This document provides an overview of Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS), a wholesale telecom infrastructure provider in East, Central and Southern Africa. BCS operates fiber networks spanning over 10,000km across multiple countries. It offers wholesale internet bandwidth, fiber transmission, and construction services. BCS network serves an estimated 35 million end-users and includes submarine cables for international connectivity. The document outlines BCS network footprint in different countries and engagement options for clients including co-building fiber, leasing existing fiber, or hiring BCS as an engineering contractor.

1. Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, Zambia, Angola and
Zimbabwe
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Company
Description
Network
Products and
Services
Founded in 2010, BCS is a Mauritius-headquartered wholesale telecom infrastructure provider, in East, Central
and Southern Africa, offering wholesale internet bandwidth, fiber transmission and construction services to
mobile operators and other telecom carriers. We operate under licenses in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia,
Angola, Zimbabwe, and Democratic Republic of Congo. We are also serving Burundi, South Sudan, Namibia,
Botswana, Mozambique and Malawi at their respective border points.
• Wholesale internet (IP transit) and Direct Internet Access (DIA)
• International Private Leased Line Circuit (IPLC)
• Terrestrial transmission and local loop circuits including dark fiber lease
• Fiber construction services of undersea, underground and overhead fiber as both Engineering Procurement
and Construction (EPC) contractor and co-build partner (built 7,000km of fiber in last 6 years).
BCS provides services to an estimated 35 million+ end-users, with a network that spans over 10,000kms of
backbone and metro fiber in East, Central and Southern Africa summarized below:
• Kenya: 2,000 km
• Rwanda: 1,600 km
• Uganda: 5,000 km
• Zambia: 1,500 km
• DRC: 500 km (building 6,000kms in 2021-2022)
• Submarine: 50 Gbps through 1.25% shareholding in The East Africa Marine Cable System (TEAMS) cable.
BCS Overview

3. BCS Terrestrial Overview Map
BCS Terrestrial Map
BCS Terrestrial network spans over 10,000km of backbone and metro fiber in East, Central and Southern
Africa. We plan to extensively expand our network between the year 2021-2025 as shown in the map above.
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Existing Partner networks
Existing OPGW networks
Existing BCS own network
Planned Pipeline network
Planned Railway network
Planned OH/UG networks
Submarine networks

4. Fiber construction services of overhead, underground and submarine fiber networks
either as EPC or Co-build partner.
• We also offer metropolitan network fiber construction and FTTX construction.
Provision of IP transit, Local Loop, IPLC within all the countries we are present at
competitive prices and SLAs.
Provide additional redundancy and protection for your network routes in all the
countries we are present.
Pan-African Connectivity
• West Africa to East Africa connectivity
• East Africa to South Africa Connectivity
• West Africa to South Africa connectivity
Unique Product Offers
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5. 1. Co-Build with BCS.
• BCS and Client mutually fund CAPEX for fiber construction.
• Each party owns a percentage of the fiber cores and share, in proportion,
the cost of fiber maintenance.
• Client owns fiber infrastructure at a fraction of the capex that would be
required to build their full fiber infrastructure.
BCS ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS
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3. BCS as EPC Contractor
• BCS is the EPC contractor, offering highly competitive rates.
• Client owns the fiber and is responsible for all maintenance, may
contract BCS for maintenance
• Client gains competitive advantage by procuring construction services
at competitive cost and sole ownership over fiber.
2. Lease BCS Built Fiber
• BCS fully funds fiber construction following a plan based on the
Client’s need.
• Once complete, Client pays lease fee to BCS for Dark Fiber/Lit
Capacity.
• Client has access to fiber infrastructure, at competitive rates and
best-in-class SLA, without any CAPEX investment.

6. Thank You!
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