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GLO-1
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1.PROJECTOVERVI
EW
1.
1BACKGROUND

Globacom isthel eadi

ngt elecommuni cati
onI ndust
rybothi nNigeri
aandWestAf ri
ca.
Globacom i
st heSecondNat ionalOperator(SNO)inNigeri
a,li
censedt opr
ovideanar ray
oftel
ecommuni cationservi
ces.SinceGl obacom star
tedoperati
onsonAugust29, 2003, i
t
hasbecomeapaceset terint hetelecommuni cati
onindustry
,intr
oducingrev ol
utionary
changes that hav e afforded Ni ger
ians the benefit
s of adv ances made i nt he
tel
ecommuni cati
onsandi nformationtechnologyandspur rednationaldevelopment .It
deeppenetrati
oncount r
ywidehascont r
ibutedtorapi
deconomi cdevelopmentinNi geri
a.

Wear
epr
oudt
ohav
ethef
oll
owi
nggl
obal
ent
erpr
ise:

Gl
oMobi
l
e,Ni
ger
ia

Gl
oMobi
l
e,Republ
i
cofBeni
n

Gl
oMobi
l
e,Ghana

Gl
oGat
eway

Gl
oBr
oadaccess,
Niger
ia

Gl
o1

Globall
y,thetraditi
oni sforaconsorti
um oft elecommuni cati
oncompani estoteam upt o
setupasubmar inecablenet worktoenhancet hei
rconnect i
vityandbandwi dt
hcapaci ty.
Globacom hasbecomeanexcept iontothenor m.Itisthefir
stsingletelecommuni cati
on
companyi nthewor l
dt oowni tssubmar i
necabl e.Thehi ghcapaci tyGl o1opt icfi
br e
cablewillbri
ngdi rectconnectiv
itybetweenWestAf r
ica,t
heUKandt her estoft heworld.
The9,800km l ongcabl ewillprovi
dehugecapaci tyoni t
s2-fibrepairsystem.TheGl o1
cablewillal
sopr ov i
deexcessbandwi dtht oallthecitiesconnectedtot hecable.Thiswi l
l
transl
ateintomuchf ast
erandmor er obustconnect ivi
tyforv oi
ce,dataandv ideo.The
cablewillconnect14WestAf r
icancountriest hr
ought hebr anchi
nguni tstot herestof
thewor l
d.

1.
2PURPOSE/
OBJECTI
VES

Gl
o1isthenameofthesubmari
nefi
breopt
icnetwor
kini
ti
atedbyGl
obacom t
orunfrom
Ni
ger
iat
otheUni
tedKingdom.Thepur
poseofthi
sproj
ecti
stoachi
evethef
oll
owing:

 Topr ov
idehighcapaci
tynet
workbet
weenWestAf
ri
caandt
her
estoft
hewor
ld
fi
rstandeventual
l
ywholeAfr
ica.

 Toprov
ideaccesst
obandwi
dthandexcessofi
ttoal
lci
ti
esconnect
edt
othe
cabl
e

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 Topr
ovi
der
obustconnect
ivi
tyf
orv
oice,
dat
aandv
ideocommuni
cat
ion

 Toprovi
deopport
unit
yforexpandi
ngt
heGl
ogl
obalexpansi
oncur
rent
lyt
aki
ng
pl
aceunderot
herpr
oject
s.

 Tohaveacleardist
inct
ioninprovi
dingquali
tyser
vicest
hroughmul
ti
pleandhi
gh
qual
i
tydi
rectl
inkstoseveralcount
ri
esacrossthegl
obe.

 Toprov
ideapl at
for
mtointerconnectwi
thsev
erali
nter
nat
ionalnet
wor
ksand
l
eadi
ngtraf
fi
ccarr
ier
sal
lov
erthewor l
d.

1.
3ANTI
CIPATEDBENEFI
TS

Gl
obacom Ni
ger
iaLt
dwi
l
lbenef
itf
rom t
hepr
ojecti
nthef
oll
owi
ngway
s:

 I
ncr
easei
npr
ofi
t

 Opport
uni
tyfori
nter
nat
ionalexpansi
ont
oot
herAf
ri
cancount
ri
esespeci
all
y
ontheAtl
ant
icCoast
.

 Provi
debackbonesupportforothernet
wor
ksal
lov
ert
hewor
ld;br
ingmor
e
ret
urnsandi
nternat
ional
recogni
ti
on.

 Local
andi
nter
nat
ional
compet
it
iveadv
ant
age.

Tel
ecommuni
cat
ionConsumerwi
l
lbenef
iti
nthef
oll
owi
ngway
s:

 Hi
ghl
yimpr
ovedqual
i
tyofser
vicei
nter
msofr
educeddr
opcal
l
sandcl
ari
ty

 Reduced i
nternat
ionalcal
lrate and bandwi
dth costf
orI
SPs and ot
her
Tel
ecommuni cati
onOperat
ors

1.
4SOFTWARETECHNOLOGYPROPOSED

Al
lst
andar
dsubmar
inef
ibr
eopt
icst
echnol
ogyappl
i
es

1.
5BUSI
NESSPROCESSESI
MPACTED

Businesspr
ocesseschangesi
mpact
edbyt
hecompl
eti
onoft
hispr
ojectar
eOUTof
thescopeofthi
sproj
ect.

1.
6CUSTOMERS/
ENDUSERSI
MPACTED

SincetheGl o- 1isanaddi t
ionalproductandserv
icetobemount ed/att
achedtothe
existi
ngnet work,t hecust
omerar eassumednott obei mpactedoraf f
ectedinany
waybyt heproject.Uponcompl et
ionoftheProj
ect,duri
ngtheintegr
ationofthefi
bre-
opticsnetwor ksont heexi
sti
ngnet work,t
hecust
omerandend- usersmayexper i
ence
networkdi f
ficul
ties.Thi
saspectofGl obacom operati
onisOUToft hescopeoft his
Project.
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2.PROJECTSCOPE

Thi
sProj
ectisi
nit
iat
edtoset
upa9, 800Km under
seafi
breopt
icscable,fr
om Niger
iato
Uni
tedKi
ngdom.Thefibr
eopt
icscablewi
ll
have8landi
ngsit
esatthefoll
owingcount
ries:

 Lagos,
Niger
ia

 Accr
a,Ghana

 Dakar
,Senegal

 Nouakchot
t,Maur
it
ani
a

 Casabl
anca,
Mor
occo

 Sesi
mbr
a,Por
tugal

 Vi
go,
Spai
n

 Bude,
Uk

Thi
sOpt
icf
ibr
esy
stem i
sto–att
hemi
nimum –hav
eat
raf
fi
ccapaci
tyof640Mbi
ts/
secs.

ThisProj
ectisdueforlaunchbyJul
y2012,t
hescopeoft
hepr
ojecti
nvol
vecompl
eti
ng
thepr
ojectasschedul
ed.

Thecable,
whi chisofthe32STM 64t
ype,
wil
lhav
ev i
rt
uali
nfi
nit
ecapaci
tyandt
heref
ore
off
ers suff
icient capaci
tytraf
fi
cfor t
he company’
s mobile,fi
xed and i
nter
net
tel
ecommuni cati
onsservi
ces.

2DELI
2. VERABLESI
NCLUDEDI
NSCOPE

 The9,
800km l
ongf
ibr
ecabl
e

 Thel
aidf
ibr
eopt
iccabl
e

 Pr
ovi
sionoft
hef
ibr
eopt
ict
ermi
nat
ionatt
hel
andi
ngsi
tes

3DELI
2. VERABLESNOTI
NCLUDEDI
NSCOPE

 I
ntegr
ati
onoft
hef
ibr
eopt
ici
ntot
heexi
sti
nggl
onet
wor
k

 Mai
ntai
ningoff
ibr
eopt
icnet
wor
k

 Gat
ewayinf
rast
ruct
uret
oconnectwi
tht
her
estofAf
ri
caandt
hel
atert
her
estof
t
heworl
d.

3.PROJECTBUDGET
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Using the benchmark costof ot hersi mi

larproj
ectunder wentby contempor ar
y
tel
ecommuni cat
ionfi
rms;Globacom Nigeri
ahasear
mar ked$800mill
i
onfort
hisproject.
Thus,theconsulti
ngfir
mf orthisProj
ecthasbeengr antedthemandat
et odevelopi t
s
budget“ nott
oexceed”theset$800mi ll
i
on.
3.
1SOURCEOFFUNDI
NG
Gl
obacom Ni
ger
iaLi
mit
edwi
l
lpr
ovi
det
heent
ir
efundf
ort
hispr
oject
.

4.RI
SKASSESSMENT

Globacom Niger
iaLi
mit
edhasi
dent
if
iedt
hef
oll
owi
ngr
iskandst
epst
akent
owar
ds
respondi
ngtothem.

Polit
icalStabil
ityoft helandi
ngcount r
ies:Globacom Ni geri
aLimi t
edhascar r
iedoutan
extensivePolit
icalstabil
i
tyassessmentandcar eful
lyselectedthecount r
ies(
listedabove)
asitslandingcount r
ies.Glohasalsocompl et
ednegot iati
onwi ththecountri
esandt hisis
outoft hescopeofy ourproj
ect.Nonethel
ess,thisprojectinvolv
esi nt
eract
ionswi t
ht he
countri
esandt hei
ragency .Anyr i
skthatthismi ghtbr i
ngal ongr emainstheabsol ute
responsibi
lit
yoft hePr oj
ectmanagementt eam.

I
nternati
onalboundaries and Terr
it
orialWaters:To av
oidthe r
isk associat
ed wit
h
ter
rit
ori
alwatersofeachcountry,t
hefibreopt
icsistobelai
dint
hei nt
ernati
onalwater
s
oftheAtlant
icOcean.

Besi
dest heabovementionedri
sk,theprojectmanagementt
eam i
stoi
dent
if
yand
prof
ferr
iskmanagementplanf
orotheri
dent
if
iedri
sks.

5.APPROVALS

PROJECTROLE NAME SI
GNATURE DATE

SPONSOR

AGENCYCHI
EF

FI
NANCI
ALOFFI
CER

CHI
EFI
NFO.OFFI
CER

CHI
EFTECHNOLOGY

PROJECTMANAGER