Building Cost Effective Telecommunication Infrastructure in Africa

Building a Cost Effective Network forKenya

Kai U. WulffManaging Director

Agenda•Introduction•Overview•Fiber Optics•Conclusion•Close© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

What do we stand for?• KDN empowers Kenyans to have a high quality and affordable ICT -infrastructure• KDN believes in knowledge transfer• KDN invites entrepreneurship and supports the same• KDN has taken a social responsibility to build a National Fibre Opticring for high end rural and urban delivery in its effort to provideuniversal access.• Outsourcing (into rural areas and the region)• KDN is committed to improve the ICT infrastructure in Kenya for thebenefit of all.• We build the ‘roads’ and empower the market.© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

Public Safety to City Network to UtilityShared Municipal Network• Public Works– Remote monitoring of utility meters– Mobile database access for city inspectors,social workers, maintenance workers• Traffic Management– Video traffic monitoring• Administration– Mobile Internet connectivity for CBD based company’semployees– Video surveillance at key municipalbuildings, sporting events, high traffic areas• Community access network– Wireless broadband to the home offered by the ISPs onthe infrastructure– Wireless Database and Content Access, creatingopportunities for a new category of service providers© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

KDN’s Vision – “Any Time, Any Where Broadband”From a laptop in your car…From a PC in the park…From any PDA on the street…… you can access the Internetat blazing fast speedsIn the not too distant future, imagine…… the house cordless phone working outside,using the Internet when it’s out of range… the next iPod downloading music while on the train… video of your son’s soccer game going directly to yourPC - and to the grandparents’ - from the soccer field© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

KDN’s infrastructure projects• Metro Fiber– High Quality/High Speed affordable data infrastructurelinking the business district to the EPZ• National Fiber Backbone– Linking Mombasa to Busia– Inter-connecting with UG and TZ• Receiving the EASSy Submarine Fiber 2008– Drop of IP cost to less that 5% of current price•Universal Access– Covering 80% of Kenya’s population withaffordable voice/data access technology© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

KDN Fiber RolloutTororoUganda165km160kmEldoret155kmKisumuNakuru160kmNairobi340km160kmMombasaEASSy© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

EASSy FiberMalabaZanzibar© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

Conclusion – the cycle of growth• Usage• Knowledge derived from usage• Service industry for low level support• Growth of user base/industry• Medium level support (e.g. Call Centers)• Production Shift• R&D• Top Level support• Outsourcing (into rural areas and the region)© 2005 Kenya Data Networks Ltd.

Kenya Data Networks Ltd.September 2005