Sentech

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Sentechs Presentation to The Portfolio Committee
on Agriculture LandAffairs November 2004
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SENTECHS DELEGATION

• Pragasen Nagan
• General Manager Marketing Sales
• Matime Nchabeleng
• Senior Manager Government Relations

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LICENCES

• Broadcast Signal Distribution Licences
• A Licence to provide a Carrier of Carriers
  Service and an International Gateway
  Telecommunications Facility
• A Licence to provide Multimedia Services and a
  Multimedia Services Network
• United Kingdom Operating Licence

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PLATFORMS

• Broadcast Signal Distribution
• Direct-to-Home (DTH)
• VSAT
• Broadband Wireless (BBW)
• International
• Internet/IP

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SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION
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BUSINESS LINES SERVICES

• SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION FOR
• Public Broadcasters
• Commercial Broadcasters
• Community Broadcasters
• Foreign Broadcasters
• SERVICES SUCH AS
• Terrestrial television and radio (FM, SW, MW)
• Audio processing
• Microwave Multipoint Distribution Systems (MMDS
• Studio Transmitter Links (STL)
• Terrestrial satellite linking
• DTH services-Business TV and radio and satellite
  decoders
• Facility leasing and consulting
• Digital Terestrial TV and digital audio broadcast

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INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONY AND SERVICES
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• INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
• IN AND OUT GOING TELEPHONY (COC)
• Hubbing and transit traffic
• International Private Lease Circuits (IPLC)
• International VSAT
• Niche markets for e.g. Linking and Call Centers

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Carrier of Carrier Wholesale International
Telephony Services
International Telecommunications Operators
International Links Cable/Satellite
Sentech Infrastructure Systems
RSA Links Radio/Cable
RSA Licenced Operators
LDN PoP
2nd 3rd Tier Operators.
Vodacom
UK Operators
MTN
European Operators
SENTECH
Cell C
American Operators
African Operators
Telkom
Asian Operators
SNO
IDT
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BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA OFFERINGS
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• BROADBAND OFFERINGS
• VSAT platform services
• Broadband Wireless (BBW)
• Internet platform services
• PRODUCT SOLUTIONS
• 9 x BBW products
• 18 x VSAT products
• Internet, IP streaming, multicasting hosting
• Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
• Video conferencing

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Why broadband ?

• Wireless LAN
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• E-commerce
• Video Conference
• Leased Line
• Telemedicine
• Centrex services
• Telecommuters
• Remote monitoring
• Remote access
• Security services

• Digital Video Broadcasting
• Pay Per View (PPV)
• Near Video on Demand (NVoD)

• High Speed Internet Access
• Home Banking
• Telephony Video Telephony
• Games
• Teleshopping virtual tourism
• Virtual CD-ROM

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VSAT VSTAR RANGE
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• VSTAR FEATURES
• Always-on bi-directional data connectivity via
  satellite
• Star topology
• Best of breed technology
• Intranet and internet access
• Available anywhere in South Africa
• Distance insensitive
• Quick deployment
• Bandwidth on demand

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BROADBAND WIRELESS Introducing. MyWireless
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Features of MyWireless product

• True wireless high speed Internet
• Always on Internet connection 24 x 7
• Fixed monthly fee no call charges
• Portable use _at_ home or _at_ the office
• Self provisioning activate via the web
• No usage cap
• No telephone line required

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PHASED NETWORK
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How far can I go?
Environment
Geography
Technology
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2.5 2.6 GHZ CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT
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Actual Size - 4 tall by 3 ½ wide by ¾ deep.
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Future
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FIXED WIRELESS SERVICES BizConnect CorpConnect
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3.5 GHZ BASE STATION EQUIPMENT
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• Out Door Radio Unit
• 90º sector standard (4 sectors)
• 1024 simultaneous users per
• sector
• Self Backhaul

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• Radio concentration unit
• switches data between
• backhaul feed and radio units
• ATM / IP Network Connection

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• Management Unit
• management control
• handles up to 4096
• simultaneous users

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3.5 GHZ CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT

• Business CPE
• up to 60 Mbps full duplex
• 100m to 20Km
• fibre optic interconnect
• configurable Interfaces (RJ11, 10/100BaseT
  Ethernet, ATM 155, USB, PCMCIA, etc etc)
• Residential CPE
• up to 25 Mbps full duplex
• twisted pair interconnect
• low cost of installation

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SUMMARY OF OVERVIEW

• BROADCAST SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION,
• INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONY AND
• BROADBAND WITH VSAT, BBW AND IP
• ON A
• A TRANSPARENT DIGITAL NETWORK
• DELIVERING CUSTOMISED NEED SATISFYING PRODUCTS

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THANK YOU