1 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL FUTURE SPECTRUM NEEDS SUPPORTING A DIGITAL TRANSITION (FROM A BROADCAST SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION PERSPECTIVE) ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Date:7 October 2009 Presented by:Dr. Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane, Chief Executive Officer

2 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL SENTECH TOWER JOHANNESBURG

3 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL OVERVIEW  SENTECH TOWER  WHO IS SENTECH?  SENTECH BROADCASTING SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE  TERRESTIAL NETWORK: TRANSMITTING STATIONS  SATELLITE DISTRIBUTION  SENTECH’S TELEPORT  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  OTHER SERVICES  TRANSMISSION PLANNING  GIS PLANNING  MEASUREMENTS  SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION TRAINING  KEY PROJECTS  DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT)  DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE  CHALLENGES FOR DIGITAL DIVIDEND TO BE USED FOR BROADCASTING SERVICE CHANNELS  DTT IMPLEMENTATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

4 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL WHO IS SENTECH? SENTECH is: A commercially run, 100% owned by the State of the South Africa, whose business is in electronic communications.

5 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL Sentech Business: Broadcasting Signal Distribution Telecommunications Other services

6 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS Television FM (Frequency Modulation) SW (Short Wave) MW (Medium Wave) Ku-Band Direct-to-Home Satellite C-Band Satellite MMDS BROADCAST BACKBONE Satellite distribution (C-Band Point-to-Point) Terrestrial Linking Satellite Contribution BROADCASTING SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION

7 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL VALUE ADDED SERVICES Network splitting Paging, RDS,(Radio data services), VBI (Vertical blanking interval) Television Nicam Stereo FM Stereo VIVID DTH PLATFORM Free to air Future subscription services SenCom BUSINESS TV and BUSINESS RADIO Sen TV Sen Radio Sen Data Sen Educate BROACASTING SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION cont.

8 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL Satellite Teleports (STP) 15 Transmitter Control Centers (TCC) Transmitter Stations V Transmitters FM Transmitters Medium-Wave Transmitters Short-wave Transmitter Station – 500Kw, 250Kw & 100Kw transmitters C-band and Ku-band Satellite Uplink Facilities BROADCASTING SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE

9 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL TERRESTRIAL NETWORK: TRANSMITTING STATIONS

10 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL SATELLITE DISTRIBUTION

11 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL SENTECH’S TELEPORT

12 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL Voice - International Voice Traffic (in-bound and out-bound) Data - VSAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS

13 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL ConsultingEngineering Project ManagementTraining Technical AuditingSpectrum Monitoring RefurbishmentMaintenance SERVICES OTHER SERVICES HIGH SITE ACCOMMODATION (FACILITY RENTAL) Mast Building Site Road Emergency Power

14 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING  Technical regulatory assistance  Radio propagation planning  Regulatory / Technical data management  Geographical Information System Analyses  Site selection  In-flight and Terrestrial measurement  Desktop Publishing / Graphics  Geographical Information Systems

15 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL GIS PLANNING

16 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING

17 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL MEASUREMENTS Verify faultfinder and research Horizontal Radiation Pattern (H.R.P) Vertical Radiation Pattern (V.R.P) Effective Radiation Power (E.R.P) Correct tilt of transmitting antennae Correct null tilt Correct orientation of transmitting antennaes Frequency compatibility

18 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION TRAINING Sentech has conducted professional signal distribution and broadcast training in: Namibia Ghana Nigeria Botswana Madagascar As well as various Broadcasters in South Africa

19 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) Upgrade analogue transmitters site to enable DTT transmission Set Top Box integration Spectrum utilization during dual illumination Installing the multiplexers Training Regulatory policies

20 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL KEY PROJECTS DTT: migration of analogue terrestrial television infrastructure to digital Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer: -Sentech successfully provided backup satellite infrastructure (local feed) for the 2009 Confederations Cup. -On a commercial basis, Sentech successfully provided FIFA with the international feed and back-up linking from its teleport (STP).

21 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT)

22 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL The purpose of the project is to migrate all Sentech analogue TV services operating on VHF and UHF from a PAL-I protocol to an MPEG-4 digital TV platform. DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT)

23 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE As far back as 2000 South Africa acknowledged that migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television is inevitable. Sentech conducted T-DAB transmission test in Pretoria and digital terrestrial television transmission in Johannesburg (Source: Notice of publication of Terrestrial Broadcasting Frequency Plan 2003, Government Gazette No of 28 November 2003, General Notice Number 3365). The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) followed the work of the ITU leading to the Regional Radio Conference (RRC) concerning the introduction of digital broadcasting (Source: Notice of publication of Final Terrestrial Broadcasting Frequency Plan, 2004, Government Gazette No of 5 December 2005, General Notice Number 1513).

24 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE cont. South Africa participated in RRC-06 and is signatory to the Final Acts. The Government of the Republic of South Africa under the Department of Communications (DoC) established an industry Digital Migration Working Group (DMWG). The DMWG comprised of broadcasting signal distribution, broadcasters, consumer groups and set-top-boxes manufacturers. The purpose of the industry migration working forum was among others to share ideas on how South Africa can migrate from analogue to digital, explore possible standards for transmission and set-top-boxes and to prepare a report for submission to the Minister of Communications in order to formulate a broadcasting digital migration policy.

25 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE cont. The Digital Migration Working Group report was submitted to Minister of Communications in The Minister of Communications established an advisory council known as the Digital Dzonga (South). The purpose of the Digital Dzonga is to advise an oversee the implementation of the migration process. Sentech is represented in Digital Dzonga (South) Council and is the Chair of the Broadcast Infrastructure Working Group. On 8 September 2008, the Minister of Communciations published Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy in Government Gazette No

26 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL On 21 st February 2007 the South African cabinet decided as follows: i.Digital TV signals will be switched on as of 1 November 2008 and the analogue TV signal switched off on 1 November 2011 ii.Sufficient frequency spectrum must be retained for digital broadcasting migration. DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE cont.

27 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE cont. ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF DTT: Spectrum Efficiency Spectrum a finite national resource Digital makes far more efficient use of the available spectrum Allows for expansion and new services

28 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL Analogue TV 8 MHz Spectrum8 MHz Spectrum One ServiceOne Service New Frequency per siteNew Frequency per site Digital TV 8 MHz Spectrum8 MHz Spectrum 6 or more Services6 or more Services Same frequency re-used in Single Frequency NetworksSame frequency re-used in Single Frequency Networks ANALOGUE DIGITAL Reg 1 TV Reg 2 TV DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE cont.

29 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DTT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE cont. Opportunities of DTT for South Africa as a developmental State committed to the creation of an information society, the main aspects are: - multiple channels with a broader array of programmes and services including more social economic and political programme content. Public Interest services: e-government, e-health, e-medicine, e- learning, telecentres and community centres. a greater programme choice for the viewer. opportunity to develop the television industry.

30 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL CHALLENGES FOR DIGITAL DIVIDEND TO BE USED FOR BROADCASTING SERVICE CHANNELS An appropriate frequency spectrum plan that will show a systematic switch off of analogue broadcasting services. The spectrum from analogue switch off would then go towards the dividend. There are currently broadcasting and non-broadcasting services operating in the spectrum 790 – 862. The position of television broadcasters is that ICASA should not make further assignments to non-broadcasting services in this band 790 – 862. However, the position of communication service providers in South Africa is that ICASA should migrate all broadcasting services from frequencies 790 – 862 so that the band can be used exclusive for telecommunications services.

31 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL Sentech commenced the migration process from 1 April Currently the project is in phase 4 providing population coverage of 33.3%. The objective is to achieve 63,3% population coverage by 31 March Subject to timeous finalisation of the DTT spectrum plan and policy implementation. Sentech switched digital signals on 30 October 2008, two days before the deadline at the ITU, World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly (WTSA). DTT IMPLEMENTATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

32 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL DTT IMPLEMENTATION IN SOUTH AFRICA cont.

33 DD/krs/CEO presentation to ITU Telecom World 2009 FINAL Chief Executive Officer: Dr. Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane Tel: Fax: Sentech Limited Private Bag X06 HONEYDEW 2040 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA THANK YOU