Sentech Presents to the Portfolio Committee on Communications 3 September 2003

The Sentech Team n Gladwin Marumo n Johan Raath n Dingane Dube n Matime Nchabaleng n Jeremiah Sikhosana At your service

Nepad Imperatives n Build infrastructure n Grow Africa –Universal access –Affordability –Bridging the digital divide n African focus with South African realities

South African Issues n Some of the most expensive telephone calls in the world –Especially taking our relative standard of living indices into account n Some of our people that have never used a telephone n Voice access is vital n Internet access is but a dream –Digital abyss

Sentech already n Provides broadband communication facilities anywhere in South and Southern Africa n Provides internet connectivity n Links schools in a tele-education network n Provides the backbone and facilities for telemedicine solutions n Has become the communications driver for community telecentres n And we have only launched one of our exciting multimedia product lines

The Orange Farm Experience

Telecentres n Sentech has provided broadband connectivity to the Siyabonga Telecentre at Orange Farm –VSAT –Internet n Providing fast internet access to a community n The centre already had paying internet customers after 1 week. –Monthly fee –Building towards a sustainable business –Sentech will assist with the implementation of 100 telecentres A bridge over the digital divide

Telemedicine n Sentech has a working telemedicine solution –Public/Private partnership –XRAY images stored and forwarded, diagnosed and reported n XRays taken at Frontier Hospital in Queenstown are being diagnosed in Johannesburg –Efficient utilisation of resources –Fast diagnostics –Access to professional radiological services. –Increased revenue earning potential for state hospitals n Medical aids will increasingly send patients to state hospitals

Digitisation n Paving the way to increased coverage and diversity n Sentech has proven DTT n DTT is cheaper for the broadcaster n DTT fits the convergence roadmap –True interactivity –South African infrastructure –Lower reliance on dollar-based services

Leveraging digitisation n Lower cost decoder –Local manufacture –Incentives –Export opportunities –Local skills n Regional television leads the way n More broadcasters – the frequency conundrum is solved. n Don’t try to lead the world, but use technology to build business

Multimedia Principles n Broadband and wideband access to converged communication services –Image –Data –Video –Television –Radio And dare we say it Voice

Multimedia and Voice In a converged world Multimedia means communications of any form Sentech is providing broadband access – but our customers cannot use it for the most common form of human communication - voice

Sentech’s Vision To provide world-class communication services combined with excellence in customer satisfaction. BusinessConsumerCommunitiesNepad

Customer Facilities Services Applications Content

Sentech launches broadband VSAT Internet Access Networking Intranet Broadband connectivity

Network topology LAN Remote Sites LAN NETWORK OPERATION SYSTEM SATELLITE (KU-BAND) Head Office LAN

Orange Farm Other Telecentres LAN Network Operation System SATELLITE (KU-BAND) Internet Access Siyabonga Voice? Picture not included

Telemedicine Topology Sentech

Sentech Telemedicine Solution Frontier Hospital LAN SATELLITE (KU-BAND) Radiology Centres of Excellence Image distribution, storage and Management Mining Sector

HPi-community services Rebone Bakenberg Ga-Mapele Mahwelereng Sentech All links 256/512kb e-Government e-Learning Telemedicine Voice?