Introduction to FibreCo Telecommunications

SATA 4th NGN Conference November 2014

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FibreCo was established by 3 leading South African ICT players to unlock the economics of fibre ownership within the national long-distance transmission market by building a national, open-access fibre-optic network

33.3% 33.3% 33.3%

Carrier-neutral operational

structure and network design

Unique Managed Fibre proposition

Introduction

Vision: 12,000 km, R5 billion over

5 years

Award winning 1,000km link completed:  JHB – BFN – EL

Johannesburg POP

Klip

Bloemfontein POP

East London POP

Smithfield

Reddersburg

Parys

Ventersburg

Kroonstad

Kleinfontein

Aliwal North

Kaalplaas

Glencairn

Stutterheim

Esperanza

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EaSSY

FibreCo Phase 1 network development

Phase 1 will connect Gauteng with East and West coast landing stations via a fully-redundant ring by Q2 2016

• The only available open-access fibre between JHB – CT and CT – DBN

• Strong alignment with other carrier-neutral infrastructure providers, including DFA and Teraco

ConstructedAcquired

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DFAFibreCo POP

WACSSAT-3

To Be Constructed

Metro extensions to the FibreCo network

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EAST LONDON

BLOEMFONTEIN

JOHANNESBURG

CAPE TOWN

DURBAN

To Durban

JHB1

JHB2

1A

ToBloemfontein(Route1)

JHB3

WACS

Seacom

SAT3

Eassy

Metro development is based on a redundant ring topology

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Development plans beyond Phase 1

Future plans

Development plans include connectivity to the neighbouring borders

FibreCo’s unique service propositions 

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FibreCo is able to offer a unique suite of managed infrastructure services across its entire national footprint on a carrier-neutral basis

• Single SLA across multiple infrastructure providers

• Direct NOC integration with service customisation

• Facilitation of access and hosting solutions

• Transparency of Network Infrastructure

Services available across the FibreCo network

The FibreCo network – leading edge and standards aligned 

Cable and transmission equipment• All optical fibre & transmission network

Latest generation DWDM eqpt inclusive of G-MPLS, ROADM and OTN (G.709)• Flexible service granularity

Dedicated or shared - from fibre to lambda (λ) • “Greenfield” network build

Latest technology deployed with no retrofit and legacy infrastructure integration challenges

• Network managementAll components pro-actively monitored (fibre, facilities and equipment)

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NOC/SOC fully aligned with best practice

• FCAPS compliant

• Day to day operations modelled on eTOM and ITIL functional framework

• Fully redundant infrastructure

• Disaster Recovery capability

• Differentiated fault/incident management

• SLA management

FibreCo Operations & Maintenance Function (Carrier-grade SLA)

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Commercial options

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Short Term Lease model• 1-3 Year • Fixed bandwidth

Bandwidth IRU• 5-10 Year• Fixed bandwidth• Upfront payment with ongoing OA&M

Managed Fibre• 15 Year• Upfront payment (financed) with low flexible OA&MRamp-up Model

• 5 (+ 15) Year • Scale bandwidth as requirements grow• Flexible bandwidth denominations• Conversion to fibre in last yearFlexibility

Thank You

Contact: 

FibreCo Telecommunications

Woodlands Drive Office Park,

5 Woodlands Drive

Woodmead

Tel: +27 11 966 7731

www.fibreco.co.za