Teams - Links Mombasa to UAE Also to multiple locations on terrestrial links 40GB upgradeable to 640GB Is a mostly Kenyan investment ETA – July 2009 (Also due to pirates) SEACOM – Links South Africa to TZ, KE, all the way to France as well as to India 1.2Tbps Also linking to some terrestrial locations like Nairobi and Uganda Is a mostly African investment ETA – July 2009 (Delayed due to pirates) EASSY – Links South Africa to MZ, TZ, KE, Som, Djibouti all the way through to Sudan 1.2Tbps Is a mostly African investment ETA - 2010

Undersea Connectivity Demystified Internet Solutions - Collin R Mamdoo

Submarine Cables are not new 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 2

The Final Frontier 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 3

Submarine Cable systems in East Africa 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 4 TEAMS

On the Ground Terrestrial Fiber connectivity in Kenya TEAMS will also facilitate terrestrial connectivity SEACOM now has connectivity from Mombasa to Kigali SAGEM is currently building FONN (Fiber Optic National Network) Huawei building a fiber network through Central Kenya ZTN also laying a 1400m fiber network nationally 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 5

Look for Value The IS solution – Connect to the world reliably 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 6

Do we need Broadband? Send / receive large files including software updates Participate in multiplayer network games Work from home, a local coffee shop, or on the road Research at lightning speeds Make free phone calls to anywhere in the world (voice-over-IP) Access video-on-demand Use Interactive TV Create and share content Store backup files online 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 7

Commercial Broadband Applications Telemedicine Teleworking E-Government Cloud Computing Distance learning Public safety Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Utility applications Communications Tourism Entertainment 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 8

Did You Know? Show Video 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 9

What did we know? “‘The telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”; Western Union internal memo, 1876 “ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM,1943 “ Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 “ Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction.” Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 10

What did we know? “ Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895 “ The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?” David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio, 1920s “ Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927 “ But what ... is it good for?” Engineer at IBM on the microchip, 1968 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 11

Not Yesterday, Not Tomorrow Internet Solutions – will deliver your solutions - Right Here Right Now 13 July 2009 © Copyright Dimension Data 2000 - 2006 12 “ Virtually nothing has been invented yet. We're just starting...” Woody Norris, Inventor

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