presentation submarinews eidamr

The Naked Truth about Submarine

Cables!

By Amr Eid

Chief Commercial Officer

Covered Geographical Area:

West Africa, Europe, Middle East, India, up

to the west Coast of Australia

Key submarines in that region

Highlight of infrastructure upgrading.

Snapshot of new project proposed.

Introducing new opportunities.

Agenda

1. MENA Region

2. Africa

3. Europe

4. South Asia and Asia Pacific

5. Planned Submarine Cables

6. The Opportunities

7. Appendix A - Maps

Overview

Middle East and North Africa cables snapshot

Source: Telegeography 2014

Submarine Network Name RFS Year Length (km)

Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max Capacity

(Gbps)

EUROPA* (Cyprus and Lebanon) 2015 0 0

ALASIA* (Cyprus Syria) 2014 0 0

Middle East North Africa (MENA) Cable System/Gulf Bridge

International (GBICS) 2013 8000 1180 9800

GBICS/MENA Cable System 2012 1000 5280

MedNautilus Submarine System 2013 7000 1340 30400

Tata TGN-Gulf 2012 4031 760 2560

OMRAN/EPEG Cable System 2013 600 550 3200

Tamares North 2012 345 70 42000

Pishgaman Oman Iran (POI) Network 2012 400 60 4800

Jonah 2012 2297 0 12800

Europe India Gateway (EIG) 2011 15000 700 2880

Saudi Arabia-Sudan-2 (SAS-2) 2011 330 0 0

IMEWE 2010 12091 3660 9600

The East African Marine System (TEAMS) 2009 4900 120 1280

SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia 2009 15000 0 0

FLAG FALCON 2006 10300 390 6400

Transworld (TW1) 2006 1300 60 1280

SeaMeWe-4 2005 20000 3590 6400

Kuwait-Iran 2005 380 2.5 480

Qatar-UAE Submarine Cable System 2004 100 30 80


SeaMeWe-3 1999 39000 410 460

Lev Submarine System 1999 2600 165 540

Fiber Optic Gulf (FOG) 1998 1300 60 0

FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA) 1997 28000 440 4680

Aletar 1997 787 0 0

BERYTAR 1997 134 0 0

CADMOS 1995 230 210 3200

UGARIT 1995 239 90 3200

Aden-Djibouti 1994 266 0 0

CIOS 1994 250 0 0

UAE-Iran 1992 170 0 0

*Proposed Cables

Middle East cables (1/2)


Submarine Networks Since 2010, IMEWE, Europe-India Gateway, Hawk, TE North, TGN-Gulf, Gulf Bridge, Jonah, and Loukkos have all

boosted the amount of submarine cable capacity serving North African and Middle Eastern countries Libya International Telecoms Silphium cable, launched in early 2013, provides additional capacity between Libya

and Greece having potential capacity of 1.2Tbps Launched in February 2012, Tata Communications TGN-Gulf cable links Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman,

Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E. to a branching unit on the SEACOM/TGN-Eurasia cable Also in early 2012, Gulf Bridge International extended a leg of its cable to Al-Faw, Iraq. This extension represents

Iraqs first direct connection to an international submarine cable. Reliance Globalcom landed the older Falcon cable in Al-Faw in July 2012

Proposed Submarine Cables Algerie Telecom in the process of building a 500-kilometer cable between Oran, Algeria and Valencia, Spain

estimated at $16million SeaMeWe-5 cable - essentially spanning similar ground as SeaMeWe-3 and SeaMeWe-4, from Southeast Asia to

the Middle East and Western Europe Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable headed by Telecom Egypt, is a similar project. Like all cables that run from

the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, these would have a terrestrial span in Egypt Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) cable would avoid Egypt. BBG would run from Malaysia to Oman via Sri Lanka and

India and connect in Oman to the terrestrial EPEG system. EPEG would then provide a diverse route to Europe, avoiding Egypt.

Bay of Bengal Cable

AAE-1 Cable

(Proposed cable routes)

Middle East cables (2/2)


Terrestrial Networks JADI - The Jeddah-Amman-Damascus-Istanbul (JADI) network that links Saudi Arabia and Turkey via Jordan and Syria was launched in July 2010. The cable

was reportedly out of service as of early 2013 due to the ongoing civil war in Syria RCN - The Regional Cable Network (RCN) is another terrestrial link meant to function as an alternative route to the submarine cable networks crossing the

Mediterranean and Red Seas. The system, while similar to JADI, will be considerably longer, stretching approximately 4,000 kilometers from the U.A.E. to Istanbul via Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria. RCN is slated to provide 2.4 Tbps of initial capacity. The system was due to begin service by late 2012, but is delayed due to the civil war in Syria

EPEG Omantel, Telecommunications Infrastructure Company of Iran, Cable & Wireless Worldwide (now Vodafone), Rostelecom, and Delta Telecom developed a new Europe Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) cable which links Frankfurt to Oman via Russia and Iran. The system entered service in January 2013. As part of the project, Omantel built a new submarine cable linking the cities of Barka, Diba, and Khasab in Oman with Jask, Iran

GBICS Gulf Bridge International (GBI) has integrated a terrestrial link into its submarine network to provide route diversity for its customers. The GBI submarine cable spans the Persian Gulf and links up with the MENA cable to provide connectivity to the Mediterranean via Egypt. In late 2012, however, GBI inaugurated a terrestrial route from its landing at Al-Faw through Iraq and Turkey into Europe. This allows GBI to offer Asia-Europe route diversity that avoids Egypt

MEETS (proposed) consortium of Middle Eastern operators, including du, Vodafone Qatar, Zajil, and Zain, has announced plans for a terrestrial route connecting to Europe. The system, known as the Middle East-Europe Terrestrial System (MEETS), would initially provide connectivity between the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait over a fiber pair acquired on the GCC Interconnection Authoritys power grid. The first phase will be ready for service in early 2015 at a cost of $36 million. A second phase of the network would extend connectivity to Turkey via Iraq

Middle East Traffic Flows


Synopsis: Majority of Bandwidth from the Middle East continues to flow to Europe (85%) Turkeys international Internet bandwidth amounted to 60 percent of the total for the

Middle East with 2.6 Tbps Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. continued to experience rapid increases, and have

emerged as major Internet hubs in the region Between 2009 and 2013, international Internet capacity increased 10-fold to Saudi

Arabia and 7-fold to the U.A.E.

Outlook: New efforts to establish carrier-neutral colocation and internet exchange facilities With a more vibrant local market for IP transit and local content hosting, a potential

reduced dependence on individual pipe and port transactions with Europe Along with reducing bandwidth prices, these structural changes may foster an IP

transit marketplace that simply didnt exist before in the Middle East.

Middle Eastern International Internet

Bandwidth by Region

Region Gbps PercentageMiddle East 242 6%Africa 26 1%Asia 268 6%Europe 3,677 85%

U.S. & Canada 99 2%

Middle East Total 4,312

1. MENA Region

2. Africa

3. Europe





Table of Contents

Africa cables snapshot

Source: Telegeography 2014*Proposed Cables

Submarine Network Name

RFS

Year

Length

(km)

Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max Capacity

(Gbps)

South Atlantic Express (SAEx)* 2015 10350 0 0

WASACE Africa* 2015 9934 0 0

South Atlantic Cable System (SACS)* 2014 6500 0 0

MENA Cable System/Gulf Bridge International 2013 8000 1180 9800

Silphium 2013 425 70 1200

Algeria-Spain 2013 500 0 0

Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) 2012 17000 200 5120

West African Cable System (WACS) 2012 14916 500 5120

Loukkos 2012 187 80 1280

Lower Indian Ocean Network 2 (LION2) 2012 2700 0 1280

Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS) 2012 1930 0 640

Libreville-Port Gentil Cable 2012 198 20 40

TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros 2011 3634 1010 36000


Hawk 2011 3400 100 2720

Ceiba-1 2011 287 0 0


Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) 2010 10500 190 11800

IMEWE 2010 12091 3660 9600

Main One 2010 7000 130 4960

GLO-1 2010 9800 50 2560

HANNIBAL System 2009 178 40 9600

Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION) 2009 1060 20 1280

The East African Marine System (TEAMS) 2009 4900 120 1280


Angola Domestic Network System (ADONES) 2008 1600 0 0

Atlas Offshore 2007 1634 40 320

FLAG FALCON 2006 10300 390 6400

SeaMeWe-4 2005 20000 3590 6400

Med Cable Network 2005 1300 20 1280


RFS

Year

Length

(km)

Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max Capacity

(Gbps)


SAFE 2002 13500 440 440

SAT-3/WASC 2002 14350 340 340

ALPAL-2 2002 312 10 160

Atlantis-2 2000 8500 40 160

SeaMeWe-3 1999 39000 410 460

Italy-Libya 1998 570 40 120


Aletar 1997 787 0 0

Trapani-Kelibia 1995 209 32.5 42.5

Estepona-Tetouan 1994 113 63 63

Aden-Djibouti 1994 266 0 0

Eurafrica 1992 3100 0 0

Africa cables (1/2)


Submarine Networks For years, submarine capacity to West Africa had been provided almost exclusively by the consortium-owned,

expensive and limited SAT-3 cable system, stretching from South Africa to Portugal Main One launched service in July 2010 with a 7,000-kilometer cable connecting Nigeria and Ghana to Portugal Glo-1 launched in October 2010 and connects Nigeria and Ghana to the United Kingdom The West African Cable System (WACS) consortium cable entered service in May 2012 and links South Africa to

the U.K., connecting several West African countries along the way. The France Telecom-led Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) cable launched service in December 2012 and connects

France and Portugal with Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, and Sao Tome. The cable may be extended to South Africa in the future with additional landings in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, and Namibia.

Plans finally came to fruition in July 2009 with the completion of the SEACOM cable. Further capacity became available upon completion of The East African Marine System (TEAMS) in October of the

same year. Another major project, the Eastern African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), came online in July 2010. The recent submarine cable builds along the East African coast have turned Kenya into a regional submarine cable

hub. Four cables now land in Mombasa (SEACOM, TEAMS, EASSy, and LION2 between Kenya and Mayotte).Proposed Cables With a large number of new cables now in service along both coast of Africa, new projects are focused on alternate

routes. Angola Cables and Telebras are planning to build the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) between Angola and Brazil. Angola Cables is a consortium, comprised of incumbent Angola Telecom, ISPs MSTelcom and Movicel, and mobile operators Unitel and Startel. SACS is scheduled to enter service in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Another cable is planned for the South Atlantic as well. South African investment group eFive is planning the South Atlantic Express (SAEx) cable linking South Africa and Brazil with a branch to St. Helena. eFive hope to have the cable in service by the first quarter of 2015.

South Atlantic Cable System

South Atlantic Express Cable

(Proposed cable routes)

Africa cables (2/2)


Terrestrial Networks In January 2013, the government of South Sudan stated its intention to deploy a fiber optic network connecting the capital Juba with submarine cables in east

Africa. Internet service in the new country is currently provided almost exclusively via satellite, and terrestrial fiber links are expected to vastly reduce costs and improve reliability

In June 2010 a joint declaration was signed by Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria for the rollout of a 4,500-kilometer terrestrial fiber-optic cable from Algiers via Zinder(Niger) to Abuja (Nigeria). It is scheduled for completion in 2013. Construction of a 200-kilometer missing link of the Trans-Sahara Highway from Assamaka(Algeria) to Arlit (Niger) is also scheduled to begin in 2013

Ethiopia state-owned incumbent (and monopoly) operator Ethio Telecom built a national fiber backbone in 2008. The 10,000-kilometer network fans out from the capital Addis Ababa and connects 78 towns with a capacity of STM-1, 46 towns with a capacity of STM-16, and nine towns with a capacity of 10 Gbps. EthioTelecom has international connectivity through SEACOM via Djibouti

Tanzania the government first launched its National Information Communication and Technology Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) in 2010, and finished the last of three terrestrial rings covering the nation in 2012. The NICTBB is the terrestrial continuation of EASSy and provides overland connections to bordering countries Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and Zambia. Its operational management is handled by fixed line incumbent TTCL

Uganda The National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) is in the process of building the National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure and e-Government Infrastructure (NBI and EGI) projects. These projects aim to connect all major towns in the country through a 1,500-kilometer fiber system with border connections to Kenya, South Sudan, and Rwanda

Kenya Soliton Telmec of Kenya is managing the system for the Ugandan government

South Africa Liquid Telecom, owned by Zimbabwe-based Econet, is constructing a large fiber network spanning Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, the DRC, and South Africa, and reaching the border of Mozambique. Liquid Telecoms network penetrated into southern DRC in 2012, reaching the cities of Lubumbashi and Kolwezi. Liquid Telecom also extended its network footprint by purchasing the East Africa fiber assets of the Altech Group, which includes international submarine cable capacity on SEACOM. These terrestrial assets consist of Kenya Data Networks, Infocom Uganda and Altech Stream Rwanda, and serve to expand Liquids presence in Africa from Cape Town to Nairobi

Africa Traffic Flows


Synopsis: Traffic flow is similar to the Middle East, with the majority of bandwidth from Africa

flowing to Europe (85%) The launch of SEACOM, TEAMS, and EASSy submarine cable systems on the East

African Coast, and Main One, Glo-1, WACS, and ACE on the West Coast have spurred sub-Saharan Africas rapid growth, increased market competition, and lowered prices

These new cables have also encouraged operators to establish PoPs for IP transit in sub-Saharan African countries:

SEACOM offers IP services in South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Kenya Main One Cable offers IP services in Nigeria and Ghana Telecom Italia, Level 3 and Saudi Telecom among a host of companies

establishing Djibouti as a large regional IP transit hubOutlook: New connections have helped make communications more affordable with wet

capacity prices falling as competition increases. Cross-border terrestrial networks are expanding rapidly in Africa but carriers still

largely use intra-African capacity to interconnect with submarine cable stations for onward transit to Europe, rather than to facilitate the exchange of African traffic

African International Internet

Bandwidth by Region

Region Gbps PercentageAfrica 133 9%Asia 75 5%Europe 1,235 85%Latin America 0 0%

U.S. & Canada 13 1%

Africa Total 1,456 100%

1. MENA Region

2. Africa

3. Europe





Table of Contents

Europe main cables snapshot



RFS

Year

Length

(km)

Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max Capacity

(Gbps)

FARICE-1 2004 1395 100 7000

Svalbard Undersea Cable System 2004 2714 40 5120

Vodafone Malta-Sicily Cable System (VMSCS) 2004 260 20 960

Greece-Western Europe Network (GWEN) 2004 700 1600 0

INGRID 2004 64 0 0

Apollo 2003 13000 3650 38400

Tata TGN-Western Europe 2002 3578 1260 19200

SAT-3/WASC 2002 14350 340 340

ALPAL-2 2002 312 10 160

FLAG Atlantic-1 (FA-1) 2001 14500 2840 26400

Tata TGN-Atlantic 2001 13000 2810 20480

Hibernia Atlantic 2001 12200 2950 15360

TAT-14 2001 15295 1870 8960

SeaMeWe-3 1999 39000 410 460

Columbus-III 1999 9833 160 320

Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1) 1998 14301 1760 4480



Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max Capacity

(Gbps)

Arctic Fibre* 2015 15167 0 0

EUROPA* 2015 0 0

Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Cable System (ROTACS)* 2015 16373 0 0

WASACE Europe* 2015 6583 0 0

Hibernia Express* 2014 4600 0 25600

ALASIA* 2014 0 0

Emerald Express* 2014 5200 0 0

MedNautilus Submarine System 2013 7000 1340 30400

MENA Cable System/Gulf Bridge International 2013 8000 1180 9800

Silphium 2013 425 70 1200

Algeria-Spain 2013 500 0 0

Balkans-Italy Network (BIN) 2013 276 100 0

Tamares North 2012 345 70 42000

Jonah 2012 2297 0 12800

Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) 2012 17000 200 5120

West African Cable System (WACS) 2012 14916 500 5120

TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros 2011 3634 1010 36000


Hawk 2011 3400 100 2720

Pencan-8 2011 1400 0 0

IMEWE 2010 12091 3660 9600

GLO-1 2010 9800 50 2560

Caucasus Cable System 2008 1200 100 1280

SHEFA-2 2008 1000 20 570

GO-1 Mediterranean Cable System 2008 290 40 480

Atlas Offshore 2007 1634 40 320

High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) 2007 425 0 0

BCF-1 2005 391 40 21760

SeaMeWe-4 2005 20000 3590 6400

Med Cable Network 2005 1300 20 1280

Janna 2005 634 0 0

Europe cables (1/2)


Europe is the most developed telecommunication market in the world, being the first user of subsea cables. This in mind, European markets have achieved a peak and now International Internet capacity growth in Europe continued to steadily contract in 2013

International Internet capacity grew 32 percent in 2013 to reach nearly 76 Tbps, compared to 40 percent growth in 2012 and 49 percent growth in 2011

Intra-regional capacity comprised almost 80 percent of all international Internet connectivity connected to Europe The trans-Atlantic routes share of international capacity connected to Europe fell slightly to 12 percent. Internet capacity grew most rapidly between Europe and Africa, rising 71 percent between 2012 and 2013

This said however, Europe has continued to grow as an interregional Internet hub for various sub regions of the globe. For instance, in the past decade, interregional Internet capacity to Europe has grown dramatically for the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia (see Figure: Changes in Sub regional Capacity Connected to Europe, 2003-2013). North Africa and the Middle East, in particular, are dependent on Europe for more than 80 percent of their international Internet bandwidth connectivity

Europe cables (2/2)


Germany continued to be the largest consumer of international bandwidth in Europe, followed by the United Kingdom and France coming in third

Europes four Internet hubs (Frankfurt, London, Paris, and Amsterdam) continued to amass high bandwidth and traffic levels in 2013, though notably, average network utilization levels have edged slightly down in each of those cities over the past five years. Marseille and Kiev have seen more rapid international bandwidth and traffic growth in the last five years than any other major European cities, with compounded annual growth in excess of 100 percent

Country 2013

CAGR

2009-13

Germany 28,644 44%

United

Kingdom 20,268 39%

France 18,322 44%

Netherlan

ds 15,339 43%

Sweden 6,013 39%

Spain 4,995 35%

Russia 4,768 57%

Italy 4,381 34%

Belgium 3,568 73%

Austria 2,981 43%

Poland 2,924 57%

Denmark 2,723 41%

Czech

Republic 2,526 55%

Hungary 1,990 44%

Ukraine 1,613 89%

Rank Route 2013

1

Netherlands -

United Kingdom 4,593

2

Germany -

Netherlands 4,581

3 France - Germany 4,150

4

United Kingdom -

United States 4,118

5

France - United

Kingdom 3,670

6 France - Spain 2,732

7

Germany - United

Kingdom 2,475

8

France - United

States 2,161

9 Germany - Poland 2,138

10 Germany - Sweden 1,833International Internet Bandwidth

Top Bandwidth Routes for Europe

Europe Traffic Flows


Synopsis: While the U.S. remains a prominent hub of interregional Internet traffic, Europe now

hosts a vibrant IP transit market in its own right, attracting international buyers from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

As in North America, prices in Europe continued to decline over the past year, but at a more moderate rate than the longer term trend.

Carriers dropped prices for full 10 GigE ports an average of 14 percent across the region between Q2 2012 and Q2 2013, and 29 percent compounded annually since 2010. The lowest 10 GigE prices quoted in Europe were found in hubs such as Frankfurt and London at $0.49 per Mbps.

Prices have become uniform among major hubs in western, northern, eastern, and southern Europe.

The rate of annual price declines ranged from 31 percent in Madrid to 37 percent in Amsterdam and Copenhagen.

European International Internet

Bandwidth by Region

Region Gbps PercentageAfrica 1,235 2%Asia 5,599 7%Europe 60,066 79%Latin America 72 0%

U.S. & Canada 8,949 12%

Total Europe 75,921 100%

1. MENA Region

2. Africa

3. Europe





Table of Contents

South Asia main cables snapshot



Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max Capacity

(Gbps)

Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC)* 2015 4800 0 0

APX-West* 2014 4600 0 0

Asia Pacific Gateway (APG)* 2014 10400 0 0

Southeast Asia Japan Cable (SJC) 2013 8900 1200 28800

GBICS/MENA Cable System 2012 1000 5280

Asia Submarine-cable Express

(ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia 2012 7500 0 0

Dhiraagu Cable Network 2012 1253 0 0


IMEWE 2010 12091 3660 9600

PGASCOM 2010 264 160 0

Tata TGN-Intra Asia (TGN-IA) 2009 6700 1900 9600

Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable

System 2009 20000 1880 6000

Batam Dumai Melaka (BDM) Cable

System 2009 353 80 1280

JAKABARE 2009 1330 160 1280


Matrix Cable System 2008 1055 170 2560

WARF Submarine Cable 2007 680 10 1280

Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Network 2007 850 20 160

FLAG FALCON 2006 10300 390 6400

Transworld (TW1) 2006 1300 60 1280

Bharat Lanka Cable System 2006 325 20 960

SeaMeWe-4 2005 20000 3590 6400

Tata TGN-Tata Indicom 2004 3175 640 47200

EAC-C2C 2002 36500 3260 30550

i2i Cable Network (i2icn) 2002 3200 320 8400

SAFE 2002 13500 440 440

APCN-2 2001 19000 3840 21120

SeaMeWe-3 1999 39000 410 460


South Asia cables


South Asia derives most of its international bandwidth through submarine cables. These cables provide both intra-Asia connectivity and links to the United States and Europe. Between 2008 and 2012, the lit capacity of intra-Asia submarine cables increased at a compounded annual growth rate of 28 percent, from 5.4 Tbps to 14.4 Tbps

India, which has exhibited some of the largest bandwidth growth rates in Asia, saw rapid price declines over the past year. Between 2011 and 2012, the median monthly STM-1 lease price for MumbaiSingapore fell 43 percent to $11,000 and 39 percent compounded annually since 2009. Chennai-Singapore saw prices decrease 24 percent over the past year to $15,000 and 43 percent compounded annually since 2009. These sharp reductions continue to narrow the price discrepancies between eastern and southern Asia. Mumbai-Singapore is now only 2.8 times the price of a connection on Hong Kong-Singapore, compared to 4.5 times in Q4 2009. Similarly, ChennaiSingapore is now 4.7 times as expensive as Hong Kong-Tokyo, compared to 11 times in 2009

Price erosion between India and East Asia is enabled by the relatively low incremental cost of supply available on the i2i Cable Network, TGN-Tata IndicomCable, and SeaMeWe-4, as well as by growing competition between service providers

South Asia Bandwidth Consumption and Proposed Cables


China was the largest consumer of international bandwidth in South Asia, followed by Japan and Singapore coming in third The intra-Asian bandwidth market is characterized primarily by submarine cable capacity and includes routes between both mature and developing markets.

Key cities such as Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore have long been hubs where carrier networks interconnect, while growing cities in India and South Asia are becoming more competitive as service providers extend to them a greater level of international connectivity

Cable upgrades and an increased amount of competition have resulted in price erosion throughout the region in 2012. Wavelength prices on major routes saw significant reductions, falling an average of 33 percent between 2011 and 2012 and ranging from $23,250 on Hong Kong-Tokyo to $185,000 on Mumbai-Singapore.

Two major intra-Asia systems are slated to enter service by 2014: the Southeast Asia Japan Cable (SJC) and Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) consortium cables. These systems will have similar designs to the TGN-IA cable, which utilizes a trunk-and-branch configuration as opposed to the ring structure used in the previous generation of systems.

Several Asian carriers and Google built the 8,900-kilometer SJC system. The cable links Brunei, China, Japan, the Philippines, and Singapore. SJC was launched in June 2013 at a cost of approximately $400 million.

The APG cable, which is being built by a consortium of eleven Asian carriers and Facebook, will connect China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore. The cable will cover 10,400 kilometers and is expected to enter service in the third quarter of 2014.

International Internet Bandwidth Top Intra Asian Bandwidth Routes

Rank Country 2011 20122008-12

CAGR

1 China 3,606.6 5,177.5 53%2 Japan 3,239.0 4,538.9 44%3 Singapore 1,793.1 2,748.8 73%4 Hong Kong 1,868.1 2,724.3 52%5 Taiwan 928.0 1,235.6 45%6 India 697.2 1,064.6 83%7 Korea, Rep. 706.3 961.9 37%8 Malaysia 476.6 727.1 71%

9 Philippines 253.1 421.6 66%10 Vietnam 209.4 354.0 89%

Subsea Cable 2011 2012APCN-2 3,840 3,840FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop 2,660 3,780EAC-C2C 2,820 3,260Tata TGN-Intra Asia 1,900 1,900Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) 800FLAG Europe-Asia 440 440SeaMeWe-3 400 410Total Intra-Asia 12,060 14,430APCN

Asia Pacific main cables snapshot


Submarine Network Name RFS Year

Length

(km)

Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max

Capacity

(Gbps)

Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) 2015 4800 0 0

APX-East 2015 12500 0 0

Hawaiki Cable 2015 0 0

APX-West 2014 4600 0 0

Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) 2014 10400 0 0

Solomons Oceanic Cable Network 2014 900 0 0

Southeast Asia Japan Cable (SJC) 2013 8900 1200 28800

Interchange Cable Network (ICN) 2013 1238 20 3200

Tonga Cable 2013 827 20 320

GBICS / MENA Cable System 2012 1000 5280

Asia Submarine-cable Express

(ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia 2012 7500 0 0

Dhiraagu Cable Network 2012 1253 0 0


IMEWE 2010 12091 3660 9600

Honotua 2010 4500 20 640

PGASCOM 2010 264 160 0

HANTRU1 Cable System 2010 3500 0 0

Tata TGN-Intra Asia (TGN-IA) 2009 6700 1900 9600

Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable

System 2009 20000 1880 6000

American Samoa-Hawaii (ASH) 2009 4250 1.1 1.1


Pipe Pacific Cable-1 (PPC-1) 2009 6900 500 0

Matrix Cable System 2008 1055 170 2560

Telstra Endeavour 2008 9125 160 1280

Gondwana-1 2008 2151 20 640

WARF Submarine Cable 2007 680 10 1280

Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Network 2007 850 20 160

Batam-Rengit Cable System (BRCS) 2007 63 10 0

Submarine Network Name RFS Year

Length

(km)

Lit Capacity

(Gbps)

Max

Capacity

(Gbps)

FLAG FALCON 2006 10300 390 6400

Transworld (TW1) 2006 1300 60 1280

Bharat Lanka Cable System 2006 325 20 960

Australia-Papua New Guinea-2 (APNG-2) 2006 1800 0 0

SeaMeWe-4 2005 20000 3590 6400

Tata TGN-Tata Indicom 2004 3175 640 47200

Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore (TIS) 2003 968 30 320

EAC-C2C 2002 36500 3260 30550

i2i Cable Network (i2icn) 2002 3200 320 8400

SAFE 2002 13500 440 440

APCN-2 2001 19000 3840 21120

Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) 2001 12700 640 4000

Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) 2000 30500 2600 9600

SeaMeWe-3 1999 39000 410 460

SeaMeWe-3 1999 39000 410 460


Asia Pacific cables


Lit capacity on submarine cables connected to Australia rose in 2012, after remaining constant from 2010 to 2011. Southern Cross, already the largest cable by lit capacity in the sub region, has upgraded its network in several phases

The Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) doubled its lit capacity to 640 Gbps by upgrading to 40 Gbps technology Pipe Pacific Cable-1 (PPC-1), which currently has a lit capacity of 200 Gbps, plans to upgrade the system with 100 Gbps technology, which will dramatically

increase the cables lit capacity to 3 Tbps. Even with the flurry of upgrades, the Australia & Pacific subregion is a hotbed of potential new submarine cables. There is strong interest in an additional cable

from western Australia to Southeast Asia since only SeaMeWe-3 connects these two regions. The western coast of Australia is home to two similar but unrelated cable projects: Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) and APX-West. ASC hopes to enters

service by Q1 2015. APX-West was announced at the beginning of 2013 and would connect Perth, Jakarta, and Singapore. APX-West has a target in-service date of Q4 2014. Even with strong interest adding diversity to this route, there is likely not enough demand to support more than one new cable on the route

Trident Subsea Cable hopes to link western Australia to Singapore via Indonesia by Q2 2015. Trident plans to interconnect with existing dark fiber pairs on the Matrix Cable to create a seamless link.

Both APX-East and Hawaiki hope to enter service in 2015, and aim to connect Sydney, Auckland, Hawaii, and the west coast of the United States. Hawaikialso plans to install several branching units to enabling future connections to various South Pacific islands.

In addition to APX-East and Hawaikis plans to connect Australia and New Zealand across the Tasman sea, one other project is focused purely on the trans-Tasman route. The Tasman Global Access (TGA) cable, announced in February of 2013, would connect Sydney and Auckland. Funded by Telecom New Zealand, Telstra, and Vodafone, the cable is expected to enter service in 2015. The prospects for the TGA cable going forward appear positive since all three owners have significant capacity needs on their own, decreasing the need for outside capacity sales to help fund the system.

Asia Pacific Pricing


Growing international bandwidth demand between Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. has been fulfilled primarily through capacity upgrades to existing systems

Price reductions reflect integration of newer transmission equipment and a declining cost of incremental capacity. Nevertheless, geographic isolation, distance, and the relatively small number of providers that offer international capacity between the countries still keep prices high and the observed rate of decline less than on other submarine cable routes

South Asia and Asia Pacific Traffic Flows


OutlookAsian: The outlook for bandwidth prices on intra-Asian routes portends steep decline Demand is robust and shifting towards higher capacities, evidenced by the number of

system upgrades and the number of planned cables in development On routes where new builds and upgrades are both undertaken, price declines will

likely be more rapid, similar to what was seen in 2012 Construction of new intra-Asian cables does not reflect a pending capacity shortage

on existing cables. Rather, it shows that providers are increasingly interested in owning their own capacity directly instead of incrementally buying it in the wholesale market. This is evidenced in the shift towards consortium cables, which allow carriers to achieve diversity and take advantage of current low unit costs. Capacity owners on existing cable systems will likely price match their competitors, furthering price declines into 2013 and beyond

Asia Pacific: Price declines have been enabled by the lower unit costs that continued capacity

upgrades to cables linking to Australia over the past few years brought With bandwidth demand continuing to grow, further upgrades to current systems

connecting Australia to Asia and the U.S. are underway. Between the U.S. and Australia price declines will remain more moderate than other submarine cable routes until a new cable system is constructed, and greater competition is introduced.

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Planned Submarine Cables


Region/Cable Name Owner(s)

Construction Cost

(millions USD) RFS Length Capacity (Initial/Potential)Landing Countries Supplier

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) Angola Cables n.a. Q2 2015 6,500 800 Gbps/40 TbpsAngola, Brazil n.a.

South Atlantic Marine System (SAMS) SEACOM n.a. Q4 2014 2,500 n.a.South Africa n.a.

TechTeleData (TTD) Cable TechTeleData n.a. Q4 2014 2,500 n.a.South Africa n.a.

Europe-Asia

SeaMeWe-5 Consortium n.a. 2016 n.a. n.a.n.a. n.a.

Asia Africa Europe (AAE)-1 Consortium n.a. Q1 2016 n.a. n.a.n.a. n.a.

Asia

Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand Cable Ezecom, Telekom Malaysia $80 2015 1,425 n.a.Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand n.a.

Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) Consortium $500 Q3 2014 10,400 n.a./54.8 Tbps

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea,

Rep., Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan,

Thailand, Vietnam NEC

Bay of Bengal Gateway Consortium n.a. 2014 8,000 n.a.

India, Malaysia, Oman, Sri Lanka,

UAE Alcatel

Trans-Atlantic

Hibernia Express Hibernia Networks $250 2014 4,600 n.a./25.6 TbpsCanada, United Kingdom TE Subcom

Emerald Express Emerald Networks $300 2014 5,200 n.a./40 TbpsIceland, Ireland, United States TE Subcom

Trans-Pacific

New Cross Pacific (NCP) Cable System Consortium n.a. Q4 2015 15,000 n.a.

China, Korea, Rep., Japan, Taiwan,

United States n.a.

Australia and South Pacific

Interchange Cable Network (ICN) Interchange Holdings, Nambawan Super, Vanuatu Post $31

January

2014 1,238 450 Mbps/3.2 TbpsFiji, Vanuatu Alcatel

Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) ASC International $160

March

2015 4,800 n.a./24 TbpsAustralia, Indonesia, Singapore Alcatel

Tasman Global Access (TGA) Cable Telecom New Zealand, Telstra, Vodafone $60 2015 2,300 n.a./30 TbpsAustralia, New Zealand n.a.

Planned Submarine Cables


Region/Cable Name Owner(s)

Construction Cost

(millions USD) RFS Length Capacity (Initial/Potential)Landing Countries Supplier

APX-West SubPartners, Indosat $200Q1 2015 4,600 n.a./32 TbpsAustralia, Indonesia, Singapore TE Subcom

APX-East SubPartners $300Q4 2015 12,500 n.a./19.2 TbpsAustralia, New Zealand, United States TE Subcom

Hawaiki Hawaiki Cable Limited $350Q4 2015 10,200 n.a./20 TbpsAustralia, New Zealand, United States TE Subcom

Trident Subsea Cable Trident Subsea Cable $400Q2 2015 n.a. n.a./16 Tbps

Australia, Indonesia, Singapore (via fiber pairs on

Matrix Cable System) n.a.

Latin America and Caribbean

America Movil Submarine Cable System-1 (AMX-1) America Movil $1,100 Jul-09 17,500 n.a./50 Tbps

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala,

Mexico, United States Alcatel

Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS) Consortium n.a.Q3 2014 6,000 n.a./80 Tbps

Aruba, Ecuador, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,

U.K. Virgin Islands Alcatel

Polaris LinkBermuda n.a.Q1 2015 n.a. n.a.Bermuda, Canada n.a.

Seabras-1 Seaborn Networks n.a.Q1 2015 10,500 n.a./40 TbpsBrazil, United States Alcatel

Cable of the Americas Angola Cables n.a. 2015 10,900 n.a./20 GbpsBrazil, United States n.a.

Mediterranean

Algeria-Spain Algerie Telecom n.a. 2014 500 n.a.Algeria, Spain n.a.

Didon Orange Tunisia, Tunisiana $20

April

2014 170 n.a.Italy, Tunisia Alcatel

Other

Arctic Fibre Arctic Fibre, Inc. $640Q4 2015 15,167 1.04 Tbps/32 TbpsCanada, Japan, United Kingdom, United States n.a.

Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Cable System (ROTACS) Polarnet $980Q4 2015 16,373 n.a./60 TbpsJapan, Russia, United Kingdom TE Subcom

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The continent of Africa is the world's

second largest continent after Asia.

Africa is home to six of the ten fastest-

growing countries in the world

The projected economy growth rate of

5.3% next year, from 4.8% in 2013.

Spending time on the internet could add

US$300Billion to the economy by 2025

More than 720million have mobile

phones.

167million already use the internet

52 million are already on Facebook

Internet penetration is low at 16% of the

one billion people on the continent.Source McKinsey & Co.

Africa: Virgin Market

Operator Agnostic Cable System

Transit Landing Stations

Neutral Infrastructure

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Appendix A - Maps

MENA

Appendix A - Maps

AFRICA

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EUROPE

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SOUTH ASIA/FAR EAST

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