day 2 juanita clarke ftth council africa - why fibre?
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Who we are?Juanita Clark
+27 (0) 82 4181 441
Why Fibre?
Fibre is future proof infrastructure
-Fibre is green… since glass is made of sand (there is plenty of sand) - no more mining for copper.-Fibre does not get affected by electrical interference -Fibre does not need electricity to transmit signal.-Fibre does not have a street value and is not likely to be stolen-Quality of serviceCreation of new industries
Why Fibre? • All technologies rely on fibre… high speed
wireless, 4G (LTE) mobile backhaul, FTTB, FTTH;
• In order to serve the needs of the future fibre will play a critical role as enabler of bigger bandwidth speeds;
• Attract international companies whom require high bandwidth speeds to conduct their business globally;
CURRENT SITUATION
Inventory of Terrestrial Transmission Networks, AfricaAfrica’s inventory of terrestrial fibre optic networks has more than doubled in the last five years. Since June 2009, an average of 154-km of new fibre network enters service per day across Africa.
Q4 2014: 981,370-kmQ2 2014: 958,901-kmQ2 2013: 905,259-kmQ2 2012: 732,815-kmQ2 2011: 660,230-kmQ2 2010: 585,468-kmQ2 2009: 465,659-km
Q4 2014: 586,707-kmQ2 2014: 564,091-kmQ2 2013: 524,847-kmQ2 2012: 412,729-kmQ2 2011: 376,564-kmQ2 2010: 331,066-kmQ2 2009: 278,056-km
Operational Fibre Transmission Networks
Total Inventory of Transmission Networks
Total inventory of terrestrial fibre optic and microwave networks which are operational, under construction, planned or proposed. Not including microwave networks of mobile operators. Measured in Route Kilometres.
Source: Africa Bandwidth Mapshttp://www.africabandwidthmaps.com
Q4 2014: > 63,833-km
Operational Metro/ FTTx Fibre Transmission Networks
Fibre Reach, Terrestrial Fibre Networks
Source: Africa Bandwidth Maps http://www.africabandwidthmaps.com
Fibre Reach, AfricaThis network expansion has brought new towns, cities and countries within the reach of fibre optic networks for the first time. Since 2010, 76 million more people are now within 10-km, 150 million within 25-km, and 205 million people are within a 50-km reach of an operational fibre network node.
10-km 25-km 50-km
2014 207.4m 409.8m 605.8m22.3% 44.0% 65.1%
2013 187.5m 370.9m 557.6m21.1% 41.8% 62.9%
2012 173.9m 345.1m 522.3m20.2% 40.0% 60.6%
2011 160.6m 313.2m 483.9m18.6% 36.3% 56.1%
2010 131.2m 259.3m 401.1m15.6% 30.8% 47.7%
Change +76.1m +150.5m +204.8m
In June 2014, 44% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa (410 million) was within a 25-km range of an operational fibre optic network node. This compared to 41.8% (371 million) in 2013, 40.0% (345 million) in 2012, 36.3% (313 million) in 2011, and 30.8% (259 million) in 2010.
Building Digital Africa
• Building digital Africa does not rely on a single telecommunications medium… serving the people will always rely on hybrid solution of mobile and fixed line technology
Current situation• Crude regulatory landscape;• Large amounts of fibre being deployed to
serve mobile backhaul; • Projects are not delivered on time;• Processes and procedures for acquiring RoW
are slow and cumbersome;• Red tape means delays, which means loss of
revenues;• Low levels of private sector investment
because of uncertainty in telecomms sector;
Ubiquitous accessRural/ ubiquitous connectivity depends on: • Communication, Communication, Communication• Reduced cost for wayleaves, time scales, project
certainty. • Mobile backhaul• Electricity • Green Field deployments• Efficient policy• Determine the role of government in providing
telecommunications • Content… uptake
Closer engagement to understand the challenges of the industry Creating awareness of the benefits
of high speed fibre at ALL layers within government Endorse our marketing drives and
educational initiatives Support our workshops and
conferences Inputs into Newsletters or specific
marketing collateral. HEAR OUR VOICE!
How can we work together?
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