Introduction to FibreCo Telecommunications. SATA 4th NGN Conference November 2014

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1 Introduction to FibreCo Telecommunications SATA 4th NGN Conference November 2014

2 Introduction FibreCo was established by 3 leading South African ICT players to unlock the economics of fibre ownership within the national long-distance transmission market by building a national, open-access fibre-optic network Vision: 12,000 km, R5 billion over 5 years BOTSWANA LIMPOPO ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% NAMIBIA NORTH WEST johannesburg.. pretoria GAUTENG MPUMALANGA. ermelo mbamane maputo SWAZILAND NORTHERN CAPE bloemfontein. FREE STATE LESOTHO KWAZULU-NATAL. durban. mtnzini ATLANTIC OCEAN yzerfontein cape town EASTERN CAPE.. WESTERN CAPE.. port elizabeth east london INDIAN OCEAN Carrier-neutral operational structure and network design Unique Managed Fibre proposition 2

3 Award winning 1,000km link completed: JHB BFN EL Johannesburg POP Klip Parys Kroonstad Ventersburg Kleinfontein Bloemfontein POP Reddersburg Smithfield Aliwal North Kaalplaas Esperanza Glencairn Stutterheim East London POP

4 FibreCo Phase 1 network development Phase 1 will connect Gauteng with East and West coast landing stations via a fully-redundant ring by Q The only available open-access fibre between JHB CT and CT DBN Strong alignment with other carrier-neutral infrastructure providers, including DFA and Teraco Constructed Acquired DFA FibreCo POP To Be Constructed EaSSY WACS SAT-3 4

5 Metro extensions to the FibreCo network Metro development is based on a redundant ring topology JHB1 JHB2 To Johannesburg (Route 1) BFN1 JOHANNESBURG 1A JHB3 To Durban BFN2 To Bloemfontein (Route 1) Seacom Eassy WACS To East London (Route 1) BLOEMFONTEIN DURBAN To Johannesburg To Mtnzini SAT3 CAPE TOWN EAST LONDON New Germany IS Umhlanga To Yzerfontein (Route 3) To Cape Town (Route 4) To Bloemfontein (Route 1) Berea CT3 Link is part of Route 2 CT1 Proposed link is part of Route 4 EL2 EL3 To East London (Route 4) CT2 CT4 4A Link is part of Route 4 EL1 Link is part of Route 1 5

6 Development plans beyond Phase 1 Development plans include connectivity to the neighbouring borders MARIUS Ek sal hierdie invul Future plans 6 6

7 FibreCo s unique service propositions FibreCo is able to offer a unique suite of managed infrastructure services across its entire national footprint on a carrier-neutral basis Single SLA across multiple infrastructure providers Direct NOC integration with service customisation Facilitation of access and hosting solutions Transparency of Network Infrastructure Services available across the FibreCo network 7

8 The FibreCo network leading edge and standards aligned Cable and transmission equipment All optical fibre & transmission network Latest generation DWDM eqpt inclusive of G-MPLS, ROADM and OTN (G.709) Flexible service granularity Dedicated or shared - from fibre to lambda (λ) Greenfield network build Latest technology deployed with no retrofit and legacy infrastructure integration challenges Network management All components pro-actively monitored (fibre, facilities and equipment) NOC/SOC fully aligned with best practice FCAPS compliant Day to day operations modelled on etom and ITIL functional framework Fully redundant infrastructure Disaster Recovery capability Differentiated fault/incident management SLA management 8

9 9 FibreCo Operations & Maintenance Function (Carrier-grade SLA)

10 Commercial options Ramp-up Model Short Term Lease model Bandwidth IRU 5-10 Year Fixed bandwidth Upfront payment with ongoing OA&M Managed Fibre 15 Year Upfront payment (financed) with low flexible OA&M 5 (+ 15) Year Scale bandwidth as requirements grow Flexible bandwidth denominations Conversion to fibre in last year 1-3 Year Fixed bandwidth 10

11 Thank You

12 Contact: FibreCo Telecommunications Woodlands Drive Office Park, 5 Woodlands Drive Woodmead Tel:

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