Sudan presentation 13/4/2015

Eng.Sudad Mahmoud Hussein National Information Center sudad_m@nicsudan.gov.sdsudadmh@gmail.com

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SUDANName, Location and Area PopulationAirports, Airstrip and SeaportsEconomySYSTEM OF GOVERNMENTMobile operatorsFixed communicationIspsTrafficFiber opticICT

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Name, Location and Area

Sudan is a Greek word that means (black people). Sudan is located in the northeastern part of Africa .

The country occupies the middle part betweenAfrica and the Arab World.

Total area of the Sudan is(about 1.882.000 millionkm square) which makes it one of the largestAfrican countries and it comes sixteenth among thelargest countries of the world. Sudan is the thiredlargest Arab country and the second African's.

The Capital: Khartoum

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The blue and white Nile rivers meet in Khartoum to form the river Nile, which flows northwards through Egypt .

Sudan GDP is 64.05 billion USD

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Map of Sudan

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Flag of Sudan

The flag of Sudan (Arabic: was adopted (علم السودانon May 20, 1970, and consists of a horizontal red-white-black tricolor, with a green triangle at the hoist.

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Population

Population of Sudan in the beginning of theyear 2011 is estimated to (33) million personsat a growth rate of 2,53% annually.

Religions : Islam, Christian.

Languages Arabic, English, local languages.

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Airports, Airstrip and Seaports

There are (17) airports in Sudan ofwhich(6)are international airports, the biggestone in the capital Khartoum InternationalAirport and (11) local airport distributed instates. There are(63)airstrips currently in thedifferent parts of Sudan.

The Red Sea is the only navigation outlet forSudan to the external world. Port Sudan,Suakin , Awseif and Bashair are the Sudaneseports.

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Economy

Currency : Sudanese pound.

Industries :cement - food oil – sugar - soap - hide products –

foodstuff – mining and transformationalindustries.

Exportsanimal resources, Gum Arabic , cotton , oil seeds,

gold and Petroleum .

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System of Governance

According to the Interim Constitution for theyear 2005, System of Governance isfederalism.

Levels of governance is represented in thefollowing:

Level of the national governance. Level of states' governance . level to citizens.

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infrastructureMobile operatorsFixed communicationIspstraffic

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Mobile operators & Fixed communication

Mobile operators :-1- ZAIN2-MTN3-SUDANI

Fixed communication :-1- sudatel2-canar

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operators

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Fixed communication

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Fixed communication

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Infrastructure And although Sudan has an impressive spread

of fibre infrastructure, there are still significant areas of the country that remain unconnected except through the rather more expensive means of satellite backhaul. With the difficulties imposed by the weather , it would make sense to have higher levels of network redundancy

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equipment manufacturers:

Manufacturers of communications equipment in Sudan :

ZTE HWAWI Ericsson

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Traffic

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ISP Despite the existence of 21 licensed ISPs, the

actual number of companies still offering Internet services is a great deal smaller. There are the two fixed line operators – Canar and Sudatel – and four wireless ISPs that include Valley Value. The latter two operate using WiMAX in 3.5 ghz spectrum. Outside of the two fixed line operators, ISPs seem to operate across several business areas to survive and offering connectivity is often simply part of

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Fiber optic ICT

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fiber

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This network linked with Ethiopia and Egypt with the fiber optic , which also contributes with the 2 cables SAS1 and SAS2 that links Port Sudan to Jeddah with 50% partnership with STC.

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sudan also contributes with the submarine cable of East Africa ESSAY with 13% that is extended from Port Sudan to Cape Town linking 13 countries in eastern coast of Africa that is considered one of the most important telecommunication projects in the world and it represents the final link at the submarine cable.

In addition to the contribution to the continental cable ACE with 9% which links the western coast countries in Africa that is extending from Cape Town to France.

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The city of Port Sudan has become one of the biggest telecom cities as a global submarine cable Forum as well as Sudan has become a Regional Transmission Centre.

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ICT development Sudan has quite low penetration rates for fixed as well as mobile

telephony and for internet services. in Sudan they are growing the fastest, but the significance of these

growth percentages is limited because their low starting point. Clearly, Sudan is also one of the most challenged countries in terms of

expanding the telecommunications penetration rates. The country has a huge land mass and most of its territory consists of rural areas with no telecommunications infrastructure whatsoever. Also, the lack of economic activity demanding telecommunications services in rural areas, the purchasing power of the population in general, and the very limited computer literacy provide major hurdles for growth to be achieved.

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ICT National policy 1- human recourse development

2- provide services through multiple ways to facilitate access to services for beneficiaries

3- The implementation of projects and services is done by the private sector

4- Review and develop the existing systems and make sure its approval to national standards

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Universal Service & Universal Access

The concept of universal service for public services in general is old since the early last century and aims to remove barriers to access and spread of services to all sectors of society in public services, which usually included in the State such as communications, mail, Electricity, water, transportation and which are considered "Natural monopoly " of national economic activity. And then see that there are two aspects to this concept

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Universal Service & Universal Access

First: Availability of services is known as "universal service".

Second: Deployment Services is the famous "universal access".

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Universal Service & Universal Access

Besides the role of the state to benefit from the services sector all segments of society was a global trends for the universal service in the least developed countries is linked to the concept of the "Digital Divide" and subsided only in the dissemination of basic services, which was often on the phone fixed line communications centers in the communities. After the Tunis Declaration on the empowerment of the Information Society began the concept of universal service takes other dimensions associated with the new concepts such as sustainable development and the fight against poverty and environmental sanitation has been linked to plans for local economic development and health education, environmental, and in general help local groups to take better decisions for their own affairs

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Universal Service & Universal Access

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recently determined that the universal service should include the following services, which the Union considers fundamental to any human being, one of the core work of the organizers of the National Communications:

Providing access to telephone service from a fixed location.

Provide a printed manual for the phone. The provision of public telecommunications centers. Service provision for people with special needs. Work to find ways to improve access to service by

reducing the price to be. The provision of the Internet.

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ICT Projects Computer to each family. Labs of secondary schools. Universal Service Centers. Dual Universal Service Centers. e-Government support project. Computer literacy project, (E-citizen). Project Sudanese universities and the Virtual Library. ICT research laboratory.

Support the National Archives.

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ICT stratgy • Consolidate the information and entrench in society through

the deployment of computers and other aids with easy access by citizens.• Work on the implementation of the IT Industry Strategy approved by the Council of Ministers and the relevant studies.

• Work to eliminate the disparity between the Centre and states in his command to spread telecom services and information technology.

• Attention to capacity building and provision of computers in educational institutions.

• Cooperation with other actors in order to develop policies and legislation necessary for the development of industry and information technology for the purpose of establishing training centers for citizens in cooperation with the National Center for information.

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Difficulties raised by the US embargo All operators report that it is difficult but not impossible

to get the financing required for expansion. However, the processes of raising finance in a country that is subject to a US embargo is sometimes time-consuming and on occasions, it makes it difficult to raise credit. The latter has led one operator to consider donor financing for its next round of expansion. In practical terms, it means that fund transfers are sometimes blocked and as a result, there can be significant delays (months in length) with major suppliers.

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Difficulties raised by the US embargo As the US embargo covers US and to some extent

European technology companies, it has made it more difficult for companies operating in Sudan to get hold of the most up-to-date technologies or it has in some instances cut down the number of potential suppliers for a particular technology. This has led one operator to order a particular network upgrade from a different supplier to its company-wide, preferred supplier

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Future plan Sudan will lunch LTE within this year. LTE For consumers: better, faster, pocket-sized

multimedia. (multimedia services , voice-over-IP (VoIP) , Mobile TV )

LTE For network operators: flexibility, efficiency and cost savings

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FTTH IN SUDAN

i. Sudatel offers fiber based broadband residential and small or home office packages at speeds of 1 Mbit/s, in part of Khartoum with plans to expand to all location in Khartoum and other major cities in the future.

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