0. The Internet Growth Sparks Submarine Cables Builds
Sylvie LaPerriere
Dir. Peering & Commercial Operations
Presentation deck 1 of 2
GPF 4 – Punta Cana
30 Jan 2009

1. …or the Josh title Wet Cable Ahoy!
GPF 4 – Punta Cana

2. World Internet Users Key Markets: Asia, Europe, North America
Asia users almost equal Europe and North America combined. Growth > 400% (2000 – 2007)
Emerging markets (high user growth, low penetration)
Middle East
Africa
Latin America / Caribbean
CORPORATE
Source:

3. Growing Importance of India & China in the New World
Source: Morgan Stanley; Tata Communications Research
Working Population 2010, millions
Addition to Working Pops
In fact, in the next few years, India, China and Africa will contribute nearly two thirds of all increase in working population to the world.
CORPORATE

4. Growing Importance of India & China in the New World
Population Distribution (2007)
Mobile Subscriber Adds ( )
Source: Morgan Stanley, Gartner, Tata Comms Research
CORPORATE

5. Upcoming Submarine Cables in Emerging Markets
Asia Middle East Africa + India Infrastructure
GPF 4 – Punta Cana

6. Commencement of New Submarine Cable Projects
TGN Eurasia
Intra-Europe
Trans-Pacific
London
Trans-Pacific
New York
Frankfurt
San Francisco
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Trans-Atlantic
Mumbai
SMW 3 & 4; FEA
TGN Intra-Asia
Singapore
TIC, i2i & SMW 4
New Cables
SAT3 & SAFE
Capacity Purchase
Cable Name
Connecting
Ownership
TGN-Intra Asia
Singapore Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines
Majority Owner
TGN-Eurasia
India to France via Egypt
Cable Name
Connecting
Ownership
IMEWE
India, Middle East, Egypt, Italy, France
Consortium Member
SEACOM
India, Egypt, South Africa
Initial Capacity Owner
CORPORATE

7. Intra-Asia Networks
CORPORATE

8. Asia : TGN-IA Overview Day One Landing Points Overview
City-to-City Connectivity
Full Range of Service Offerings including:
E1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-16 Unprotected
10G Wavelength Service
E-1 though STM-4 Protected
Ethernet Services
Lease & IRU Contracts available
Asia : TGN-IA Overview
Day One Landing Points
Expected Latencies
Overview
Length: 6,700 km
# of Fiber Pairs: 4
Initial Capacity: 650Gbps
Design Capacity: 3.84Tbps
Speeds: STM-1/4/16 & 10G
Singapore
Tokyo
Guam
Philippines
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Sin POP – Jp POP  = 63msec RTD
Sin POP – HK POP = 33msec RTD
HK POP – Jp POP  = 45msec RTD
Sin POP – Vietnam CLS = 16.3msec RTD
Vietnam CLS – Ph CLS = 24msec RTD
Ph CLS – Japan POP = 33msec RTD
CORPORATE 8

9. TGN-IA Complements Existing Cable Systems in Asia
CORPORATE 9

10. Other Asian and Pacific projects
VSNL Intra Asia cable (RFS Q3 2008)
Two Indonesia-Singapore cables
Hong-Kong-Vietnam (Tricom Asia, US$60’)
New-Caledonia-Hawaii
New-Caledonia-Sydney
Australia-Guam
Pipe Networks, 1.92Tb, RFS March 2009
Australia-Hawaii (Telstra)
South Asia Japan Cable RFS 2011+
CORPORATE

11. Transcontinenals….TGN – Eurasia
Tata Communications joint build with SEACom & Telecom Egypt, providing an owned route from Europe to India
City-to-City Connectivity in Europe & India
Full Range of Service Offerings including
E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
Protected and Unprotected
Wavelength Services
Ethernet Services
Backhaul is included from Marseille
Expected RFS: October 2009
Fibre Length ~ 9,240km
2 fiber pairs
Day One Capacity:
160 Gbps
Design Capacity:
1.28Tbps
Design Life ~ 25 years
Protected transit through Egypt
Landing Locations:
Mumbai – VSB
Egypt – transit
Marseille – Net Centre
CORPORATE

12. Transcontinentals….IMEWE
Connectivity from Europe to India and other MENA countries
Expected Length ~ 14,000km
Landing Stations
Mumbai Landing - BKC
Marseille Landing – FT
City-to-City Connectivity in Europe & India
Full Range of Service Offerings including
E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
Protected and Unprotected (via other systems)
Ethernet Services
Expected RFS: 1Q2010
CORPORATE

13. Africa: SEACom Cable System
First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe
Length: 13,000km Cable
Locations:
South Africa (Mtunzini)
Mozambique (Maputo)
Madagascar (Toliary),
Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
Kenya (Mombasa)
India (Mumbai)
Djibouti (Djibouti)
France (Marseille)
Ultimate Capacity: 1,280 Gbps
City-to-City Connectivity onto the Tata Communications Networks in Europe, India, & USA
Full Range of Service Offerings including:
E1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
Lease and IRU Contracts available
Expected RFS: 2H2009
CORPORATE

14. Africa: SAT-3/SAFE
Connectivity Into S. Africa with Tata Communications partner, Neotel
Sister company Neotel is second national operator in South Africa
Joint Neotel-Tata international service
Both International and domestic data service
Neotel owned national long distance and metro network in South Africa provides diversity from existing networks
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Durban
City-to-City Connectivity in Europe, India, and S. Africa
Full Range of Service Offerings including
E-1, DS-3, STM-1,and STM-4
Consortium Restored on SMW-3
Ethernet Services
Backhaul is included
CORPORATE

15. Africa: the three SAT’s
                                                                                                                                                                   
SAT-1: 1968
SAT-2: 1993
SAT-3: 2001
WASC/SAFE: 2002
See:
CORPORATE

16. Latin America/ Caribbean
Mercosur countries
SAM1 (Telefonica)
New landing of SAM1 Cable in Columbia
SAC/LAN (GlobalCrossing)
Globenet
Columbus Networks
completed its Caribbean Crossing (east)
Maya
Arcos
New systems announced for DR, NL Antilles
CORPORATE

17. Tata National India Network
40,000 km transmission network
170 points of presence across India
Covering 300 cities and towns
High service uptimes through diverse fiber routes and state of the art Ciena core director network
Dual Pop architecture in 4 metros
Cost effective DWDM network
Aggressive expansion across India
Creation of express network connecting major metros 17

18. Tata Metro Area Fiber Network
32+ Metro Fiber Networks
Direct Connectivity onto the NPL Network
Full Range of Service Offerings including
E-1, DS-3, STM-1 and STM-4
Protected and Unprotected
Ethernet Services
Mumbai, Pune, Delhi & NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad
E-1 through STM-64
Wavelength Services
Presence in Major Carrier Hotels
MAN Network
MAN PoP

19. Tata WIMAX Network Last mile solution in 110+ Towns
Directly integrated with the MPLS backbone
Reliable
Secure
Service Offerings including
Up to 2Mbps
Jamnagar
Junagadh
WIMAX Network
Wimax Location
Upcoming Wimax Location

20. Cable breaks part III December 19, 2008
Part I : Taiwan Earthquake 26 Dec 2006 Part II: Mediterranean Cuts Jan 2008 Part III: Triple Break off Italy Dec 2008
GPF 4 – Punta Cana

21. Part I AS6453 Asia Backbone circa Dec 2006 | Physical Routes Diversity
TransPac: C-US | J-US | TGN-P
FLAG FNAL
TOKYO
TGN-P
Intra-Asia:
FNAL | APCN | APCN-2
| EAC | SMW-3
EAC
APCN-2
J-US
Shima
HONG KONG
SMW-3
LONDON
SMW-4
APCN
CH-US
Pusan
MUMBAI
KUALA
LUMPUR
Chongming
PALO ALTO
Fangshan
MUMBAI
TIC
Shantou
LOS ANGELES
SINGAPORE
IN PROGRESS
EXISTING
LEGEND
MANILLA
CORPORATE
As of December 26th, 2006

22. Part I Taiwan Earthquake December 26, 2006 | Cable Faults
FLAG FNAL
TOKYO
TGN-P
EAC
APCN-2
J-US
Shima
HONG KONG
SMW-3
LONDON
SMW-4
APCN
CH-US
Pusan
MUMBAI
KUALA
LUMPUR
Chongming
PALO ALTO
Fangshan
MUMBAI
TIC
Shantou
LOS ANGELES
SINGAPORE
IN PROGRESS
EXISTING
LEGEND
MANILLA
CORPORATE
As of December 26th, 2006

23. Part I Taiwan Earthquake December 26, 2006 | Remaining Cable Routes
TOKYO
TGN-P
J-US
EAC
Shima
EAC
HONG KONG
EAC
LONDON
APCN-2
SMW-4
Pusan
MUMBAI
KUALA
LUMPUR
Chongming
PALO ALTO
APCN-2
Fangshan
MUMBAI
CH-US
TIC
SMW-3
Shantou
SMW-3
LOS ANGELES
SINGAPORE
EAC
APCN-2
EAC
IN PROGRESS
EXISTING
LEGEND
MANILLA
CORPORATE
As of December 26th, 2006

24. Part III: Triple break – SWM4, SMW3, Flag
Dec. 19, 2008
Dec. 20, 2008
Dec. 21, 2008
0:00
8:00
16:00
0:00
8:00
16:00
0:00
8:00
16:00
24:00
08:06 GMT - FLAG
08:00 GMT - S’pore-USA
07:33 GMT - SMW3
20:00 GMT - S’pore-India
07:28 GMT - SMW4
09:30 GMT - India-USA
19:00 GMT - MENA-S’pore
Europe
Japan and USA
Middle-East
CORPORATE
India
Singapore

25. The Internet Growth Sparks Submarine Cables Builds
Sylvie LaPerriere
Dir. Peering & Commercial Operations
Presentation deck 2 of 2
GPF 4 – Punta Cana
30 Jan 2009

26. Operating Submarine Cables
GPF 4 – Punta Cana

27. Specialist Ships – Laying, Repair, ROVs Several Key Players
Cable Laying
Specialist Ships – Laying, Repair, ROVs
Several Key Players
Cable Depots Worldwide
CORPORATE

28. Most Cables now trenched offshore where permitted,
Specialist Equipment
Burial capability,
Work to 2500m,
Most Cables now trenched offshore
where permitted,
Pre/Post Lay Inspections
CORPORATE

29. Cable Faults
JOLT - external aggression, anchor or skid from commercial fishing net but not actually breaking cable.
Sometimes the bend is so sharp fibers will attenuate but not break, other times cable will part elsewhere along the cable.
Planned restoration and repair required.
Shunt Fault – external aggression, friction damage has caused damage to
the cable but not actually breaking the cable. The damage extends to the core power cable causing a leakage to ground; though not always traffic affecting indicative of a larger problem.
Planned Restoration and Repair required.
Cable Break – immediate restoration and repair required
Executed by Cable Administrator and RCO/RLO.
CORPORATE

30. JOLT
CORPORATE

31. Severe JOLT
CORPORATE

32. Cable Break
CORPORATE

33. Cable Break – Recovered Internal Section
CORPORATE

34. TGN Break – Net Material
CORPORATE

35. Backhaul Systems – Terrestrial and Landing
CORPORATE

36. Backhaul Systems – Terrestrial and Landing
CORPORATE

37. Thank You
GPF 4 – Punta Cana