WAP au Congo Implementation of a WAP Platform

“WAP au Congo” Implementation of a WAP Platform in the Republic of the Congo 7 th June 2000

MSI: company origins Mobile Systems International Holdings Limited Licensed mobile Software and telecommunication consultancy operations services Demerger Metapath Software International Inc* * Sold to Marconi April 2000 2

MSI: the company & mobile ISP Within MSI’s mission to be the wireless PTT of Africa: n Vision: wireless ISP of Africa Ø Expanding business along an extending value chain Ø GSM penetration compared with PC ownership n Strategy: avoiding the usual pitfalls Ø Customer focused Ø Ample/reliable bandwidth Ø Wireless first n Execution: initial product offering Ø WAP via mobile handset Ø Dial-up Internet access from the PC Ø Corporate fixed-wireless LAN access 3

MSI: faith in the African economy Real GDP growth - 1999 and 2000 forecasts Africa Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (October 1999) Asia is currently the only area with higher economic growth rates FDI in Africa: Performance & potential ($ bn) GDP % growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 9 8 Uganda Tanzania Namibia Zambia Malawi Kenya Congo 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -1 -2 97 98 99 00 F 01 F Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (October 1999) Source: Datastream Foreign direct investment has increased for 11 consecutive years Sub-Sahara region demonstrates impressive economic growth forecasts 4

MSI: belief in the African opportunity Fixed network faults per 100 lines - 1996 Cellular subscribers growth – 1999 (Annual Growth to June 30, 1999) North America Source: International Telecommunication Union Asia Global Western Middle Latin Europe East America Eastern Europe Africa Source: Global Mobile November 1999 5

MSI Growth Story: licences at end 1998 Egypt Uganda Sierra Leone Congo Brazzaville Pre 1998 Malawi Zambia 1998 6

MSI Growth Story: licences at April 2000 Chad Egypt Burkina Faso Guinea Sierra Leone Uganda DRC Gabon Congo Brazzaville Pre 1998 Malawi Zambia 1998 1999 to date 7

MSI Growth Story: future potential licences Chad Algeria Egypt Mali Ethiopia Burkina Faso Guinea Uganda Sierra Leone Nigeria Cameroon Gabon Congo DRC Brazzaville Tanzania Malawi Angola Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Pre 1998 1999 to date Licence bids coming/outstanding 8

Future Now: acquisition of Mobitel Sudan June 2000 Chad Algeria Egypt Mali Sudan Ethiopia Burkina Faso Guinea Uganda Sierra Leone Nigeria Cameroon Gabon Congo DRC Brazzaville Tanzania Malawi Angola Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Pre 1998 1999 to date Licence bids coming/outstanding 9

Celtel Congo: milestones n December 1998 Award of GSM licence country emerging from civil war since early 1990 s n December 1999 Launch of first GSM mobile operator initially serving only Brazzaville n February 2000 Launch of service in Pointe Noire n April 2000 Opening of international gateway n April 2000 Becomes largest mobile operator overtaking long-established analogue mobile operator n May 2000 With 14, 000 subscribers becomes largest telco in Congo n June 2000 Launch of WAP platform 10

WAP: wireless application protocol n WAP enables access to Internet services tailored for mobile use n Worldwide there are three times as many mobile phone users as Internet users • (Gartner Group) n By 2004 at least 40% of business to consumer ecommerce transactions outside North America are forecast to be mobile originated • (Gartner Group) 11

WAP: constraints addressed Delivering Internet applications and content to a mobile platform implies constraints n Handset constraints Ø CPU processing capacity Ø Memory Ø Display size Ø Data input interface Ø Power consumption n Network constraints Ø Low data rates Ø Latency Ø Connection instability 12

WAP au Congo n Among the first WAP implementations in Africa Ø Not “possible in Sweden one day”, but operating from Congo today Ø Piloting local access with closed user group of own staff, distributors & partners Ø WAP site publicly available over the Internet n Choice of Congo for pilot project Ø Early success of Celtel Congo Ø Support of regulator Ø Own international gateway n The Service Ø Internet access from a Celtel Congo handset Ø Enables Brazzaville customer to access local WAP content Ø Onward links to WAP content worldwide 13

WAP au Congo: network architecture 14

WAP au Congo: content http: //wap. celtelplus. com n News Ø Congolese, regional, international n Exchange rates Ø Current rates, graphs, currency converter n Travel information Ø Airport scheduled arrivals & departures n Jump site to third-party WAP content Ø Le. Wap, Yahoo! France etc n Celtel Services Ø Services, partners, news, contacts 15

WAP Content through a Web Browser n http: //www. gelon. net (For demonstration purposes only) 16

WAP Content through a Web Browser n http: //www. gelon. net (For demonstration purposes only) 17

Future Content n Mobile banking Ø SIM provides additional security n m-commerce Ø Mobile commerce Ø Small transactions off pre-paid or post-paid credit balances n Stock quotes n Sports scores n Personal Information Management Ø Agenda, mail, address book, memo pad n Position-based services Ø Nearest Mc. Donalds, nearest friend, mobile dating n Home automation Ø The air-conditioning unit needs an IP address 18

n Graham Matthews n Director, ISP Services n MSI Cellular Investments n E-mail: matthews. g@msi-cellular. com n Web: www. msi-cellular. com. WAP: wap. celtelplus. com