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Sentech Presents to the Portfolio Committee on Communications

Sentech presents to the Portfolio Committee on Communications in 2003, highlighting the imperative to build infrastructure and grow Africa with universal access and affordability. Explore how Sentech addresses African realities by providing broadband communication, internet connectivity, tele-education, telemedicine solutions, and community telecentres. Witness the impact of the Orange Farm Experience Telecentres and Sentech's efforts in bridging the digital gap through digitisation and leveraging multimedia principles. Discover Sentech's vision, services, and initiatives in delivering convergence applications and customer satisfaction.

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Sentech Presents to the Portfolio Committee on Communications

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  1. Sentech Presents to the Portfolio Committee on Communications 3 September 2003

  2. The Sentech Team • Gladwin Marumo • Johan Raath • Dingane Dube • Matime Nchabaleng • Jeremiah Sikhosana At your service

  3. Nepad Imperatives • Build infrastructure • Grow Africa • Universal access • Affordability • Bridging the digital divide • African focus with South African realities

  4. South African Issues • Some of the most expensive telephone calls in the world • Especially taking our relative standard of living indices into account • Some of our people that have never used a telephone • Voice access is vital • Internet access is but a dream • Digital abyss

  5. Sentech already • Provides broadband communication facilities anywhere in South and Southern Africa • Provides internet connectivity • Links schools in a tele-education network • Provides the backbone and facilities for telemedicine solutions • Has become the communications driver for community telecentres • And we have only launched one of our exciting multimedia product lines

  6. The Orange Farm Experience

  7. Telecentres • Sentech has provided broadband connectivity to the Siyabonga Telecentre at Orange Farm • VSAT • Internet • Providing fast internet access to a community • The centre already had paying internet customers after 1 week. • Monthly fee • Building towards a sustainable business • Sentech will assist with the implementation of 100 telecentres A bridge over the digital divide

  8. Telemedicine • Sentech has a working telemedicine solution • Public/Private partnership • XRAY images stored and forwarded, diagnosed and reported • XRays taken at Frontier Hospital in Queenstown are being diagnosed in Johannesburg • Efficient utilisation of resources • Fast diagnostics • Access to professional radiological services. • Increased revenue earning potential for state hospitals • Medical aids will increasingly send patients to state hospitals

  9. Digitisation • Paving the way to increased coverage and diversity • Sentech has proven DTT • DTT is cheaper for the broadcaster • DTT fits the convergence roadmap • True interactivity • South African infrastructure • Lower reliance on dollar-based services

  10. Leveraging digitisation • Lower cost decoder • Local manufacture • Incentives • Export opportunities • Local skills • Regional television leads the way • More broadcasters – the frequency conundrum is solved. • Don’t try to lead the world, but use technology to build business

  11. Multimedia Principles • Broadband and wideband access to converged communication services • Image • Data • Video • Television • Radio And dare we say it • Voice

  12. Multimedia and Voice In a converged world Multimedia means communications of any form Sentech is providing broadband access – but our customers cannot use it for the most common form of human communication - voice

  13. Sentech’s Vision To provide world-class communication services combined with excellence in customer satisfaction. Business Consumer Communities Nepad

  14. Sentech Delivering Convergence Applications Content Customer Services Facilities

  15. Sentech launches broadband VSAT Internet Access Networking Intranet Broadband connectivity

  16. LAN LAN LAN LAN Network topology Remote Sites SATELLITE (KU-BAND) NETWORK OPERATION SYSTEM Head Office

  17. LAN LAN Orange Farm Other Telecentres SATELLITE (KU-BAND) Network Operation System Siyabonga Picture not included Picture not included Voice? Internet Access

  18. Telemedicine Topology Sentech

  19. LAN Frontier Hospital Sentech Telemedicine Solution SATELLITE (KU-BAND) Mining Sector Image distribution, storage and Management Radiology Centres of Excellence

  20. Sentech HPi-community services e-Government e-Learning Rebone All links 256/512kb Bakenberg Ga-Mapele Telemedicine Voice? Mahwelereng

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