Eng. Sami H. O. Salih
President of SDv6TF
Contents
Part (I) About Sudan;
Part (II) Telecommunication Sector Overview;
Part (III)
Telecom Sector Assessment;
About Sudan
One Million Square Miles, 8.5% of the land area of Africa, 25 Stat.
Population: 39.1 million (2008)
Telecommunications Progress
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1859 – Telecommunications introduced in Sudan
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(1st telegraph link between Cairo & Sawaken),
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1871–1873 Telegraph line reached Khartoum (Small unit for Post &
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Telegraph).
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1892/1903 – First Telephone exchange in Sudan (Eldaba &
Khartoum).
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1910 -1971 – The service was run by a government body known as
Posts &
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Telegraphs (P&T)
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1971- 1978 Telecommunication was separated from the Post
service and run as
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a governmental Department.
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1978 – 93 Sudan Telecommunications Public Corp, (STPC).
Telecommunications Progress (Cont …)
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1993 – 94 Privatization of Telecommunication Sector.
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1994-2001 National Telecommunication Council
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2001, National Telecomm. Corporation (NTC) formed under
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Telecommunication Act 2001.
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1994, Sudan Telecom Co. (SUDATEL) started as an Operator &
Service provider.
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1997, license issued to a cellular service provider Sudanese Mobile
Telephone Co. (MOBITEL).
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1997, First ISP, Sudanese Internet Service Co. (Sudanet).
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2001, First Pre-paid service, Ashraaf International (Ashraaf com).
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2003, license issued to the second mobile operator (Areeba).
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2005, license issued to the second fixed operator (Canar).
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2006, Sudatel launch its 3G - UMTS Network (Sudani).
Internet progress
1996, Internet was introduced in Sudan by the Sudan Internet
Services Co. Ltd. [Sudanet] with 128Kbps Bandwidth capacity.
In early 1998, the Sudan Telecom Co. Ltd. [Sudatel] introduced
its Internet Service in the country as a value added service to its
basic fixed telephony services with 265Kbps Bandwidth
capacity.
In Nov 1999, Sudatel became the only pop in Sudan with 2Mbps
from EMIX.
Sudatel opened its Internet service provisioning to other
potential service providers, the enterprise and universities
sectors using its existing data communication infrastructure.
Legislation Maturity
1974, Telecommunications Law.
2000, National Telecom Corporation Bill
National Telecom Council Bill 1994
Telecom Act. 1974
2002, A new Telecom.
National Telecommunication Corporation
(NTC)
http://ntc.gov.sd
NTC Objectives
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Promote and regulate the telecommunication sector so as to
conform to development and globalization.
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Provide the appropriate environment favourable to promotion
of telecommunication services and the encouragement of
investment in this sector.
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Ensure and diffuse free competition and recruit competent
personnel in the field of telecommunications.
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Ensure connectivity among licensed telecommunication public
networks.
Market Structure
Coverage: 160 City
Coverage: 200 City
Technology: GPSR, HSPA
Technology: CDMA 1x EV-DO
Subscribers: 5903529
Subscribers: 4100000
.‫ موقع بالسودان‬68/129 :‫التغطية‬
GSM / UMTS :‫التقنية‬
2657639 :‫عدد المشتركين‬
Coverage: 41 City
Technology: WLL CDMA
Subscribers: 28083
Total Subscribers: 12689251
Coverage
Subscribers Growth
Bandwidth and backbone
IP addresses Statistics (Source: AfriNIC)
IPv6 Deployment Obstacles
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Current Allocation and Registration Model
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Hide of the IPv4 Exhaustion
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Hide of the IPv4 Expansion Techniques Failures
(i.e. NAT, CIDR, Dynamic Allocation)
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Lack of IPv6 Experience
Allocation and Registration Model
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IP Allocation is not depending on Supply/Demand manner,
and obviously it’s not a market for competition. It’s
Regulatory trueborn duties, and must distribute fairly
regard to the actual demand.
The current model work fine, but the global view is to
involve ITU and the administration on countries into these
processes in order to effectively benefit from their support
as well as to keep the administration aware about internet
addressing schema.
The modifications on the model have made lightly as
possible to facilitate what indicates in (3.1.2.) no new
entities or procedures just updates on the definitions and
insertion of the ITU in the model.
Hide of the IPv4 Exhaustion
Expansion Techniques Failures
Lack of IPv6 Experience
Sudan Experience Toward IPv6
Activities
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1st IPv6 Workshop; 24June, 2010
As a side event of AREGNET Meeting.
Activities
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2nd IPv6 Workshop; 1 August, 2010
Publish the Sudanese IPv6 Migration Plan.
Form the SDv6TF.
Activities
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3rd IPv6 Workshop; 1-4 November, 2010
2nd IPv6 Training.
Internet Governances day.
Activities
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4th IPv6 Workshop; 27 October, 2011
Evaluation of the IPv6 Deployment in Sudan
on 10 Major Information Network Operator
National IPv6 Training Center
Achievements in IPv6 Deployment
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Develop of the National IPv6 Migration Plan (2011-2015)
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Formation of the SDv6TF (more than 400 member)
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Organize Three Workshops
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Collaborate with NAv6 in Continuous Training Program
(300 Participant in 2011)
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Participate on IPv6 Events (ITU, AfriNIC)
IPv6 Training Calendar
Development in IPv6 Assignment