Building Integrated ICT Infrastructure

Building Africas digital future

Tuesday 15th April 2014

Introduction Liquid Telecom Building Africa's Digital Future

Ben Roberts Liquid Telecom Group - Director of Network Strategy Liquid Telecom Kenya Acting CEO Liquid Telecom was founded in 2002. Traditionally a satellite and voice operator. In 2010 we launched high speed cross border fiber network linking Southern Africa to the rest of the world. We have since grown to owning over 17,000 km of fiber built in Africa and currently running live traffic with further construction projects underway making it Africas largest international fiber network. Liquid Telecom Kenya (LTK) is a Full Service, Data Communications Carrier registered and licensed by the Communications Commission of Kenya in January 2003 as a Public Data Network Operator (PDNO) Following successful acquisition of KDN by Liquid Telecom Group in March 2013. Liquid Telecom is present in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Southern DRC, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa.

Our Vision Building Africa's Digital Future

Building Integrated ICT Infrastructure

There is Building to be done but this is for the long term Infrastructure Needs
Built to Last Built to first world standards Built to grow with the needs of the customer/consumer Network Operations and design to maintain reliability Sustainable Business Model Diverse range of services to serve customer base and generate revenue Appropriate Financing Model Skills development and transfer Services to fill the pipe

Foundations - Infrastructure

Foundations Robust and Reliable Network Infrastructure Fibre Backbone

Buried Ducted fibre 1 to 1.2m deep Or OPGW on HV Power lines Nodes have High Availability Power Systems Next Generation SDH and DWDM High speeds on all routes Ring protection Backed up with NOC, and field engineering Metro rings in the cities

Foundations Robust and Reliable Network Infrastructure Complimentary Access Technologies

FTTB Corporate and Enterprise FTTB Wholesale and Carrier FTTX Consumer Urban Wireless WIMAX/LTE/3G Consumer Integrated Entertainment IPTV, DTT, DTH - Consumer Geostationary Satellites (VSAT) Suburban and Rural Consumer, enterprise, corporate Unlicensed Spectrum Wifi TV Whitespace Balloons, drones, next generation satellites

Foundations Robust and Reliable Network Infrastructure Data Centres

Reliable power HVAC Sufficient cooling capacity Physical security Connectivity To be maintainable without risk To adhere to standards of tidiness Support Fire prevention Security of Tenure

Foundations Robust and Reliable Network Infrastructure Economy of Scale

Critical Mass of Coverage Portfolio of services Future Proof Technology One Seamless Network Route Diversity, protection, Disaster recovery Shared resources and skills Connected Data centres Connection to multiple sub sea systems Connections at multiple peering points

Foundations Efficient Scalable Design Technology

SDH Fast becoming a legacy DWDM Expansible Future Proof unlimited bandwidth IP/MPLS Flexible and scalable EoIP Everything over IP GPON - 4G&5G - VSAT - G.Fast Innovation Africas award winning longest fiber spans First world design principles.. Adapted for developing countries! Mix of latest technologies, advantage of skipping a legacy architecture

Foundations Network and Service Operations

Local Field Operations 24/7/365 SLA and vendor management for 3rd party contractors Local, Regional and International Network Operations Centres (NOC) Local customer Service Operations Centres (SOC) Sales and account management Customer centric business operations Service delivery and activation Accurate and on time billing

Pillars - Services

Pillars Services- Open Access High Speed Trunking and Interconnect for Operators
Open Access Different levels of deregulation and market maturity in different countries Different Types of Operators National incumbent Telco or PTO MNO or Pan African network as part of a larger group Independent MNO or Independent Entrepreneurial ISP International Global Carrier Reseller/Small Service Provider Reseller/Retail Channel ISP, ICT Business, Government/county opportunities Services Trunking IPLC/NLC, IP Transit, last Mile access, white label, voice interconnect

Pillars Services- Reliable Managed network Services for Enterprise, Corporate and Government
Customers want reliable, secure, fast branch to branch communications Support business services, voice, video, security, SAP/ERP, email, centralized access policy Potential Growth in bandwidth demand is huge. Empty pipes. Nairobi has large high rise office buildings running tens of Mbps. Expected growth in ICT spend to transform business operations Ethernet and Managed MPLS and internet are the technology products of choice Business can then run just about any application or service they like over that IaaS, SaaS, applications, backup, storage, disaster recovery in the data centre cloud Kenya is one of the leading nations in Africas Internet Economy, expect to see continued rapid growth

Pillars Services- Affordable fast (enough) services for citizens

Small to medium sized business, home user, home worker/small office, mobile user, occasional user (cyber caf), school Internet, entertainment, education, social media, communications, ecommerce High speed access services are where most investment is needed but a variety of technologies will deliver the throughput given the demand and affordability over the full country coverage zone Social media and video/entertainment is driving the development of the internet in terms of bandwidth growth In Africa (and most of the rest of the world) other mediums are still carrying bulk of video traffic Other content services, e-government, connected workforce, education, healthcare, banking/mobile money will drive the need to be connected People will only spend what they can afford from their disposable income

Implementation

Implementation
Financing Planning and Strategy Best Expert Team Selection of partners, contractors, vendors Management of partners, contractors, vendors Network build out project Management Innovation Standards and Quality Control Breaking Barriers

Thank you
Building Africas digital future