Telkom’s Bandwidth Capacity Answered

"We have investments in three cable systems connecting Africa and international destinations.
A submarine cable system, SAT-2, exists between Cape Town and Europe. We are the largest
capacity owner on the SAT-2 submarine cable system with the right to use approximately 65% of the
combined capacity. Consistent with our strategy of increasing international carrier traffic on our
network, we have invested approximately $85 million in the SAFE and SAT-3/WASC submarine cable
systems that were introduced into service during 2002."

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Asynchronous transfer mode network
We have rolled out an asynchronous transfer mode network to deliver broadband services to
global and corporate customers. As of March 31, 2005, we had 202 switches in our asynchronous
transfer mode network. The present available bandwidth between the core switches on our
asynchronous transfer mode network is 120 STM-1s or 17.97 Gbit/s, while the available bandwidth
between the access switches, metropolitan switches and core switches is 361 STM-1s or 54 Gbit/s.
Access to our asynchronous transfer mode network is primarily provided via fiber.

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