Angola Cables is a wholesale carrier,built in 2009 by the five major Angolantelecom operators. This company is drivenby its shareholders vision and governmentstrategy to transform Angola into oneof the main African HUBs

Mission

● Support the development of thetelecom sector in Angola and Africa;

● Deliver high feasibility and capacity international connections to Angolan operators;

● Supply interconnection betweentelecom operators within the regionto the rest of the world;

www.angolacables.co.ao

THE COMPANY

INSIDE ANGOLA

Today's 3G and 4G networks are a reality in Angola.The fiber optic backbones were installed throughout the country.The main towns are interconnected with fiber optic

Estimated Population in 2012Angola has a population of approximately 19 millions inhabitants and over 50% livein urban centers. (60% are under 30 years)

Estimates point to reach22.4 millions inhabitants in 201644.6 millions in 2050

Mobile phone users in 201313.2 millions - a penetration rateof 68.95% (90% prepaid)

Internet users in 20132.2 millions - a penetration rate of 12%

● AngoNap is the host of all the operators in Angola and provide them with international and local connectivity;

● Is the Angolan Internet Access Point (IXP)

● Is a Datacenter hosting facility forWholesale, Operators and Enterprises

● Hosting of the main Angolan domain .AO

● Co-location for Telcos and Non-Telcos

● Virtual POP services

● National Connectivity

● Regional Connectivity

● Global Connectivity

● IP Transit

● Remote hands services

● Cross Connect Services

ANGONAPAngoNap Services:

THE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH ANGOLAThe vision for AngoNap is to be a neutral service provider that can provide industry standard services in the Southern region

Why a data center in Luanda (AngoNap):

● Luanda is one of the fastestgrowing cities, but also a stablegrowing economic city in Africa

● All Angolan Operators are basedin the Angolan Capital – Luanda

● It has a growing metropolitan fiber network with local operatorsinvesting a lot in connectivity

● It has access to WACS,Sat-3 and SACS CLS

● Luanda is connected via fiberto the major cities in Angola

WACS – WEST AFRICA CABLE SYSTEM

http://wacscable.com/index.jsp

WACS

● WACS has 15 terminal stationsalong the Western Coast of Africa

● Thus consisting of 11 Africancountries and 3 Europeans

● The total cost for the cablesystem was $650 million

● The design capacity of WACSis at least 5,12 Tbps, which canbe upgraded to 30 Tbps.

● Angola Cables manages the WACS operations in Angola, this includesthe Cable Landing Station and the AngoNap (Angola Cables’ Nap)

Is the Cable System connectingSouth Africa with the United Kingdomalong the west coast of Africa, whichwas constructed by Alcatel-Lucent

CapeVerde

Portugal

CanaryIslands

• Ivory Coast• Ghana• Togo• Nigeria• Cameroon• Congo• DRC• Angola• Namibia• South Africa

• UnitedKingdom

• London

SACS & CABLE OF THE AMERICAS

South Atlantic Cable System is thenew cable system, to be launched by Angola Cables, linking Angola and Brazil.This cable will support the developmentof telecommunications in Africa,which currently has the highest rateof Internet traffic growth in the world

SACS is the first transatlantic cable system crossing the South Hemisphere, connecting Africa and the Americas.This will build an alternative routeto the North Atlantic cables and it willalso allow alternative connections from Asia and Africa to the rest of the world

Cable of the Americas is a cablesystem that will link Miami to Santos via Fortaleza (Brazil). This system will builda direct link from Angola to North America, using the SACS in Fortaleza

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SACS_(cable_system)

Capacity4 fiber pairs, each designedfor 100 X 100 Gbps wavelengths

• Total Design Capacity 40 Tbps

Size6,165 route-km

 SACS Cable’s Connectivity in Angola● It will connect directly to WACS at the cable

landing station in Sangano, Angola;

● It will have a direct link to the POP in Luanda, Angola (AngoNAP);

● It will have interconnection with SAT-3 through terrestrial path in Luanda and also through sea cable at CLS in Cacuaco, Angola;

● It will have access and interconnection with other cables landing in Fortaleza, Brazil

Schedule for the kickoffof the sea work• Marine Route Survey

scheduled for early 2014 • Cable installation scheduled

for later 2014 / early 2015

Schedule for RFSRFS estimated by mid-2015

SACS CONFIGURATION

Fortaleza

Miami

Sangano

CABLE OF THE AMERICAS’ CONFIGURATION

Capacity2 fiber pairs, each designedfor 100 X 100 Gbps wavelengths

• Total Design Capacity 20 Tbps

Two (2) segments, each segmenthas 20 Tbps of Design Capacity

• Florida (USA)-Fortaleza, Brazil

• Fortaleza, Brazil-Santos(Sao Paulo) Brazil

Length

• Florida-Fortaleza: approximately 6,720 route-km

• Fortaleza-Santos: approximately 4,180 route-km

Schedule for the kickoffof the sea work• Cable installation scheduled for

later 2014 / early 2015• RFS estimated by mid-2015Relevant information• US PoP in NAP of the Americas,

Miami, Florida (USA)• Fortaleza access and

interconnection with other cables landing in Fortaleza

• PoP access in Sao Paulo

Santos

It will benefit all operators as:● Guarantee the exchange

of IP traffic amount operators● Improve the client access

to content● Reduce the internet costs in

the country and in the region● Create a neutral access

point between the operators of the region

INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT

The Angolan IXP - will be the Internet Exchange for the national operatorsand available for the regional ones

Angola

● Angola is geographically placedin a fortunate location

● Terrestrially it is able to reach land locked countries such as Zambia, East part of Congo DRC, Congo Brazzaville, as well as Namibia

● Through the existing Cable systems, Angola is connected to the entire West and the southern East coast of Africa. Allowing Angola to be the ideal link between North Africa, Southern Africa, East and West Africa. Angola enjoys peaceful relations with all of its neighboring countries

● This makes Angola the ideal link between Africa and the world

www.angola.org http://angola.opendataforafrica.org/

THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HUB ANGOLA

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