Ryan Sher,
Chief Operating Officer
How to cost-effectively increase
route redundancy
WIOCC - Africa’s Carriers’ Carrier
WIOCC…
• Formed in 2007 and now a global
brand in African wholesale
– Strong P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash
• Owned by 14 African telcos
− Tier-1 operators in their countries
• Largest investor in EASSy
• Strategic investor in WACS & EIG
• Extensive Africa backhaul
− >50,000km of terrestrial fibre
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A leading African carriers’ carrier
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Provides telcos & ISPs with end-toend capacity between Africa & rest of
world
Current customer solutions include
SAT3, SMW3 TEAMS, Seacom, etc.
WIOCC Shareholders & Terrestrial Reach
Botswana Telecommunications Corp.
Dalkom Somalia
Djibouti Telecom
Gilat Satcom
Lesotho Communications Authority
LPTIC (Libya)
Onatel Burundi
Seychelles Cable System Company
TDM (Mozambique)
Extended
reach
Telkom Kenya Orange
TelOne (Zimbabwe)
+
WIOCC
U-COM Burundi
Market
shareholders
knowledge
Uganda Telecom Ltd.
Zantel (Tanzania)
Making things
happen
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Seamless
operations
Tailored
solutions
Enemies of the Submarine Cable...
Pirates
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Earthquakes
Anchors
Fishing Nets
December 2006: the Hengchun earthquake
– disruption throughout Asia
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March 2013: suspected ship’s anchor
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a dragging anchor cut EIG, TE North/Seacom cables in the Mediterranean
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SeaMeWe4 was cut 24 hours later
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huge disruption for Middle East, Africa & India
May 2013: WACS shunt fault 28km from UK
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all WACS UK traffic will be down estimated for 6th-10th June
EASSy
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EASSy’s SDH “collapsed ring”
configuration provides
protection against equipment &
branch failure
EASSy
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EASSy’s SDH “collapsed ring”
configuration provides
protection against equipment &
branch failure
WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
Internet
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WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
Highbridge
EIG
IPT in Oman
Chania
Tripoli
Internet
Alexandria
IPT in Mumbai
Suez
Fujairah
Jeddah
Muscat
Mumbai
Internet
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WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
Highbridge
EIG
Fujairah
IPT in Oman / Mumbai
Chania
Tripoli
Alexandria
EPEG
Suez
Jeddah
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Muscat
Mumbai
WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
Highbridge
Penmarch
EIG
IPT in Oman / Mumbai
Yeroskipos
EPEG
Suez
Karachi
SeaMeWe3
Mumbai
Cochin
Mt Lavinia
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WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
EIG
IPT in Oman / Mumbai
EPEG
SeaMeWe3
Internet
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IPT in Malaysia
WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
EIG
IPT in Oman / Mumbai
EPEG
SeaMeWe3
IPT in Malaysia
TEAMS
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WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
EIG
IPT in Oman / Mumbai
EPEG
SeaMeWe3
IPT in Malaysia
TEAMS
Seacom
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WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
Highbridge
Penmarch
EIG
IPT in Oman / Mumbai
EPEG
Canary Islands
SeaMeWe3
IPT in Malaysia
Lome
Abidjan
Accra
Cape Verde
TEAMS
Lagos
Limbe
Pointe-Noire
Muanda
Luanda
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Seacom
WACS
WIOCC Protection Options for International Services
EASSy
Djibouti vPoP
EIG
IPT in Oman / Mumbai
EPEG
SeaMeWe3
IPT in Malaysia
Cotonou
Dakar
TEAMS
Douala
Libreville
Cacuaco
Seacom
WACS
SAT3
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Case Study #1
London
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Diverse connectivity between
Mombasa and Europe
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Multiple STM1s
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Diverse routing between
Mombasa & Europe
Marseille
NetCenter
Monaco
EIG
SMW4
Fujairah
Marseille
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EASSy
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EIG
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TEAMS
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SMW4
Djibouti
SMW3 +
backhaul
Fujairah
Djibouti
EASSy ring
TEAMS
Mombasa
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Further diversity now being
implemented for this customer
Mombasa
Case Study #2
Europe
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Diverse connectivity between
Nairobi and Mtunzini
Onward connectivity to
Europe
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EASSy
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EIG
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Marseille
NetCenter
Monaco
EIG
Kigali
Djibouti
Kampala
Djibouti
Nairobi
Seacom
Mombasa
Backhaul into Uganda and
Rwanda + colocation at key
locations
EASSy ring
Dar es
Salaam
Maputo
colocation
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Mtunzini
Seacom
Case Study #3
London
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Diverse E + W coast
connectivity between Jo’burg
and London
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EASSy
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EIG
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WACS
Marseille
NetCenter
Monaco
EIG
Djibouti
WACS
Djibouti
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Co-lo and ‘remote hands and
eyes’ in London
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Drop-outs in Cape Town &
Durban on capacity to Europe
EASSy ring
Jo’burg
Yzerfontein
colocation
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Mtunzini
In Summary …
• All submarine cables do go down,
sometimes…
– sub-sea repairs take weeks
• Restoration is not always available
or cheap…
• Diverse cable systems are key
– at least one-to-one protection should
be the industry standard in Africa as it
is globally
• WIOCC provides a simple ‘onestop-shop’ technical and
commercial solution tailored to
individual customer needs
– diversity whilst maintaining economyof-scale benefits
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Thank you! Questions?
For further enquiries please contact us at
[email protected]
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