Sean Bergin :

AJC – The SystemFebruary 2002

Network Description

• 12,700km, 2 Fibre Pair

• Collapsed Ring Configuration

• Design capacity 320 + 320 Gbit/s

• Shallow water contingency

• All sites configured with NPE

Technology - (What is AJC ?)

• 10Gibt/s per wavelength

• 32 wavelengths

• 2 Fibre pairs

• Optical amplifier / WDM facilities deployed

• ITU standards met or exceeded

• State-of-the-art Network Operations Centre

Cable Stations

Australia• Paddington Telstra Reach• Oxford Falls Telstra Reach

Guam• Tumon Bay CONCERT• Tanguisson CONCERT

Japan• Shima NTT Com• Maruyama JAPAN TELECOM

Milestones Completed – (within 2 years)

• AJC Company formed• ITP for supply contract signed• Financial closure• Supply contract signed• Route survey complete • All licences granted • All landing stations completed• RFS achieved 30th December, 2001 on time

and within budget

Who is AJC ?

• Shareholder backing from 6 large global telcosTelstra (Australia)

Concert

WorldCom

Teleglobe

NTTCom

Japan Telecom

• Vision & support ensured success of AJC • System supplied by NEC• Project management from NDC

Asia - Pacific

• Predicted to become world’s dominant Internet region, as more countries in region embrace IT and Internet technologies.

Asia – Pacific (cont)

• Seen by many as “next big thing” in terms of explosive, exponential capacity requirements

• Change in data traffic levels (in particular Internet) from US centric towards growing need in Asia Pacific

• Increased developments of hubbing, mirroring and local content (local language)

• Over time, balancing will occur as regional and local sites develop content for the global markets

Asia-Pacific : Growth

• Growth in capacity demand being driven by Internet and

International Lease services

• Greater than 80% of demand in Australia is originating on Eastern

seaboard

Growth in Mesh Networks

• Advantages of buy vs. build

• Time to market is almost instant

• Diversity of traffic & route options

• Better accommodates imminent technology developments (purchasers have greater control of pseudo networks)

• Over time, interconnection options increase, giving expanded reach and capacity

Network Capacity Goals

• Initially equipped 40 + 40 Gbps

• Currently planning to bring first upgrade of another 40 + 40 Gbps forward from late

2003

• Further expansion of capacity & products in response to demand

AJC Advantages

• STM-1 (MIU) priced competitively• Targets North Asia and North America• Diverse connectivity options• Aggregated Volume discounts• Multiple payment options• Highly capable team• Proven route - highly resilient to failure• State of the art technology• Highly reliable system design