WECA Region Karel Pienaar. Group CTO

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1 WECA Region Karel Pienaar Group CTO

2 West & Central Africa (WECA) region Population Mobile penetration Jun m 22% Growth from Dec % +3% pts Subscriber numbers (m) Nigeria (1) 14,036 Ghana (2) Côte d Ivoire (3) 3,392 2,161 Cameroon (4) 1,954 Benin (5) % + 31% + 33% + 10% +20% 7 G. Conakry (6) % Congo B. (7) % Liberia (8) % G. Bissau (9) % Total WECA 23, % % to Group + 48% 2

3 West & Central Africa (WECA) Regulations and licences Period Licence fees (High level) Spectrum Nigeria Feb Years Initial fee US$285m Annual fee 2.5% of net revenue 900 MHz 1800 MHz & 3G Ghana Dec Years Initial fee US$22.5m Annual fee US$ MHz 1800 MHz Cote d Ivoire Dec Years CFA m 15 Years 900 MHz 1800 MHz Cameroon Feb Years Initial fee CFA 40.4b Annual fee Year 1 and 2 1% revenue Year 3 2% revenue 900 MHz 1800 MHz Benin Aug Years MOU still to be converted to licence Currently proposed US$60m 900 MHz 1800 MHz Congo B. Oct Years Initial fee FCFA 615m Annual fee 3% local and 6% international traffic 900 MHz 1800 MHz Liberia Dec Years 900 MHz 1800 MHz Guinea Conakry Aug Years 900 MHz 1800 MHz Guinea Bissau Dec Years 900 MHz 3

4 West & Central Africa (WECA) CAPEX rollout plan Rm Approved or committed to 31 Dec 2007 Actual 6 months ended Jun 2007 Approved or committed at 30 Jun 2007 Nigeria 5,558 1,810 6,283 Ghana 1, ,114 Cameroon Cote d Ivoire ,080 Benin Congo B Guinea Republic Liberia Guinea Bissau

5 Infrastructure Nigeria GSM GPRS EDGE Blackberry Own International Gateway Wi-Fi & Wi-Max Aug 2007 Nigeria Total number of MSC / MSC-S 49 Total number of BSC 57 Total number of sites 3,011 Geographic Coverage: 61% Population Coverage: 71% Total number of BTS Total EOY active subscribers 2,801 15,8m 5

6 Technology infrastructure development Nigeria Significant growth in traffic due to tariff reductions and free calls after midnight Major challenge to escalate network capacity expansion Geared up to rollout 80+ sites per month Optimisation drive on Radio and Core to maximise capacity Introduction of AMR to address voice quality Gearing up for 3G rollout in 2007/8 Data business (ex-vgc) poised for large scale upgrade 6

7 Nigeria radio coverage map August 2007 proposed MTN coverage 7

8 Fibre optic network Nigeria 8

9 Nigeria Rollout CAPEX 2007 Anticipate spending 65% of budget 5% 2% 93% Network equipment IS equipment Other 9

10 Infrastructure Ghana GPRS EDGE Own Gateway Clearing gateway Aug 2007 Ghana Total number of MSC / MSC-S 12 Total number of BSC 15 Total number of sites 853 Total number of BTS 1,365 Geographic Coverage: 31% Population Coverage: 71% Total EOY active subscribers 4,1m 10

11 Technology infrastructure development Ghana Significant customer and traffic growth Focus on addressing quality and capacity issues Network infrastructure upgrade and synchronisation in radio, core and facilities Introduction of NGN Core for 2G (MSC-S and MGw) BTS rollout escalated to rollout at 40+ sites per month Major fibre rollout in 2007 and 2008 backbone and metro developments 11

12 Ghana Coverage Overview 12

13 Ghana Rollout CAPEX 2007 Anticipate spending 91% of budget 4% 9% 87% Network equipment IS equipment Other 13

14 Infrastructure Cameroon USSD GPRS EDGE International Gateway Aug 2007 Cameroon Total number of MSC / MSC-S 6 Total number of BSC 7 Total number of sites 400 Total number of BTS 581 Geographic Coverage: 27% Population Coverage: 82% Total EOY active subscribers 2,1m 14

15 Technology infrastructure development Cameroon Major network upgrade completed in January to introduce NGN core Network expanded to improve quality and capacity Introduction of PMP Transmission Wimax implementation to support corporate and data market EDGE successfully implemented Geared up to rollout at 30+ sites per month SAT-3 access provides reliable international capacity 15

16 Network architecture impact transmission Cameroon 2007 Loop to North Ph1 DLA/YDE Fibre Share TX to North with Camtel PMP New TX Fibre PDH/SDH 16

17 Infrastructure Cote d Ivoire USSD GPRS EDGE International Gateway Aug 2007 Total number of MSC / MSC-S Cote d Ivoire 5 Total number of BSC 15 Total number of sites 549 Total number of BTS 2,143 Total EOY active subscribers 2,3m Geographic Coverage: 34% Population Coverage: 49% 17

18 Technology infrastructure development Cote d Ivoire Successful NGN core implementation Metropolitan fibre optic rollout progressing Geared up to rollout at 80+ sites per month Improved access to North of Cote d Ivoire Rationalised to single BSS vendor (Siemens) Introduction of AMR to address voice quality Consolidation of switching centres 18

19 Coverage Overview Cote d Ivoire Rollout of 280 sites Upgrade of Existing BSCs Installation of new BSCs: Abengourou,Korhogo, Gagnoa NGN rollout: 4 MSC server and 6 MGW HLR to 3000 K subs PPS IN Extension to 800 CAPS CRBT, MPBX FO backbone Abidjan-San Pedro-Daloa-Yakro-Abidjan (about 1100 km) 19

20 Regional priorities Senegal Guinea Bissau Guinea Burkina Faso Ghana Benin Nigeria TOGO Sierra Leone Liberia Ivory Coast Cameroon EQUATORIAL GUINEA Connectivity a priority Cross Border Connectivity Free of Charge for Incoming Calls Seamless Network Synergies Gabon Rep. Of Congo 20

21 WECA connectivity plan 21

22 Funding Rm EBITDA* CAPEX Commentary Nigeria 11,358 8,092 Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX US$2b in facility in place Ghana 2,090 1,376 Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Local capacity for additional funding Cote d Ivoire Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Local capacity for additional funding Cameroon 1, Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Local capacity for additional funding Benin Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Local capacity and group funding for additional funding G. Conakry Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Group funding for additional CAPEX Congo B Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Local capacity and group funding for additional funding Liberia Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Group funding for additional CAPEX G. Bissau Strong cash flow sufficient to cover CAPEX Group funding for additional CAPEX * 6 months to Jun 07 x 2 22

23 Looking forward Opportunities Continued growth within the region Unused capacity at various hours of the day Largest fibre back bone (Nigeria) Solid network infrastructure Improved equipment pricing Corporate market Data and convergence Leverage MTN experience Challenges Deteriorating public infrastructure Competition Speed of rollout (to keep up with demand) 3 rd party logistics (i.e. port clearance) 23

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