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Submarine Networks World Presentation, Singapore, September 2009

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Title: Submarine Capacity Markets in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East: Understanding the Fundamentals

Date: September 3, 2009

Contents: i. The new dynamics of submarine cable deployment in less-developed markets; ii. Three keys to understanding submarine cable market opportunities in global capacity markets; iii. Broadband penetration; iv. Who are the major players (telecommunications operators); v. What is the government’s relationship to the international gateway (submarine cable and satellite); vi. Sub-Saharan Africa submarine cable market; vii. Challenges of Africa; vii. African opportunities; viii. Who controls the international telecommunications traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa; ix. African west coast submarine cable fiber optic connectivity: history; x. SAT-3/SAFE: Sub-Saharan Africa’s primary submarine cable link, as of mid-2009 (submarine cable map); xi. West coast submarine cable connectivity; xii. African east coast submarine cable fiber connectivity: history; xiii. East coast submarine cable connectivity; xiv. South African international telecommunications traffic is the key; xv. Caribbean; xvi. Arcos-1 (submarine cable map); xvii. Global Caribbean Network (submarine cable map); xviii. Caribbean submarine cable capacity markets; xix. Middle East submarine cable market; xx. Middle East submarine cable capacity markets; xxi. Conclusions.

Length: 27 slides

Companies, Projects, Organizations, and Individuals Covered: Maroc Telecom, France Telecom, Zain, Tigo, Etisalat, MTN, Vodacom, Telkom South Africa, Tata Communications, Africa ONE, SAT-3/SAFE, West African Cable System (WACS), Broadband Infraco, Cable & Wireless, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Glo-1, Globacom, Main One, Main Street Technologies, African Development Bank (ABD), Uhurunet, Africa West Coast Cable (AWCC), Maroc Telecom, Infinity Worldwide Telecom Group of Companies (IWTGC), Project Oxygen, Seacom, East African Marine System (TEAMS), Aga Khan, Sithe Global, Neotel, VSNL, Safaricom, Telkom Kenya, Etisalat, East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), FLAG Next Generation Network (NGN), Reliance Globalcom, Arcos-1, Global Caribbean Network (GCN), Groupe Loret, European Union, Government of Martinique, Antilles Crossing, Calypso, Cuba-Venezuela, Seahorse-1, Digicel, America Movil, Sea-Me-We-2, Sea-Me-We-3, Sea-Me-We-4, FLAG Europe-Asia, TGN Eurasia, Hawk, I-Me-We, Europe-India-Gateway (EIG), Gulf Bridge International (GBI), Middle East-North Africa (MENA), Orascom, Middle East Fiber (MEF), Arab Submarine Cable Company (ASCC), Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Qatar Telecom (Qtel).

Submarine Cable Map - New Pacific Submarine Cables, 2008-2011

Title: Submarine Cable Map - New Pacific Submarine Cables, 2008-2011

Description: Submarine cable map showing planned and under-construction submarine cables in the Pacific region according to planned configurations as of 2008.

Date: 2008

Submarine Networks World Presentation, Singapore, August 2008

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Title: Submarine Cable Markets and Infrastructure: Supply and Demand Economics, Asia-Pacific and Elsewhere

Date: August 19, 2008

Contents: i. Analysis of historical submarine cable investment and deployment; ii. Submarine cable investment; iii. Submarine cable deployment; iv. Regional submarine cable investment: the industry hotspots (North Pacific, South Pacific, Africa); v. Transpacific submarine cable investment and deployment (submarine cable map); vi. North Pacific deployment (submarine cable map); vii. March, 2008: Cooperation in the North Pacific submarine cable market; viii. North Pacific submarine cable supply-and-demand dynamics; ix. Economics of transpacific submarine cable deployment; x. South Pacific submarine cable deployment (submarine cable map); xi. Sub-Saharan Africa submarine cable market: another industry hotspot; xii. Submarine cable markets and investment in other regions; xiii. Financing and ownership of submarine cables; xiv. Submarine cable financing by type; xv. Trends in submarine cable financing; xvi. Suppliers of submarine cables; xvii. Historical "Big 5" submarine cable manufacturers; xviii. Submarine cable manufacturers' market shares; xix. Other submarine cable manufacturers; xx. Submarine cable market forecast; xxi. Submarine cable market trends.

Length: 30 slides

Companies, Projects, Organizations, and Individuals Covered: Asia-America Gateway (AAG), FLAG Transpacific, Honotua (Hawaii-Tahiti), Pipe Pacific Cable-1 (PPC-1), Trans Pacific Express (TPE), Unity, Trans Pacific Express (TPE) expansion, AT&T, Telstra, Philippines Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), Bharti Airtel, Telekom Malaysia, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT Telkom), Starhub, Verizon Business, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom, Korea Telecom (KT), Chunghwa Telecom, Google, Pacnet, East Asia Crossing (EAC), C2C, FLAG Next-Generation Network (FLAG NGN), FLAG Telecom, Reliance, NTT, VSNL Transpacific, China-US Cable Network, Japan-US Cable Network, Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1), Pipe Networks, Kordia Networks, Pipe Pacific Cable-2 (PPC-2), Ochre Networks, Matrix Networks, Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN), Southern Cross Cable Network-2 (SCCN-2), SAT-3/SAFE, Glo-1 (Globacom), East African Marine System (TEAMS), East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), Seacom, FLAG Next Generation Network-2 (FLAG NGN-2), Infraco, Maroc Telecom, Maroc Telecom West African Cable, SAT-4, Uhurunet, Main One, Project West Africa (Infinity Worldwide Telecom Group of Companies (IWTGC), Sri Lanka-South Africa, VSNL, VSNL Intra-Asia, TGN Intra-Asia, C2C-East Asia Crossing Interconnection, India-Middle East-Western Europe (I-Me-We), Europe-India Gateway (EIG), Millennium Telecom, VSNL Eurasia, TGN Eurasia, Middle East-North Africa (MENA) (Orascom), TE North (Telecom Egypt), Alcatel-Lucent, Tyco Telecommunications, NEC, Fujitsu, KDDI-SCS, Pirelli, Nexans, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (NSW), General Cable, Siemens, Corning Cable, Ericsson, Huawei Marine Networks, Global Marine.

Submarine Networks Africa Presentation, Johannesburg, South Africa, November, 2007

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Title: The Worldwide Submarine Cable Market and the State of African Submarine Communications

Date: November 28, 2007

Contents: i. Historical submarine cable investment; ii. Submarine cable investment by region; iii. Trends in geographic deployment; iv. Financing and ownership of submarine cables; v. Largest submarine cable system owners (global networks and regional operators); vi. Suppliers of submarine cable systems; vii. Suppliers' market shares; vii. Turnkey suppliers and specialist suppliers; viii. International capacity infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa; ix. Investment in sub-Saharan African submarine cables; x. Proposed African east coast submarine cables; xi. Proposed African west coast submarine cables; xii. Proposed pan-African submarine cables; xiii. Smaller regional African submarine cables; xiv. Conclusions (global submarine cable market); xv. Conclusions (African submarine cable market).

Length: 42 slides

Companies, Projects, Organizations, and Individuals Covered: 5-P Networks, Adedoyin Ademilola, Aden-Djibouti Submarine Cable, Adonis (Adonas) Angolan Submarine Cable, African Development Bank (ADB), Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Alcatel-Lucent, Arcos, Ashmore Investment Management, Asia Netcom, Asia-America Gateway (AAG), AT&T Submarine Systems Inc. (AT&T-SSI), Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1), Azea Networks Ltd., Baltcom Cable System, Blackstone Group, Bookham Technology, Broadband InfraCo Pty Ltd. (Infraco), C2C / Singtel, Dr. Henry Chasia, Ciena, Clearwater Capital Partners, Columbia Ventures, Columbus Communications, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), Connect Holdings, Convergence Partners, Corning Cable, Dupont, East Africa Marine System (TEAMS), East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), East Asia Crossing (EAC) Transpacific, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), Ericsson, European Investment Bank (EIB), Fidelity Investments, FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA), FLAG Falcon, FLAG Next Generation Network (NGN) Transpacific, FLAG Telecom, Fujitsu, General Cable Technologies Corporation, Glimmerglass, Glo-1 Submarine Cable (UK-Nigeria), Globacom Nigeria, Global Alumina, Global Crossing, Global Marine Systems, Google Unity transpacific submarine cable, Government of Kenya, Herakles Telecom LLC, Hibernia, Hitachi Ltd., Huawei, India-Middle East-Western Europe (I-Me-We), Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, Infraco South Africa-South America-Europe Submarine Cable System, International Development Office of the Government of Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Investec, KDDI-SCS, KfW Bankengruppe, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, Kigali Protocol, Level 3 Communications, Longreach Group, Lumentis, Madagascar Submarine Cable Project, MAIN One, Mainstreet Technologies, Maroc Telecom, Maroc Telecom Atlas Offshore Submarine Cable System, Maroc Telecom West Africa Submarine Cable, Med Nautilus, Mitsubishi Electric, Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN), Mozambique National Backbone Transmission Network (Mozambique NBTN), Namibia Submarine Cable Project, Bitange Ndemo, NEC, Nedbank, Neotel (Pty) Ltd. South Africa, Nepad Broadband Infrastructure Network (NBIN), New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Nexans, Andile Ngcaba, Nigerian Festoon, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), Ocean Cable Company (OCC), Funke Opeke, Pacific Crossing (PC-1), Pan-African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF), Phelps Stokes Fund, Pirelli, Project West Africa (Infinity Worldwide Telecommunications Group of Companies - IWTGC), Cyril Ramaphosa, Reach Global Services Ltd., Red Sky Submarine Systems, Reliance Group, Johann Rupert, Russia-Japan Cable, Sheikh Saoud, Saudi Arabia-Sudan-1 (SAS-1), Seacom, Seychelles Submarine Cable Project, Shanduka Group, Shefa-2 (Faroe Islands-Shetland Islands-Orkney Island-UK), Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Siemens, Singapore Technologies Telemedia, Mool Singhi, Sithe Global, Carlos Slim, South African Department of Communications (DoC), South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable-2 (SAT-2), South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable-3 / South Africa-Far East (SAT-3/SAFE), South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable-4 (SAT-4), Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-3 (Sea-Me-We-3), Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4 (Sea-Me-We-4), Spinnaker Capital, Sri Lanka-South Africa Submarine Cable, submarine cable consortia, Tata Group, Telecom Italia, Teleglobe, Telkom South Africa (Telkom SA), Transmode, Trans-Pacific Express (TPE), Tyco Electronics, Tyco Global Network (TGN), Tyco International, Tyco Telecommunications, Uhurunet, United States Department of Defense, Venfin, Verizon Business, Verizon Communications, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL), Vivendi, Vodacom, VSNL Transpacific, West African Festoon System (WAFS), Robert Woog, World Bank Group, Worldcom.

Capacity Africa Presentation, Cape Town, South Africa, September, 2007

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Title: International Capacity Infrastructure in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa

Date: September 11, 2007

Contents: i. International capacity infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa; ii. Historical undersea cable investment (milestones); iii. Investment in sub-Saharan undersea cables; iv. Planned and proposed undersea cables serving Kenya; v. Planned and proposed undersea cables serving South Africa; vi. Planned and proposed undersea cables serving Nigeria; vii. Nationalization of submarine cable landing rights in South Africa.

Length: 9 slides

Companies, Projects, Organizations, and Individuals Covered: Aden-Djibouti Submarine Cable, Adonis (Adonas) Angolan Submarine Cable, Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1), Blackstone Group, Broadband InfraCo Pty Ltd. (Infraco), Business Daily (Nairobi), East Africa Marine System (TEAMS), East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA), FLAG Falcon, FLAG Next Generation Network (FLAG NGN), FLAG Telecom, Glo-1 Submarine Cable (UK-Nigeria), Globacom Nigeria, Global Crossing, Government of Kenya, Herakles Telecom LLC, Infinity Worldwide Telecommunications Group of Companies (IWTGC), Infraco South Africa-South America-Europe Cable System, Mozambique National Backbone Transmission Network (Mozambique NBTN), Neotel (Pty) Ltd. South Africa, Nepad Broadband Infrastructure Network (NBIN), New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Nigerian Festoon, Project West Africa, Reliance Group, Saudi Arabia-Sudan-1 (SAS-1), Seacom, Sithe Global, South Africa Telecommunications Cable-3 / South Africa-Far East (SAT-3/SAFE), South African Department of Communications (DoC), South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable-2 (SAT-2), South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable-4 (SAT-4), Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-3 (Sea-Me-We-3), Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4 (Sea-Me-We-4), undersea cable consortia, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL), West African Festoon System (WAFS).

Suboptic Paper, Suboptic 2007, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 2007

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Title: Undersea Cable Markets and the Developing World

Date: May 15, 2007

Contents: i. Description of world population without access to fiber optic connectivity (32 of the world's 53 poorest nations, 461 million people); ii. Historical rejection of "long, thin" routes by cable developers; iii. Growth of mobile networks and Internet infrastructure in less-developed countries (LDCs); iv. Growth of "digital industries" in LDCs; v. Inability of satellite capacity to cope with LDCs' demand; vi. Deployment of fiber optic networks in some parts of the developing world (South America, West Africa, south Asia); vii. Incentives for investors in infrastructure vs. desire for open access; viii. Explosion in mobile telephone usage (over 250 million subscribers in the world's poorest 53 nations); ix. "Stranded" mobile networks linked internationally only by satellite; x. Emergence of LDC's Internet service providers as viable competitors to mobile operators; xi. Use of wireless technology to overcome shortcomings of fixed infrastructure; xii. Outsourcing of "digital industries" to LDCs; xiii. Role of wage pressure in shift of digital jobs to least-developed countries; xiv. Regional cooperation and increased trans-border traffic flows making routing of traffic between neighboring countries via intercontinental hubs impractical; xv. Foreign investment and the sale of profitable telecommunications assets to foreign investors as required by international financial institutions; xvi. Emergence of pan-regional telecommunications giants; xvii. The developing world finally benefits from submarine cable investment trends; xviii. Likelihood that submarine cable investment in the developing world will be driven by telecommunications operators rather than entrepreneurial or speculative investors; xix. Hybrid financial modifications and the role of international financial institutions; xx. Nullifying the satellite capacity proposition; xxi. West Africa regional analysis: SAT-2 and the unfulfilled promise of SAT-3 as well as new proposed undersea cable systems; xxii. East Africa regional analysis: the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and the East African Marine System (TEAMS) as well as new proposed systems from KDN and FLAG Telecom; xxiii. Middle East regional analysis; xxiv. South Asian regional analysis and the emergence of Tata Group and Reliance as major global submarine cable network operators; xxv. Southeast Asia regional analysis and the construction of the China-Southeast Asia Cable System and the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Backbone System; xxvi. The example of cable re-deployment in Papua New Guinea; xxvii. South Pacific regional analysis and the United States Department of Defense's desire for better connectivity in the region; xxviii. Latin American regional analysis; xxix. Caribbean regional analysis; xxx. Obstacles and threats preventing the deployment of fiber in the developing world (including literacy rates, linguistic concerns, lack of electrification, and poverty); xxxi. Delicate balance between investment incentives and capacity management including the issues of open access and the classification of international fiber optic bandwidth as a "national resource"; xxxii. Conclusion and a presentation of the opportunity for fiber deployment in the developing world.

Length: 11 pages (4,500 words)

Companies, Projects, Organizations, and Individuals Covered: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Australia-Papua New Guinea-2 (APNG-2), Boston Globe, China-Southeast Asia Cable System, Digicel, East African Backhaul System (EABS), East Africa Marine System (TEAMS), East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), El Mercado Commun del Sur, European Investment Bank (EIB), FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA), FLAG Falcon, FLAG Telecom, Glo-1 Submarine Cable (UK-Nigeria), Globacom Nigeria, Government of Kenya, Government of Nigeria, Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Backbone System, International Finance Corporation (IFC) / World Bank Group, Kenya Data Networks (KDN) / Sameer Investment Group, Millicom, Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) / Zain, Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN), One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Program, Orascom, Pacrim West Submarine Cable, Project West Africa (Infinity Worldwide Telecommunications Group of Companies - IWTGC), Reliance Group, South Africa Telecommunications Cable-3 / South Africa-Far East (SAT-3/SAFE), South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable-2 (SAT-2), Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-2 (Sea-Me-We-2), Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-3 (Sea-Me-We-3), Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4 (Sea-Me-We-4), Tata Group, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Tyco Global Network (TGN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Millennium Goals, United States Department of Defense, West African Festoon System (WAFS).

Executive Telecom Briefings Presentation, Boston University School of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, December, 2006

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CANTO (Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations) 2006 Annual Conference, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, June, 2006

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Submarine Communications Presentation, Lisbon, Portugal, March, 2006

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