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MTN’s Fibre Optic Network
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Provisioning Activities to Date
1994 to dateDependent on Fixed Line Operator
MTN Pilot projectJune’07 – Aug’07
Rosebank -Illovo -
Sandton
MTN Commercial PilotSept’07
Rosebank -Illovo -
Sandton
• Costly• Lack of supply of
backhaul bandwidth• Roll-out takes long
• Bold investment• Primarily for own use• Secondary to bolster customer capacity• Choice to customers • Quicker Roll-out• Unlimited bandwidth
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Future Plans
• MTN has done extensive research
• Pervasive self provisioning business case is compelling
• Will be going to tender for approximately 5000 km national roll-out
– Intend to assess options on a link by link basis –• Joint Ventures• Partnerships etc.
• Final decision to be made end 2007– Bulk of implementation 2008– Finalisation 2009
““Once rollOnce roll--out has commenced out has commenced we will go as fast as possible to complete itwe will go as fast as possible to complete it””
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Planned National FibreOptic Backbone Design
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MTN Fibre Access
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It is all about SPEED!
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Metro FibreA Competitive Market
• Incumbents– Neotel / Transtel– Telkom
• Mobile Operators– MTN– Vodacom
• Municipalities– Shared sleeves or– resale of managed services
• Others– Shared sleeves
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Metro FibreThe Future
• Initially it will be a turf war• Who has fibre and who connects to the client first
• Soon fibre will be readily available in all key business districts in all major cities
• Even national long distance fibre will become commoditised
• Prices will fall as usageincreases
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MTN Business Positioning
• Technically a market leader– Better SLA
– Better management
– Better implementation of services
• Setting a new bench mark on price
• Ability to offer an end-to-end SLA
• Speed to deploy and scale
• Real alternative to Telkom Diginet and ATM
• Real low cost bandwidth
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High Level Route
Planned
Phase 5
Planned
Phase 6
Phase 1
Phase 4
Phase 2
Phase 3
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Sandton CBD (Phase 1)
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Fricker Road CBD (Phase 2)
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Rosebank CBD (Phase 3)
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Initial Products
• Initial launch of 3 products
– Ethernet MPLS (EMS) service
– Ethernet private line (EPL) service
– Multi-tenant connect service
• All initially a single connect product– Dual connect will be available where feasible
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Future developments
• Ethernet e-LAN
• Dual connect
• Full redundant connect
• Multi-tenant connect service - DSLAM
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Benefits
• Full Fixed Line alternative to Telkom Diginet or ATM• Diverse routing• Greater reliability• Real SLA on the service • On MTN services an end-to-end SLA• Low cost per Mbps• Speed to deploy (6 – 12 weeks)• Services are easy to scale• Multiple increments between 2Mbps – 1Gbps• Run multiple VLANs• Competitive Pricing• Highly Skilled Engineers• Choice!
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MTN’s Fibre Optic Network