1. Sean Bergin : AJC – The System February 2002

2. Network Description 12,700km, 2 Fibre Pair Collapsed Ring Configuration Design capacity 320 + 320 Gbit/s Shallow water contingency All sites configured with NPE

4. Technology - (What is AJC ?) 10Gibt/s per wavelength 32 wavelengths 2 Fibre pairs Optical amplifier / WDM facilities deployed ITU standards met or exceeded State-of-the-art Network Operations Centre

5. Cable Stations Australia PaddingtonTelstra Reach Oxford FallsTelstra Reach Guam Tumon BayCONCERT TanguissonCONCERT Japan ShimaNTT Com MaruyamaJAPAN TELECOM

6. Milestones Completed – (within 2 years) AJC Company formed ITP for supply contract signed Financial closure Supply contract signed Route survey complete All licences granted All landing stations completed RFS achieved 30 th December, 2001 on time and within budget

7. Who is AJC ? Shareholder backing from 6 large global telcos Telstra (Australia) Concert WorldCom Teleglobe NTTCom Japan Telecom Vision & support ensured success of AJC System supplied by NEC Project management from NDC

8. Asia - Pacific Predicted to become worlds dominant Internet region, as more countries in region embrace IT and Internet technologies.

9. Asia – Pacific (cont) Seen by many as next big thing in terms of explosive, exponential capacity requirements Change in data traffic levels (in particular Internet) from US centric towards growing need in Asia Pacific Increased developments of hubbing, mirroring and local content (local language) Over time, balancing will occur as regional and local sites develop content for the global markets

10. Asia-Pacific : Growth Growth in capacity demand being driven by Internet and International Lease services Greater than 80% of demand in Australia is originating on Eastern seaboard

11. Growth in Mesh Networks Advantages of buy vs. build Time to market is almost instant Diversity of traffic & route options Better accommodates imminent technology developments (purchasers have greater control of pseudo networks) Over time, interconnection options increase, giving expanded reach and capacity

13. Network Capacity Goals Initially equipped 40 + 40 Gbps Currently planning to bring first upgrade of another 40 + 40 Gbps forward from late 2003 Further expansion of capacity & products in response to demand

14. AJC Advantages STM-1 (MIU) priced competitively Targets North Asia and North America Diverse connectivity options Aggregated Volume discounts Multiple payment options Highly capable team Proven route - highly resilient to failure State of the art technology Highly reliable system design