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iTeamBU I LD ING FUTURE TOGETHER

There’s a hardworking super-achiever that’s changing the bottom line

Lifting moraleInspiring othersGetting things done

She is Beautiful She is Smart She is fun and totally Crazy too!

But it’s not the sales manager or the new go-getter

It’s the company’s newsletter...It’s here and it has arrived!

iTEAMAdd an ‘I’ to the TEAM!

NewsletterVol 1 - 2014

Inaugural Issue

C O N T E N T S

Special Interest Articles

About iTeam 1

2013 A Glance 2

Journey so far 3

Latest Buzz 4

Editorial 5

iTeam

Before we inaugurate the Newsletter formally, let’s take stock of the year 2013 - the year that just went by.

We are already almost into the end of second quarter and for sure one thing is still the same in the New Year …

Time continues to fly! Allow me to wish you a fabulous year in good health and prosperity.

And with the element of time in mind, ensure to take your time to enjoy the things you are doing, A journey in which I hope we will be able to

(continue to) work together!

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the debut edition of our online newsletter iTeam.

Good relationships are the cornerstones of business; relation-ships with our customers, our employees, our suppliers – and all the communities of which we are a part of.

Connecting with these stakeholders – connecting with YOU – is an indispensable cog in the wheel of mutual progress.

iTeam is where you will find a ‘snapshot’ of events in the dynamic world of all our group companies.

And if you have a taste for commitment and success based on transparency, sound ethics and trust, we invite you to connect with iTeam.

About iTeam

It gives me immense pleasure to introduce the issue of our Newsletter. iTeam… Add an “I” to the team.

Let out the “I” in you.It’s time to explore and discover our hidden unique “I” personalities.The same “I” when added to TEAiM becomesThe Team with an Aim, such a small addition can make a big difference.Play with the letters and we get

iTeam – Our TeamShine personally and professionally!

Ed

’s note

Shanthi Waran


Location Map

TO DUBAI

TO ABU DHABI

Thuraya Tower 1

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Media One Tower

Shatha Tower

Dubai Pearl Project

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SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD

Microsoft

Canon

SiemensIBM

MasterCard

DellSony Ericsson 3 InfoTech

DUBAI MEDIA CITY

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AMPHITHEATER

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NAKHEEL METRO STATION

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American University of Dubai

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EMIRATES GOLF CLUB

Dubai Properties

GE

ZEE TV

Mosque

ENTRANCE

Mashreq

Abu Dhabi Islamic

Bank

Dubai Islamic

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Dubai JewelSalam Tecom Tower

Sun Microsystems McAfee

Eppco Petrol Station

Business Central Towers

Bavaria Suites

Arenco Tower

HSBC

CONCORD

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Zayed University

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Holiday Inn Express

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HP

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DIC Buildings

Prayer Room

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A Big Thank You for your continued commitment and all that you do to deliver on our Vision and Mission and live our Values. It has been a year of continued growth for us which, I am pleased to say, shows momentum

and sustainability. We have met challenges head-on as a company and have grown stronger for our deter-mination and perseverance.

The Year that was….2013Excerpts from Year End Message: 2013

Rakesh Kukreja MD-Wananchi Business Service

Our company has made its mark in new territories – Zambia and Malawi and strengthened its position in the East African Market.

The NEW YEAR will bring with it, its own mix of success and challenges, but our path and directions are clear and we know what we must accomplish and we must remain intently focused on the outcome and not the obstacles.

In conclusion, I appreciate all of your great work this year; it is because of you, and because we know we can do so much more for our Customers than anyone else, that I have such great confidence in our future as a TEAM.

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iSAT Africa Ltd. FZC... JOURNEY SO FAR..2009 conceptuation of iSAT

2012 Inaugration of Dubai office

The Inaugration of the Dubai office was a dream come true. The first stage in what we hope is a journey that will take us places..

iSAT Africa Ltd FZCDubai Office Inauguration


Yomi Daramola-LagosCountry Manager

Year 2013 was witness to two new companies taken over by iSAT

Alldean Networks Limited and iSAT Africa Zambia Ltd.

iSAT has set foot prints in Nigeria…which is at its infancy stage, activities within the company has just started picking up, known for its robust services, efficient network, prompt response to issues within the network, and a good value for money for services rendered. Our major clients are contractors within the federal government agencies such as NITDA, USPF oil companies such as Shell Petroleum and Mobil.

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Alldean Road Show 2013

iSAT Africa Ltd. FZC... JOURNEY SO FAR..The second milestone..AllDean Network LTD.Nairobi - Kenya.


Three Cheers – Hip Hip Hooray- iSAT Africa Zambia Limited is born!

On the 24th of May 2013, an agreement was signed in Ngurdoto (Arusha, Tanzania) between Wananchi Group and the sharehold-ers of Quick Edge Limited that paved the way for the formation of iSat Africa Zambia Limited (iAZL).

The partnership will see iAZL growing rapid-ly and gaining a sizable portion of the market share in Zambia.

Immediately after formation, iAZL invested in a VSAT hub in Lusaka, which is the first commercial hub operating in Zambia through which it intends to offer high availa-bility data links for corporations and institu-tions such as in the banking sector, retail outlets, insurance forms and multi-branch offices operating real time applications such

as ERP and centralized accounting software. iAZL also invested in strengthening the wire-less and fiber networks, which strengthens the resilience and performance of the network as well as adds new features like MPLS Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity, dynamic BGP routing and much more. This was successfully completed in 2013.

The outlook for 2014 is looking very bright with extensive investment still planned in expansion of the network nationally as well as continual growth of new service availabili-ty. Within the first quarter of 2014, iAZL-signed up its first data customer over VSAT as well as the first broadcast relay service over VSAT. iAZL intends to address the relatively underserved niche market in these and other sectors.

Story of iAZL

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iSAT Africa Ltd. FZC... JOURNEY SO FAR..The next milestone..iSAT Africa Zambia LTD.

by Suhail Sheriff!


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Vision Made Real CABSAT 2014

History was made in the annals of iSAT and WTL as both were exhibitors in the 20th Year of CABSAT – the biggest and largest show in DUBAI at Dubai World Trade Center – Satellite and Broadcasting Exhibition.

God gave us the gift of life... It is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well...no matter how old, no matter how young ...BIRTHDAYS must be celebrated!!!

The Beginning -2014

Activities

New

Fac

es

Achievements CelebrationsLaunches

Conferences Awards Birthdays

Ethenand Ndweiga and Owen Ng’ang’a - who are celebrating their 5th and 7th birthdays in

July and August respectively. It is going to be an interesting season of the World Cup

for Ethen (left) who is in Std 2 and likes to be a great footballer when he grows up and Owen demonstrates his ambition by almost starting to go up the Electrical Pole to repair the power lines when there was power

outage at our rural home.


Best Wishes to Dennis Wambugu’s sons

Yahsat MeetAbu Dhabi-February 2014

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Lovely Pictures Shared by Jimmy Jamal from SimbaNET-TZ @ Yahsat Meet, Abu Dhabi - February 2014

Locate Jimmy, Viney or Tarang from the pictures and email us on [email protected] and be the first one to claim your goodie bag; the winner to be announced in the next newsletter.

If not successful, locate at least a camel and claim your free goodie bag !!!

“Yahsat conference had been an event for all the partners of different countries and continents to come together and share experiences. It was an insightful event. Lots of new ideas were shared. We learnt about the different business models developed by partners of Yahsat for their countries. We shared our failures, successes and way forward.

We shared our anxieties, challenges, opportunities and threats. We made new friends, which will help us in business growth. A half-day Desert Safari gave us the great chance to know people personally out of their professional suits. People opened themselves up to each other and made friends.

Overall, it was a platform for learning, sharing experiences and exploring opportunities.

We look forward to having more such meetings. Viney Kumar, SimbaNET - Kenya.


Fresh approach to Empathy and OpennessIt starts with understanding that everyone, at some point in

their life, has experienced hardship. The only way out is to open the door and step out of your closet.

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Generation that solved problems instead of creating them!

"Take the armor off; be yourself" I have been working with different groups for over a decade

now. Presently I dedicate most of my weekends to “Volunteer In UAE” with various activities – especially projects involving

Animals and Children. Shanthi Waran – iSAT Africa, Dubai

THE ROADWe know not where the road begins,

nor where the road will endWe know not what will be our strength,

nor who will be our friendWe wonder often where it ends,

or how long we will travelWill it be smooth or wide, or straight,

or uncluttered by gravel?The winding road is often rough,

narrow, long and steepThe choice to take it must be made,

and it must start with a leapNo looking back, no doubt of self,

no time to reconsiderJust forge ahead, with force of will,

an arrow from the quiverTo take the road one must be brave,

and must be big of heartWith that first step, the first one tread,

your fateful journey starts

Janice SimoniSAT AFRICA LTD. FZC

GALACIOUS It is her smile that comes to mind

Each time you think of her.Her musical laugh brought so much joy

It always tends to linger….A flame snuffed out So soon, So young.

A Future gone too earlyWe think of her with love,

and grace, in happy memory.God rest her soul, Forever in Peace,

Our friend, Dear WAMBUI.

Talented and Gifted-!! Janice has been writing poetry

since 4 years old!!!!

Spot LightOur very Talented

ColleaguesCharity

VolunteerismAchievers

SportsGiving Back to Society

Buzz Word

My project basically is on making a little heaven for all the orphans in Kibera slums. Giving them a home, hope and that smile!!!! -Sharon Belinda,CRM SimbaNET, Kenya


CASE STUDY - EVENT COVERAGEDON BOSCO CATHOLIC CHURCH, NAIROBI

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Don Bosco Catholic Church is located at Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya. Along with Spiritual duties church is vastly involved in Social and charitable responsibilities. The Church has multiple Groups, small Christian communities and ministries to serve people.

Challenges:The Church was part of Global prayer that was supposed to take place in Italy on 13th October 2013. The event from Italy was supposed to be broadcasted over the satellite to eleven countries (11) and transmit back the event from Church in respective countries back to Italy for a short duration where each Church was introducing themselves and getting involved in prayer. The major challenge for the Don Bosco Church was to arrange the professional satellite equipment, liaise with the

satellite space segment provider, and arrange for the event coverage in professional way within a short period of 3 weeks.

Solution:• Alldean Networks Ltd. provided Don Bosco Church with a suitable, cost effective and resilient compete solution including satellite equipment, installation, commissioning, event coverage and technical expertise in Broadcasting .

• Alldean implemented the solution ensuring the following1. That there was a smooth transmission and simultaneous reception of the event from Italy;2. Adhered strictly to the time slot for the transmission as per the time-table provided by Italy.


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www.alldean.com

KCB is the leading commercial banking group in East Africa, with over 200 branches and more than 370 ATMs in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda,Burundi and Southern Sudan. KCB required a VSAT network for both primary enterprises networking connectivity, as well as for back-up in branches that have existing terrestrial broadband connectivity. The VSAT network was to be integrated with KCB's communication network and provide immediate backup services to sites where the terrestrial infrastructure fails. The purpose of the VSAT network was to extend the Centralized Banking services, applications and voice over IP telephony to Branch Offices and ATM lobbies.

KCB - Challenges: • Bank required a flexible IP based multi-point solution providing

a secure star topology network where each remote site can communicate with HQ or with the others via the central hub

• Bandwidth sharing for maximum cost effectiveness • Flexibility of configuration and QoS providing CIRs and

prioritization of voice • One platform providing services for all the different remote

types throughout the network. Solution Provided: • Alldean Networks designed and build KU band Teleport which

is hosted at KCB premises in Nairobi. • Alldean Networks has provided the Bank with its own secure

iDirect hub and catered for the remote sites’ connectivity requirement

• The iDirect HUB maintains secure links throughout the network • Using iDirect’s state of the art Advanced Traffic Engineering &

QoS, the Bank has ensured that it’s critical data and voice traffic is always there when needed.

Alldean Networks has been providing the installation and maintenance of the VSAT equipment as well as the space segment for the network.

Currently, the Network is accommodating branches across Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda and Southern Sudan.

HUB, TELEPORT & SPACE SEGMENT


From The Team:

We hope you enjoyed the first issue of iTEAM. We would love to hear your comments and feedback, also welcome your contributions in the form of articles that highlight company achievement or your own inspirational stories.

We plan to have a special issue focusing on different case studies of our clients from across all countries ( All WBS Units). If you would like to send us a case study of any unique project, do let us know.The case study could carry interviews, quotes etc from the clients as well as photographs and details of the projects.

From the feedback we receive, one Lucky Winner will get to enjoy a Goodie Bag from our Dubai office.

Keep the comments coming...

[email protected]

Alldean Networks Ltd.Gateway Business PArk,Block A, 9th Floor,Mombassa Road, Nairobi, KenyaTel: +254 205230100

iSAT Africa Ltd. FZC105, Building @10,Dubai Internet CityDubai, UAETel: +971 4 3695050

iSAT Africa Zambia Ltd.Plot No. 2397, Chiparambha HouseLight Industrial AreaLongolongo Road,Lusaka, ZambiaTel: +260 211 236417


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