2. Content
Who is NCBC
NCBC’s Network
NCBC’s role in BB Pricing strategy
NCBC’s role in achieving GOG’s 4
key strategic themes
3. Mission & Objectives
• Mission
– To ensure the provision of bandwidth to Licensed Service
Providers (ISPs) and Operators on an open access and
non-discriminatory basis , thereby catalyzing government
initiatives
• Objectives
– Promote socio-economic development
– Provide high quality and competitively priced services to
ISPs and Operators
– Provide high capacity bandwidth to the hinterlands and
under-served regions of Ghana
– Facilitate international connectivity
4. Progress So Far..
Invested over Planned Investment
$30million so far by 2011 – $62 million
• Cleaning and completion • Most resilient national
of southern ring network in Africa by 2011
• Contract awarded for the
northern ring 2010
• Grown from a 4E1 to
almost 500E1 capacity
from April 16 2008 till date.
5. 10 REASONS
Why NCBC ?
1. Best placed to facilitate GOG’s socio-
economic development
2. Best Combination of OPGW and Buried Cable
in Ghana (West Africa)
3. Robust, Stable Network (Planned, Installed,
Constructing) with Highest Availability
4. Only Protected Ring in Ghana with 30ms
Switching time
5. Readiness for International Connectivity
(Togo, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Fasso)
6. Advanced Plans to Connect Togo for SAT-3
Protected connection
7. Access network for all Submarine Cables
8. Availability of Collocation facilities (Power,
Floor/Rack Space,), Tower Space
9. Managed Services
10. Access to VF’s Accra Metro network
6. NCBC’s Network Positioning
Bawku Sankase Legend
Planned
Existing Network
Ring Under Construction
Ring
Yendi Ring Protected with Ring
SNCP/MSP-Ring
Delivery
Ring # Task Status
Date
1 Complete and Activate 2 Jun-09 Accomplished,
Ring Rings with Protection ensuring 99%
Uptime
2 Construct Middle and Jul-10 Commenced as
Northern Rings Planned
Aflao
Ring
Ring 3 Construct International Dec-10 As Planned
Links
Accra
4 Eastern Volta Aug-11 Under
Elubo Redundancy Link Consideration
GLO 1 SAT 3
7. NCBC’s Role in BB Pricing
There are multiple legs in the international circuit, for example here the
customer bill would include a+b+c+d presented as a single bill and single SLA:
Internet via
MainOne
a b c d
Internet via
WASC
Accra Accra Kumasi Tamale South
(NCBC (NCBC PoP) (NCBC PoP) (customer
interconnect premises)
Internet at landing
via GLO1 station)
Leg Owner (example)
Internet
a International capacity via SAT3 / MainOne/ GLO 1 / WASC
via SAT3
b NCBC or ISP
c NCBC
d NCBC or ISP
8. Price Benchmarking – (E1)2MBps
Kasapa 200km microwave
2Mbit/s Comparison London - Madrid
London - Paris
2Mbit/s NCBC
VRA Pricing to Gateway
VRA 200km
VRA 100km
South Africa 200km Wholesale
South Africa 100km Wholesale
Nitel Abuja-Kano Wholesale
Nitel Lagos-Abuja Wholesale
Cameroon 2Mbit/s >300km
Cameroon 2Mbit/s 100-300km
Cameroon 2Mbit/s <100Km
London - Madrid
London - Paris
2Mbit/s NCBC
VRA Pricing to Gateway
VRA 200km
VRA 100km
South Africa 200km Wholesale
South Africa 100km Wholesale
Nitel Abuja-Kano Wholesale
Nitel Lagos-Abuja Wholesale
Cameroon 2Mbit/s >300km
- 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000
$ per month
Source: BT research and Telegeography
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9. STM-1 price benchmark
STM-1 Comparison
London - Madrid
London - Paris
STM-1 NCBC
South Africa 200km Wholesale
South Africa 100km Wholesale
Nitel Abuja-Kano Estimated
Nitel Lagos-Abuja Estimated
NCBC new STM1
- 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000
$ per month
Source: BT research and Telegeography
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10. Delivering the GOG promise
Source: NDC Manifesto
• Facilitate ITES • Completion of
and BPOs growth Northern Ring by
across GH 2010
• Expansion of • Robust
operational Connectivity to key
territories of ISPs technology parks
Job Infrastructure
Creation Expansion
Transparent
Human
and
Capital
Accountable
Development
Governance
• E-Governance • Skill development /
Youth
• Public Sector empowerment
Reforms • Reduce job
creation burden on
GOG
11. Summary
NCBC’s role should be understood as the umbilical cord between the
national broadband strategy and action
Specific initiatives to support the implementation of
the nation's broadband strategies
National NCBC Action/
BB Strategy Operations
Strategic guidance should be communicated and
NCBC
implemented on all relevant levels
13. NCBC Network by Aug 2010 Togo
NCBC plans to:
• build the Northern
Ring (in red) by
Aug 2010
– and the Points of
Presence to access
the new network
• Create a central
ring by linking
Kumasi and
95%
+ 4% via Vodafone
Techiman by Q4 Microwave
09
– and to crosslink the
existing network to
VF exchanges to
provide easy
access to
customers
– a connection to the
border at Bawku
will enable
99%
interconnect with
Onatel and Togotel
14. Current Environment
• 10% points of broadband penetration results in
1.38% increase (GDP) growth (Source: World Bank)
representing $410million dollars based on 2008
GDP estimates (2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK )
• 3.8% internet penetration as against the continent’s
average of 5.3% (Source: World Bank)
• US$750M potential revenue in 5yrs in BPO Space
– 37,000 direct and more than 150,000 indirect (Source: Hewitt)
• Very Competitive market: 6 NOs, 25 ISPs
– 23million population, <12million mobile users
• Timing is critical
– Dependent on entry strategy - Build/Buy
