1. TTCL Approach to Support NREN

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

3. 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.

4. 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 Institutions

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. Internet Data Center - IDC

9. 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

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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

14. End of the Presentation Q & A
Asanteni Sana

15. 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