1 James Wekesa Chief Commercial Officer Opportunities Availed by Increased Bandwidth Capacity in Africa
May 28, 2015
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James WekesaChief Commercial Officer
Opportunities Availed by Increased Bandwidth Capacity in
Africa
Presentation Agenda
• Broadband in Africa ….Now
• Broadband Access Enablers
• The Power of Broadband, from 75 years to 35 days
• What does all this mean for Africa?
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• What does all this mean for Africa?
• Opportunities Broadband brings to Africa….
• Zimbabwe & Potential Broadband Market
• About WIOCC…Africa’s Carriers’ Carrier
• Win – Win Strategy for Players in Zimbabwe
Broadband in Africa ….Now
More than 41 Tbps
or 41,000 Gbps or
41 million Mbps
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around Africa in
2013!
! UNBELIEVABLE!
Internet; Africa and World Statistics
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Zimbabwe 14th in Africa in terms of number of internet users
www.internetworldstats.com
Broadband Growth in Africa….
3 main catalysts will continue driving broadband gr owth in Africa..
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Mobile handsets – Key Broadband Access Enabler
• Manufacturers of smart phones shipped 216.2 million phones in Q1 2013.
• 52% of phones shipped in Q1, 2013 were smart phones
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Q1, 2013 were smart phones
• This was the 1 st time more smart phone than feature phones were shipped globally.
Source: IDC Analysis
GSM – CDMA modems
Other Broadband Access Enablers…..
WiFi – WiMax coverage
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ADSL modemsVSAT
Fibre
The Power of Broadband, from 75 years to 35 days
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• For consumers : improved access to communications, information & entertainment
• more affordable handsets including internet-enabled smartphones
• more cost-effective internet & broadband services
• wider availability of internet services
• For service providers : opportunity (and threat)
• technology advances creating a broadband-ready environment
What does all this mean for Africa?
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• technology advances creating a broadband-ready environment
• data revenue growth can counter falling voice revenues
• differentiation opportunities through premium services & new applications
• For Africa: opportunity & growth
• ICT & broadband contribute to GDP growth
• a vital factor in expansion of the African middle class
Opportunities Broadband brings to Africa….
e-Justice
eLearning
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e-Government eTourism
eFarming
Opportunities Broadband brings to Africa….
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Video SurgeryeCoaching
eFarming
Cyber CafesCall centres
Opportunities Broadband brings to Africa….
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ISPs
Call centres
Mobile Broadband
Data processing
On-line bankingOn-line Payment
Opportunities Broadband bring to Africa….
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On-line Shopping
On-line Payment
On-line EntertainmentOn-line Content
Population
12,973 808 (2012 census)
2,098,199 Harare
Age structure
Zimbabwe & Potential Broadband Market
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15-54 years: 52% (Immediate Potential)
0-14 years: 41% (Future potential)
Literacy: 90.7%*
* Literacy means : +15 years who can read & write
1,981,277 Internet users on 30 th June 201215.3% of the population, www.internetworldstats.com
TelOne and WIOCC Capacity Plan for Zimbabwe
• End to End service from Tier 1 POP to TelOne Telephone House, Harare.
• *Backhaul, Onward Transit and IP diversity services
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and IP diversity services provided
• 96 x STM1 available to TelOne, which translates to;
• 14.8Gbps or 14,880Mbps or 15.2million Kbps
**Backhaul diversity via Beitbridge under development
WIOCC…
• Formed in 2007
• Owned by 14 African telcos− Tier-1 operators in their countries
• Largest investor in EASSy (28%)− >50Gbps of lit capacity (EASSy total lit
190Gbps)
Africa’s Carriers’ Carrier
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− 1.32Tbps of design capacity (EASSy total 4.72Tbps)
• Strategic investor in WACS & EIG− cost-efficient international reach & diversity
• Extensive Africa backhaul− >50,000km of terrestrial fibre
• A leading African carriers’ carrier− provides telcos & ISPs with end-to-end
capacity between Africa & rest of world
Botswana Telecommunications Corp.
Dalkom Somalia
Djibouti Telecom
Gilat Satcom
Lesotho Communications Authority
LPTIC (Libya)
Onatel Burundi
WIOCC Shareholders
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Seychelles Cable System Company
Onatel Burundi
TDM (Mozambique)
Telkom Kenya Orange
TelOne (Zimbabwe)U-COM Burundi
Uganda Telecom Ltd.
Zantel (Tanzania)
• WIOCC’s 24/7 Customer
Champions have end-to-
end visibility of all WIOCC
circuits
3rd-party NOCs- Onward Connectivity- Longhaul Network- Backhaul Network- Local Tail Access
WIOCC Customer Champions
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• A single point of contact,
liaising with 3rd-party NOCs
for provisioning,
maintenance and fault
resolution
Customer NOC
Activations
Faults
Queries
WIOCC Customer Champions
Seamless operations
Extended reach
Integrated operational processes - from solution design to in-service management
The ability to bundle Access to expert
Connecting >400 locations across 30 African countries
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WIOCC’s Unique Shareholder Relationship
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Tailoredsolutions
Making things happen
Market knowledge
‘last mile’, backhaul & international access into customised technical & commercial solutions
Executive-level relationships that ensure we are able to ‘get things done’
Access to expert in-country resources & knowledge
+WIOCC
shareholders
WIOCC has been recognised with multiple awards for success in delivering unrivalled
• high-speed• resilient• diverse
capacity into, within and out of Africa
WIOCC Awards
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Win – Win Strategy for Players in Zimbabwe
• Compete on services NOT infrastructure
• Share infrastructure where possible to reduce duplication and under utilized fiber hence poor ROI
• Collaborate and Compete is the new rule of the game
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• Introduce value added services (VAS) that increase broadband uptake
• Benchmark and network with players in other markets to keep abreast with new developments in the sector
• Invest in low-cost devices to increase broadband uptake
Challenges for Landlocked Zimbabwe
• Cost effective and diverse backhaul
options still limited
• Backhaul and transit capacity are
the most expensive components in
the pricing matrix
• Market remains a sellers market on
backhaul and transit for landlocked
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backhaul and transit for landlocked
countries
• Aggressive pricing is becoming a key
ingredient to securing new sales
• Relatively Poor Quality of Service
(QoS) due to multiple network
segments