TTCL Approach to Support NREN

In This Presentation Key Information: About the TTCL TTCL as a TERENET manager Strategy to connect NREN Business Model A Way Forward

About TTCL The incumbent fixed operator in Tanzania established in January 1994. Has presence in most of Tanzania and is a carrier of carriers Operates the NICTBB ( National Fiber Backbone). Provides the last mile of the TERNET/HERIN Manage and operate the Govnet and TERNET/HERIN.

TTCL as a TERNET/HERIN Manager Network Operations and Maintenance: Daily network operations Service Restoration & Troubleshooting Service provisioning Manage the government international bandwidth - 300Mbps allocated to HERIN Provides discounted prices for TERNET/HERIN institutions. Connected institution - 27 Institutions

Strategy to connect NREN Our Strategy: “Provide High Quality Connectivity at an Affordable Cost.” Infrastructure to Support Strategy Implementation: National ICT Broadband Backbone – NICTBB Internet Data Center IP - PoP

National ICT BackBone (NICTBB) Coverage 7,560km OFC Connect 9 border points Connect all regional centers in Tanzania Connected to three submarine cable Capacity 30Gbps capacity Soon to be expanded to 200 Gbps Topology Ring network, Self healing

NICTBB Services STM 1 155 Mbps STM 4 620 STM 16 2.5 Gbps STM 64 10 Fast Ethernet 100 Gigabit 1000Mbps

Internet Data Center - IDC

TTCL Brings People Closer Internet Data Center - Overview Background Built by the government of United Republic of Tanzania with a view to enhance ICT application Ranked as Tier-3 Data Centre Rack capacity – 184 and 2000 Terabit For Government, Service Providers, Corporate, SMEs, others Expected to be Operational in Mid-May, 2016 4/29/2019 TTCL Brings People Closer

IDC – Products & Services Co-location Back and Managed Services Dedicated Servers Virtualization(Cloud Computing) Web Hosting Full Office Pack

TTCL IP POP – Tier 1 Features of the POP TTCL TIS POP - DSM TIS POP - Djibouti TIS POP - Marseille Sub-marine Cable Internet NICTBB - TZ IP/MPLS Core Tier 1 POP exchanging traffic with more than 122 other TIS POPs in 28 countries and more than 1,000 partners’ POPs world wide. Protected connections over sub-marine cables landing in DSM. Accessible by all neighboring countries through NICTBB; and all regions and districts through TTCL IP/MPLS Core – TTCL Broadband.

Business Model Our Proposed Business Model is Composed of the Following Attributes: Discounted Broadband Connectivity up to Boarder Points – Leverage on NICTBB Infrastructure Discounted IDC Space and Managed Services – Leverage on Internet Data Center Offer internet connectivity capacity – Leverage on Tier 1 IP – PoP

A Way Forward Proposed Approach: TTCL, Ubuntu Alliance and TERNET to Establish the following : A Collaborative Business Model Framework Type of Services to be Offered and Shared to All NREN Members Regional Operators Collaborative Framework – On Infrastructure and Resources

End of the Presentation Q & A Asanteni Sana

TTCL IP POP – Tier 1 Seabone IP Backbone TTCL TIS POP TTCLPremises Marseille TIS Network Seabone IP Backbone Djibouti SMW3 EASSY Server farm with local content from: Google, Akamai, Limelight, CDN and more Singapore Sicily Server with local content from: Google, Local content from: Google, Akamai, Limelight, CDN, Leasewb and more SEACOM EIG HK and Transpac 3 diverse routes Circuit sizing will take into account diversification and usage around 70% to provide uninterrupted service and limited degradation in case of cable failure while ensuring echonomical sustainability