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Worldwide Submarine Cable Market Analysis and Outlook
Michael RuddyManaging DirectorTerabit Consulting
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OutlineRegion‐by‐region
1. Transatlantic (including European market characteristics)2. Transpacific (including East Asian market characteristics)3. North America‐South America4. Australia/NZ Intercontinental5. South Asia and Middle East6. Africa West Coast7. Africa East Coast8. Conclusions / Region‐by‐region report card
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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TransatlanticUndersea Cable Market Snapshot
• All lit North Atlantic cables have design capacity >1 Tbps– 13 transoceanic strands / 8 systems / 109,375 km
• No new cables since 2003 (Apollo) / Avg. age = 10 yrs. old• 10 deactivated cables ‐ oldest cable now AC‐1 (1998)
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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Investment14.2 Tbps
Total: 31.7 Tbps
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10G Fill: 45%
14.2 Tbps
Total: 73.2 Tbps
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40G Fill: 19%
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TransatlanticTelecom Market and Macroeconomic Factors
• Transatlantic = historical bellwether• After rough period of reorganization (with capacitysold at well below cost) prices have stabilized
• Long‐term challenge: extracting growth from maturemarkets (Eur. + N.A.)– Broadband penetration leveling off at 30‐35 subs per 100inhabitants in most developed markets
– Access speeds are constricted• DSL technology dominates European market
• Transatlantic bandwidth growth will be restraineduntil the arrival of a disruptive technology
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TransatlanticDevelopments and Outlook
• Near‐term: Targeting specialized or niche markets– Project Express (Hibernia‐2) targets HFT market byfocusing on latency
– Northern cables providing intercontinental capacity• e.g. Greenland Connect
• Mid‐term: Logical progression = shift of attentionaway from the London‐New York axis
• Long‐term: Cables’ age (avg. = 10 yrs.) translates torisk that announced 40 Gbps design capacityestimates may be too optimistic– Possibly necessitating new cables sooner than expected
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TranspacificUndersea Cable Market Snapshot
• 2 rounds of deployment: 2000‐2002 (4) and 2008‐2010 (4)• 11 transoceanic strands / 8 systems / 141,533 km
– All but one are terabit‐capable
• Oldest cable = PC‐1 (2000) / Avg. age = 7 yrs. old
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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Investment11.2 Tbps
Total: 33.1 Tbps
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10G Fill: 34%
11.2 Tbps
Total: 37.9 Tbps
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40G Fill: 30%
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TranspacificTelecom Market and Macroeconomic Factors
• Still significant room for growth in Asian demand– In terms of users, broadband penetration, and speeds
• Which cables will serve China? Still unclear– Recent int’l. bandwidth growth of greater than 200Gbps per year; now in excess of 1 Tbps
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TranspacificDevelopments and Outlook
• Near‐term: focus on Chinese bandwidth, but Asia =full market spectrum1. Maturing Japanese and Asian Tiger markets2. China3. LDCs of Southeast Asia
• Mid‐term: Transpacific capacity market likely drivenby Asian operators– China Telecom’s international bandwidth alone willexceed 1 Tbps in 2013 (currently 0.7 Tbps)
– Western bandwidth players’ experiences (e.g. Google)• Long‐term: 40 Gbps technology meets its match intranspacific– Also: Return to ring systems? (last ring TGN in 2002)
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North America‐South AmericaUndersea Cable Market Snapshot
• All major systems entered service in 2000‐2002• US‐Brazil: 3 continental rings + 1 branched • US‐Northern S.A.: 1 Caribbean ring + 3 branched• 106,813 km (Avg. age: 8 yrs.)
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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3.3 Tbps
Total: 21.1 Tbps
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40G Fill: 16%
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North America‐South AmericaTelecom Market and Macroeconomic Factors
• High foreign investment– Telefonica, America Movil, Telecom Italia, Vivendi
• Brazilian demand just eclipsed 1 Tbps– Argentina > 400 Gbps
• Although middle class grew 41% over last 5 yrs.,Brazil still among 10 highest Gini coefficients– Broadband penetration among richest 2.8% ofhouseholds: 85%
– Broadband penetration among upper‐middle 22% ofhouseholds: 50%
– Broadband penetration among poorest 75% ofhouseholds: 10%
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North America‐South AmericaDevelopments and Outlook
• Near‐ and mid‐term: several projects underconsideration by Brazil’s 3 largest telecomcompanies– America Movil (Embratel, Claro) US‐Colombia‐Brazilvia Mex., DR, and PR
– Telefonica (SAM‐2)– GlobeNet (Brasil Telecom/Oi) “supports” Efive’s SAExproject
• Long‐term: economic inequalities will hindergrowth
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Australia/NZ IntercontinentalUndersea Cable Market Snapshot
• 4 long‐haul systems (Southern Cross, AJC, Endeavour, PPC‐1)– 1 ring to N.Amer.; 1 branched to Asia; 1 pt.‐to‐pt. to Hawaii; 1
branched to Guam / Avg. age: 6 yrs. / All terabit+ systems
• Total of 59,476 km (lit)
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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8.8 Tbps
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10G Fill: 21%
1.9 Tbps
Total: 16.0 Tbps
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40G Fill: 12%
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Australia/NZ IntercontinentalTelecom Market and Macroeconomic Factors
• Australia/NZ intercontinental demand exceeds500 Gbps
• Residential broadband connections of 8 Mbps +approaching 50% of total, although bandwidthcaps prevail
• National Broadband Network– $40 bil capex– 1 Gbps to 93% of population
• NBN has potential to catapult Australia to thefore of broadband deployment– Opportunity: SKC Express? (Sydney‐Kansas City, KS)
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Australia/NZ IntercontinentalDevelopments and Outlook
• Near‐term: Pacific Fibre– Unveiled Mar. 2010 / Pacnet MOU signed July 2010 /Pacnet MOU lapses Feb. 2011
• Mid‐term: For the National Broadband Network tofunction properly, greater price erosion ofinternational capacity necessary– But the “big three” (Telstra, Singtel Optus, TNZ) aredominant in intl. capacity markets
– exception PPC‐1/TPG• Long‐term: National Broadband Network haspotential to dramatically increase int’l. demand– Possibility of becoming disruptive technology
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South Asia and Middle EastUndersea Cable Market Snapshot
• 3 active Europe‐Asia systems / 2 India‐Singapore systems / 4 Mediterranean‐India builds – 140,910 km / Avg. age: 6 yrs.
• Plus two primarily African systems
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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4.1 Tbps
Total: 35.6 Tbps
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40G Fill: 11%
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South Asia and Middle EastUndersea Cable Market Snapshot (Cont’d.)
• Sea‐Me‐We‐5 schism (2007): I‐Me‐We and EIG– I‐Me‐Oui / England‐I‐G?
• 2011: GBI/MENA co‐build• West Asia Crossing, FOG‐2, ITC Cable, TGN Gulfall under consideration
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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South Asia and Middle EastDevelopments and Outlook
• Near‐term: solving cable situation in Egypt– Delays imposed by Egyptian Government
• Edict from Egyptian Office of Military Intelligence Servicesand Reconnaissance?
– Compounded by Egyptian Revolution of 2011• Mid‐term: Indian international Internetbandwidth: still relatively low (500 Gbps)– India’s National Broadband Policy (2004) called for20 mil broadband users by 2010; actual = 10 mil
• Long‐term: as in other regions, issues of incomeinequality have severe impact on consumermarket
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African West CoastUndersea Cable Market Snapshot
• 4 lit systems– SAT‐2 (1993), SAT‐3/SAFE (2002), Main One (2010) , Glo‐1 (2010)
• 5 transoceanic strands / 52,793 kilometers• WACS under construction (2012 RFS); ACE target RFS 2012
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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Total: 7.9
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40G Fill: 6%
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African East CoastUndersea Cable Market Snapshot
• Three systems / 27,800 km– TEAMS (2009), Seacom (2009), EASSy (2010)
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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Investment 180 Gbps
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180 Gbps
Total: 7.6
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40G Fill: 2%
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Sub‐Saharan AfricaDevelopments and Outlook
• African end‐user infrastructure: primarily mobilehandsets– Smartphone services slow to take off
• Avg. bandwidth per person well below 1 Kbps• Low Human Development Index limits PCpenetration
• Near‐term overbuild seems evident, but questionis which model will succeed in LDC markets– Consortium, carrier, or investor?
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1Conclusions
Undersea Cable Market Report CardFill @ 10G
Fill @ 40G
Cable Age (Avg.)
Intl.Bwidth
Broad‐band Key Issue
Transatlantic 45% 19% 10 Very High
Max out @ 35% / pop.
Awaiting disruptive technology
Transpacific / Asia 34% 30% 7 Jpn, Chn
>1 TbpsVaries but low overall Chinese demand
N. America‐S. America 27% 16% 8 Brazil
>1 TbpsPoorest 75% : low Income inequality
Australia/NZIntercon. 21% 12% 6 500+
Gbps High National Broadband Network / Pac Fibre
South Asia/ME Intercon. 12% 11% 6 India >
500 GbsLow
overallIndian broadband penetration / Egypt
African West Coast 10% 6% 7 (soon
lower) Low Very low Overbuild / Demand from mobile
African East Coast 3% 2% 2 Kenya
15 GbpsExtremely
lowOverbuild / Human Development Index
Source: The Undersea Cable Report 2011, Terabit Consulting
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Questions and CommentsSource:
Terabit Consulting’s Undersea Cable Report 2011 (May, 2011): Highlights to be posted at www.terabitconsulting.com
Michael RuddyManaging DirectorTerabit Consulting, Inc.Cambridge Riverview Center245 1st St., 18th FloorCambridge, Massachusetts 02142 USATel: +1 617 444 8605email: mruddy@terabitconsulting.com
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