EU Platform Mapping Broadband services

EU Platform Mapping Broadband servicesSeminario: "Mappare la banda larga:

Miglioramento dei servizi e innovazione"

Roma 21 Maggio, 2018Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM)

Sala Angrisani – Via Isonzo 21/B, 00198 RMh. 9.15 – 13.15

Guido Acchioni: DG CONNECT B5Investment in high capacity networks

EU plaftormmapping of fixed and mobile

Broadband Services in Europe (SMART 2014/0016)

Why mapping at EU level?• Current Commission capacity to map in Europe is a combination of

various sources. • Annual report on Broadband Coverage in Europe in measuring

progress with respect to the broadband coverage targets set out in the Digital Agenda (ad-hoc studies).

• At national and regional levels, mapping is increasingly based on dedicated IT systems - often offering online platforms open to the public. Key part for the development of the NGN plans (ex-ante conditionality in the framework of ESIF) and individual broadband rollout projects.

Drawbacks:• Data is meaningful and reliable only at national/EU level, and for overall

policy purposes;• Data does not support programming or comparison at regional/local level• Data not useful for state aid purposes (not prospective investments)• Data not sufficient to measures VHC performance (only download speeds)• … 3

Mapping broadband services: towards an EU integrated platform

The Broadband mapping project (SMART 2014/0016) aims to :

aggregate measurements of connectivity of quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) connectivity. (TUV Rheinland Consulting will develop this IT project until 2018).

facilitate information exchange and benchmarking between Member States. The portal will be complementary to the mapping activities of EUMS and EEA (Ministries, NRAs, regional agencies, users and consumers organisations etc.) and will also gather private crowdsourcing QoS/QoE actions.

A Technical Review Panel made up of representatives from various data providers and international experts assists the European Commission. Its includes representatives from MS (IT, IE, FR), from NRAs (AGCOM, ANCOM,UKE) and from BEREC Working Group on Network Neutrality (Ofcom, BNetzA) BEREC Mobile Coverage WG (ARCEP). 4

Explorer view

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• QoS-1 provided: AT, BE, BG, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IS, IT, LU, NL, PL, SI, SK, SE, UK

• not displayed in this view, BG, ES, HR, HU, NL, PL, SK, UK, since they are grouped according to a different methodology

• data shown was collected between 2016 and 2017

• further updates of 2017 data are expected

QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mibt/s

Explorer view

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mbit/s Data: AGCOM, 30th Oct 2017, NUTS3

Explorer view

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mbit/s

Data: AGCOM, 30th Oct 2017, NUTS3

Analysis view

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mbit/s, medium population density


Selection of NUTS3 areas by different level of population density:• low: 0 - 100 inhabitants /

km²• medium: 101 – 500

inhabitants / km²• high: > 501 inhabitants /

km²

Analysis view

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mbit/s, lower than average GDP


Selection of NUTS 3 areasbased on GDP per capita:• 95%-105% of average

GDP• > 105% of average

GDP• < 95% of average GDP

• filter set on <95%

Analysis view

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Selection of NUTS3 areasbased on urbanization level• predominantly urban areas

(at least 50% of populationlives in clusters with>1500 inhabitants/km²)

• intermediate areas (<50% lives in cluster with >1500 inhabitants/km²; <50% lives in clusters <300 inhabitants/km²)

• rural areas (more than50% of population livesin clusters <300 inhabitants/km²

3 categories serving different purposes and objectives

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QoS-1: Calculated availability of service

What

Theoretical network performance of existing infrastructure (coverage, no pure infrastructure data)

How

Wired: Assessment / calculation / marketed speeds by provider / geodata-basedsimulation models / prediction tools

Wireless: Radio field planning

QoS-2: Measuredprovisionof service

What

Provision of service measured at the Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), e.g. routers, mobile devices 9EG (Samknows in UK)

How

WiredMeasurement through panel probes with filter to exclude end user´s environment

WirelessMeasurement through drive tests or speed tests to exclude end user´s environment

QoS-3: Measuredexperienceof service

What Actual user’s experience when using Internet Access Service (IAS)

How

WiredMeasurement via online speed tests including end user’s environment

WirelessMeasurement via online speed tests including end user’s environment

Differences between QoS groups

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Data sources,QoS-1: German MinistryQoS-2: German NRAQoS-3: M-Lab

Legends:• QoS-1 focuses on

percentage availabilityof one speed category

• QoS-2 & 3 focus on measuredthroughput values, e.g. average, median

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National Initiatives – Sweden (QoS-1) Data: PTS, January 2018, 1km grid

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 100 Mibt/s Data: PTS, January 2018, 1km grid

List of the 32 initiatives that provided data so far

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Organisation Initiative Resolution of data in BBM provided

Resolution of data in their own tool

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Austrian Ministry Breitbandatlas Österreich NUTS 3, 1km grid 100m grid

Belgian NRA Cartes de couverture de l’accès fixe à la large bande NUTS 3 n/a

Bulgarian Ministry Availability of Broadband Internet in Bulgaria NUTS 3 n/aCroatian NRA Interactive GIS Portal NUTS 3 AddressesDanish NRA Tjekditnet NUTS 3, 1km grid AddressesDutch NRA Breedband Atlas NUTS 3 n/aFinnish NRA Nopean laajakaistan tarjonta Suomessa NUTS 3 n/aFrench Ministry Mission France Très Haut Débit NUTS 3 AddressesGerman Ministry Breitbandatlas des Bundes NUTS 3, 1km grid Addresses, 250m gridHungarian Ministry SZMR 1km grid AddressesIcelandic NRA Ljosifjos 1km grid AddressesItalian NRA Italian Broadband Map NUTS 3 AddressesLuxembourgish NRA Geoportal NUTS 3 Municipalities

Polish NRA Polska Szerokopasmova 1km grid Addresses, Municipalities

Slovak NRA / VUS Coverage of NGA in Slovakia NUTS 3 MunicipalitiesSlovenian NRA AKOS Broadband map NUTS 3 AddressesSpanish Ministry Informes de Cobertura NUTS 3 n/aSwedish NRA Bredbandskartan 1km grid Addresses

UK NRA Connected nations report NUTS 3postal code, LAU (opendata)

European Commission / IHS Broadband coverage in Europe NUTS 3 NUTS 3

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Italian NRA MisuraInternet Mobile defined number of cities single measurements

Latvian NRA ITEST NUTS 3 single measurements

French NRA Observatoire 1km grid single measurements

German NRA Breitbandmessung NUTS 3 single measurements

MONROE MONROE single measurements single measurements

RIPE Atlas RIPE Atlas single measurements single measurements

QoS

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Greek NRA Hyperion single measurements single measurements

Norwegian NRA Nettfart NUTS 3 single measurements

IP Label IP Label NUTS 3 single measurements

M-Lab M-Lab NUTS 3 single measurements

Netbravo Netbravo 1km grid single measurements

nPerf nPerf single measurements single measurements

Thank You!

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Strategic objective for 2025

1. Gigabit connectivity for all main socio-economic

drivers such as schools, transport hubs and main

providers of public services as well as digitally intensive

enterprises.

2. All urban areas and all major terrestrial transport

paths to have uninterrupted 5G coverage.

3. All European households, rural or urban, will have access

to Internet connectivity offering a downlink of at least 100

Mbps, upgradable to Gigabit speed.

Mapping: a policy, investment and transparency tool

The proposed Code requires regulators to map network investment intentions, and enables public authorities to seek investors in under-served areas:• allows more joined-up policy, identifying private investment

opportunities or public investment needs. • allows regulators to increase transparency about network

deployment plans and to provide investors with more predictability and protection.

• ensures that less densely populated communities benefit from better Internet connectivity.

• promotes a consistent approach to coverage obligations (in spectrum licences), to small-cell deployment and to network sharing, thereby stimulating 5G deployment and rural connectivity.

• ……….• ……….

At EU level mapping also relevant for:

• Developing Broadband plans: in 2016, the Commission called on Member States to:• review progress of their National Broadband Plans and update

them with a time horizon of 2025, • in line with the strategic objectives set in this Communication

and the 5G Action Plan.• Programming, implementing and monitoring the impact of

EU funds: ESIF (ERDF and EAFRD)• The EC approval of NGN Plans constitute an ex-ante

conditionality to access ESI Funds (2014-2020)

VHC Networks definition in the Code: as at 8/5/2018

• 'very high capacity network' means either an electronic communications network which consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location or an electronic communications network which is capable of delivering under usualpeak-time conditions similar network performance in terms of available down- and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation.

• Network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point.

New Code; Article 20: Information request to undertakingsas at 8/5/2018

"….national regulatory authorities, and, …other competent authorities, shall have the power to require those undertakings to submit information concerning:• - future network or service developments that could have an impact

on the wholesale services that they make available to competitors, as well as

• - on electronic communications networks and associated facilities which is disaggregated at local level

• - sufficiently detailed to enable the geographical survey and designation of areas in accordance with Article 22 ……….."

• …."Business confidentiality shall not prevent the timely sharing of information between the competent authority, the Commission, BEREC and any other competent authorities concerned for the purposes of reviewing, monitoring and supervising the application of this Directive. "

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Article 22: Geographical surveys of network deployments (NOT AGREED YET)

• National regulatory authorities and/or other competent authorities shall conduct a geographical survey ……and shall update it at least every three years.

• This geographical survey shall include • a) a survey of the current geographic reach of such broadband networks within their

territory, as required in particular for conducting the tasks under this Directive required by Articles :

• - 62 (Procedure for the identification of markets) • - 65 (Market analysis procedure)• - 81(Availability of universal service) , • - 66 (Imposition, amendment or withdrawal of obligations) • and for the surveys required for the application of State aid rules.;

• This geographical survey may also include a forecast of up to three yearsforecast of the reach of broadband networks, and more particular of very high capacity networks …..

• …..This forecast shall include information on planned deployments by any undertaking or public authority, in particular to include of very high capacity networks and significant upgrades or extensions of legacy broadband networks to at least 100 Mbps download speeds.

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Article 22: Geographical surveys of network deployments (NOT AGREED YET/Text may change)

• The reliability of such forecasts shall be decided by the national regulatory authority.

• The information collected … shall be at an appropriate level of local detail and shall include sufficient information on the quality of service and parameters thereof.

• The relevant authorities may designate an area with clear territorial boundaries where, on the basis of the information gathered and any forecast prepared …where….no undertaking or public authority has deployed or is planning to deploy a very high capacity network or has to significantly upgrade or extend its network to a performance of at least 100 Mbps download speeds, or is planning to do so.

• National regulatory and/or other competent authorities shall publish the designated areas.

Article 22: Geographical surveys of network deployments (NOT AGREED YET/Text may change)

Relevant authorities running the survey will make data available to authorities with responsibility for:• the allocation of public funds for the deployment of electronic communications

networks, • the design of national broadband plans, • defining coverage obligations attached to rights of use for radio spectrum and for • verifying availability of services falling within the universal service obligation • ensuring the same level of confidentiality and protection of business secrets as the

originating authority and inform the parties which provided the information.

Results shall also be made available to BEREC and the Commission upon their request and under the same conditions. • Data not subject to confidentiality shall be made directly accessible online to

allow reuse (in line with Directives 2013/37/EU). • The responsible authority will also make available a tool enabling end-users

to determine the availability of connectivity in different areas, (with a level of detail which is useful to support their choice in terms of connectivity services of operator or service provider.

Article 29 : Penalties and compensation (NOT AGREED YET/Text may change)

Member States shall lay down rules on penalties, including fines and predetermined or periodic penalties, or compensation, to prevent infringements of• national provisions …..or • Legally binding decision issued by the Commission, national regulatory

or other competent authority pursuant to this Directive, and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented.

The penalties regarding incorrect or misleading information:• must be appropriate, effective, proportionate and dissuasive and • may only be imposed if such information was provided knowingly or

negligently and the operator: a) has subsequently deployed a very high capacity network …or… has significantly upgraded or extended its network to a performance of at least 100 Mbps download speeds, in contradiction with its previously stated intentions, and cannot provide an objective justification;(b) has not deployed a network according to plans submitted, without an objective justification.

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EU plaftormmapping of fixed and mobile

Broadband Services in Europe (SMART 2014/0016)

Why mapping at EU level?• Current Commission capacity to map in Europe is a combination of

various sources. • Annual report on Broadband Coverage in Europe in measuring

progress with respect to the broadband coverage targets set out in the Digital Agenda (ad-hoc studies).

• At national and regional levels, mapping is increasingly based on dedicated IT systems - often offering online platforms open to the public. Key part for the development of the NGN plans (ex-ante conditionality in the framework of ESIF) and individual broadband rollout projects.

Drawbacks:• Data is meaningful and reliable only at national/EU level, and for overall

policy purposes;• Data does not support programming or comparison at regional/local level• Data not useful for state aid purposes (not prospective investments)• Data not sufficient to measures VHC performance (only download speeds)• … 28

Mapping broadband services: towards an EU integrated platform

The Broadband mapping project (SMART 2014/0016) aims to :

aggregate measurements of connectivity of quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) connectivity. (TUV Rheinland Consulting will develop this IT project until 2018).

facilitate information exchange and benchmarking between Member States. The portal will be complementary to the mapping activities of EUMS and EEA (Ministries, NRAs, regional agencies, users and consumers organisations etc.) and will also gather private crowdsourcing QoS/QoE actions.

A Technical Review Panel made up of representatives from various data providers and international experts assists the European Commission. Its includes representatives from MS (IT, IE, FR), from NRAs (AGCOM, ANCOM,UKE) and from BEREC Working Group on Network Neutrality (Ofcom, BNetzA) BEREC Mobile Coverage WG (ARCEP). 29

First EU-wide integrated broadband mapping platform

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32 initiatives provided data:• 20x QoS-1, (technical ability of existing

infrastructure - coverage)• 6x QoS-2, (Line qualification)• 6x QoS-3 (Actual user’s experience )

Data Providers and Beneficiaries:• NRAs • National Ministries or Agencies• International Platforms and projects• Consumers organisations• Users at large

Aggregating existing data - from fixed and mobile• public visualisation at NUTS-3 level;

• expert data portal at the highest level of granularity available (for data providers);

• MoU with data providers to establish rule of use/access and in lin with privacy rules

Explorer view

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• QoS-1 provided: AT, BE, BG, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IS, IT, LU, NL, PL, SI, SK, SE, UK

• not displayed in this view, BG, ES, HR, HU, NL, PL, SK, UK, since they are grouped according to a different methodology

• data shown was collected between 2016 and 2017

• further updates of 2017 data are expected

QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mibt/s

Explorer view

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mbit/s Data: AGCOM, 30th Oct 2017, NUTS3

Explorer view

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mbit/s


Analysis view

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 30 Mbit/s, medium population density


Selection of NUTS3 areas by different level of population density:• low: 0 - 100 inhabitants /

km²• medium: 101 – 500

inhabitants / km²• high: > 501 inhabitants /

km²

Analysis view

35



Selection of NUTS 3 areasbased on GDP per capita:• 95%-105% of average

GDP• > 105% of average

GDP• < 95% of average GDP

• filter set on <95%

Analysis view

36



Selection of NUTS3 areasbased on urbanization level• predominantly urban areas

(at least 50% of populationlives in clusters with>1500 inhabitants/km²)

• intermediate areas (<50% lives in cluster with >1500 inhabitants/km²; <50% lives in clusters <300 inhabitants/km²)

• rural areas (more than50% of population livesin clusters <300 inhabitants/km²

3 categories serving different purposes and objectives

37

QoS-1: Calculated availability of service

What

Theoretical network performance of existing infrastructure (coverage, no pure infrastructure data)

How

Wired: Assessment / calculation / marketed speeds by provider / geodata-basedsimulation models / prediction tools

Wireless: Radio field planning

QoS-2: Measuredprovisionof service

What

Provision of service measured at the Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), e.g. routers, mobile devices 9EG (Samknows in UK)

How

WiredMeasurement through panel probes with filter to exclude end user´s environment

WirelessMeasurement through drive tests or speed tests to exclude end user´s environment

QoS-3: Measuredexperienceof service

What Actual user’s experience when using Internet Access Service (IAS)

How

WiredMeasurement via online speed tests including end user’s environment

WirelessMeasurement via online speed tests including end user’s environment

Differences between QoS groups

38

Data sources,QoS-1: German MinistryQoS-2: German NRAQoS-3: M-Lab

Legends:• QoS-1 focuses on

percentage availabilityof one speed category

• QoS-2 & 3 focus on measuredthroughput values, e.g. average, median

39

National Initiatives – Sweden (QoS-1) Data: PTS, January 2018, 1km grid

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QoS-1 Speed Down ≥ 100 Mibt/s Data: PTS, January 2018, 1km grid

List of the 32 initiatives that provided data so far

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QoS

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Austrian Ministry Breitbandatlas Österreich NUTS 3, 1km grid 100m grid

Belgian NRA Cartes de couverture de l’accès fixe à la large bande NUTS 3 n/a

Bulgarian Ministry Availability of Broadband Internet in Bulgaria NUTS 3 n/aCroatian NRA Interactive GIS Portal NUTS 3 AddressesDanish NRA Tjekditnet NUTS 3, 1km grid AddressesDutch NRA Breedband Atlas NUTS 3 n/aFinnish NRA Nopean laajakaistan tarjonta Suomessa NUTS 3 n/aFrench Ministry Mission France Très Haut Débit NUTS 3 AddressesGerman Ministry Breitbandatlas des Bundes NUTS 3, 1km grid Addresses, 250m gridHungarian Ministry SZMR 1km grid AddressesIcelandic NRA Ljosifjos 1km grid AddressesItalian NRA Italian Broadband Map NUTS 3 AddressesLuxembourgish NRA Geoportal NUTS 3 Municipalities

Polish NRA Polska Szerokopasmova 1km grid Addresses, Municipalities

Slovak NRA / VUS Coverage of NGA in Slovakia NUTS 3 MunicipalitiesSlovenian NRA AKOS Broadband map NUTS 3 AddressesSpanish Ministry Informes de Cobertura NUTS 3 n/aSwedish NRA Bredbandskartan 1km grid Addresses

UK NRA Connected nations report NUTS 3postal code, LAU (opendata)

European Commission / IHS Broadband coverage in Europe NUTS 3 NUTS 3

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QoS

-2

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edpr

ovis

ion)

Italian NRA MisuraInternet Mobile defined number of cities single measurements

Latvian NRA ITEST NUTS 3 single measurements

French NRA Observatoire 1km grid single measurements

German NRA Breitbandmessung NUTS 3 single measurements

MONROE MONROE single measurements single measurements

RIPE Atlas RIPE Atlas single measurements single measurements

QoS

-3

(mea

sure

dex

perie

nce)

Greek NRA Hyperion single measurements single measurements

Norwegian NRA Nettfart NUTS 3 single measurements

IP Label IP Label NUTS 3 single measurements

M-Lab M-Lab NUTS 3 single measurements

Netbravo Netbravo 1km grid single measurements

nPerf nPerf single measurements single measurements

Documents

EU Platform Mapping Broadband services