Sentech Presents to the Portfolio Committee on Communications

Sentech Presents to the Portfolio Committee on Communications 3 September 2003

The Sentech Team n n n Gladwin Marumo Johan Raath Dingane Dube Matime Nchabaleng Jeremiah Sikhosana At your service

Nepad Imperatives n n n Build infrastructure Grow Africa – Universal access – Affordability – Bridging the digital divide African focus with South African realities

South African Issues n n Some of the most expensive telephone calls in the world – Especially taking our relative standard of living indices into account Some of our people that have never used a telephone Voice access is vital Internet access is but a dream – Digital abyss

Sentech already n n n Provides broadband communication facilities anywhere in South and Southern Africa Provides internet connectivity Links schools in a tele-education network Provides the backbone and facilities for telemedicine solutions Has become the communications driver for community telecentres And we have only launched one of our exciting multimedia product lines

The Orange Farm Experience

Telecentres n n n Sentech has provided broadband connectivity to the Siyabonga Telecentre at Orange Farm – VSAT – Internet Providing fast internet access to a community The centre already had paying internet customers after 1 week. – Monthly fee – Building towards a sustainable business – Sentech will assist with the implementation of 100 telecentres A bridge over the digital divide

Telemedicine n n Sentech has a working telemedicine solution – Public/Private partnership – XRAY images stored and forwarded, diagnosed and reported XRays taken at Frontier Hospital in Queenstown are being diagnosed in Johannesburg – Efficient utilisation of resources – Fast diagnostics – Access to professional radiological services. – Increased revenue earning potential for state hospitals n Medical aids will increasingly send patients to state hospitals

Digitisation n n Paving the way to increased coverage and diversity Sentech has proven DTT is cheaper for the broadcaster DTT fits the convergence roadmap – True interactivity – South African infrastructure – Lower reliance on dollar-based services

Leveraging digitisation n n Lower cost decoder – Local manufacture – Incentives – Export opportunities – Local skills Regional television leads the way More broadcasters – the frequency conundrum is solved. Don’t try to lead the world, but use technology to build business

Multimedia Principles n Broadband wideband access to converged communication services – Image – Data – Video – Television – Radio And dare we say it Voice

Multimedia and Voice In a converged world Multimedia means communications of any form Sentech is providing broadband access – but our customers cannot use it for the most common form of human communication - voice

Sentech’s Vision To provide world-class communication services combined with excellence in customer satisfaction. Business Consumer Communities Nepad

Applications Services Customer Facilities Content

Sentech launches broadband VSAT Internet Access Networking Intranet Broadband connectivity

Network topology Remote Sites SATELLITE (KU-BAND) LAN NETWORK OPERATION SYSTEM LAN Head Office

Orange Farm Other Telecentres SATELLITE (KU-BAND) LAN Network Operation System Siyabonga Picture not included Internet Access Voice? LAN

Telemedicine Topology Sentech

Sentech Telemedicine Solution Frontier Hospital SATELLITE (KU-BAND) Mining Sector LAN Image distribution, storage and Management Radiology Centres of Excellence

HPi-community services e-Government e-Learning Rebone All links 256/512 kb Bakenberg Ga-Mapele Sentech Telemedicine Voice? Mahwelereng