Sentech’s Presentation to

The Portfolio Committee on

Agriculture & LandAffairs

November 2004

SENTECH’S DELEGATION

Pragasen Nagan

General Manager: Marketing & Sales

Matime Nchabeleng

Senior Manager: Government Relations

LICENCES

Broadcast Signal Distribution Licences

A Licence to provide a Carrier of Carriers Service and an International Gateway Telecommunications Facility

A Licence to provide Multimedia Services and a Multimedia Services Network

United Kingdom Operating Licence

PLATFORMS

Broadcast Signal Distribution

Direct-to-Home (DTH)

VSAT

Broadband Wireless (BBW)

International

Internet/IP

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BUSINESS LINES & SERVICES

SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION FOR:

Public Broadcasters Commercial Broadcasters Community Broadcasters Foreign Broadcasters

SERVICES SUCH AS:

Terrestrial television and radio (FM, SW, MW) Audio processing Microwave Multipoint Distribution Systems (MMDS Studio Transmitter Links (STL) Terrestrial & satellite linking DTH services-Business TV and radio and satellite decoders Facility leasing and consulting Digital Terestrial TV and digital audio broadcast

INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONY AND SERVICES

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

•IN AND OUT GOING TELEPHONY (COC)

•Hubbing and transit traffic

•International Private Lease Circuits (IPLC)

•International VSAT

•Niche markets for e.g. Linking and Call Centers

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UKOperators

European Operators

American Operators

African Operators

Asian Operators

IDT

International TelecommunicationsOperators

International LinksCable/Satellite

Sentech Infrastructure& Systems

RSA LinksRadio/Cable

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LDNPoP

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Carrier of Carrier Wholesale International Telephony Services

2nd & 3rd TierOperators.

RSA LicencedOperators

BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA OFFERINGS

BROADBAND OFFERINGS

•VSAT platform services

•Broadband Wireless (BBW)

•Internet platform services

PRODUCT SOLUTIONS:

•9 x BBW products

•18 x VSAT products

•Internet, IP streaming, multicasting & hosting

•Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

•Video conferencing

Why broadband ? MyWireless a Sentech product

Digital Video Broadcasting

Pay Per View (PPV)

Near Video on Demand (NVoD)

High Speed Internet Access

Home Banking

Telephony & Video Telephony

Games

Teleshopping & virtual tourism

Virtual CD-ROM

Wireless LANVirtual Private Network (VPN)E-commerceVideo ConferenceLeased Line Telemedicine Centrex services Telecommuters Remote monitoringRemote accessSecurity services

VSAT

VSTAR RANGE

VSTAR FEATURES

• Always-on bi-directional data connectivity via satellite

• Star topology

• Best of breed technology

• Intranet and internet access

• Available anywhere in South Africa

• Distance insensitive

• Quick deployment

• Bandwidth on demand

BROADBAND WIRELESSIntroducing….

MyWireless

• True wireless high speed Internet

• Always on Internet connection – 24 x 7

• Fixed monthly fee – no call charges

• Portable – use @ home or @ the office

• Self provisioning – activate via the web

• No usage cap

• No telephone line required

Features of MyWireless product

MyWirelessa Sentech product

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PHASED NETWORK

Environment

My OfficeMy Office

My DeskMy Desk

Geography Technology

PANPerson Space

(Desk, Home,

Briefcase, Person)

WWANOff Campus(Road Warrior,

Anywhere)

WLANOn Campus(Office, School,

Airport Hotel)

MyWireless a Sentech productHow far can I go?

2.5 – 2.6 GHZ CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT

Actual Size - 4” tall by 3 ½ ” wide by ¾’ deep.

Actual Size - 4” tall by 3 ½ ” wide by ¾’ deep.

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Future MyWireless

a Sentech product

FIXED WIRELESS SERVICES

BizConnect CorpConnect

3.5 GHZ BASE STATION EQUIPMENT

Out Door Radio Unit:• 90º sector standard (4 sectors)• 1024 simultaneous users per sector • Self Backhaul

Radio concentration unit:• switches data between backhaul feed and radio units• ATM / IP Network Connection

Management Unit• management control• handles up to 4096 simultaneous users

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3.5 GHZ CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT

Business CPE• up to 60 Mbps full duplex• 100m to 20Km• fibre optic interconnect• configurable Interfaces (RJ11,

10/100BaseT Ethernet, ATM 155, USB, PCMCIA, etc etc)

Residential CPE• up to 25 Mbps full duplex• twisted pair interconnect• low cost of installation

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BROADCAST SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION,INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONY AND

BROADBAND WITH VSAT, BBW AND IP

ON A A TRANSPARENT DIGITAL NETWORK

DELIVERING CUSTOMISED NEED SATISFYING PRODUCTS

SUMMARY OF OVERVIEW

THANK YOU