David Cullen - INCA - 'Sorry' State of Affairs & What We Do About It

INCA Rural Broadband Seminar 20th November 2013

David Cullen, Founding Director [email protected]

The ‘Sorry’ State of Affairs

- and what we do about itINCA Rural Broadband Seminar

20th November 2013

David Cullen,Acting Chair, INCADirector Prism Business ConsultingNon-Executive Director, ITS Technologies Group



BDUK UpdateGreat Policies, Acceptable Intentions, Poor Strategy, Weak Leadership, Inadequate Support

Rural Broadband Programme

Urban Broadband Fund

Rural Communities Broadband Fund

Mobile Infrastructure Project

Superfast Extension Project

Intention Outcome

£530m, >90% >24Mb/s, 2015

Money allocated, ?>90%, ?>24Mb/s, 2017

£20m, >10% <24Mb/s, 2015

£150m, 99% coverage,5-10% popn, 2015

£150m, 22 cities, 80-100Mb/s, 2015

£250m, >97% >24Mb/s, 2018

Schemes stalled, de-scoping failures, DEFRA concerns……

Infrastructure stalled, 30Mbs Demand voucher roll-out

Out to Consultation

Arqiva Appointed, roll-out planned

Policy



‘BD Euro’ UpdateSetting Common Policy, encouraging competition, driving innovation, DELIVERING

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Kommunala

Privata

StadsnätSweden:

• 200 municipal networks (across 290 Authorities)

• 87 % owned by public sector

• 86 % are profitable

• Using a range of business models

• 85 % act as communications operator

• Alternative operators lease dark fibre from city networks,

• 100 (new) service providersENGAGE Project:11 public partners (including Kent CC) defining the best economic model(s) for developing Very High Speed Broadband infrastructures in less populated regions.

Digital Agenda Europe 2020101 actions in 7 pillars with 13 specific goals to help reboot the EU economy through getting the most out of digital technologies.

Pillar 1-• the entire EU to be covered by broadband

by 2013.• the entire EU to be covered by broadband

above 30 Mbps by 2020• 50 % of the EU to subscribe to broadband

above100 Mbps by 2020

Progress regularly monitored by ScoreCard



FibreOptions and Calix

A Nation of Shopkeepers…….

CallflowGigaclear

RALA

B4RN

ITS

Lonsdale Net

LNComms

Briskona/ MLL Cotswold

Broadband

Northmoor

Newton & Stape

Hyperoptics

CityFibre

etc…

Fibre GarDen

VFast

NbW

Manchester

BristolNottingham

PeterboroughDerby

Kent

Northants

Cumbria

North Yorks

ViaEuropa

Ventura

Vodafone

FluidData

VirginMedia

TalkTalk

Sky

CyberMoor

Goudhurst

Trailways



The Issues- and OpportunitiesThe Issues- What INCA Members want

• Transparency - over BT's costs and deployment plans

• Competition - where alternative providers and communities are willing to invest in fibre and high speed wireless networks, BT should not be allowed to roll over them with state subsidy

• Open Access - alternative providers should have full, unfettered access to all of BT's publicly funded infrastructure, thus promoting competition and choice

• New Investment Models - to promote investment, innovation and better value for money for the additional £250m of funding the government is committing to rural broadband.

The Opportunities- How we are Engaging

• ‘Not letting go’ of the PAC statements; providing support for local authorities deciding to publish

• Value for Money analysis tools and support package for local authorities (BDUK?) based on NAO

• Common forums (like this); facilitating collaboration to demonstrate credible competition

• Providing evidence from elsewhere on the value of open infrastructure & re-use; new revision of the EU Guide

• Educating BDUK on alternative funding approaches and Co-Investment Models

• Facilitating discussions with investors

• Engaging BDUK on Superfast Extension approach



It’s time to Take the Initiativeand send a Message

Chapter IV: A New Hope

David CullenINCA

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David Cullen - INCA - 'Sorry' State of Affairs & What We Do About It