MWEB NIGERIA LIMITED

VSAT SALES PRESENTATION 2006

WHAT IS VSAT?

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Very Small Aperture Terminal, an earthbound station used in satellite communications of data, voice and video signals A VSAT consists of two parts, a transceiver that is placed outdoors in direct line of sight to the satellite and a device that is placed indoors to interface the transceiver with the end user's communications device, such as a PC The transceiver receives or sends a signal to a satellite transponder in the sky. The satellite sends and receives signals from a ground station computer that acts as a hub for the system

WHAT IS VSAT?

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Each end user is interconnected with the hub station via the satellite The hub controls the entire operation of the network. For one end user to communicate with another, each transmission has to first go to the hub station that then retransmits it via the satellite to the other end user's VSAT

HOW DOES VSAT WORK?

MWEB VSAT

Internet Access/ Backbone

HUB

Firewall Router Server Farm Send/Receive Uplink Dish Satellite Send/Receive

Client Site

Dish/ODU IDU HUB Client PC

WHY CHOOSE VSAT?

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“Always on”, two way/bidirectional IP based satellite connection providing instant Internet access Cost-effective Rapidly-deployable solution Flexible enough to address a wide range of applications Speed Instant access

WHY CHOOSE VSAT?

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Reliable Easy to use Secure Flexible Affordable Mature and proven technology that has been around for more than 10 years with over 500 000 systems installed in over 120 countries

WHY CHOOSE MWEB?

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MWEB part of multinational media group, Naspers Limited, a South African company listed on JSE and Nasdaq MWEB has secured reputation as premium ISP Naspers has operations in US, Europe, Africa and Asia Internet operations in Nigeria, SA, China, Thailand, Greece, Namibia and Zimbabwe Group has been present in Nigeria for over 10 years, with substantial investment and continued faith in Nigeria

WHY CHOOSE MWEB?

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Caters for all requirements

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Full range of value added services

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E-mail options

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Hosting options Local bandwidth management Virtual Private Networks Managed Networks VoIP (end-to-end solution)

WHY CHOOSE MWEB?

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Quality of service per subscriber per service class Reliability and reputation Local accredited dealers 24/7 technical support and customer service International experience and partnerships Partnerships with 3 of the largest Satellite providers in the world – Intelsat, Eutelsat and Panamsat

MWEB VSAT OPTIONS

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Ku-band and C-band Bandwidth

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Shared (Pre-determined service classes)

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Committed Information Rates (CIR) Dedicated (own carrier) 1.2m, 1.8m, 2.4m dishes Hubs in US (2 options), and Europe