African Wholesale Traffic Aggregation Opportunities
2010 and beyond..
HKG Co-Lo Conference - October 2010
Overview
Neural Telecommunications International Limited (NTIL) is a Telecommunications Value Added Services Enabler operating International hubs
in Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Lesotho.
NTIL provides service to Fixed and Mobile Operators and international enterprise
customers
Neural Group Hong Kong headquartered
Over 22 years Telecom experience
Neural Technologies:
• Serving 700 million Global GSM Subscribers via multiple Mobile Network Operator (MNO) relationships including MTN, Vodacom and Telkom SA
• Telecom leader in Fraud Management Systems and Neural Analytics
Neural Telecommunications
• Wholesale Aggregator and IPX Clearinghouse focused on Greater China / Asia / Africa
Prime Creation Technology
• Value Added Applications Service Provider focused on Mobile Operators and Infrastructure providers
Company Confidential
Neural Group Global Offices
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India Office
Malaysia OfficeBrazilChile
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Supporting our customers worldwide
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Turkey
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Global Customer Base
Africa Opportunity Following the South Africa lead other African countries are
accelerating deregulation of their telecoms sector Kenya and Nigeria are leading this drive Africa’s Colonial legacy has meant that almost 99% of traffic
destined for another African country first left the continent to be switched (normally in Europe) and routed back again
This increased cost and reduced quality for the consumers Legacy PSTN’s have been surpassed by MNO’s Neural believes that as a neutral “pure play” Aggregator of
interconnect traffic that it can directly interface with the MNO’s and the VANs to create value and improve service to the whole ecosystem
As a Wholesale Clearinghouse Neural will focus on service support to all customers managing their traffic flows, CDRs, billings, Fraud Management etc
Changing landscape provides MNO’s with an opportunity for improved quality of service delivery at lower costs
Africa Broadband Expansion
South Africa - the African market leader.. South African Telecom deregulation is on going ICASA mandated reduction in the interconnect rates
effective March 1st which is threatening viability of SIM Gateways and LCR providers with an estimated 6 to 7 billion minutes of local and international traffic coming into play
Bandwidth demand is huge and growing Consumer telecom costs are still above first world
comparables Further interconnect reductions coming in the near future
and ICASA discussions are ongoing All MNO’s accelerating IP transition from TDM and PSTN
Legacy “Chinafication” of Africa strong and apparent in all African
countries
Neural’s South African Infrastructure
Neural’s competitive advantage! China / Africa focused Fast growing deregulating market Barriers to entry for most international Carriers are
high No TDM/PSTN legacy to overcome Consistent and Managed pricing Quality Network architecture with strong partnerships
already in place Cost incentive for all customers to be serviced via a
single focused neutral non competing service partner Ability to offer other value added services such as
fraud management and revenue assurance
How Neural can help you…
Interconnect at Hong Kong Co-Lo Africa traffic sent to Neural Africa hub in Johannesburg South African traffic passed to Neural South Africa Africa traffic routed direct to African destination via
preferred routing, cost / quality requirements Africa originated traffic returned via HKG to
destinations in Asia (key volume markets, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Australia)
Neural aggregates all traffic at its POPs before passing onto termination partners
IP interconnect for easy and rapid deployment