Globetrotter: Smarter Fibre Expeditions

Sterlite Tech Newsletter Sep 2017

Globetrotter:

Smarter Fibre Expeditions

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As the global leader in smarter network technologies, Sterlite Tech has emerged as a major contributor for building communications network across the globe.

As Sterlite Tech traverses ďŹ bre miles across Europe, Asia, Africa, the PaciďŹ c, the Caribbean, and even the polar icecaps of the Earth, we meet new companies, new geographies, and had newer experiences – thrilling, at the same time challenging too.

Unveiling our expeditions and milestones achieved in over 100 countries.

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From the Leader's Desk

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International Transformation Stories

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Technology World - LoRa Network

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Facts & Myths about Telecom Products

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Know Your Customer

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Know Your Colleague

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From the Leader's Desk Ankit Agarwal, Global Head of Sales, Telecom Products, Sterlite Tech

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I believe STERLITE TECH is at an inflection point to capture all the incredible opportunities of this web scale era.

Dear Sterliteans, As you are aware, Sterlite Tech has announced positive quarterly results, and there is much to celebrate! Equally important, your company has publicly shared its target of 3x growth in profitability – towards $100 million. I believe this 3x growth in profitability will have a 10x sustainable impact on society, and reinforce our purpose of transforming everyday living by delivering smarter networks.

I believe Sterlite Tech is at an inflection point to capture all the incredible opportunities of this web scale era. This is certainly the most exciting time in my 7 years at Sterlite Tech because I believe we have an amazing team, one that continues to display our values of Keep it Simple, Hunger to Learn, Respect and Empathise, and Deliver Promises.

At the same time, I think culturally we need to be much more agile, customer-obsessed, and unafraid to think outside-the-box for innovative solutions. We all work extremely hard, and I want us to actively think of how we can work smartly. This will help us free up time for family, health and society.

I want to conclude by a quote from my idol, Steve Jobs: “The ones, who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

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International Transformation Stories

Sterlite Tech takes on the adventure with Tengir to connect Northern Iceland

Akureyri is a city at the base of Eyjafjörður Fjord in northern Iceland, known for its extreme climate conditions. While the average temperature here is 3.7 degree Celsius, it is still considered one of the warmest places in Iceland. This exactly was the challenge faced by Tengir, the largest optical fibre network owner in northern Iceland, while committing the network expansion projects in Akureyri. Tengir offers leased capacity as well as broadband services through point-to-point FTTx network to its customers.

The extreme climate could prove detrimental to copper cables, so fibre was the choice for all types of networks. However, the rugged environment and the sudden temperature

variation could affect fibre deployments, causing cable breaks and damage-feared Tengir. In short, cities like Akureyri needed ultra-robust fibre cables that could withstand any kind of terrestrial and climatic challenges.

Also, the economics of laying fibre in a city like Akureyri was not conducive for any operator. The investment in this region purely aims at the future benefits brought by connectivity and not the business gains for operators. As understood, the extremely low population density in Iceland is a clear deterrent for large-scale network deployment. The economic models of modern cities don't apply well here as capacity building cannot yield an exponential

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The challenge was to strike a balance between the volume and quality of the cable. The topology demanded large volumes of cable but the harsh operating environment necessitated ultra-robust ďŹ bre cables that are capable of withstanding extreme temperature variation. increase in reach and earnings.

A comparison with a developed country explains the scenario better.

For example, in Germany, it is possible to connect 2000 homes with 20 km of optical cable, whereas in Iceland, a 250 home network may easily require more than 400 km of ďŹ bre.

Tengir selected Sterlite Tech over other vendors after realising that Sterlite Tech's cables meet the requirements of the network expansion plans. The company is now waiting for the next delivery of cables which will be used in expanding their network reach.

Abhishek Sandhir, Prasad Padhi, Europe Sales and Plant teams have worked relentlessly on successfully driving this project.

Abhishek Sandhir

Prasad Padhi

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International Transformation Stories

Thales France builds Toluca-Mexico City Rail project with Sterlite Tech

The contract is significant for Sterlite Tech as it was one of the first rail projects outside India to supply optical fibre cables.

Thales France is a French multinational company offering technology and services to the aerospace, defence, transportation, and security markets. The Toluca-Mexico City Rail project, undertaken by Thales, is a 57.7 km commuter rail line that connects the cities of Toluca and Mexico City, starting from Lerma and running to Santa Fe. Construction began in July 2014 and the commuter line is scheduled to open in 2018. The metro line, when ready, would ensure greater connectivity across Mexico City-Toluca highway, one of the Mexico's

busiest major routes linking the Federal District via Toluca to western Mexico.

Sterlite Tech was awarded the Metro main line signalling and telecommunications connectivity contract. The contract is significant for Sterlite Tech as it was one of the first rail projects outside India to supply Optical fibre cables. Sterlite Tech is at present the only company from India who is approved with Thales globally, and was also selected as a strategic partner for future sourcing.

The successful partnership between Sterlite Tech and Thales France will open new avenues for us in global projects. Most importantly, the Thales project will enable

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Sterlite Tech to capture similar contracts and create a list of niche supplies at very high gross margins. Already, Thales announced a number of partnerships with Sterlite Tech for various metro projects globally. With governments across the world embarking on metro rails as part of their city development programmes, the investment in the sector will shoot up in the coming years.

The experience Sterlite Tech gained from this gargantuan project will prove valuable in all its future metro projects.

The Company has previously undertaken rail projects in Santiago – Chile and Sydney – Australia. In India, Sterlite Tech has been a regular supplier of fibre to Hyderabad Metro.

Sadiq Jamil, the Account Manager of the Thales project and Sudipt Khandelwal – Head of Sales (Cables) – SAARC, SEA and Oceania, spearheaded the Thales project along with the plant team. The team successfully completed the project under strict deadline by ensuring that there were no delays at any stages of its execution – procurement, supply, or deployment.

Sadiq Jamil

Sudipt Khandelwal

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Technology World- LoRa network

LoRa network advantageous as IOT Key enabling technologies LoRa (Low Range)

Important Factors in LoRa network

Long rage is a key factor for large-scale communication networks typically required in Smart-City applications and IoT. Recently, narrowband and spread-spectrum technologies surfaced as cost-effective candidate technologies to fulfill low throughput and long-range communication.

The most critical factors in a LoRa are:

LoRa is a spread-spectrum modulation scheme that uses wideband linear frequency modulated pulses, whose frequency increases or decreases over a certain amount of time to encode information. The main advantages of this approach are two-fold: a substantial increase in receiver sensitivity due to the processing gain of the spread spectrum technique and a high tolerance to TX and RX frequencies misalign. Ÿ LoRa is a Semtech technology for IoT Ÿ Provides long range and low power

wireless technology to connect low-cost, battery-operated sensors over long distances (10 miles range and > 10 years battery life) Ÿ The LoRa Alliance was formed in February 2015. Release 1.0 of LoRaWAN specification was released to public on June 16, 2015 Ÿ Applications: smart city, sensor networks, industrial automation application

Network architecture

Communication range

Battery lifetime or low power

Robustness to interference

Network capacity

Network security

(maximum number of nodes in a network)

One-way vs. two-way communication

Variety of applications served

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What is LoRaWAN? LoRaWAN™ defines the communication protocol and system architecture for the network while the LoRa® physical layer enables the long-range communication link. The protocol and network architecture have the most influence in determining the battery lifetime of a node, the network capacity, the quality of service, the security, and the variety of applications served by the network.

As cities move toward efficiency, smart city technologies, such as IoT and LoRa can provide new solutions for smarter and improved city services.

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Wide Area Networks

Technology Trade-offs There is a lot of activity in the IoT sector comparing LoRa options both from a technical comparison but also from a business model perspective. LoRa networks are being deployed now because there is a strong business case to support immediate deployment, and the cost to deploy the network in unlicenced bands requires much less capital than even a 3G software upgrade.

The questions that should be answered to compare different LoRa technologies are: Ÿ Flexibility to target a large variety of

applications Ÿ Is the communication protocol

secure? Ÿ Technical aspects range, capacity,

two-way communication, robustness to interference

Pros:

Ÿ Cost of network deployment, cost of

end-node BOM, cost of battery (largest BOM contributor) Ÿ Ecosystem of solutions providers for flexible business models Ÿ Availability of end-products to ensure ROI of network deployment Ÿ Strength of ecosystem to ensure quality and longevity of the solution

SIGFOX

LORA

3G

Ÿ Long range Ÿ Long battery life

Ÿ Long range Ÿ Long battery life

Ÿ Well-established

(up to 20 years) Ÿ Low cost

(>10 years) Ÿ Low cost Ÿ Uses cellular

network as backhaul

Cons:

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standards Long range High data rate Very wide coverage Licensed band (except LTE-U)

Ÿ New standard Ÿ Unlicensed band

Ÿ New standard Ÿ Unlicenced and

Ÿ Not optimised

interference Ÿ Can't run on existing cellular network – needs a dedicated SIGFOX network Ÿ Very low data rate can only be used for IoT

interference Ÿ Very low data rate – can only be used for IoT

Ÿ Battery life Ÿ Cost

for IoT

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Why LoRa is a Game Changer for Smart City Applications LoRa Technology offers both technical and business benefits for smart city applications.

Technical Benefits

Ÿ Secure: AES-128 encryption is built in.

Low asset deployment cost due to: Great indoor penetration: One gateway operates in a star network with sensors communicating directly to the gateway from a range of up to 20 kilometres. Sensors can be located indoors or outdoors. There is no need for complex coverage analysis as is required for mesh network solutions.

Ÿ Open standard: The LoRaWAN™

Ease of installation: Battery-operated sensors are capable of lasting up to 20 years depending on the application being used.

This means there is no need for power source wiring for sensors as opposed to existing solutions, such as GSM, LTE, or Wi-Fi.

Ÿ Low connection costs: LoRa Technology

Business Benefits Ÿ Available today for public and private

deployments. Ÿ Low deployment and operational costs

when compared to emerging cellularbased solutions like LTE-M and NB-IoT. Ÿ Open network: Cities have the capability

of choosing from multiple and competing network service providers, helping to drive down prices. Or – Cities can deploy their own local municipal network, which can host multiple applications. The cost can be minimised by leasing bandwidth to companies within the city who want to run their own applications.

specification is supported and maintained by the LoRa Alliance™ allowing seamless and easy scalability. Ÿ Geolocation: LoRa Technology utilises a

GPS-free geolocation technology that does not require additional power. operates in the unlicensed ISM band, which means no or very low spectrum costs (there may be a very low connection fee if using an external service provider).

Ÿ penetrate buildings for wide ranging

coverage even in dense urban areas. This allows one LoRa-based gateway to potentially cover multiple buildings within a range of 2+ kilometers. Ÿ Growing ecosystem: The fast-growing

LoRa Alliance™ currently comprises over 400 companies that are creating solutions using the LoRaWAN specification. The LoRa Alliance™ includes major industry players and many other start-ups and network operators. Combined, this ecosystem offers multiple sources of supply from communications ICs to networks to server-based application platforms. The LoRa Alliance also certifies sensors and other devices for interoperability.

Ÿ Leverage deployed assets: LoRa

Technology's robust signalling can Shweta Chaturvedi Presales & Solution Team, Telecom Services Business Learn more at: https://www.sterlitetech.com/brain-share/white-papers/lora-network-advantageous-as-key-iot-enabling-technology

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Facts and Myths about Telecom Products Facts Fibre optics is fast Data can be transmitted through optical fibre cabling faster than traditional cabling due to increased capacity. Right now, commercial uses of optical fibre cabling can transmit 10 - 80 gigabits per second over just one channel. According to reports, the current record is 15.5 Terabits per second over a distance of 7,000 km. To put that into perspective, that's the equivalent of 10.3 million DSL connections.

Fibre optics have many uses From the traditional use of data transmission, fibre optics has grown in their use. Now, they are used with gun sights, imaging optics, spectroscopy, and to supply low levels of power, signs, art, and even artificial Christmas trees.

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Myths Fibre is made of glass it's fragile and easy to break Although some aspects of working with glass fibre do require a little more care, a completed optical fibre cable assembly can be designed to withstand some of the most rugged installations. The military often substitutes fibre cable in their harshest areas to provide reliable communication.

You can't splice one manufacturer's fibre to another's Despite the differences that exist among glass fibres of various manufacturers, all fibres of a similar type can work together, spliced by either mechanical or fusion methods. Splicing can be done with low losses, high strengths, and without significant resetting of commercially available splicing equipment.

The fibres should be substantially alike (i.e. single-mode to single-mode), but even multimode fibres of different core sizes have been successfully fusion-spliced.

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Know your Customer

Who they are?

BT is one of the world's leading communications services companies, serving the needs of customers in the UK and in 180 countries worldwide. Their main activities are the provision of ďŹ xed-line services, broadband, mobile and TV products and services as well as networked IT services. BT consists principally of six lines of business: Consumer, EE, Business and Public Sector, Global Services, Wholesale and Ventures and Open reach.

What makes them different?

Their purpose is to use the power of communications to make a better world.

They bring together the best networks and technology with the expertise of their people, making connections, creating new possibilities, and developing services that are unique. That's the difference they make, every day at BT!

Amazing Facts

CEO of the company:

Gavin Patterson Around

17,000 people worldwide

Across more than

180 countries

Providing high-quality telecommunication services

since 1846

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What are their future plans?

Growing share of wallet with existing customers

Developing new IP-based voice and data products

Opportunity to cross sell mobility and IT services from leading position in fixed

Uniquely positioned with the scale, brand, and breadth to benefit from convergence

Support in

Serving Telecom Revenue:

£ 24.082 Billion

5,500 customers

4 Global service hubs

25 languages They have relationships with 82% of Fortune 500 companies and with 95% of the world's top banks

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Know your Colleague Phill Coppin Head - Application Engineering (Europe)

I emptied pockets on Classic Sports car, way too cool and way too fast

My secret talent When I'm really ďŹ red up, I can climb up mostly any wall

Passion that drives me crazy Extreme climbing and skiing

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About Phill Simple guy, who loves travel, adventure and big crazy, challenges with my family and friends.

My Dream/Far out Destination New Zealand – beaches, mountains, and culture

The coolest thing I have worked on A movie title for my life Despicable Me

One superpower which I would like to have Healing, the power to heal

Sterlite Tech Optical communication products, which are connecting homes and lives across the world and even all the way to my own front door

I would like to be for day Willy Wonka, I have the biggest sweet tooth in the world.

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Editorial Team

Editor

Editor

Akanksha Roy

Sumedha Mahorey

International Marketing

Corporate Communications

Commerce graduate from Pune University. She has dipped her feet in both sales and marketing. Fun loving, amiable, and a daydreamer –this mix describes her the best.

You will find her beaming with joy at a beach.

A communications post graduate from Mumbai University, Sumedha finds solace in photography and painting. She loves to swim and all sorts of adventure sports.

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Special thanks to: Phill Coppin Know your Colleague

Shweta Chaturvedi Conceptualization & Design

Technology World

Dipti Chodnekar -

Swapnil Khapekar

Know your Customer

International Marketing

Sudipt Khandelwal International Transformation Stories

A business administration post graduate. At ofďŹ ce, best known as a workaholic and in personal life as football fanatic. A person who is always in pursuit of peace.

Abhishek Sandhir International Transformation Stories To contribute, write to the editorial team.

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