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Presentation by S entech L imited to the Portfolio C ommittee on C ommunications 2005 budget vote 11 March 2005. Team. “The third world is under-developed mainly because it missed the industrial revolution, for whatever reason, slavery, colonisation etc.

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  1. Presentation by Sentech Limited to the PortfolioCommittee on Communications2005 budget vote11 March 2005

  2. Team

  3. “The third world is under-developed mainly because it missed the industrial revolution, for whatever reason, slavery, colonisation etc. Unless it hops on the information superhighway and is part of the communication age, the 21st century will be a re-enactment of the 20th” Ron Bettig Professor of Communications 1990

  4. Sentech Achievements since we were last here • Finalised commercial rollout of the MyWireless service • Gauteng Online – 1100 schools in phase 1 • Providing connectivity to MPCC’s on ongoing basis • Delivered world class television and radio service with the aging analogue transmitter network • Growing as a communication player with major impact • Teleradiology to Eastern Cape ongoing

  5. Sentech Radio and Television Transmitting Stations

  6. Sentech broadcasting infrastructure

  7. The cost of staying analogue • High maintenance cost • Tech dump site • No revenue growth • Costly for broadcasters • Poor use of spectrum • No new services • Digital divide widens

  8. Impact of Tariff regime on Medium-Sized Radio Station

  9. Impact of Tariff regime on Community Radio Station

  10. World trend • Digitisation – the pace is picking up • Convergence is key • Managed liberalisation fundamental

  11. Digital Terrestrial Television • Digital transmission of signals • Efficient use of spectrum • More broadcasters • Multiple language capabilities • Cultural and content diversity • Interactivity • Every TV set provides universal access capabilities • e-Government • New applications

  12. New Applications on DTT • DVB-H • Television on mobile • The future of video streaming • Video phone calls • Interactivity is the name of the game

  13. Digitisation – key for South Africa • Digital terrestrial television (DTT) is a key component of digitisation for South Africa. • R300m cost of transmitter replacement. • Set-top-box / decoder. • Digitisation policy key • Standards • Migration • Subsidisation • 2010 World Cup

  14. Why is it important? • Need to modernise infrastructure • Sentech is a broadband player • Television is broadband • New Sentech Network is broadband • True convergence

  15. Funding anomaly • R 400 million provided to SABC to digitise infrastructure • This is a good decision, they need to prepare • Nothing provided to Sentech • Sentech must be ready for 2010 World Cup

  16. The test platform works • Sentech has proven the technology and the service • Now we need to expand the platform • This will make DTT as well as all of the advantages of DTT possible

  17. Sentech needs • Capital Injection • R300 million (dollar sensitive)

  18. Regional Television • National commitment • Important for communication with and for our communities • The cost of rollout is projected at R240 million

  19. Access Applications Transport Sentech Core Networks VSAT High Speed Internet Content Streaming Video / Audio & Enhanced Services TDMA / Docsis DVB Decoder / DAB Decoder DVB Platform TV & Radio Distribution Video &IP Streaming DVB PCI Card Video & Audio streaming Video Backhaul Multicast IP GSM & DVB-H / DAB VoIP(voice) Gateway Video & Audio streaming IP Decoder NSN Core High Speed Internet Internet 3G modem Internet & VoIP Application Services 3G Mobile High Speed Internet Other Pt to M-Pt High Speed Internet WiFI Sentech’s Integrated Platform

  20. Thank-You

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