Info Technology Crypto: Moya Networks- Submarine Cable Networks-The Heart of the Internet

Submarine Cable Networks-The Heart of the Internet

The internet’s largest and most important — and yet unsung — champions are the privately-owned submarine cables that orbit the Earth. Land links between cities and cables that run alongside roads and into houses and offices are certainly impressive — and without them we wouldn’t have an internet! — but sinking a cable into the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and even Arctic Oceans requires a billion-dollar logistical feat that requires years to enact.

The Africa Coast to Europe Submarine ("ACE") cable began deployment in 2009 in its quest to build a submarine cable 17,000 Kms from Europe to Africa. Moya will connect the ACE capacity form South Africa and distribute its capacity throughout Southern Africa via its Backhaul Networks.

Africa's Rapidly Expanding Internet Requirements

The low Data penetration rate in Africa clearly indicates the pent-up demand for broadband internet connections. Africa’s requirements for affordable broadband connections has exploded over the last decade. Applications such as Facebook, Skype and Mobile Money have fueled the rapid increase in customer data demand in Africa.

Problem

The low Data penetration rate in Southern Africa compared to levels elsewhere clearly indicates the pent-up demand for broadband connectivity. ACE’s entry into the Southern African market is vital to meet this demand. Africa’s Internet capacity requirements have exploded over the last decade. Applications such as Facebook, Skype and Mobile Money have fueled the rapid increase in customer data demand in Africa.

Currently, there is little price transparency within the Southern African wholesale markets targeted by Moya primarily due to the lack of competition. Cables such as SAT-3 and WACs until recently have held unchallenged market positions, which has resulted in data prices that are between 10 to 20 times more expensive than those in markets outside of Africa. Market research carried out on behalf of Moya currently estimates the cost of a single STM-1 for international connectivity to Africa to be US$115,000 per month. The current market price for satellite access to Africa is between US$4,000 and US$8,000 per Mbps per month.

Solution

Moya has several contracts in place for the supply of submarine and terrestrial cable capacity. Using submarine capacity contractually obtained from ACE and terrestrial capacity obtained from Broadband Infraco (BBI). Moya will offer a range of lower priced world class Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (“SDH”) and Internet Protocol (“IP”) network transport services that are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of African Internet Service Providers (ISP’s), international carriers, content providers, large multi- national businesses and governments.

The Moya product portfolio will focus on the ISP and carrier community and offer enterprise class services for sale directly and through partner channels. Moya has presold the full range of traffic type capacities, including voice, video, data and Internet to customers.

Moya will offer a range of lower priced world class Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (“SDH”) and Internet Protocol (“IP”) network transport services that are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of African Internet Service Providers (ISP’s), international carriers, Internet access providers, large multi-national businesses and governments.

Token Sale

What is a Moya Token?

Moya Token (MTK) issuance will fund the purchase of ACE submarine cable capacity, terrestrial fibre capacity and the operations of Moya.

Moya Token ownership will entitle the holder the right to receive 20% of Moya's profit on an annual basis, proportional to the number of tokens owned.

Token Sale

Start date: 15th Nov 2017 12:00 GMT
End date: 16th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT
Distribution cap: 100 million MTK
Accepted currencies: BTC, ETH
Token exchange rate: 0.04 BTC / 1 ETH = 1,000 MTK
Amount of tokens per person: unlimited
Minimum transaction amount: 0.0012 BTC / 0.03 ETH
Maximum transaction amount: unlimited

Bonuses

Week 1 - 2: 30% bonus

Week 3 - 4: 20% bonus

Week 5 - 6: 15% bonus

Week 7 - 8: 10% bonus

Solutions

Services

Moya will offer a range of world class Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (“SDH”) and Internet Protocol (“IP”) network transport services that are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of ISP providers, international carriers, content providers, small, medium, large and multi-national businesses and governments.

Pricing Models

Moya's wholesale prices will be competitive and affordable for small, medium and large telecommunications companies, Governments and businesses alike allowing broadband connections at previously unseen speeds.

Pricing will be varied according to amount of capacity, length of contract, level of service, portability, restoration and protection requirements.

Moya will position appropriate products and differentiate them through price/performance and service to favorably compete against other products in their respective market segments.

This will enable affordable international high-speed connectivity to meet the needs of the growing voice, internet and data markets within Moya’s footprint.

Tech Support

The core Network Operations Centre (NOC) will be located in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Cape Town will host a small technical office located near the ACE cable landfall station.

24/7 support will be provided via the NOC to resolve any technical difficulties that broadband internet access customers may encounter.

Roadmap