Telesat and Telefónica Global Solutions Complete Brazil’s First 5G Backhaul Demonstration over LEO Satellite
May 25 2022 - 06:00AM
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most
innovative satellite operators, and Telefónica one of the
main providers of telecommunications in the world, today announced
the successful completion of the first 5G Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
satellite backhaul demonstration in Brazil and Latin America.
The testing campaign was managed with Telefónica Global
Solutions (TGS), the Telefónica Group’s satellite service provider,
with the participation of its engineering teams together with those
of Telesat. The Telesat Phase 1 LEO satellite layer 2 backhaul link
was connected to TGS’s state-of-the-art 5G test environment.
An 85cm Intellian gyro-stabilized Ka-band terminal with a 10
Watt BUC connected Telefónica Global Solutions’ data streams to the
Phase 1 LEO, validating that a small, carrier-grade terminal can
achieve the desired performance to properly support a 5G backhaul
network. A variety of applications were tested across the satellite
backhaul link, including upload and download speed and video
streaming. Network measurements of latency, jitter and bitrate were
recorded throughout the testing campaign, all meeting the
functional requirements for integration with a 5G core network.
“Building on our successful LEO test with Telesat in Europe, we
were eager to evaluate the performance of the Phase 1 LEO
integration with a 5G network,” said Eloy Rodríguez Villa, SVP
Global Wholesale Customers of Telefónica Global Solutions. “With
the performance results achieved being close to fibre connectivity,
Telesat Lightspeed provides a compelling value proposition for our
5G network rollouts across the globe.”
“Satellite backhaul is a perfect application for Telesat
Lightspeed, with the ability to deliver multiple Gbps into remote
communities with transformative performance and economics,” said
Mauro Wajnberg, General Manager of Telesat Brasil. “We were honored
to expand our testing campaigns with one of our long-standing
partners.”
About Telesat
Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability and
industry-leading customer service, Telesat Corporation (“Telesat”)
(NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) is one of the largest and most successful
global satellite operators. Telesat works collaboratively with its
customers to deliver critical connectivity solutions that tackle
the world’s most complex communications challenges, providing
powerful advantages that improve their operations and drive
profitable growth.
Continuously innovating to meet the connectivity demands of the
future, Telesat Lightspeed, the company’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
satellite network, will be the first and only LEO network optimized
to meet the rigorous requirements of telecom, government, maritime
and aeronautical customers. Operating under its international
priority Ka-band spectrum rights, Telesat Lightspeed will redefine
global satellite connectivity with ubiquitous, affordable,
high-capacity links with fibre-like speeds. For updates on Telesat,
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About Telefónica
Global Solutions
Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) manages the international
Wholesale, Global Roaming, and Multinational businesses of the
Telefónica Group, along with the USA business. It delivers
world-class global services and platforms to multinational
companies, wholesale carriers, fixed and mobile operators, OTTs,
service providers and aggregators, helping them in their digital
transformation. Offering a global footprint, with particularly
strong presence in Europe and Latin America, TGS provides its
customers with innovative and
global solutions wherever they are. Its integrated
service portfolio includes Voice & UCC, Networking, Roaming,
Global Messaging, Satellite, Cloud, Security and IoT & Big
Data. More information
at www.globalsolutions.telefonica.com
Media Contacts:
TelesatLynette Simmons+1 613 748 8729info@telesat.com
Telefónica prensatelefonica@telefonica.com
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to predict, and could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking
statements. Known risks and uncertainties include but are not
limited to: risks associated with operating satellites and
providing satellite services, including satellite construction or
launch delays, launch failures, in-orbit failures or impaired
satellite performance; the impact of COVID-19 on Telesat
Corporation’s business and the economic environment; inflation; the
ability to deploy successfully an advanced global LEO satellite
constellation, and the timing of any such deployment; the
availability of government and/or other funding for the LEO
satellite constellation; the receipt of proceeds in relation to the
re-allocation of C-band spectrum; volatility in exchange rates; the
ability to expand Telesat Corporation’s existing satellite
utilization; and risks associated with domestic and foreign
government regulation. The foregoing list of important factors is
not exhaustive. Investors should review the other risk factors
discussed in Telesat Corporation’s annual report on Form 20-F for
the year ended December 31, 2021, that was filed on March 18, 2022,
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
and the Canadian securities regulatory authorities at the System
for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”), and may
be accessed on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and SEDAR’s website
at www.sedar.com.
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