1. 1 Feb 2010 Jean-Louis Parmentier Chief Operating Officer, SEACOM Ltd Parmentier@seacom.mu SEACOM Story Update FEAST Workshop Bruxelles, February 25th, 2010

2. 2 Feb 2010 SEACOM is a privately funded African company, offering a 1.28Tb/s submarine fiber optic cable system linking Africa to Europe and Asia via the Middle East “SEACOM is open for business and ready to supply complete solutions for Africa’s Broadband on Demand needs” Wholesale provider of bandwidth Deliver infrastructure support for the growth of the ICT sector, e.g. BPO, call centers, education Be committed to the principles of open and equitable access to broadband Facilitate the development of high volume, low cost market encouraging new industries to emerge, stimulating further demand Compliment GSM and fixed line national carriers by providing low cost high capacity bandwidth and additional redundancy Be fully funded & majority African owned (76.25%) SEACOM snapshot Fibre topographySEACOM’s drivers

3. 3 Feb 2010 Defining the product In order to address Africa’s broadband needs, SEACOM’s business case had to focus on an open access, low cost service that travels right to the point of need not just the shoreline Affordability Accessibility 1 2 Core ideas behind SEACOM’s business case Target those in need – East coast Ensuring ‘open access’ policy consistent with the Kigali protocol The “Death of distance” through a single price Providing services to medical & educational institutions, partnering with Ubuntunet & TENET True end-to-end solution from London to Johannesburg, from Mumbai to Nairobi… Focus in getting backhaul to landlocked countries in need Working in harmony with existing channels and building redundancy Applying best practice risk management & disaster recovery across the full value chain & 24 hour global support Without true open access, Africa will limit the potential of tomorrow’s unkown innovators

4. 4 Feb 2010 RFCS 23 rd July 2009 are the active parts of the network in South east Africa : Currently over direct Mumbai- Marseilles SMW4 capacity Completion Med & Red Sea Q2 2010 Network Schematic Deployment Information Activation progress Progress Dec 2009

5. 5 Feb 2010 Achievements & challenges Jan 2010 Activated Capacity between Africa to : Europe 91% India 6% Africa 2% South East Regional 1% Traffic breakdown Capacity Wet cable : 100% ✔ Terrestrial backhaul : Fiber over power lines : > 99,9% ✔ Underground fiber with route protection : > 99,9% ✔ Underground fibers non redundant ☹ –Worst 3 months >97,8% –Other > 99% Availability Activity figures

6. 6 Feb 2010 SEACOM has strong company and shareholders commitments to Educational program initiative in Africa Thanks to broadband access, information, specifically Educational content, is widely and freely available SEACOM is offering reduced cost of international bandwidth for Universities and Research Institutions for non commercial and Acceptable Usage purposes Educational program SEACOM has extended the below cost bandwidth offer to the NREN of Southern and Eastern African Universities as well as to uBhuntuNet Tenet Kenet University Dar Es Salaam Provision Abundant Bandwidth Will Bring Near-term Change to Africa

7. 7 Feb 2010 Immediate impacts of SEACOM: Kenya in focus Went operational on 23 July 2009 Within 14 days of launch Safaricom CEO reported 200% increase in data traffic Within 3 days Kenya reports 3-5 times increase in internet speeds International bandwidth supply increase of 700% Impacts on Kenya include:

8. 8 Feb 2010 Immediate impacts of SEACOM on Mozambique Went operational on 23 July 2009 One ISP customer doubled bandwidth from September 2009 for same price, while others now offer end user choice (double bandwidth for same price OR same bandwidth for half the price) International bandwidth supply increase of 850% After connection to SEACOM, ISP verified a rapid increase in bandwidth usage, and is now connecting their aditionnal STM-1 circuit in order to respond to their customers’ needs Impacts on Mozambique include:

9. 9 Feb 2010 Immediate impacts of SEACOM: Uganda in focus Went operational on Spetember 2009 Favorable comments from Uganda Telecom on speed of the network and the IP Transit service Impacts on Uganda include:

10. 10 Feb 2010 SEACOM’s coverage and impact on Tanzania Went operational on 23 July 2009 Vodacom MD stated that margins increased 30% the day they switched from satellite to SEACOM Pre-SEACOM international bandwidth supply= 300Mb/s. Post-SEACOM international bandwidth supply= 3000Mb/s, 1000% increase University of Dar Es Salaam increased capacity 1000%+ through SEACOM relationship, 1 st truly “wired” university in East Africa Impacts on Tanzania include:

11. 11 Feb 2010 Immediate impacts of SEACOM: Rwanda in focus Went operational on Sept 2009 “After a full connection to the under sea cable [i.e. SEACOM], Rwandatel’s internet subscriber base is projected to increase by 10% in the first 12 months” (AllAfrica.com news, Jan 14, 2010) “After signing a contract with SEACOM connectivity last year, Rwandatel acquired 155 Mbps of capacity….The deal is expected to help Rwandatel consolidate its position as Rwanda’s leading Internet Service Provider” (AllAfrica.com news, Jan 14, 2010) Impacts on Rwanda include:

12. 12 Feb 2010 Immediate impacts of SEACOM: South Africa Went operational on 23 July 2009 MTN announced a 50% increase in capacity for certain corporate clients in South Africa while Telkom and Mweb also announced similar increases Monthly lease cost for a STM-1 circuit declined by over 50%, from 2.1M ZAR (USD 283,090) per month in 2006 to 0.8M ZAR (USD107,844) per month currently. International bandwidth supply increase of 700% Impacts on South Africa include:

13. 13 Feb 2010 SEACOM way forward SEACOM’s strategy going forward will be to continue to pursue various business areas in order to fulfill Africa’s unmet broadband needs Removing national and international infrastructure bottlenecks Facilitating research & education through discounted bandwidth Supporting the east and southern African economic growth by significantly lowering communications costs Addressing the needs of bandwidth hungry African economies A commercial dynamic is engaged Broadband demand is not going to taper out….it is going to continue on this curve The full value chain will be opened up allowing for low cost access right from the international long haul to the last mile to all Internet Service Providers There will be significant M&A activity as more services get bundled in the quest to customize solutions and minimize churn SEACOM is committed to share this journey…

14. 14 Feb 2010 Thank You