Quick Facts: Broadband Internet Access

The developing world is undoubtedly becoming hungrier for faster, readily available, and affordable internet access. The following statistics further justifies ADLSAT’s decision to embark on this collaborative project that will prove beneficial to both our investors and the community in which our targeted subscribers will be based.

• Broadband satellite is one of the fastest growing technologies, surpassing the growth of mobile phones
• Internet broadband connections in the Middle East as of Sept.30/07: 2,720,500 (or 14% of population)
• Only 5.3% of Africa’s total population have internet connections. Growth of internet connections in Asia between 2000-2008: 406%
• 5 out of top 10 countries globally are in Asia for Broadband usage
• 390 million Internet users at the end of 2006 in Asia alone
• China surpassed the U.S. at the end of 2007 for broadband connections

How Does Broadband Via Satellite Work “The Big Picture”

Below you will find a numbered visualization illustrating how Broadband Satellite actually works.

1. HUB/NOC (Network Operations Center) at chosen strategic location (Dubai in our case) provisions the subscribers by opening the gateway to its elite broadband network.
2. Signal is then transmitted through the R/F equipment (8m Antenna).
3. Satellite transponder receives Data link (uplink) from R/F equipment and sends the Data to the subscriber terminal via another Data link (downlink) thus allowing the subscriber to be connected to the world wide web.
4. Subscriber accesses World Wide Web for a number of useful applications supported on the NOC/HUB, which include surfing the web, video conferencing, voice over IP, etc.
5. Subscribers Data request is then processed again at the NOC then sent to the network backbone (www) via its fiber connection. Data request is gathered and processed through the NOC and sent back to the subscriber via the same process.

How it Works

The ADLSAT Role