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NAMIBIA INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM MTC Namibia Presented by Tim Ekandjo November 2011. About MTC Services Investments. MTC SHAREHOLDING. Swedfund. 1995-2004. 2004-2006. 2006. NPTH 54% Telia 26% Swedfund Intern 20%. NPTH 100%. NPTH 66% Portugal Telecom 34%.
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NAMIBIA INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM MTC Namibia Presented by Tim Ekandjo November 2011
About MTC • Services • Investments
MTC SHAREHOLDING Swedfund 1995-2004 2004-2006 2006... • NPTH 54% • Telia 26% • Swedfund Intern 20% • NPTH 100% • NPTH 66% • Portugal Telecom 34% • NPTH 54% with Telia and Swedfund jointly owning 46% • NPTH owning 100% shares • NPTH 66% majority shareholder and PT 34%
STRENGTH OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERING Swedfund 1995-2004 2004-2006 2006... • NPTH 54% • Telia 26% • Swedfund Intern 20% • NPTH 100% • NPTH 66% • Portugal Telecom 34% • Leverage on skills and resources/technical expertise • Ability to introduce world class and latest technology instantly to Namibian market • Competitive marketing and commercial activities
OUR FOOTRPRINT • Covering 98% of population • Covering 60% of Namibia • Offering Voice, email and SMS • Offering Mobile Banking • Offering Internet Banking • Over 725 base stations across the country
EVOLUTION Started with 2G/Voice/Limited data Introduced 2.5G GPRS/Edge 3G 3.5G (HSDPA) up to 7.2 mb Future- 4G with uplink speed of 50 mgs and downlink 150 mgs
About MTC • Coverage/Services • Investments
Track Record of delivering leading-edge solutions SubmarineCable NetworkNorth RoadsCoverage RuralAreas Soft Switch Inception first call MetroRing LTE(4G) 1995 … 2000 … 2005 07 08 2010 … 2015 Pre-PaidTANGO Microwave Backbone SataliteStation 3GHSDPA SingleRAN 7.2 BackbonesDWDM Second Switch GPON InvestmentN$ Millions 113 442 1,240 1,800until 2012 commited 1,0562013/14 will 800
SADC Region is advanced in termsof UMTS adoption Technologies deployed in SADC Region Download speed [mbps] GSM UMTS
ROAMING PARTNERS Total of 143 countries around the world 315 networks (voice) 73 GPRS 35 3G
About MTC • Coverage/Services • Investments
LTE in Rural Areas – 800MHz (technology & frequency is available) • Voice 2G Rural Areas: 95% of the population (census 01) and 63% of Area • Total 724 BTS: 571-2G and 152-3G, and 2G Rural has 301 BTS • 4G at 800MMHz: Will provide Bandwidth with higher coverage than current we have 3G in Urban (21Mbps) • Fibre Backhauls is on of the challenges • Total of Investment over N$200 million (only in Rural)
International Internet – WACS and redundancythrough Infraco SA and Seacom & SAT-3 • WACS: Principal International Internet connection • Backbones: OPGW (optical ground wire) in utility and others fibre notes • Redundancy: Connection through South Africa through Infraco, connected to the alternatives submarine cables WACS NAMIBIA Seacom SAT-3 SOUTH AFRICA (Mtunzini) SOUTH AFRICA (Cape Town)
The sucessful Trail Test of 4G/LTE in February 11 • MTC successfully tested 4G and is ready to be the amongst the 1st in Africa to commercially launch it