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1 Empowering Society With ICT Janaka R. Abeysinghe General Manager Enterprise Sales Division Sri Lanka Telecom PLC June 25, 2013 FutureGov SAARC SUMMIT, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2 Moving Towards A Connected Society Affordable Services Easily Accessible Services Empowered Society Access to Information Better Collaboration Convenience & Satisfaction Broadband Services Social Media Cloud Computing Smart Devices 1

3 Learning Making More Affordable & Accessible With ICT Then Learning by listening Now Learning by doing A privileged few have access to quality education Education is a universal right Educational services offered only at a fixed time and a place Educational services are delivered anywhere, anytime Teacher-centric approach Student-centric approach Terminate studies with a diploma /degree 2 Lifelong learning

4 Healthcare - Making More Affordable & Accessible With ICT long-distance clinical health care - remotely monitor and manage patients patient and professional health-related education 3

5 Use of Social Media - Crime Awareness Then Warning Signs Now - Policing 2.0 Public education messages (road safety, road courtesy, drink driving) Request information from public for unsolved cases Counter terrorism messages Crime prevention tips (YouTube) Broadcast channel for crisis communications (Twitter) 4

6 Growth in Broadband Globally Sri Lanka fixed Broadband, 2.0% Sri Lanka Mobile Broadband, 4.5% Growing trend in Fixed and Mobile broadband service in both developed and developing countries Sri Lanka fixed and wireless broadband penetration is below the developing countries and only a fraction of world average. In Sri Lanka at end 2012, Fixed Broadband Penetration : 2.0% Mobile Broadband Penetration : 4.5% Total Broadband Penetration : 6.5% Substantial growth in SL broadband will occur over the coming years 5

7 Building A National Backbone Network (NBN) Jaffna Fiber Optic Super Highway Network Connecting Any Province in Sri Lanka Covers all 329 Divisional Secretariats within next 5 years Facilitate Broadband connectivity across Sri Lanka High-speed connectivity Uninterrupted access to services (e-learning, e-health, e-commerce) Highest redundancy Mannar Vauniya Anuradhapura Tambuttegama LEGEND SSC Central Ring (670Km) proposed North-East Central Ring (565Km) Proposed East-Uva Central Ring (470Km) Proposed Southern Ring (350Km) Trincomalee N Broadband Access to Services xdsl Metro Ethernet/ IP VPN WiFi LTE Improved Accessibility to Services More Affordable Services Puttlam Galgamuwa Polonnaruwa Maho Chilaw Kurunegala Matale Kandy Negombo Kegalle Gampaha Awissawella Colombo Kalutara Nawalapitiya Hatton Ratnapura Badulla Nuwara Eliya Bandarawela Batticaloa Kalmune Ampara 6 Galle Matara Hambantota

8 Percentage of Customer Base i-sri Lanka 90/20/14 Improving the Broadband Capable bandwidth Previous Capability 100% Improved Capability with i-sri Lanka 90% 75 % Plan with i-sri Lanka Previous Capability 2 Mb/s 8 Mb/s 20 Mb/s 30 Mb/s 40 Mb/s 60 Mb/s 512 kb/s Distribution of Bandwidth Less than 50% of SLT fixed (wire line) customers currently have access to IPTV (SD) and 2Mbps (or higher) broadband 7

9 Expanding Global Connectivity UK France Germany Japan SMW3 SMW4 Italy BL UAE Pakistan India Bangladesh Hong Kong / China DS SMW5 SLT Malaysia Singapore Maldives Australia 8

10 Sri Lanka Global Connectivity - SMW 3-10 Gbps - SMW4-10 Gbps - BL (BSNL & SLT) - 10 Gbps SMW 5 SMW 3 SMW 5 - DS (Dhiraagu & SLT) - 10 Gbps - SMW Gbps Planned OF Cable System - SMW 5 - Very low latency - Capacity activation in Wavelengths - Minimum Bandwidth 100 Gbps - Operational by Diversified Optical Fiber Routes to Globe low latency high speed Lower price Deliver more affordable services Improved accessibility to services

11 Capacity (Gbps) Largest Internet Backbone 21.5 Gbps 0.6G USA Europe 6.1G India Asia Pacific 7. 5G 7.35 G SLT - Internet Backbone Growth Year High speed, low latency connectivity Deliver more affordable services Better accessibility 10

12 Hosting and Co-location Facilities - SLT idc Complies with highest International Information Security standards (IEC/ISO certification) SLT idc Firewall IDS Virus Guard Air Conditioning UPS Fire Protection Internet Database Servers Web / Mail Servers ADSL Dialup Internet HSPA 3.5G Maintenance Staff (24x7) Home Head Office Regional Offices 11

13 Convergence and Multi-Play Services - Personnalized services & Convenience Any Network Any Where Any Time Any Device New Services Government Cloud 12

14 SchoolNet Dedicated Internet Access to locations Requirement: 155 Mbps Enabling E-learning for Secondary Schools NOC at UoM 155 Mbps SchoolNet 64 kbps 256 kbps Computer Resource Centers School 13 School

15 Lanka Government Network (LGN) Requirement: Enabling E-Government Internet Citizens LGN Hub at SLT idc 40 Mbps Govt. Offices Server Farm VoIP Management Lanka Government Network Government Office 14 Government Office

16 Government Information Center Easy access to Government information - Telephone numbers - Addresses of Gov. institutes - Information on special events (Exam results) Information on Government procedures - Documents, procedures (NIC, Passports) Information on routine events Train schedules Remote support for Government E-Services (e-revenue License) SLT is the infrastructure provider for GIC 1919 service Complain handling - Acknowledge complains regarding Government Organizations 15

17 Colombo Police CCTV Surveillance System CCTV cameras at main intersections Central Control Room Information can be used, - for crime detection/prevention - for traffic management - for confirmation of incidents - to record events over a time period 16

18 ICT Has Revolutionized The Way We Work.. Live.. Learn.. & Play.. Work Meetings Virtual Specialists Live TeleMedicine Family Visits Virtual Box Seat Play Remote Classrooms Learn 17

19 Thank You

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