Connecting our future with light COMPANY PROFILE
Company Background has been the first ever Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) operator granted by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in the aim of creating a telecommunication infrastructure company to build, operate and maintain nationwide Fiber Optic Transmission network to be shared by all ANS operators including Mobile operators, ISPs, PSTN operators, Gateway operators, Cable TV operators, Government entities etc. This fiber optical transmission network will eventually become the major backbone for all kinds of telecommunications and electronic entertainment services that are the prime elements of modern life. Later Fiber @ Home Ltd. also awarded with ITC License on 5 th Januray, 2012 and IIG license on 12 th April, 2012 which is attach here with. After being awarded with the NTTN license on 7 January 2009, Fiber @Home Ltd has established more than 6832 km optical fiber long haul backbone covering 23 districts, connecting Dhaka with Chittagong, Sylhet, Bogra, Rajshahi, Jessore and Khulna. This network includes 650 Km Metro City Network, Nationwide network of 1678 Km amongwhich 1278 Km deployed by the company by own and Leased network of 4529 Km covering both metro and nationwide network. The company has acquired approximately 1898 Km of nationwide OPGW fiber optic network from Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh (PGCB) in early 2013 which ultimately will provide greater nationwide presence in Bangladesh and also will provide redundancy of currently deployed network. Presently all major Telco s, ISPs, CATV Operators and Infrastructure Providers are connected through Fiber @ Home Ltd. There are more than 61 M Sc./B Sc. Engineers and 36 Dip. Engineers working with Fiber @ Home Ltd. Present manpower state of Fiber @ Home Ltd is 295. Majority of the employees have telecom background. The company has also established 41 Hop and CO all over the country to facilitate nationwide transmission service. Vision: To Build, Develop, Operate and Maintain a Nationwide Optical Fiber based Transmission Backbone to enable a common connectivity platform for a Digital Bangladesh. This common infrastructure will use national resources optimally in the growing need of information technology and telecommunication sector including software development and data entry. Page 1
Mission: Building a neutral network allowing all Access Network Service (ANS) operators to provide their services through the network: to enable Nationwide affordable Value Added Services (VAS) platform for the end users. to reach all the Upazila headquarters with a Robust, Secured and Faster Transmission Backbone Network to enable connectivity to multiple Government and Non-Government entities. Corporate Information has been incorporated with Registrar of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC], Dhaka on March 19, 2008 having their registered office at House: 7/B, Road: 13, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212. Authorized capital of the company is Tk. 5000.00 million and paid up capital is Tk. 810.00 million. Key Company Information Company Name Fiber@Home Ltd Corporate Office House-7/B, Road-13, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Telephone +880 2 8814871, 8812507, 8814613, 8814615-6, 8814868 Fax +880 2 8812010 Detail Ownership Public Limited Company Chairman & Managing Director Mr. Moynul Haque Siddiqui Established 2008 Email info@fiberathome.net Website www.fiberathome.net Page 2
License Domain of the Company has been granted with 3 major telecommunication Licenses: NTTN, ITC and IIG which ultimately covers both nationwide domestic transmission network and International Long Distance Connectivity. Fiber@Home: Holder of 3 Major Licenses Nationwide long distance (NLD) operator Nationwide Telecommunication Transmisison Network (NTTN) F@H International Long Distance (ILD) operator International Terrestrial Connectivity (ITC) International Internet Gateway (IIG) Scope of Licenses: Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN): to separating Transmission Network services and Access Network services. International Terrestrial Cable (ITC): to increase international connectivity, bandwidth availability and redundancy of submarine cable connectivity. International Internet Gateway (IIG): to rout international incoming and outgoing internet based data traffic. The prime objectives of BTRC in favor of issuing NTTN service providing license is to separate the Access Network Service (ANS) providers from the Transmission Network Service (TNS) in view of developing a more secured, structured, cost effective and commonly sharable network for the country. The Objectives are hence quoted below as stated in the guideline: The license has been issued to develop, build, maintain and operate Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) for all the Telco and ANS operators. Page 3
Objectives of the NTTN License are to create Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Networks with a view to separating Transmission Network Services and Access Network Services in future. At present the metropolitan cities and towns are cluttered with hazardous overhead optical fiber / cables and there are optical fiber / wired networks in the same area by the multiple ANS operators causing drainage to the national resources. Therefore, de-cluttering the city areas and towns, minimizing the wastage of national resources are also the objectives to create NTTN. Ownership Structure Legal Form: Public Ltd. Company, incorporated on 19.03.2008 Capital structure: Authorized Capital: Tk. 5000.00 million Paid up capital: Tk. 660.00 million Present shareholding structure of the company is as under: Name Position % of Shareholding Mr. Moynul Haque Siddiqui Managing Director 22.89% Mr. Md. Habib Ullah Babul Director 8.42% Mr. Nasir Khan Director 13.95% Mr. Nasimul Alam Chowdhury Director 6.32% Mr. Wahidul Haque Siddiqui Director 15.26% Ms. Faria Sharmin Siddiqui Shareholder 0.13% Ms. Iftesum Habib Shareholder 0.13% Mr. MKM Mohiuddin Shareholder 19.74% Financial Institutes Preferred Share 13.16% Total 100.00% Page 4
Service Details & Features As an NTTN service provider, Fiber@Home is basically a provider of the providers, i.e. it serves the backbone communication transport needs of Access Network Service (ANS) providers, public agencies, and other institution as authorized by BTRC. ANS operators or providers are the licensees who can provide their service and solutions up to the end client i.e. corporate houses, SME clients, SOHO clients and individual consumers/ household clients. ANS operators typically provide voice, video, Internet, value-added service and corporate data services to its client base. Other than the ANS operators there are some other intermediary operators who provide certain gateway services for ANS operators as directed by the policy of BTRC. These intermediary organizations are also target customer of the NTTN, since they have substantial requirement of transport network capacity to deliver their intermediary functions. Types of Services Offered by F@H provides three types of services to the customer in term of connectivity, which are given below: Active Network Transmission 1. SDH 2. Metro Ethernet 3. Ethernet over MPLS Passive Transmission Service: 1. FTTX 2. Dark Core Fiber Leasing Collocation Facility 1. Collocation Space Sharing 2. Rack Sharing 3. Power Sharing Page 5
Infrastructure Services Active k SDH Passive k FTTX Co-location ili i Space Sharing Metro h Ethernet S Dark Fiber Rack Sharing Power h Service Type Target Application Target Customer SDH Backhaul for POP / BTSs in Metro Area Intercity backbone connections among metro networks with CO sites Mobile Operator, PSTN, IGW, ICX, IIG, ITC, ISP and BWA operators Metro Ethernet Ethernet over MPLS Backhaul for POP / BTSs in Metro Area POP to Local Distribution Point in Metro Area Backhaul for POP / BTSs in Metro Area Intercity backbone connections among metro networks with CO sites Mobile Operator, PSTN, IIG, ISP and BWA operators Mobile Operator, PSTN, IGW, ICX, IIG, ITC, ISP and BWA operators Dark Core Backhaul for POP / BTSs in Metro Area Intercity backbone connections among metro networks with CO sites FTTX POP to Local Distribution Point in Metro Area Mobile Operator, PSTN, IGW, ICX, IIG, ITC, ISP, CATV and BWA operators ISP and CATV Co-Location Facility POP Co-location service including active equipments, for accessing clients in metro areas and nationwide. Mobile Operator, PSTN, IGW, ICX, IIG, ITC, ISP, CATV and BWA operators Page 6
Service Attributes: Reliable Infrastructure - F@H is using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) method to establish its cable network. This places the duct and the cables 4 to 5 meters below the ground. The utility providers of the country have their cables around 2 to 3 meters ground. So F@H s HDD method safely help in creating a secure and reliable cable network while reducing the costs of repairing the damages that would have otherwise been created in other forms of construction. All these cables are heavily armored for physical protection from damage, wear & tear and these cables are having an average life span more than 20 years. Better Redundancy - Protection path and redundancy is one of the most competitive advantage for the company over other competitors. The company has created its transmission network (SDH) complying Ring topology (multiple rings) to ensure maximum possible protection of the physical cable links and also deploying its data network using STAR -Mesh network design within metro cities. As a result the infrastructure taker from F@H gets better redundancy and failover options even if any portion of the backbone gets damaged. Providing maximum accessibility F@H has 300 fiber drop points per 100 krn which ensures that operators have greater flexibility to connect to the network at 300 different locations. In future this number may increase based on customer requirement Bandwidth leasing - Another option that F@H is giving to its customers is to lease bandwidth capacity (in terms of Megabit/Sec) instead of dark fiber. This not only opens up option for the operators/ service providers who cannot afford to lease out dark fiber but it also allows the current lease holders to increase the area of operations beyond 100krn without incurring the additional costs of renting more cables. Competitive pricing - A cost effective wholesale price has been provided to all the customers that ensured greater profitability for them. To be more specific the per meter charge of one core dark fiber leasing for an ISP is just Tk. 2 per month, a very low and competitive rate. Understanding the Customer Need F@H is committed to its present and potential customers to provide tailor made solutions. F@H incorporates customer involvement at the network designing stage which allows the operators to have solutions best suited to their needs. The company is implementing its network consulting continuously with the customers and industry experts so that each type of customers is being benefited by it. Page 7
Present Customer Base Key Customers Portfolio Page 8
Mobile Operators Major ISPs (Selection) BWA (WiMax) Operators Cable TV (CATV) DIGI21 CCO MARJU UCS BCL Organization and Management Structure The board of is comprised of five share holder directors. Presently Mr. Moynul Haque Siddiqui is representing the company as the Chairman and Managing Director. The shareholders/directors are highly experienced in IT and Telecommunication sectors. Fiber@Home has the plan to build nationwide transmission network in 2008, accordingly, Continuous recruitment of highly experience professionals is ongoing in transmission network and other respective department. Page 9
In the bracket the number of current employee shown. In brief, the departments working are as follows; Department of Network Planning: The department makes plans according to the requirement. The employees are experienced working in GP and in overseas companies in Fiber Optic transmission network, BTRC network planning, and Canada fiber optic transmission network. Department of Network Operation: The department ensure timely and efficient Roll-outs and completions of various related plans with in the time frame. The department has the experience of working in Bangladesh Submarine Cable, Network of BTCL, (Fiber Optic network deployment, planning and laying in Bangladesh) & other institutions. Department of Technology: The department develop on base of maintain database of the network. Employs are highly experienced in Data Base Management, Oracle ERP and SAP.A enriched Network Monitoring system used to observe the network. Various types of Network topology like MPLS is implemented by the department. Department of Finance & Accounts: Tem members are highly experienced in efficient record Keeping and Sourcing of funds as per the requirements of respective departments and project roull-outs. Employees are experienced to work as financial director of BCIC and others Telco s. Page 10
Department of Marketing & Sales: For analyse present and future market demand, marketing department has been formed with highly experience to work in ISP s, Telco s and related organizations. Department of Public relations & Government Affairs: The department members are excellent in maintaining the PRs in the Govt. Departments and Ministries. It is a well conversant team who has vast experience in the field of relevance. Department of HR, Admin & Procurement: The department is being run by Highly Experiences HR Professionals in order to ensure Delivery of Professional HR to the respective departments as per the challenging Job descriptions. This Department is also ensuring and fulfilling timely Procurement and delivery of the various project elements. The team Members have strong professional experience in the above sectors. Profile of Company s Key Personnel Moynul Haque Siddiqui Managing Director Mr. Moynul Haque Siddiqui, the Managing Director of Fiber @ Home completed his graduation from the Dhaka University in Commerce and started his business career in 1986. He was the founder of BDCOM Online Ltd and Norban Communications Ltd which are high profile ICT and communications network companies of the country. BDCOM Online Ltd. is a public listed company with current market capitalization of BDT 310 million. After getting NTTN license in favour of Fiber @ Home Ltd, he work as MD and has very successfully built a nationwide optical fiber back haul networks of over 1200 km in length in 2 years and more than 400 km Dhaka city FTTx networks. Brig General Md. Rafiqur Rahman (Rtd) Deputy Managing Director BrigGeneral Md. Rafiqur Rahman (Retd.) was commissioned in Bangladesh Army in the Corps of Signals on 30 November 1976. He has undergone various communication courses both at home and abroad. He Page 11
has served as Instructor and subsequently as Chief Instructor in School of Signals which is the only institution responsible for providing training on communication matters in Bangladesh Army. During his tenure of service in the Army he has held various staff and command appointments. He worked as DG of Bangladesh National Cadet Corps and Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense. Md Mahbubor Rahman Legal Advisor A senior Judge of Bangladesh Judicial Service retired in 2008 and joined as Legal Commissioner in BTRC worked for 3 years till 2012. He has obtained both LLB and MA in Political Sc from Rajshahi University. He has vast career in legal matters including Telecommunication Acts and Regulations. He attended many training on legal matters at home and abroad. Sumon Ahmed Sabir Chief Strategic Officer Mr. Sumon Ahmed Sabir is a very well known figure in the ICT sector in Bangladesh. He is a graduate of Dhaka University. He is a highly trained individual with expertise in Sun Solaris, SCO Unix, HP-UX, Linux, Cisco, MySQL, Apache to name a few. He worked as IT Consultant to Information Services Limited, Aftab IT Limited, Proshika Computer System, Bijoy Online Limited, Uniqa Bangladesh Limited, AccessTel Pvt. Limited. He was MD & CEO of BDCOM Bangladesh. He has almost 20 year s vast experience in the ICT sector in Bangladesh. Md. Shah Miraj Head of New Business Development Md. Shah Miraj has a degree in Computer Science & Engineering from India and a Masters in Business Administration from UK. Mr. Miraj has 15 years of multi dimensional experience in ICT sector. He has made significant contribution in the ICT development of the country as Executive Director of leading IT companies like NIIT, Mantrust Software & Multimedia. Throughout his professional life he has established himself as an entrepreneur and a visionary with the dynamic ability to achieve any goal he sets his sight on to. He gained extensive knowledge and experience in the telco sector while he was working in different telco companies like Zynix, Abec systems. Before joining the company, he was in Summit Communications Limited acted as Chief Technology Officer. His key responsibility in Fiber@Home Ltd is: Technology Partner Relationship, Business Development, New Product Development, Project management etc. Page 12
Maj Md Ziaul Karim (Retd) AGM (Technology) A senior officer of Bangladesh Army retired after completion of 24 years of challenging services in the corps of Signal. He has obtained both B Sc and M Sc in CSE from BUET. He is also a graduate of Chittagong University. He had vast experience in communication planning and computer system design. Have 12 years of teaching experience in Bangladesh Military Academy and MIST. Besides the experience on commercial radio & telecommunication, he has the professional skill, technical knowledge on different military band radios, microwave radios, Wifi and Wimax radios, LAN, WAN, Exchanges, IP Telephony and Electronic Warfare. He is trained in the field of telecommunication both home and abroad. He has 2 years experience in telecommunication at United Nations in Congo DRC and Liberia. He has attended many National & International Seminars, Conferences and Workshops at home and abroad, has also publications in IEEE conference. Md. Abdullah-Al-Mamun Sr. Manager (Data Transmission) He has joined on August 16 th 2010 as a Manager. He has completed his post graduation degree from Islamic University, Kustia, Bangladesh in the field of Information and Communication. He worked with Mobile Packet Backbone Network (MPBN), Ektoo Limited before joining at F@H. He attended training like JNSS-S & JNSS-R; Cisco SMB; Cisco Pre Sales training on Catalyst Switch and Router; Huawei Post- Sales Switch and Router Training. He completed a good number of projects with Warid Telecom MPBN Network; Bank Asia Nationwide Network; Bangladesh Army LAN, WAN; Nokia Siemens Network. Baroi Simon Sohel Sr. Manager (IIG & ITC) He joined on July 7, 2009. He completed his graduation degree from American International University, Bangladesh in the field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He worked with Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), Systems & Services Limited, RM Systems Ltd before Page 13
joining at F@H. He attended training like CCNA Vendor Certification Course, Genuity Systems Ltd & ISP Setup & Administration Using Linux-VSAT & Radio Comm, Genuity Systems Ltd, CCNA-1 Networking Basics Cisco Network Academy, Post S.S.C Christian formation Course organized by Dhaka Archdiocesan Youth Commission. He completed a good number of projects with Teletalk, Banglalink, IGW, ICX, Digital Data Network, and Network Design & Small Servers. He also worked as a team leader of hard ware installation. Kamal Hossain AGM (Operations) He is a B Sc Engineer (Civil). He served as Project Manager in companies like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, Armac Services Ltd. In Fiber @ Home Ltd, he is now Assistant General Manger Operations and deploying networks efficiently. He had training in China. Md. Siraj Ullah, FCA Head of Accounts and Company Affairs He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Charters Accountants of Bangladesh. He has got 28 years experience in the fields of Accounts, Financial Management, Planning, Procurements, Import and Foreign Loans & Aid etc. He is the former Director (Finance) of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation [BCIC]. S. K. Golam Sarwar AGM (Cable Lying) He served in the BTTB for 20 years and released as Assistant Division Engineer (Cable). He is highly experienced in Optical Fiber Cable Laying. In Fiber @ Home Ltd has laid more than 1800 km of Optical Fiber under his direct guidance and supervision. Page 14
Data Connectivity Experience of F@H: F@H has extensive experience to handle ActivEdge or equivalent industry Carrier Ethernet and SDH products and its associated network management platform. From day one F@H is maintaining MPLS and Ethernet over MPLS, Ethernet over SDH and Native SDH network. Present Nationwide Network Service Providers: ISP, Telco and WiMax operators. Although NTTN is the common network platform in Bangladesh, it is really big challenges for F@H to satisfy all of the operators. But F@H did satisfy them in term of service and support and trying to maintain its service as world class standard. Key Achievements One Third of the Country s Geographical Location Covered Company has reached 23 Districts and 100 Upazilla in last 3 years of operation based on state of art DWDM enabled network Largest Telecommunication Transmission Provider in the Country Currently serving 147 ISPs, 5 Mobile Operators, 18 IGW, 14 ICX and 5 IIG operators in wide geographical locations Achieved PGCB s Nationwide OPGW Network Company has acquired Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh (PGCB) s OPGW network of Approx 1898 Km. Contributed in Large Government Projects Company is providing connectivity in 64 Districts for SB Passport Project through one of the client. Also providing service to Bangladesh Army, RAB etc. Achieved Permission to become NSP for Government Connectivity Company already has acquired Network Service Provider License (NSP) by which it will provide 96,000 Government connectivity in any location of the country. Page 15