GeoNet USA - Detailed Product Information

Company Mission
GeoNet Communications Group, Inc. is a premier full service Information and Communication Technology (“IT”) Service Provider. GeoNet was first registered in 2000 in the state of Delaware, USA as - GeoNet Communications, Inc but waited for four years to commence International Telephony services. In year 2004, GeoNet Communications, Inc. changed its name to GeoNet Communications Group, Inc. (here after referred to us GeoNet USA). At the same time, year 2000, GeoNet USA subsidiary in Kenya, GeoNet Communications Limited (hereafter referred to as GeoNet Kenya) was registered in Kenya

In March of 2005, GeoNet Kenya was licensed by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to provide the following services;

1) Internet Backbone and Gateway Service- linking Kenya to global internet backbone provider, 2) Public Data Network Operator- to build telecommunications infrastructure in Kenya, 3) Was already an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

In the past Telecommunication Networks were considered primarily a vehicle for voice; with data being incidental, but the growth of the Internet and new data based applications have changed the voice/data split. First to be overlaid on voice networks was fax, then e-mail and lastly Web moved users from voice communication to more visual communication.

The Internet then spawned new, intensive e-commerce applications. Even traditional applications such as music and video are now being converted into an Internet-friendly form and getting transmitted across telecom networks as a series of data packets. A service is regarded as converged, when voice, faxes, video and email are unified into data packets.

The standard platform of convergence is the internet protocol (IP), and the converged media is regarded as IP traffic. Some refer to IP traffic as unified messaging, and the Internet system that makes this service possible is called Unified Messaging System (UMS). Packet transport protocols such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) that integrates Layer 2 information about network links (bandwidth, latency, utilization) into Layer 3 (IP), simplify and improve IP-packet exchange. MPLS gives network operators immense flexibility, thus facilitating multiservice offering on the same network platform. Multiple services on IP platforms will enable GeoNet to go beyond being an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) to become a fully fledged IP Multimedia Service (IMS) Provider.

From a Kenyan perspective, this translates to increased services that GeoNet will bring to the Kenyan consumer Broadband Infrastructure, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Managed e-Commerce Application and Data Services. Will make Kenya more open to international markets, great jobs, help alleviate poverty and improve quality of life.

GeoNet’s Converged (bundled) networks will offer Kenyans cheaper communication. In conjunction with our strategic broadband network partners across the globe, GeoNet is able to move IP traffic from point to point cheaply and more reliably. Therefore, as an ITSP, GeoNet aims at being able to provide the Kenyan telephony consumer, both residential and corporate, with high Quality of Service (QoS), Service Level Agreements (SLAs) at affordable rates.

By focusing on its strengths, its world wide strategic partners and customers, and the underlying values they need, it is envisaged that Geo-Net Kenya will increase its revenue to more than US $10 million in three years.