The Partnership between Dolphin & Telecom Italia Sparkle Rome, 31 October 2014 0
Dolphin and TI Sparkle Partnership in Ghana: the two partners Dolphin group, part of Expresso Telecom group, is a 2nd largest inventor in ACE Consortium, 17,000 Km long cable linking Europe to several Countries of West Africa Dolphin provides full right of landing in Dakar, Accra and Lagos covering 80% of West African market population ETG IS is the Ghana licensed operator of Dolphin group managing ACE landing rights and service and providing network services to other licensed telecom operators and Internet Services providers. from GLOBAL to REGIONAL OUR PARTNERSHIP from REGIONAL to GLOBAL Leading IP service provider globally with Seabone IP Transit service Provides access to the Global Internet globally through its Global IP backbone Seabone Among Top 10 IP players worldwide 1
TI Sparkle Group Overview Company Data (as of March 2014) Headcount Countries of presence Network coverage # PoPs PoPs via partners 647 39 121 >1,000 Key Figures (as of December 2013) Voice Traffic (Bn Minutes) Revenues (Bn ) 16.0 1.27 Telecom Italia Sparkle is a leading global telecommunication service provider, offering a complete range of Data, Internet, Mobile and Voice solutions for Fixed and Mobile Carriers, ISPs, OTTs, Content Providers, Multimedia Players and Multinational Corporations (MNCs) Wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia created in 2003 with the objective of developing the international wholesale and the retail multinational corporate businesses, as well as of supporting TI Group business units for the provisioning of International Services 2
TI Sparkle Positioning IP Backbone Ranking Among Top 3 Int l IP Routes in Africa Sparkle Sicily Gateway March 2014 Italy PAN EUROPEAN BACKBONE TeliaSonera Level 3 1^ 2^ to Miami to Tetouan Trapani Palermo Mazara Catania MN to Athens NTT Level 3 (ex GX) GTT/Tinet Tata Communications Cogent SprintLink TI Sparkle Verizon Source: Renesys, March 2014 3^ 4^ 5^ 6^ 7^ 8^ 9^ 10^ Source: Telegeography Data 2014 to Kelibia SMW-4 IMEWE to Tripoli SMW-3 to Malta to Alexandria to Istanbul Sicily is a natural crossroads for all major Submarine Cable Systems crossing the Mediterranean Sea Dual IP POP architecture in Palermo & Catania provides express and robust access to the Big Internet by ensuring high reliability and performance Most popular and requested global contents locally stored ensuring eyeballs best Internet experience TI Sparkle Global IP Backbone Seabone ranks #9 worldwide and leader in the Mediterranean (Renesys, March 2014) Among the few global players currently active in the wholesale mobile market #1 in Italy, challenger in Europe and emerging player on the global market #9 for worldwide traffic collected on an international basis 3
TI Sparkle Global Network and Focus on Africa 4
The Goals of Dolphin & TI Sparkle Partnership TI Sparkle and Dolphin have shared the following goals in defining their partnership in Ghana: Integrate local and international Know-How Join a global network and a worldwide service infrastructure Efficiently combine local and international network assets Position Ghana as the ideal IP services gateway for West Africa, thanks to close connections with neighboring and landlocked Countries Improve Ghana and West Africa customer experience through Tier-1 Internet access quality and protected infrastructure Stimulate and intercept new demand for advanced international services Djibouti Ghana Tanzania 5
The Milestones of Dolphin & TI Sparkle Partnership May 2013 Share of the Business Case October 2013 - May 2014 Project Implementation September 2013 Signature of the Commercial Agreement June 2014 POP Activation July 2014 First commercial order & customer activation Through the new POP in Ghana Sparkle and Dolphin now provide new cost effective, high quality and secure fully protected global IP connectivity solutions to TLC operators, ISPs and Content providers in Ghana and in West Africa 6
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