STAFF BRAND BRIEF 04 th May 2012 Marketing & Sales Department

1. STAFF BRAND BRIEF 04th May 2012 Marketing & Sales Department

2. Broadband Infraco’s legislative mandate is set out in the Broadband Infraco Act No. 33 of 2007 (the “Act”). Mandate • The main objectives as set out in the Act are to expand the availability and affordability of access to electronic communications; • Including but not limited to underdeveloped and under serviced areas; • In support of projects of National Interests; • In accordance with the Electronic Communications Act and commensurate with international best practice and pricing; • Through the provision of electronic communications network services and electronic communications services.

3. Vision, Mission & Values • Vision: To be recognised as the wholesale provider of choice for backhaul connectivity. • Mission: To enable national and regional private and public collaboration regarding infrastructure development; To expand the availability and affordability of access to electronic communications networks and services, including but not limited to underdeveloped and under serviced areas; To ensure that the high capacity connectivity and bandwidth requirements for specific projects of national interests are met; and • To unlock economic growth in the provinces through the provision of broadband connectivity considering the requirements of the under developed and under serviced areas. • Values: Stakeholder Engagement; Excellence in Service Delivery; Satisfying its customers’ needs; Exceed their expectations in terms of quality, time and cost. Execution in a Simple and Flexible manner; Broadband Infraco’s design philosophy shall be flexible to accommodate customisation of solutions for its customers. Act with Integrity in all we do; Open Communication

4. Broadband Infraco’s services are based upon the provision of high capacity managed bandwidth from Point of Presence (POP) to POP within it’s National Long Distance fibre-optic network. Services are Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) based and are available in the following bandwidths and multiples thereof: Products & Services • Services can also be delivered in Ethernet format in the following bandwidths and multiples thereof: • 100 Megabits per second (entry level); • 1 Gigabits per second; and • 10 Gigabits per second.

5. Broadband Infraco’s National Long Distance Network covers most major cities and towns and all nine provinces. Our National Backhaul Connectivity The Broadband Infraco fibre optic network currently comprises of approximately 12 765 km fibre. The backbone network utilises Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment, providing a number of 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s Lambdas along the majority of fibre routes.

6. Network extensions have been implemented to provide fibre connectivity to the neighbouring countries of South Africa such as Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabweand soon Botswana. Broadband Infraco SADC Regional Footprint

7. Broadband Infraco International connectivity • Broadband Infraco is a Tier 1 investor in the 5.1 Terabits/s West Africa Cable System (WACS) Project. • The cable will connect South Africa to the United Kingdom, with landing stations in Portugal and 11 other countries along the West Coast of Africa. WACS will: • Provide lower cost, sustainable and efficient international bandwidth; and • Position Africa & South Africa for future economic growth as it will connect South Africa to key global knowledge economies such as North America and Europe.

8. East Coast - West Coast Interlink

9. Broadband Infraco runs a comprehensive in-house operations and maintenance infrastructure. A state of the art Network Operations Centre (NOC) operates at Broadband Infraco’sWoodmead Head Office. Operations & Maintenance • The NOC is operational 24 / 7 / 365 days per year. The NOC continuously monitors the network and ensures that all SLAs with Broadband Infraco’s customers are met through a combination of the use of alternative routes to ensure services are available and the prompt use of the Broadband Infraco maintenance organisation to repair faults in the shortest possible timeframes. Serviceavailability shows a positive trend at greater than 99.5%, having exceeded all contractual obligations.

11. Our client / segment portfolio • Second Network Operator backhaul provider; • Main connectivity for MTN to the EASSY undersea cable; • Backhaul connectivity for a major route in the golden triangle for Vodacom; NATIONAL CONNECTVITY REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY • We provide for 5 of the 6 bordering countries connectivity; enablement of regional operators likes: Liquid Telecoms, Seacom, Internet Technology Namibia • We are a Tier 1 investor in WACS; Over 70% of the initial capacity intended to support key projects of national interest. INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY SANREN; MEERKAT; Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) and the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT) national connectivity requirements. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL INTEREST • Strategic drive to get involved with all provinces and major municipalities Slide 11

12. Our value proposition summarised: backhaul connectivity at competitive rates Slide 12

13. Contact Details Gloria.pete@infraco.co.za +27 11 235 1828 +27 82 468 8873 Sen Bus Development Manager Ntombifuthi.khulu@infraco.co.za+27 11 235 1718 +27 73 387 9379 Key Accounts Manager Emmanuel.padi@infraco.co.za +27 11 235 1788 +27 83 391 2100 Key Accounts Manager Thato.Ngwenya@Infraco.co.za +27 11 235 1855 +27 84 777 0566 Key Accounts Manager Visit us at our offices: Country Club Estate, 21 Woodlands Drive, Building 9 Woodmead, Sandton – Johannesburg Slide 13

14. Connect. Growth, UNLOCKED