Istanbul: Emerging Gateway of Eurasia Cengiz Öztelcan CSMO, Pantel International 18.04.2013

Agenda Türk Telekom & Pantel Pantel Network – Current & Future Overview of the Fixed Telco Market Growing Need for Bandwidth Major Terrestrial Routes of the Region

Türk Telekom & Pantel International Mobile Operator Incumbent Fixed Line Operator Retail Broadband Operator 81% 100% International Data & Wholesale Voice Provider IT Consulting, Products & Services IT Product & Software Education Content Call Center &Customer Games Software Albanian Incumbent Operator 15% MISSION OF PANTEL INTERNATIONAL Exceeding our customer’s expectations by delivering high quality and flexible telecommunication solutions in Europe, Turkey, the Middle East, CIS and beyond.

Pantel International Network Pantel backbone Leased capacity JADI route Sea cable Terrestrial Network and Sea Cables

UNIQUE NETWORK FEATURES More than 50 major POPs in Europe POP in Asia (Hong Kong) and in the USA (New York) Over 40,000 km of fiber optic network in CEE, Turkey and connections to neighboring countries Access to JADI and sea cables through, reach ME countries End-to-end managed, fully redundant DWDM network through the whole geographical area Ability to connect difficult-to-reach-countries 2018.09.21.

Overview of the Fixed Telco Market Global demand for internet bandwidth keeps growing; 2012-2018 estimated CAGR 34% (Telegeography) Strongest growth estimated for less developed regions. Telco growth driven by internet; both fixed and mobile. Source: ITU, Analysis Mason 2012

Growing Need for Bandwidth Total bandwidth used in respective region; composed of internet bandwidth, private network bandwidth, and switched voice bandwidth

Major Terrestrial Routes of Region EPEG: Europe-Persia Express Gateway A vital terrestrial alternative to 10+ submarine fibers through Suez which connect Europe and Asia, mitigating the risk. TAE & TAE2 Transit Europe Asia Ukraine, Georgia and Bulgaria will soon join the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) fibre backbone project (Telegeography news 21 Feb 2013) TASIM (underway) Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway Backed by UN, coordinated by Azerbaijan, will connect Hong-Kong to Frankfurt on two routes.

JADI link Network Capacity In ME and Turkey Pantel backbone Leased capacity JADI route Sea cable Network Capacity In ME and Turkey

Pantel/GBI Route

PANTEL’S NEW ROUTE TO THE ME

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