International Carriers Mauritel: ACE and IP services developments December 2013
Agenda 1 2 ACE background ACE for Mauritel
ACE 17 000 km long 1 express landing in France, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Sao Tome 21 Countries connected the first submarine cable with direct access to Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tomé & Principe extension to landlocked countries: Mali and Niger 40G proof 1.92 Tbps initial (5.12 Tbps design) native speeds from STM-1 to 10G commercial launch : 20 December 2012 3
ACE for Mauritel Overview ACE Structure ACE Impacts Mauritel s backbone 4
Economic Environment Macro Economic Environment The economic environment sems promising, with a GDP growth rate above 6%. Telecom Sector Mauritel SA maintains its leadership, with a market share above 56%, in spite of its dynamic and aggressive competitors, competing more and more vigorously. Signs of saturation of the market, with a higher multi equipment rate. As at december 2012 the penetration rate exceed 100% 5 interne Orange
Mauritel SA- Overview Milestone 2001 2007 2009 2011 2013 Maroc Telecom Group holds 51.5% of Mauritel the incumbent operator in Mauritania. Merger of Mauritel SA (fixedline telephony) and Mauritel Mobile. Optical fibre over 500Km NKT NDB. Optical fibre over 1000Km NKT Kobeni. Extension of the international bandwidth as the ACE cable was lunched. Mauritel is a leading player in Mauritania with a mobile customer base of 1.9million customers (Market share up to 57% ). Mauritel meets the various expectations of consumers, professional or business customers, relying on the latest technological developments 6 interne Orange
ACE for Mauritel Mauritel Overview ACE Structure ACE Impacts Mauritel s backbone 7
ACE Structure in Mauritania State In 2010, Mauritania State has decided, to integrate the new submarine fiber optic cable (ACE Africa Coast to Europe). Many international telecom operators have joined the project among those Mauritel SA in an aim to meet international capacity requirements for offshoring activities and Internet driven by ADSL. An Economic Interest Grouping called International Mauritania Telecom (IMT / GIE) was created on June 2010, to establish an international telecommucation gateway. The founding members of (IMT / GIE) are as follow: a. Mauritel, holds 20% of stakes; b. Mattel, holds 20% of stakes; c. Chinguitel, holds 15% of stakes; d. Mauripost, holds 35% of stakes; and e. Private investor, holds 10% of stakes. The implantation of a landing point in Nouakchott amount to 25 Million USD. ACE became operational in December 2012, and since that date Mauritania state has an international capacity of 40 Gbps (global connectivity of the country before this project the whole capacity was 1 Gbps). 8 interne Orange
ACE for Mauritel Mauritel Overview ACE Structure ACE Impacts Mauritel s backbone 9
ACE impacts on Mauritel SA International bandwith growth 3G customers growth +40% +497% Before ACE After ACE Before ACE After ACE STM1 price growth APRU Internet growth +22% -72% Before ACE After ACE Before ACE After ACE 10 interne Orange
ACE for Mauritel Mauritel Overview ACE Structure ACE Impacts Mauritel s backbone 11
Mauritel s backbone Mauritel has a modern high-performance network, based on a fully meshed and secured fiber optic backbone, it can offers a wide range of high-quality telecommunication services With almost 2500 kilometers of fiber optic cable, Mauritel's transmission network is able to: handle any kind of fixed-line voice, mobile voice, Internet and data traffic; provide Internet capacity to countries in the sub area; provide back up to the neighboring country (Senegal / Morocco)... Optical Fibre Nouakchott-Nouadhibou CGFO Optical Fibre Optical FibreNouakchott-Koubenni ACE 12 Optical Fibre Aleg-Kaédi interne Orange
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