Next Generation Transport ServicesMike South, Colt product management team

Agenda

A new Era in Network ing: SDN & NFV 2

Colt in Focus

SDN & NFV

On Demand Overview

Q&A

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25k+Businesscustomers

SME

Enterprise

Carrier

Voice Services

205Cities

3Continents

50+IndustryAwards

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5k+Employees

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Colt in focus

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Data Centre Services

Network Services

28Countries

On-Net Fibre Coverage Network Reach Partner Coverage

• 24K + On-Net buildings

• 585+ 3rd-party data centres

• 29 Colt-owned DCs

• 2500 PAON buildings

• 205 city PoPs in 28 countries

• 49 MANs

• 49K+ km terrestrial network

• 130K+ km subsea network

• 919 COs (635 EFM)

• 390 E-NNIs in 180 cities to 146 countries

“Heavy Reading regards Colt Technology Services as one of the most visionary and innovative communications service providers in the world”

“Colt has connected more Datacentres to their European network than any other operator”

Colt wins MEF Ethernet Excellence

Awards for the 11th year

Award-winning and backed by the analysts

Colt On Demand Ethernet services

SDN in the fixed line telecoms market

SD-WAN

On Demand

Ethernet

Software defined WANs set to redefine the enterprise

MPLS / IP-VPN market

Real time / on demand delivery of new services,

bandwidth flexing, interactive networking

2 topics currently in focus for the fixed line telecoms market. Under our next

generation “Novitas” programme we have launched initial service offerings:

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Not really relevant to mobile backhaul

connectivity

Very relevant to mobile backhaul connectivity!

Let’s explore On Demand Ethernet more deeply…

SD-WAN

SD-WAN

On-Demand customer benefits at-a-glance

Fast Delivery

Flexible Bandwidth

Typical telco lead times vary from 2 to 6 weeks for on-net buildings.

On Demand services mean that the traditional telco delivery

process is bypassed and connections are delivered in minutes!

Once a service has been delivered, the service bandwidth can be

flexed up and down in near real-time

Improved user

interface

On-Demand services are ordered via a customer portal – the

traditional order forms are no longer required.

Simplified servicesServices are based on ports and connections, customers can

request new services in just a few clicks of the mouse

Step 4 - Modify in real

time the bandwidth of

a connection

Step 2 - Reserve

/ release ports

Step 3 - Create / delete

a connection between

user-reserved ports

Step 1 - Login to portal

On-Demand customer experience

Step 4 - Modify in real

time the bandwidth of

a connection

Step 2 - Reserve

/ release ports

Step 3 - Create / delete

a connection between

user-reserved ports

Step 1 - Login to portal

Interaction with Colt On Demand services is via an online portal, which allows

customers to interact with their services in real time

The next step is to reserve customer ports (typically 1Gbps) at the service

termination points. DCNet and Ethernet On Demand services are based on

standard ports. For Dedicated Cloud Access services, a Microsoft cloud port

needs to be requested

Connections (circuits) can then be requested between two ports. It takes just

a few minutes for an On Demand connection will now be created between the

two ports – it’s as simple as that!

Once the connection is live, customers can increase and decrease the

bandwidth in real time. Customers are only billed for the bandwidth they use.

DCNet On Demand Service1

DCNet on Demand

Data centres Data centres

Key service features

• Available between 27 European data centres today – pre-provisioned ports mean that

customers only need to request a cross connect

• Plans to expand to additional data centres in Europe and Asia in 2017

“On Demand connectivity between key data centres”

Ethernet On-Demand Service2

Ethernet On-Demand

Data centres Enterprise

Buildings

Key service features

• Extends On Demand offering into enterprise buildings across Europe

• Supports connectivity data centre to enterprise and enterprise to enterprise connectivity

• Plans to expand to additional enterprise buildings in 2017

“Extends On Demand connectivity into enterprise buildings”

Dedicated Cloud Access on Demand3

DCA On-Demand

Data centresPublic Clouds

Enterprise

Buildings

Key service features

• Connectivity from data centres & enterprise buildings into the public cloud

• Available for Microsoft Azure/Office 365 today, based on dual Ethernet connections

• Amazon Web Services on roadmap for Q4 2016. Other providers under consideration

(Note – Office 365 requires Microsoft approval)

On Demand Services - Portal Overview

Customer

Self-Service

Portal

Intuitive / Easy to

Use

Full record of

requests and

changes available

On-Demand commercial model

Model is based on one-off charge for 1Gbps ports and per-hour charge

for flex connections between ports

Connections can be flexed up and down on an

hourly basis

Port PortConnection

Connections are also available on a 1/2/3 year fixed contract

Customers are only billed for the bandwidth they

use

How will On Demand Ethernet impact Cloud RAN and 5G markets?

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Many connectivity markets are focussing on 3rd party data centres

data centre as the central focus for their network architecture

(cloud, fixed line telecoms, media). Will mobile backhaul market

follow this trend?

Where is the sweet spot? On Demand Ethernet will provide

most benefits to the “middle” of the Cloud RAN network and

where MNOs want to lease/outsource fixed line capacity

The mobile backhaul market is expected to go through a

fundamental change over the next 5-10 years and new transport

network technologies will almost certainly have a part to play

Likely that mobile backhaul specific features will be developed –

no reason why synchronous Ethernet can’t be enabled via this

new model

Thank youFor your time

Any questions?