Asia-Pacific to meet
your business communications
needs and to deliver your
competitive edge. IPSTAR
Enterprise Solutions support all
broadband communication needs
and our portfolio goes hand-in-
hand with today’s real-time
information flows, which is crucial
for any business.
> Fueling global enterprise broadband
growth
Whether you are an oil and gas producer
with operations on land and at sea, a large
retailer, an Internet Service Provider, or a
corporation with multiple locations spread
across Asia, IPSTAR answers all your
communication needs.
IPSTAR Enterprise Solutions provide highly
reliable, end-to-end communications with
guaranteed quality of service regardless of
the number of sites or geographic locations.
IPSTAR can be used for a variety of
applications such as intranet and Internet
access, voice services, connectivity to
suppliers, customers and franchisees, credit
card authorization and transactions,
inventory management, content delivery,
and video distribution.
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> Why choose IPSTAR Enterprise Solutions?
Coverage
IPSTAR provides broadband service to virtually any
location across Asia-Pacific and under the satellite’s
extensive footprint.
Uniform Quality of Service (QoS)
IPSTAR guarantees consistent Quality of Service
(QoS), regardless of location.
Fast
IPSTAR provides high speed connections of up to 4
Mbps Receive and 2 Mbps Transmit for business-
critical applications.
Cost-effective
IPSTAR enables delivery of broadband Internet
services at lower cost than conventional satellites.
Reliable
IPSTAR promises one of the industry’s highest link
availability rates and cutting-edge network
reliability.
Secure
The IPSTAR System’s inherent security advantage is
based on small spot beam technology and
proprietary coding which combine to guarantee high
levels of network security with Cisco? IPSEC?.
Scalability
IPSTAR Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM)
technology allows seamless increase of users and
locations on a single reliable platform, with shared
and customized bandwidth, and minimal bandwidth
consumption.
Flexible
IPSTAR supports GRE Tunneling Protocol and multiple
IP applications for data, voice and video
communications.

> IPSTAR Hybrid Solutions for effective
network backhaul and trunking
Whether it is backhaul and trunking services
for cellular phone operators, cutting-edge
CDMA for wireless last mile telephony, or
seamless enterprise-class Wi-Fi and WiMAX
wireless broadband access for remote
communities, IPSTAR Hybrid Solutions
provide for last mile broadband connectivity
in remote and rural communities.
For example, WiMAX/Wi-Fi and CDMA for
wireless last mile telephony are cost-
effective, powerful solutions for any
community lacking access to terrestrial line
infrastructure, while IPSTAR GSM 2G/3G
facilitates effective cellular phone and
cellular network trunking for instant
coverage in blind spot areas and wherever
connectivity is required.
IPSTAR has pioneered satellite link up
service in combination with WiMAX and Wi-
Fi networks for both voice and data. Intel’s
recent rural connectivity project in Tavan,
Vietnam, marks the first time in Southeast
Asia for link up service in combination with
IPSTAR Broadband Satellite Solutions
Credit Card Transaction
a WiMAX network for both voice and data.
IPSTAR provided seamless and cost-effective
WiMAX wireless broadband access for the
village’s school, homes, medical center, and
small businesses.
IPSTAR Enterprise Solutions
for Large Enterprise Office & Banking
High Speed Internet / Corporate Intranet /
Video Conferencing / Voice over IP (VoIP)
for Telco/Mobile Phone Operators
GSM 2G/3G Trunking / Wi-Fi/WiMAX Hybrid
/ CDMA
for the Broadcast Industry
Satellite News Gathering (SNG)
for Retail Business
Credit Card Transaction / Digital Signage
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Australia’s URSYS Uses IPSTAR for Oil Rig
Communications
In conjunction with specialist contractors
and Marine Navaid Systems,the SeaTel
distributor based out of Sydney, URSYS won
the contract to supply and install a 1.2M
SeaTel stabilized VSAT platform onto an oil
exploration rig currently exploring for oil
and gas off the east coast of New Zealand.
URSYS chose to use a space segment
provided by IPSTAR to directly link the
IPSTAR Auckland teleport to the rig and the
oil exploration company’s production office
on the mainland.
IPSTAR enables URSYS to provide four
extension phone lines back to the client’s
head office PBX and facilitates high speed
Internet data access for management
personnel on the rig.
“The spot beam coverage from IPSTAR is
excellent, allowing us to maintain 24/7
VoIP telephony support and unlimited
Internet data service to floating oil
platforms up to 250 kilometers off shore,”
said Grahame Cover, CEO, URSYS Pty. Ltd.
www.ipstar.com
 John Hawker,
CEO, Sat-Ed Systems
Co., Ltd.,Thailand

Sat-Ed is overcoming the digital divide

in rural Thailand

With a passion for bringing better

education to remote areas in Thailand,
Sat-Ed Systems is delivering learning
centers in rural Thailand called
'Classroom for Life', using the cutting
edge technology of the IPSTAR broadband
satellite. Aimed at providing life-long
learning for rural Thailand, this initiative
is providing access to educational content
in remote rural areas beyond the reach of
terrestrial telephone networks. The
'Classroom for Life' provides email, e-
commerce, video conferencing, and video
on demand.

"Without IPSTAR, Sat-Ed could not provide

the essential business model for rural
areas. While traditional VSAT solutions
are too expensive, IPSTAR allows us to
provide our services at prices affordable
to rural communities and our business
model of self-sustaining ICT Centers",
according to John Hawker, CEO, Sat-Ed
Systems Co., Ltd. Cambodia Education Project

>> IPSTAR Remote Community & Government Solutions

Our product and solution portfolio
is designed to meet the precise
needs of governments and
administrations across Asia-Pacific.
IPSTAR can play a key role in
modern communication
infrastructure, providing inroads
into cost-effective and flexible
government and public sector
communications.
Information and education are crucial
cornerstones for higher standards of living and
competitiveness. At the same time, a
widespread secure broadband infrastructure is
essential for the development and delivery of
services and applications to governments and
the public sector, such as e-Medicine, e-
Government, and Distance Learning—making
broadband indispensable for sustained
economic growth and improved quality of life.
A great number of administrations in Asia-
Pacific utilize IPSTAR for various purposes:
To connect remote sites to a central site or
to interconnect several sites
To back up critical terrestrial connections,
e.g. in Disaster Management
To reach remote sites on borders, on coasts,
in forests, or in deserts
> Rural community broadband access
IPSTAR promotes the notion of sustainable
development through a multitude of powerful
broadband applications and services for rural
communities.
IPSTAR community broadband facilitates
individual multimedia access through
i n t e g r a t i o n o f I P S TA R w i t h o t h e r
communication technologies. For example,
Rural Telephony Backhaul, Voice over IP (VoIP)
and WiMAX are cost-effective, powerful
solutions for any community lacking terrestrial
infrastructure access.
Thailand’s Ministry of Education selected
IPSTAR broadband to provide Internet access
for more than 10,000 schools in the country. As
of September 2007, 11,915 IPSTAR terminals
had been deployed, providing high-speed
Internet access and Voice over IP (VoIP). In
addition, currently 7,000 communities in
Thailand use IPSTAR broadband services.

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> Broadband solutions for a world without digital divide

Government / Administration / Public Sector Dr. Bernd Nordhausen
Interactive Distance Learning Senior Solutions Architect,
Intel
E-Government
E-Medicine
WiMAX with IPSTAR Backhaul Links Remote
Embassy Networks
Community in Vietnam to the World
Emergency Communications & Disaster Recovery
Intel and several of its partners teamed up on a
Homeland Security & Public Safety last mile initiative that combines WiMAX and
satellite to provide a remote community in
northern Vietnam with cost-effective broadband
connectivity.

Located in the highland area of Ta Van village, the

WiMAX via IPSTAR satellite enabled network has
been deployed in cooperation and support with
service provider Vietnam Data Communication
Company (VDC), the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), and IPSTAR.

The Intel/IPSTAR WiMAX Solution provides robust

broadband Internet and cost effective VoIP,
delivering service to the village’s medical clinic,
school, guesthouses as well as residential homes.

“The IPSTAR platform is very effective for

backhaul of WiMAX networks and can provide
broadband connectivity anywhere at reasonable
cost, thus bringing Internet access and VoIP to
rural communities with educational and economic
benefits. The scalability and adaptability of the
solution was critical, as it would mean that it
could be adopted in other regions of Vietnam as
well as in neighboring countries”, said project
coordinator Dr. Bernd Nordhausen, Solutions
Architect, Intel Corporation.

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>> IPSTAR Consumer Solutions
Whether your customers operate
from a small home office and want
to connect to the global
marketplace, or want to enjoy
state-of-the-art High Definition TV,
“always on” two-way broadband
via the IPSTAR Satellite is for
everyone across Asia-Pacific,
especially where terrestrial
infrastructure is unavailable or
limited.
> 360 of consumer broadband experience
For consumers the Internet is evolving beyond
e-mails, and broadband connectivity is
becoming an implicit “way of life” for
downloading music and videos, or reaping the
benefits of distance learning. This ever-
growing volume of rich media brings with it
the need to deliver higher bit rates and
universal broadband Internet access in even
the remotest areas of the region.
Previously isolated communities can now enjoy
the same levels of Internet access (at typical
ADSL and ISDN speeds) that is standard in
metropolitan areas—all that is required is an
IPSTAR User Terminal (antenna system and
satellite terminal), which directly connects to
the computer.
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> Why choose IPSTAR Consumer Solutions?
Reach
IPSTAR enables anywhere, any time high speed
Internet access.
Affordable
The most affordable broadband solution via
satellite. The IPSTAR System ensures relatively
low cost, high speed Internet using Ku-band
spot and shaped beam technology.
Convenient
IPSTAR can be quickly installed, is easy to use,
and offers the convenience of one bill for
broadband data, video, and voice services.
Fast
I P S TA R p r o v i d e s t w o - w a y h i g h s p e e d
performance comparable to ADSL with up to 4
Mbps Transmit and 2 Mbps Receive data rates.*
Reliable
IPSTAR Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM)
technology is the world’s most advanced,
preventing outages even under most severe
weather conditions.
* Subject to service plan and satellite terminal used.
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Home / Multi Dwelling Units (MDU) / SME / SOHO Activ8me consumer broadband for
Australia
Broadband Internet
High Definition TV Activ8me is brought to regional Australia
by Australian Private Networks Pty Ltd
Video-on-Demand (VoD) (APN), a fully licensed telecommunica-
Voice over IP (VoIP) tions carrier and registered satellite
broadband provider under the Australian
government's Australian Broadband
G u a r a n t e e Pr o g r a m . T h e C o m p a n y
provides broadband service via IPSTAR to
the country's rural communities and ADSL
blind spot areas, with service prices
comparable to metropolitan ADSL
services.

"Whether business owners lack ADSL

broadband connectivity or residential
users simply want to replace their slow
dial-up connections with high-speed
Internet at affordable prices, with its
first-rate high link availability, next
generation IPSTAR is a proven broadband
solution for us, providing reliable services
that regional Australians can depend on",
according to Ken Schubert, CEO, APN.

www.ipstar.com
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>> IPSTAR neXus Partner Program
Join our success and enter a We are proud to introduce our new Product 14
whole new world of Partner Program: IPSTAR neXus
countries
broadband satellite The development and provision of effective
opportunities broadband solutions positions us as an
effective Partner backed by the experience of 10
a multi-cultural workforce and expertise of million users
leading developers and system integrators for
exploring new applications.
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IPSTAR is essentially a telecommunications
times more powerful than conventional
platform that can integrate virtually any IP-
based product from third-party providers satellite
under the satellite's extensive footprint in
Asia-Pacific, thus providing inroads into
synergies that can be derived from effective
product integration.
The key scenario to making this possible is to
combine the natural advantages of the
satellite with a robust IP-based product,
resulting in a winning solution and empowering
Partner Program affiliates to deliver their
products through a satellite platform that has
been tried and tested.
A trusted name and innovative partner in the
satellite industry for more than 15 years,
THAICOM launched IPSTAR-1 in August 2005.
With the revolutionary broadband satellite
system come new opportunities for potential
technology partners and system integrators to
facilitate the development of a seamless
satellite-enabled product that is custom-
tailored to meet the requirements of local
IPSTAR markets.

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> IPSTAR neXus Partner Program benefits
Extensive portfolio of broadband satellite
solutions
New market and business opportunities for
3rd party products
Expand into untapped markets and/or
market segments
Networking opportunities within a pool of
partners
Voice over IP (VoIP)
Broadcast/Multicast
Video Conferencing
Community Networks (WiFi / WiMax)
Broadband Internet Access
Corporate extranet
> Become an IPSTAR neXus Partner
Request a copy of our partner program kit
and e-mail us at partner@ipstar.com.
Complete the IPSTAR Partner Program
application on our website and review
IPSTAR neXus guidelines on our new
Partner extranet.

Joint trade show and sales event Retail broadband www.ipstar.com/partner

opportunities
Exhibit at our customer events and interact
directly with our customers
Training opportunities
Full engineering, technical and marketing
support
Credit card transaction
High speed polling
Mobile trunking & backhaul
Rural Telephony
Triple-Play / Multi-Play
Satellite News Gathering (SNG)
Mobile Trunking

www.ipstar.com
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>> IPSTAR On-Ground Product / Technology
Innovative product solutions for tomorrow's broadband applications

IPSTAR has built success not
only on the reliability and
flexibility of our in-orbit
resource, but with its ground
system technology and
TM
products as well. The iCON
satellite terminal, for example,
is true testimony to our
ongoing efforts to decrease the
size and cost of IPSTAR user
terminals, thereby setting
industry benchmarks.
IPSTAR is driven by a quest for excellence and
an ongoing commitment to innovation to
broaden the scope of satellite applications,
allowing us to develop and deliver effective
broadband satellite solutions.
In parallel with fostering a culture of
technological innovation to extend the scope
of satellite applications, we continue to pursue
our commitment to investing in the IPSTAR on-
ground infrastructure and system. In this
respect, our new IPSTAR Gateway System
facilitates highly efficient bandwidth
utilization, promising one of the industry's
highest link availabilities and first-rate
network reliability.
> Proprietary On-Ground Technology: Dynamic
Link and Bandwidth Management
Because satellite links will always have less
theoretical bandwidth than optical fiber links,
efficient bandwidth management technology is
required to maintain the competitiveness of
broadband satellite systems.
A network control center is used to allocate
bandwidth capacity to each connection
according to current traffic characteristics,
network congestion, link conditions and user
requirements. This technology adjusts
bandwidth dynamically (modulation and
coding) to accomodate changes in weather
conditions, thus maintaining very high link
availability.

> Continuous Technology Improvement: the IPSTAR's modulation and coding technology
IPSTAR User Terminal guarantees efficient use of radio frequency
bandwidth, which allows for high and flexible
The IPSTAR User Terminal is a low-cost, two- digital transmission rates, thus enabling the
way, high performance system that works in use of small Ku-band antenna systems suitable
conjunction with the IPSTAR in-orbit resource for home and corporate use. The modulation
and the on-ground system. The air interface- and coding (link parameters) can be adjusted
employing advanced waveforms on forward dynamically to optimize the trade-off between
and return channels-is optimized for overall bit rate and sudden changes in weather
system efficiency. conditions.
The waveform for the forward channel is based
on TDM-OFDM technology that utilizes
bandwidth and power more efficiently. The
forward channel is optimized to accommodate
multiple data rates, a variable number of users
of different modulation formats, and forward
error correction coding. The return channel is
based on MF-TDMA technology for bursty
traffic and dedicated allocation for high
bandwidth applications.

The waveform is fixed to a more robust

modulation to ensure link availability at low
transmission power. For higher transmission bit
rates the return channel can be configured for
dedicated bandwidth allocation, behaving as
an SCPC-like (pre-assigned TDMA) channel that
can support higher transmit data rates of up to
2 Mbps.

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iCON
High-performance, two-way connectivity for
easy broadband Internet access that comes
in a unique form factor-ideal for small
businesses and home users.

maXX-1
Antenna dish Enterprise IPSTAR TCP-A
84 cm Series Accelerator
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>> About THAICOM (Formely Shin Satellite)
THAICOM, Asia's leading commercial satellite operator, has been
developing, building and operating satellite networks since 1991.
Through our commitment to innovation, we continue to introduce
new technologies that redefine the standard for the industry. Our
customers include incumbent telcos, corporations and governments
across the world, and our name is synonymous with reliable, secure
satellite communications.

With the introduction of IPSTAR, THAICOM has established a new era

in IP-based satellite communications.

THAICOM Public Company Limited / IPSTAR Company Limited

41/103 Rattanathibet Road, Nonthaburi 11000, THAILAND Tel: (66) 2591-0736 to 49 Fax: (66) 2591-0706, (66) 2591-0719
Email: sales@thaicom.net www.thaicom.net, www.ipstar.com

IPSTAR Australia Pty.Ltd.
Building A, Level 3, Suite 3.1,
64 Talavera Road, North Ryde
NSW 2113 AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 (0) 2 8875 4300,
Fax: +61 (0) 2 8875 4399
Email: info@ipstar.com.au
www.ipstar.com.au
IPSTAR New Zealand Limited
Level 1, 706 Great South Road,
Penrose Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
PO Box 12776 Penrose,
Auckland 1135 NEW ZEALAND
Tel. +64 9 525 1706
Fax. +64 9 525 1702
Email: info@ipstar.co.nz
www.ipstar.co.nz
THAICOM Public Company Limited THAICOM Public Company Limited THAICOM Public Company Limited
Liaison Office Beijing Representative Office Hanoi Office, Vietnam
410, Mercantile House, Room 18C1, Building A, No. 2, Flr.5, HRS Building, 4A Lang Ha Str.
15 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Golden Resources Business Center, Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam
New Delhi, 110 001 INDIA Landianchang East Road, Haidian district, Tel: (+84) 4 7 724 600 ext.105
Tel: +91 11 4151 0909 Beijing 100097 P.R.CHINA Fax: (+84) 7 7 724 601 ext 108
Fax: +91 11 4151 0099 Tel: 8610-6212-3271-2 Fax: 8610-6212-3270 www.thaicom.net, www.ipstar.com
Email: indiaoffice@thaicom.net. Email: chinaoffice@thaicom.net
www.ipstarchina.com

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