Sentech Corporate Strategy and Business Plan 2006/7

1. Sentech Corporate Strategy and Business Plan 2006/7 Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Communications 13 March 2006

2. Sentech Team

3. Chairperson’s Report • Sentech’s strategic importance • Ageing infrastructure • Bridging the digital divide

4. Chairperson’s Report • Nepad • Major risk – lack of funding

5. Budget Presentation Gladwin Marumo Chief Operating Officer 10 March 2006

6. Major Projects 2006/7 • Initiate digitisation • Roll out wireless broadband • EASSy • World Cup 2010

7. Benefits of Digitisation • Better spectrum usage • More channels per frequency • Regional access • More language representation • Cheaper tariffs for broadcasters • Will stimulate industry

8. Digitisation must be DTT Strategically national TV over satellite is a non-starter

9. Allocated funds vs. Funds requested

10. SABC in comparison to Sentech

11. The importance of EASSy • Cost of international bandwidth • The Internet is based overseas • International bandwidth is vital component • Currently international bandwidth costs nearly 5 times the cost of local bandwidth • EASSy will bring the costs down • Nepad • Self provisioning

12. E Countries Landing Points Land - Lock Countries Sudan Port Sudan Ethiopia Eritrea Mitsiwa Uganda Djibouti Djibouti Rwanda Somalia Mogadishu Burundi Kenya Mombasa Malawi Tanzania Dar es Salaam Zambia Madagascar Toliary Zimbabwe Mozambique Maputo Botswana South Africa Mtunzini Swaziland Lesotho EASSy for Africa Sentech requires $15 million for 10-year bandwidth needs

13. Malaba Zanzibar EASSy and African Connectivity

14. Broadband roll out • The Sentech Broadband rollout is on the national agenda. • Media briefing by the Honourable Deputy President. • Asgisa • Media Briefing by the Honourable Minister of Trade and Industry.

15. Media Briefings 6 February 2006 • The Honourable Deputy President • Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative “…, ICT infrastructure which includes the strategy to rapidly grow South Africa’s broadband network; implementation of a plan to reduce telephony costs more rapidly; the completion of a submarine cable project that will provide competitive and reliable international access, especially to Africa and Asia; …”

16. Media Briefings 6 February 2006 • Economic, Investment and Employment Cluster’s report following the January 2006 Lekgotla. Macro-Economy and Infrastructure Development: The Honourable Minister of Trade and Industries Mandisi Mpahlwa “ The final infrastructure spend that the Public Investment focus group of the Cluster will focus on will be the roll-out of the Sentech Wireless Broadband Network under the auspices of the DOC. During 2006/7, the cluster is hoping to achieve the delivery of universal access, providing cost-effective connectivity that supports e-health and e-education services.”

17. BOTT • Due diligence completed • R1,5bn committed • Awaiting Minister’s approval

18. 20 mil viewers, 0.005 GByte/s per stadium

19. 900 mil viewers, 0.015 GByte/s per stadium