Transcript IPT market Development in the Caucasus Region

IPT market Development in the
Caucasus Region
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Europe and Caucasus Region
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Caucasus and Central Asia
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Caucasus Region
• Georgia
• 4,5 mil. – Population
• 12,6 billion $ - GDP
• 30% of Internet Users
• Azerbaijan
• 8,3 mil. - Population
• 44,3 billion $ - GDP
• 44% of Internet Users
• Armenia
• 3 mil. - Population
• 8,8 billion $ - GDP
• 47,1 % of Internet Users
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Key Player ISP’s in Region
• Georgia
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Silknet
Foptnet
Caucasus Cable System
GRT (Georgian Railway Telecom )
• Azerbaijan
• Delta Telecom
(main wholesale ISP)
• TEC - Trans Euro Com
(Alternate FO network owner)
• Armenia
• Armentel
• Fibernet
• GNC Alfa
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FO development - stage 1
• Foptnet (TAE project fiber optic cable)
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Cable installation finished in 2000
DWDM in 2010-11,
40 Gbps Transferring Capacity
Length 433 km
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TAE (Trans Asia Europe) MAP
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FO development - stage 2
• Georgian Railway Telecom – GRT (TRACECA project)
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Cable installation finished in 2003
CWDM in 2007,
60 Gbps Transferring Capacity
Length 620 km
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TRACECA MAP (Caucasus region)
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TRACECA MAP (Caucasus region)
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FO Cable resource owners in region
• Silknet (former State Telephone Network Operator)
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Uses the same infrastructure as GRT (TRACECA project FO Trunk)
DWDM in 2007-2008,
80 Gbps Transferring Capacity
Length 620 km
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FO Cable resource owners in region
• Caucasus Cable System (Poti – Balchik Black Sea FO cable)
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Cable installation finished in 2008
DWDM equipment,
1920 Gbps Maximum Transferability
Length - 1200 km
In Poti interconnected with GRT Infrastructure
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Negative Factors in Region
• Luck of redundancy in region from one ISP;
• Non-equal business environment in GeorgiaArmenia-Azerbaijan;
• Partially closed market for non-local wholesale ISPs.
• Difficult political situation between ArmeniaAzerbaijan
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Positive Factors in Region
• Alternate routs to penetrate in region
• Only 40% average Internet users in region
• 58-60 milliseconds time delay from Europe
• Opportunity to penetrate Iran market
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Iran Market
• Iran
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77 mil. – Population
863.5 billion $ - GDP
43.2% of Internet Users
Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) – Leading Iranian ISP
• TCI Prices for Global IP resource
• 1024 kbps – 10,800,000 Rials = 1,031 USD
• 2048 kbps – 27,000,000 Rials = 2,579 USD
(source: http://www.tci.ir/s19/page2.aspx?lang=En)
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Internet in India
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India
• 1,173 mil. – Population
• 4.046 trillion $ - GDP
• 8.5% of Internet Users
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Submarine Cable Map 2011
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Global Internet Map 2009
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Used Sources
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www.telegeography.com
www.internetworldstats.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.itu.int
www.tci.ir
www.grt.ge
http://business.mapsofindia.com/india-gdp
Ministry of Economics of Georgia
Georgian National Commission of Communications
The CIA World Factbook
TRACECA project documents
TAE project documents
www.transeurocom.az
www.rozvytok.com
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George Gotoshia
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“Quantum Group” ltd
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Tel.: +995 77 22 22 88
E-mail: [email protected]
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