ICT INFRASTURCTURE OF THE FUTURE
CEMENTING TANZANIA POSITION AS ICT HUB IN EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Dr. Ally Simba
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
C2C: 3Oth SEPTEMBER, 2014
Presentation Outline
NICTBB Project Brief
Future NICTBB Plans (Phase III)
Implementation of Phase III – Sub I
Cyber Security
Conclusion
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Tanzania NICTBB Development
The NICTBB project is being implemented under the National ICT Backbone Infrastructure Development Program. The Program focuses on building a Broadband ICT Infrastructure that will meet current and future backbone needs in Tanzania and shall have service points at all regional and district headquarters. With this program, two flag-ship national initiatives have been identified:
(a)National ICT Broadband Backbone Infrastructure: Focuses on
the roll-out of a high capacity National ICT Infrastructure Backbone In
all regions of the Country as well as providing cross-border backhaul
connectivity to neighboring (land-locked) countries.
(b)Broadband Access Connectivity: Focuses on establishing regional
and district area networks and Community Information/Knowledge
Centres (CICs) or (Kiosks and Telecenters) by utilizing the existing
infrastructure such as Postal and TTCL Networks.
The program will be carried out in Five Phases, of which Phases I & II
have been already completed.
Project Background:
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• Phase I was delivered in June, 2010
• Phase II was delivered in June, 2012
• The Phases together, delivered 7,560 Km of Optic Fibre
• Reduced bandwidth transport charges by 99.2%
• Connection with Sea Cables (EASSy & SEACOM)
• Cross border connectivity for Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia
NICTBB Phase I and II
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NICTBB Phase I and II
Graphical Presentation
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- Will enhance the NICTBB infrastructure to have footprint and a service point at each district headquarters, i.e., optical fiber network expansion
NICTBB Phase III
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- Regional and District Network of more than 5,000 Km will be constructed
- All District to be covered
- Establishing a full-mesh IP layer (IP-MPLS) to the existing DWDM and SDH layers (IP Broadband Network)
NICTBB Phase III
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DSM
Tanga
MoshiArusha
BabatiSingida
Kigoma
Mbeya
Sumbawanga
Tabora
BukobaMusoma
Shinyanga
Mwanza
Iringa
Dodoma
Lindi
Mtwara
Songea
Morogoro
Zanzibar
Pemba
International Gateway
International Gateway
Physical Network Structure of IP - MPLS
4 core nodes with double routers for double-plane
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Logical Network Structure
4 core nodes with double routers for double-plane
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- Implementation of Data Centers for hosting IT services
NICTBB Phase III
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Three Data Centers will be constructed in Dar esSalaam, Dodoma and Zanzibar
They are designed to be TIER 3 data centers- Tier 3 provide (99.982%) availability equivalent to
down time of 94.608 minutes per year
Dar es salaam and Dodoma Data centers will have 184 service racks, Zanzibar (100 racks)
All with capability of providing the basic services such as hosting, virtual host, and value-added services such as network security, data storage and backup.
Implementation of Phase III – Sub I
One Data center in Dar es salaam: to be ready by August 2015
Optical Fiber expansion and connecting Unguja and Pemba to the NICTBB: to be ready by April, 2015
Implementation of IP-MPLS network (including capacity exapansion): to be ready by April, 2015
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New services are expected before next C2C summit next year
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POLICYICT Policy 2003
Revised ICT Policy 2014
STRATEGYCyber Security Strategy:
Planned for 2015
Status
LAWSCyber Laws: To be enacted
in 2014
PREVENTIONTz-CERT in operation since
2014
INVESTIGATION Cyber Crime Unit in operation
The ministry is now in the final stage of developing cyber laws. The laws are divided in to 3 bills namely;
(1) The Computer and Cybercrime Draft Bill, 2014
(2) The E-Transaction Bill, 2014
(3) The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2014
Submitted to the Cabinet Secretariat in July, 2014
Expected to be enacted during Nov. 2014 Parliament
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MCST is in the process of developing a National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) as a way to secure and privatise internet and mobile communications in the country.
To be part of the E-transaction bill, 2014
To be implemented as part of the NICTBB Phase III – Sub Phase I
While many private oversess organisation do provide PKI services (certificates and signatures, it is recomended that a country to have his own PKI
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The government will continue to invest in ICT infrastructures whenever it find it necessary and when no private sector is ready to do that
The government will continue to work very closely with private sector to stir investment in ICT infrastructure under the public private partnership (PPP)
The government will continue to support TTCL as a manager of the NICTBB network in order to make surethey provide state of the art services to customers
AHSANTE SANA THANK YOU FOR
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