The African Internet and Telecom Summit

Banjul, The Gambia, 5-9 June 2000

Presented by Irshad BASSA

Telecom Engineer
Data Services Department
MAURITIUS TELECOM

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 Introduction
•• Internet
Internetservice
service
--Launched
Launchedinin1995
1995following
followingjoint
jointventure
venturebetween
betweenMauritius
MauritiusTelecom
Telecomand
and
France
FranceTelecom
Telecom(Telecom
(TelecomPlus)
Plus)

--The
Theonly
onlyISP
ISPininMauritius
Mauritius

--No.
No.of
ofdial
dialup
upinternet
internetsubscribers
subscribers::30,000
30,000
40%
40%business,
business,60%
60%residential
residential

--No.
No.of
ofdial
dialup
upusers
users::70,000
70,000

--New
NewISP
ISPinin2000
2000
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 EVOLUTION OF INTERNET SERVICE IN
MAURITIUS

GROWTH OF INTERNET DIAL UP USERS

30000
26000
25000
22000
20000
No. of users

17000
15000 14000 No. of users
10000 8000
5500 6500
5000
2200
950
0
JU 96

DC 96

JU 97

DC 97

JU 98

DC 98

JU 99

DC 99

MR 00
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 International Internet
Backbone
Total capacity 10 Mbps

Bagnolet
Pennsauken France
USA

Dakar

Mauritius

Redundancy
Links to USA and France 4
Massive bandwidth with the SAFE Cable
SAFE SUBMARINE
CABLE

Dakar
Dakar SMW-3
ATLANTIS II Penang
SAT-3/
WAC

SAT-2
Mauritius
Durban Reunion
Cape Town SAFE

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SAFE & SAT-3/WASC DGM
 BROADBAND ATM NETWORK

International
Gateway Cassis

P. Louis
P. Verte

Flacq
Rose Hill Floreal

Flic en Flac Forest Side

Floreal

Rose Belle

High Capacity Switch Resource Module DPN STM1 - 155 Mb/s (planned)
E3 - 34 Mb/s
Medium Capacity Switch Access Module DPN E1 - 2 Mb/s
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BROADBAND ATM NETWORK - Year 2001
Grand Baie

International
Gateway Cassis
P. Louis P. Verte

Flacq

Flic en Flac Rose Hill

Candos Floreal Forest

Side

Rose Belle
Plaisance

Bel Ombre International

Gateway via SAFE (Fibre )

High Capacity STM1 - 155 Mb/s

Switch Resource Module DPN
E3 - 34 Mb/s
Medium Capacity Access Module DPN E1 - 2 Mb/s
Switch
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 Portfolio of network services

•• Getting
Gettingconnected
connectedto
tothe
the •• Intranets
Intranets
Internet
Internet •• Extranets
Extranets
–– Dial
Dialup
upPSTN
PSTN(56
(56Kbps) •• Virtual
Kbps) VirtualPrivate
PrivateNetworks
Networks
–– ISDN
ISDN (64
(64Kbps
Kbpsor
or128
128Kbps)
Kbps) •• Access
AccessVPN
VPN
–– Wireless
WirelessGSM
GSM((9.6
9.6Kbps)
Kbps) •• Intranet
IntranetVPN
VPN
–– Leased
LeasedLines
Lines •• Extranet
ExtranetVPN
VPN
–– X.25
X.25 (19.2
(19.2&&64
64Kbps)
Kbps) •• Internet
InternetSecurity
Securityand
andFirewall
Firewall
–– Frame
FrameRelay
Relay (n
(n**64
64Kbps)
Kbps)

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 Access Points
•• Cybercafés
Cybercafés
–– 77Cybercafés
CybercafésininMauritius
Mauritius
–– Special
Specialtariffs
tariffsfor
forCybercafés
Cybercafés

•• Internet
Internetin
inschools
schools
–– Secondary
Secondaryschools
schools
–– Special
Specialpackages
packagesare
areoffered
offeredon
ondial
dialup
uplines
lines

•• Welfare
Welfarecentres
centres
–– Free
FreeInternet
Internetaccess
access
–– 186
186centres
centresononthe
theisland
island

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 Services offered in Mauritius
•• Internet
InternetService
ServiceProviders •• Current
Providers CurrentServices
Servicesand
andApplications
Applications
–– Telecom
TelecomPlus
PlusLtd •• Online
Ltd OnlinePayment
PaymentSystem
System
•• 30,000
30,000Internet
Internetsubscribers •• SSL
subscribers SSLprotocol
protocol
(population
(population1.2
1.2million)
million) •• Internet
InternetBanking
Banking
•• Email,
Email,web
webhosting,
hosting,ads,
ads,
newsgroup, •• Virtual
VirtualMall,
Mall,Online
OnlineCatalogue
Catalogue
newsgroup,Streaming
Streamingvideo,
video,
•• Web
WebPresence
Presence
•• Mauritius
MauritiusPortal
Portal
–– www.servihoo.com
www.servihoo.com
•• Commerce
CommerceSolution
SolutionProviders
Providers
–– Business
BusinesstotoConsumers
Consumers
–– Business
BusinesstotoBusiness
Business

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 Future Projects
•• ADSL
ADSL
–– Up
Uptoto88Mbps
Mbpsdownstream
downstream
–– Planned
Plannedfor
for2000
2000

•• ATM
ATM
–– Planned
Plannedfor
for2000
2000

•• E-commerce
E-commerce
–– eeMarketplace
Marketplaceand
andeHub
eHubininthe
theregion
region

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Thank you for your attention

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