A presentation by TelOne Sales & Marketing Director, Joseph Machiva, at Broadband Forum 2014 http://broadband.techzim.co.zw http://broadband.techzim.co.zw

1. Connectivity in Remote areas
Closing the Digital divide where fibre
fears to tread.
Presentation by Joseph Machiva
Sales and Marketing Director
6 June, 2014.

2. Some facts on Internet Connectivity in
Zimbabwe
Internet Penetration 2007-2013
Years % Penetration
2007 0
2008 1
2009 5.1
2010 11
2011 19.3
2012 30.6
2013 37.5
*Statistics taken from the Potraz Post, Volume 6, December 2013

3. Some facts on Internet Connectivity in
Zimbabwe
This means that in Zimbabwe there is a
staggering figure of about 7,000,000
people who do not have internet access!

4. Why do they need the INTERNET
anyway?
• Economic growth: Increasing broadband penetration boosts economic growth by
1,3% or more.
• Employment Creation: Broadband can facilitate and create jobs in Zimbabwe
directly and indirectly.
• Health care: E-medicine provides better access to care, reduces travel, and
facilitates rapid diagnosis and treatment.
• SME’s: Studies show that Broadband is essential to the success of small and
medium enterprises.
• Education: Internet access is associated with better educational performance.
Source: Building broadband: Strategies and policies for the developing world
Yongsoo Kim, Tim Kelly, and Siddhartha Raja Global Information and Communication Technologies (GICT) Department
World Bank January 2010

5. “We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than
ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort”
Christopher Morley (American writer and editor 1890-1957)

6. Problems with CONNECTIVITY in remote
areas
• Non- Availability of Electricity.
• Expensive in terms of cable and fibre installations.
• Geographical challenges with cable installations.
• Expensive in terms of equipment used.
• Zimbabwe does not have a geo-stationery satellite orbiting the earth
which means Internet Service Operators have to buy from other
global carriers making it expensive for the rural outfit.

7. Solution for CONNECTIVITY in remote
areas
Fortunately, Tel•One has already invested in a wireless solution that can
span across the entire country without deployment of intermediary
infrastructure.

9. • It is capable of providing connectivity to very remote locations and is
particularly useful in areas where communications infrastructure is
limited or non-existent.
• It supports voice, data and video services.
• Wide geographical coverage; can be located anywhere while you
experience the same quality and same access.
• Reliable data broadcast or multicast.
VSAT - Very Small Aperture Terminal

10. VSAT Ka band
• The Ka band is part of the K band of the microwave band of the
electromagnetic spectrum.
• This symbol refers to "K-above" — in other words, the band directly above
the K-band
• “Ku” stands for “Kurz unten” - German for the band just underneath the
“short” or K-band. Not surprisingly “Ka” stands for “Kurz above”.

11. • Provides high power and higher throughput –
Spot Beams.
• Gives more digital bandwidth than Ku.
• Allows higher bandwidth communication.
• Enables the satellite operators to transmit
around ten times as much data over the same
satellite capacity as Ku band.
• Equipment used is much smaller, affordable and
much easier to set up than C Band.
Ka-band Advantages

12. Ka-band Partner - Avanti Communications
• Avanti owns and operates spectrum and a fleet of satellites and Earth
stations which deliver high speed data communications services in Ka-band
in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
• Avanti has a unique cloud technology strategy which delivers unparalleled
quality and flexibility

13. HYLAS 1 HYLAS 2 HYLAS 3
Ka-band Partner - Avanti Communications

14. CONNECTIVITY for all in ZIMBABWE
• Our economic blueprint ZIMASSET, identifies an infrastructure and utilities cluster
as one of the pillars of sustainable socio-economic development.
• The provision of rural connectivity will enable the achievement of the following key
result areas under ZIMASSET;
• e-learning,
• e-government,
• ICT backbone and infrastructure,
• ICT research and development.

15. CONNECTIVITY for all in ZIMBABWE
• One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is to raise the levels of
broadband access by 2015, with specific focus on rural connectivity.
• Deployment of rural broadband will result in the realisation of key ICT goals as
provided by ZIMASSET as well the MDG on rural connectivity.

16. Thank You