Gigabit

Fixed Wireless Solution

MARCH 2018
Networks comparison – Wireless Gigabit Networks

The world is moving towards gigabit broadband with an immersive media consumption environment –
requiring 5G based broadband & content delivery.

Having access to infrastructure that can deliver such high speeds with integrated media delivery is
crucial!

AIR® system can deliver triple play services and speeds comparable to or even higher than newest
wireline technologies for a fraction of the cost!

AIR® FTTH Cable / DOCSIS 3.x 4G/5G

> 1.000 Mbps > 1.000 Mbps > 1.000 Mbps 50 – 1.000 Mbps
AIR® system capacity
AIR® is a patented wireless technology for ultra-high speed broadband data transfer over great distances with the
throughput and performance equaling that of the HFC (hybrid fiber coaxial) network.
AIR® is the first wireless system that provides the same capabilities and speeds as new coaxial cable networks or
enables delivery of triple play services with agreggation of multiple LTE carriers.

LTE • Maximum BS downlink throughput at 900 MHz per sector: 18 144 Mbps

LTE modulation • Maximum throughput at end user - 75 MHz Carrier Aggregation: 378 Mbps
256 QAM
Modulation and throughput depend on eNodeB type and LTE CPE equipment

DOCSIS • Maximum BS downlink throughput at 1 000 MHz per sector: 41 378 Mbps

Docsis 3.1 modulation • Maximum throughput at end user - 192 MHz: 2 002 Mbps
4 096 QAM
Modulation and throughput depend on Docsis CMTS type and Docsis CPE equipment
AIR® – No need to lay cables for a Fiber Like Service

AIR® Last Mile is a wireless infrastructure that can completely replace any wired connection.

No
Quick No Pay as you Fast
construction
rollout trenching grow ROI
work

With the AIR® technology traditional non-incumbents can have cost effective access to high speed
broadband without large scale investments.
 AIR® last mile solution
AIR® uses patented wireless technology to deliver ultra-fast broadband data over
high frequencies by using higher order modulation techniques which require line
of sight.

AIR Base Station

2 – 42 GHz - FDD AIR® as a backhaul to

Wi-Fi, LTE or HFC

LoS

AIR Transceiver nLoS

nLoS

up to 50 km
HFC Hybrid Fiber Coax Network

A very small percentage of non-line of sight situations can be overcome with proper base station
location planning and complementary methods of broadband delivery. So no one is left in the dark.
AIR® – Perfect last mile solution

 Up to 41 Gbps transfer rate per base station enables problem-free reception of

multiple 4k HD TV channels and a broadband speed of up to 2 Gbps to the end
Fiber Like user.
Services  Unique design enables support for triple play services (4kHD TV, VOIP,
broadband).

 Air® offers approximately 90% lower cost compared to deployment of wireline network.
 Low costs for set up, implementation and maintenance.
Low Cost
 One base station can serve up to 50.000 users, limited by total throughput.
 Customer indoor equipment is standard equipment offered by many vendors.

 AIR® Last mile solution can be operational in much shorter time compared to
wireline deployments.
Quick Roll-out
 No costly and time consuming road and construction work is needed to lay the
cables in the ground, nor building permits.
AIR® – Perfect last mile solution

 AIR® system can serve customers located up to 50 km from the base station.
 Line of sight enables use of newest high level modulation techniques which are a
Long Reach guarantee for exceptional service quality and user experience.
 The system can be deployed in any frequency range from 2 to 42 GHz.

 Unique combination of long reach and high capacity makes Air system a perfect
choice for all types of settlements.
All Areas
 AIR® system can be equally effectively deployed in urban, suburban and/or rural
areas.

 Low deployment costs, easy integration and low OPEX enable operators quick Return
On Investment (ROI) usually less than 3 years.
Quick ROI  AIR® system offers a very good opportunity for investors and green field operators,
especially in underserved areas.
 Enables „pay as you grow“ financing policy.
AIR® solution – Soutable for all operators There are four uses cases for TelCos and CableCos
to use Globtel‘s solution instead of investing in
“classical” fixed based solutions:

Mobile goes fixed

Mobile AIR® enables mobile operators to enter fixed market and offer fiber like triple play
goes fixed services with low cost and easy integration into mobile network. It also allows mobile
network traffic off load and can be used as a backhaul for mobile base stations.

Mobile multi-play
Mobile multi-play Mobile operators can easily add TV offering to their fixed mobile service and
take advantage of multi-play offering.

Cable expands footprint

Cable Cable operators can instantly extend existing network coverage and gain new
expands customers with seamless integration and the use of existing network and CPE
equipment.

Access to remote / underserved areas

Access to remote Existing operators or investors are now able to offer triple play service to
underserved areas cost effectively and with high ROI.
AIR® portfolio AIR® offers triple play solution including HDTV, ultra-fast broadband
internet, VoIP and other next generation services

Digital high definition premium TV:

AIR TV SD content, HD content, 3D content, 4k HD content, DVB TV, IPTV

Ultra-High speed Broadband:

 Broadband internet access with ultra high transmission speed capability rates,
AIR IP asymmetrical and symmetrical rates.
 4G, 5G, DOCSIS, EuroDOCSIS compliant and compliant with all IP services

VoIP content - additional revenue with telephony services:

 IP telephony
AIR VoIP  ISDN quality of service and same functionality
 possibility of using analogue or IP phones and FAX services

 Pay per view content - e.g. blockbusters, adult entertainment, electronic billboards
AIR other  Video on demand - TV archive, personal video recording, time shifting
services  Video surveilance - site monitoring, road/Traffic monitoring
 Telemetry - measuring the audience of TV channels appliance monitoring
AIR® – Main facts

 Gigabit or Ultra fast broadband with support for triple play service (4k UHD, HD TV, SD TV, VoIP, internet),
 Enables additional services like VoD, Pay per View,… ,
 Can cover an area as large as 50 km diameter,
 Suitable for urban, suburban and rural areas,
 Supports up to 41 Gbps download capacity per base station,
 Supports up to 2 Gbps data transfer per user,
 Enables utilisation of up to 1,000 MHz in downstream and 500 MHz in upstream direction,
 Offers flexible use of frequency from 2 to 42 GHz,
 Operator is expected to have access to frequency spectrum to deploy this system,
 Can serve up to 50,000 internet users per base station; number of users is limited by throughput,
 Unlimited number of TV users (DVBx).
AIR® System
Globtel’s technology AIR® consists of 2 main
components:
AIR® Base station - the base station and
- the transceiver
combining proprietary components with standard
Docsis, DVB/IPTV and LTE equipment.

Outdoor
Customer premises

AIR® Transceiver

Outdoor

Indoor
AIR® System – Technology

The AIR® base station and transceiver are specific solutions, but the CPE in customer homes is standard and can be
managed like business-as-usual

The base station is an essential part of the AIR® Last Mile wireless point-to-multipoint system.
It uses microwave based transmission and supports frequency bands between 2 and 42Ghz.

By using carrier aggregation it supports channel width of up to 1 000 Mhz. As a result the
throughput capacities are up to 41 Gbps per BS (DOCSIS) and 18 Gbps per BS (LTE).

The base station is connected to the operators core network and broadcasts the signal to
homes using AIR®.

The transceiver is the counter part of the base station and is located at the customer premises.
It is essentially a bi-directional parabolic microwave antenna (sattelite dish) and an outdoor
unit.

One unit is required per home, or a common unit can also service an apartment block with
multiple homes. This unit down converts the AIR® signal and feeds it into worldwide used
Docsis/LTE standard equipment inside the homes.
AIR® System – How it works?
AIR® transceiver

AIR® FDD system uses

frequencies between
AIR® Base Station 2 GHz and 42 GHz
CPE
RF interface - with reach up to 50 km -
Original signal
AIR® transceiver

AIR® transceiver

RF interface
ORIGINAL NETWORK Original signal

IP Core Network, CPE

Internet, TV, VoIP, … CPE

DOCSIS or LTE
platform
AIR® System – How it works?

2. The signal is 3. Use of transparent wireless bridge instead of physical cable/fiber 4. At customer premises the
distributed via Point to signal is received by
Multipoint base station AIR® BS transceiver and converted
to the original signal
frequency
1. At the base station
the input signal The transceiver is
AIR® TS bidirectional – i.e. converts
(DOCSIS, 4G/5G) is
converted to another signal from CPE to AIR®
frequency (e.g. from 2 frequency
GHz to 42 GHz)
6. The original network CPE
Original network is used at customers
IP Core Network, premises to deliver services
Internet, TV, VoIP, … CPE 7. CPE is seen in the
Docsis or LTE platform
network as it would be
connected to original
network (DOCSIS cable or
4G/5G)
AIR® Base Station Equipment

AIR® Base station

outdoor units The AIR® base station is offering a
very flexibility configuration
for 90°, 180°, 270° or 360° coverage

AIR® Base station

indoor units

AIR® BSI Chassis:

AIR® IF controlled converter
AIR® Internet WL modulator
AIR® IF controller MP
AIR® GPS controller
Legend:
Control server
Proprietary components
AIR® CPS
Base station power supply Standard components

Digital IPTV/DVB headend

DOCSIS CMTS or LTE Platform

AIR® Base Station Equipment AIR downstream capacity examples:

with 1 x 450 MHz; DOCSIS 3.0, QAM256

AIR PtMP DOCSIS Nr. of BS Frequency BW
IP downstream
sectors per sector
configuration
1 450 MHz 3 114 Mbps
2 225 MHz 3 114 Mbps
3 225 MHz 4 671 Mbps
4 225 MHz 6 228 Mbps

with 1 x 500 MHz; DOCSIS 3.1, QAM4096

Nr. of BS Frequency BW
IP downstream
sectors per sector
1 500 MHz 5 172 Mbps
IP transport 2 500 MHz 10 344 Mbps
DOCSIS platform 3 500 MHz 15 516 Mbps
4 500 MHz 20 688 Mbps

AIR BSI
IP CORE

AIR CPS
AIR® Base Station Equipment

AIR PtMP LTE AIR downstream capacity example:

configuration
with 1 x 450 MHz; LTE, QAM256
Nr. of BS Frequency BW
IP downstream
sectors per sector
1 450 MHz 2 268 Mbps
2 450 MHz 4 536 Mbps
3 450 MHz 6 804 Mbps
4 450 MHz 9 072 Mbps

IP transport
LTE platform

AIR BSI
IP CORE

AIR CPS
AIR® End user configuration

Single house - Fixed SDU Multi apartment - Fixed MDU Mobile end users

outdoor

(squares, malls, hotels,

At the customer premises, an AIR® transceiver unit with 40 – 100 cm parabolic schools, hospitals, …)
antenna (sattelite dish) is to be installed.

AIR® can be also used as a backaul to other wireless or HFC networks in order to
extend the footprint even more.
AIR® Single house Customer Premises Equipment AIR® Technology
using DOCSIS

AIR®
Transceiver
outdoor unit

DVB solution Coaxial cable Outdoor

Standard Power inserter Indoor

equipment Coaxial cable RF splitter
DVB-x RF signal
At customer
IP/ethernet PSTN premises side
standard CPE
equipment can be
Docsis modem used.

IP or analogue
TV content - DVB Receiver Internet
phones & fax
AIR® Single house Customer Premises Equipment AIR® Technology
using DOCSIS

AIR®
Transceiver
outdoor unit

IPTV solution Coaxial cable Outdoor

Standard Indoor
equipment Power inserter

IP/ethernet
At customer
PSTN premises side
standard CPE
IP/ethernet Docsis modem equipment can be
used.

IP or analogue
TV content - IPTV Receiver Internet
phones & fax
AIR® Single house Customer Premises Equipment AIR® Technology
using LTE

AIR®
Transceiver
outdoor unit

LTE solution Coaxial cable Outdoor

Standard 1800 MHz LTE signal only in

Indoor
equipment cable, no air transmission
Power inserter

IP/ethernet
At customer
PSTN premises side
standard CPE
IP/ethernet equipment can be
LTE router used.

IP or analogue
TV content - IPTV Receiver Internet
phones & fax
AIR® Multi apartment Customer Premises Equipment AIR® Technology
using DOCSIS, LTE

AIR®
Transceiver
outdoor unit

Docsis or LTE solution Coaxial cable Outdoor

Standard Indoor
Coaxial cable
equipment Power inserter
RF splitter with amplifier

Apartment Apartment Apartment Apartment Apartment Apartment

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 ... #n

The maximum number of end users connected to one AIR® Transceiver is limited
with its capacity - recommended is up to 25 users (n=25).
AIR® to Wi-Fi AIR® Technology
using DOCSIS, LTE

AIR® AIR® as backhaul to

Transceiver Wi-Fi
outdoor unit

Wi-Fi solution Coaxial cable Outdoor

Standard Outdoor
equipment Power inserter
Wi-Fi
Mobile end users – public Wi-Fi
hotspot
Docsis modem At customer
premises side
standard CPE
equipment can be
Mobile end users used.

Outdoor Indoor
AIR® Management system
AIR® Management system

The AIR® system comes with a software management system for better controlling and operation the AIR devices. It
allows the operator to do remote supervision and configuration, administration and control of all network elements.

airPanel
Almost no on-site maintainance is
required!
AIR® frequencies
AIR® supports FDD carrier aggregation of most bands in the 2 GHz - 42 GHz range and can handle up to 1.000 MHz
bandwidth per sector, the same spectrum can be reused 4x times in a base station

Already developed, tested and deployed AIR® frequencies (various combinations are possible):

Downstream frequencies: Upstream frequencies:

AIR® BS 4 000 – 6 000 MHz AIR® BS 4 000 – 5 200 MHz

10 000 – 11 700 MHz 4 900 – 6 500 MHz

11 500 – 14 800 MHz 10 000 – 11 700 MHz

16 000 – 24 000 MHz 24 000 – 25 000 MHz

26 000 – 29 000 MHz 26 000 – 27 000 MHz

AIR® TS AIR® TS
31 000 – 33 000 MHz 30 000 – 32 000 MHz

Other frequency pairs in range between 2 and 42 GHz are also possible.
Maximum possible bandwidth on Downstream and Upstream is 450 MHz (D3.0 and LTE) and 500 MHz (D3.1).
Exact frequency pair and bandwidth must be previously confirmed by Globtel.
AIR® is futureproof
AIR development closely follows all standards evolution roadmaps to guarantee technological upgrades and investment
security.

Timeline
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 …
MPEG development
IPTV IPTV and DVB development
DVB-T/S EDGE QAM content delivery and MCTS content delivery development
Evolution in line with IPTV and DVB standards
EuroDOCSIS 3.0
DOCSIS EuroDOCSIS 3.1 Evolution in line with DOCSIS and LTE standards
LTE / 5G TDD LTE / 5G MIMO
LTE/5G Radius Range software/ Semi automatic modulation adaptation

60 W Transmitter New power versions

8100-8400 MHz 5825-6125 MHz
New frequency combinations
5380-10680 MHz 27 GHz – 42 GHz

Infrastructure Base station and transceiver firmware upgrades

Base station HW design evolution
CPE functionality and design evolution
Antenna gain optimization
AIR® management software upgrades
AIR® verses others
AIR® combines the strengths of mobile and fixed solutions being able to provide triple play in different regions with
smaller CAPEX

AIR® performance combined with LTE or DOCSIS

Fixed LTE DOCSIS

Category 4G
via cable FTTH
networks
IP bandwidth
Triple Play ready
Technical
Future proof
Fast roll-out times
Very dense urban areas (city centers)

Coverage Small / medium cities; suburbs

Areas with low population density

Low CAPEX intensity

Commercial
Equipment (CPE) and installation
Source: Arthur D. Little, Globtel
Fulfilled well Fulfilled medium Fulfilled low
AIR® Business plan

Cost of home passed starts from just 20 EUR per household as one base
Home Passed station can cover teritory in radius of up to 50 km. To connect the
from 20 EUR/HH customer just install transceiver, antenna and CPE.

The system design allows multiple users to be connected to one transceiver and
Home Connected still enjoy fast internet service. Cost per household connected starts from 100 EUR
from 100 EUR/HH
per household in combination with multidwelling units.

Total capex per active user starts from 200 EUR for MDU users and from 300 EUR for
Home
combination of MDU and SDU users. This allows operators to start their business even in
Activated areas with lower purchasing power or less populated areas. The cost represents only a
from 200 EUR/HH fraction of the cost needed for a wireline connection.
AIR® Business plan

Up to 50 000 users
One base station can serve up to 50.000 users, limited by total throughput
per one base station

Low maintenance AIR system operates with very low maintenance cost. Our customers report they
cost have even less maintenance works and costs as in their wireline networks.

Low capex and opex in combination with high throughput make AIR system a very good
˂36 months investment opportunity.
positive ROI On average our customers reach a breakeven point in 12 months and a positive ROI in only
36 months.
AIR® Business plan ROI

 Existing operators in markets with high ARPU can on average achieve positive ROI in 12
Existing months.
12 m operators  Market characteristics: ARPU 70 - 100 EUR, installation fee charge, existing backbone,
high ARPU existing head end, BSS/OSS systems, covering urban/suburban areas
 Markets like USA, Canada, most of sub-Saharan Arica,…

 Existing operators in markets with mid level ARPU can on average achieve
positive ROI in 24 months.
Existing operators
24 m mid level ARPU
 Market characteristics: ARPU 30 - 70 EUR, free installation, existing backbone,
existing head end, BSS/OSS systems, covering urban/suburban areas
 Markets like the north Africa, part of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Middle East…

 Low capex and OPEX in combination with high throughput make AIR
system a very good investment opportunity in underserved areas.
36 m Greenfield operators  On average customers reach positive cash flow in 12 months and a
positive ROI in only 36 months. Turn-key solution and special support in
terms of planning, project roll-out and operations can be provided.
About Globtel Holding
The GLOBTEL Holding team has been developing the AIR system since 2003 and has established a worldwide network of
value added resellers and specialists.

The Company and our Partners

GLOBTEL Holding Company The Partners

 The GLOBTEL team started to develop the AIR wireless access GLOBTEL co-operates with a worldwide network of value added resellers and
network in 2003 within the research and development department over 100 external specialists
of a leading Slovenian ISP  External specialized institutions:
 The AIR system has been fully tested by 2004 and it has been – Slovenian Quality Institute
commercially operated in Slovenia since 2005 – University of Ljubljana
 In 2005, GLOBTEL was founded as a separate company with the – University of Maribor
business objective to further develop and to market the AIR system – Institute Jozef Stefan

 GLOBTEL has over 30 employees:  Value added resellers:

– 70% work in research and – QUENDI bvba, Belgium
development and have, – Unitelco, Portugal
on average, over – Hammer Fiber, USA
18 years of experience
– Telegroupe, Serbia
– 30% work in sales, – Walcam, Canada
marketing and
in other functions
Globtel Holding, a professional team
Contacts

Please visit our homepage for more information or contact us to discuss potential
projects such as setting-up a test network
Thank you very much for your attention!

We invite you to contact us, to visit our homepage or to visit us in Slovenia to see our
AIR system working. Please feel free to contact us for any further information:

Main sales contact:

Pavle Mikuz, pavle.mikuz@air-tv.net, mobile: +386 31 78 34 86

Web page: www.air-tv.net,

General e-mail: info@air-tv.net

GLOBTEL HOLDING d.o.o.

Panonska ulica 30
SI-2000 Maribor
Slovenia