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Sentech Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on
Communications8 November 2005
Sentech Team
Dr Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane Chief Executive Officer
Dingane DubeExecutive, Government & Regulatory Affairs
Marc D’Oliveira Manager, Office of CFO
Johan Raath Executive, Office of COO
Agenda
• Commitments made in 2004• Multimedia Business
– MyWireless– BizNet– VSat
• Broadcast Network– Digital Terrestrial Television– Regional TV
• CSI• Financials• Year Ahead
Commitments made in 2004
• Grow the Multimedia business• Prepare the company for digitisation• Enhance broadcasting• Continue as the State’s delivery
partner– Education, Health and e-Government– Development of the Second Economy
Multimedia Business
MyWireless
• Focus on customers and service delivery– My ADSL best Wireless Broadband
service in SA– Stable network
• Launched in Nelspruit• Launched MyWireless Flexi
– Bandwidth-capped
• Launched bundled services
BizNet
• Service launched – 1 November 2005• Fixed Wireless service• Provides guaranteed throughput
service to Government and business– 64kb/s to 2Mb/s– Ideal for the replacement/supplementing
of leased lines
• Vital element of delivery to State– Sita contract
Vsat
• VStar still the service of choice– MPCC’s– Schools– State– Business
• Launched Vmesh– Interconnection of offices and head
offices without need to transmit through a central hub
Broadcasting
Digitisation
• MTEF funding announced• Sentech commences digitisation of
television network(DTT) from 2006• Fast-track of network digitisation
planned - 2010• e-Services on DTT• Sentech as the multiplex operator
– The State’s broadcasting assets at the hub
Regional TV
• Possible to provide either analogue or digital network– Analogue will increase the burden for
digitisation program
• Full coverage of planned TV 4 and 5 areas very difficult if not impossible with analogue– Frequency spectrum issues
• National Coverage for regional stations possible
Corporate Social Investment
Corporate Social Investment
• BBQ Corporate Social Investment Award– Delivering services to communities and
our people– Using the power of communications to
uplift
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Projects
• EASSy• SKA • National Broadband Network
– Wireless Access– National Fibre Capacity
Financials
Cash Flows for the 2005 Financial Year
• Cash utilised in operation R 118 Mil– Cash generated by operations R148 Mil– Net finance costs (R 32) Mil
• Cash utilised in investing activities (R 19) Mil– Assets acquired (R 35) Mil– Disposal of Assets R 27 Mil
• Cash generated from financing activities R 2 Mil– Interest bearing borrowings R 2 Mil
• Net cash movement R 101 Mil
Financial highlights
Financial results R Mil
-200
-
200
400
600
800
1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Revenue Gross profit Operating profit Profit after taxation
The Year Ahead
• Begin fast-track Digitisation of TV network
• e-Government• Second economy• Social investment• Expand national broadband business• EASSy implementation• PSRCS
Thank you