Presentation to INCA Super-connected CitiesBirmingham 5th December 2014

Allan Rooms, Technical Account Director ITS Technology Group

Cutting the WiresHigh Speed Wireless Broadband Networks

• Apologies I’m not Nick James –This is Nick James

• Unfortunately Nick can’t be here today so you have me for the next 20 minutes

Who Are ITS Technology Group?

Our Footprint Delivering Value and Customer Excellence

Background

Privately owned company with a

heritage spanning 17 years

Coverage

Activities spread across 2 countries

with 7 offices

ITS Technology Group Limited

City Serve Limited

ITS Hammersmith & Fulham Limited

ITS Telecoms Solutions Limited

Glasgow

London

HQ Runcorn

Sheffield

Redcar

Manchester

Canadian Entity Focused on FTTH

ITS Canada Inc

ITS CanadaInc

Includes Group acquisition of Networks by Wireless (Sept) and Xwavia (Nov)

Welshpool

So Lets Start

• What does the Policy paper from Super Connected Cities say (Published 9th July 2013)

• Options for Wireless Connectivity

1. Wireless Concession Contract

2. Hot Spots in Public Buildings

3. Transport Services

A little bit outdated now I think as Wireless can do much more

What Is Wireless Technology

• Examples:

• Mobile

• Satellite

• WiFi

• Wireless

– Unlicenced

– Lite Licenced

– Licenced

– All on Point to Point or

– Point to Multipoint

• QUESTION – ARE THEY ALL SUPERFAST

• ANSWER – THEY CAN BE

All wireless and all networks are not the same!

• Fixed Wireless networks are not the same as Mobile

networks

• Mobile: Networks are typically designed for voice and thin

mobile broadband coverage over a wide area

• Fixed Wireless: NGA fixed wireless networks are

designed for high bandwidth data capacity over a targeted

area

AND

to be received by an efficient larger antenna (e.g. an

indoor or outdoor broadband router)

IMPORTANT: Networks need to be designed to deliver the

solution for which they are built

Why Wireless?

• All technologies can play a vital role in providing rural & urban connectivity

• Fibre is fine, but wireless is now

• Wireless reaches the areas that fibre can’t – and quicker and cheaper

• WISPs are beginning to compete in urban areas on speed and price

• Cost of Deployments of networks

• Lead times for Deployment

• Disaster Recovery

• Business and Residential services

Urban Superfast Wireless

• Why Is it proving popular?

– Price is now as competitive

– More people renting and move every 6 months and don’t want or need fixed telephone lines

– Speeds as good as Fibre

– Can take a broadband only service

– Companies that are WISP’s have a perceived better customer service as deemed to be normally smaller and more caring

– People accept wireless as part of their life

• Mobile Broadband

• Coffee Shop Hot spots

• Perhaps the biggest driver for Urban Superfast Broadband is the Speed and Cost of deployment

Some Examples

• East Manchester – City Serve Network

– Coverage up to 48,000 Businesses and Residential properties

– Just recently upgraded to Superfast

– Monthly contracts

– Quick and Easily Deployment

• UK Broadband have 4 Urban Superfast networks

– Southwark

– Reading

– Swindon

– Scunthorpe

How is it delivered?

• High speed wireless backbone with a Fibre termination at one or more points (10Gbps)

• Local Distribution Sectors (300Mbps)

• Customer Premise Antenna (150Mbps)

• WiFi Enabled Router in property

Speeds / Distances

• Wireless is evolving as is Fibre

• New Technology is allowing Wireless to offer the end user / the consumer Superfast and now Ultrafast connection speeds

• Distances can be up to 10Km from the nearest distribution Point

• Gone are the days of 70 yards away to get signal

Lessons Learned

• Get the site shares agreed and into a legal agreement as quickly as possible

• Plan, Plan and re-plan the network – DO NOT just throw up the equipment and turn it on

• Proactively Manage the network

• Adapt quickly to what customers want

– Monthly contracts

– Bespoke packages

• Keep Control of the Budget

• Fibre and Wireless can and should co-exist

Last Slide

Any Questions?

And Thank You