Spot Beam Coverage: Traditional satellite technology utilizes a broad single beam to cover entire continents and regions. With the introduction of multiple narrowly focused spot beams and frequency reuse, IPSTAR is now capable of maximizing the available frequency for transmissions. Increasing bandwidth 20 times more than traditional Ku-band satellites translates into a more efficient satellite for SSA. Despite the higher costs associated with spot beam technology, the overall cost per circuit will be much lower than existing shaped beam satellites.

Dynamic Power Allocation: This new technology optimizes the use of power among beams and allocates a power reserve of 20% to be allocated to beams that may be affected by rain fade, thus maintaining the link. Given the vast geographical coverage of the Satellite, it is unlikely that rain would fall simultaneously across the entire region; therefore this dynamic allocation of power only to beams in need is a very effective way to increase IPSTAR System's overall high link availability and reliability.