Broadband Leicestershire Stakeholder Briefing. 11 th February 2013 Leicestershire County Council, County Hall

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1 Broadband Leicestershire Stakeholder Briefing 11 th February 2013 Leicestershire County Council, County Hall

2 Programme Welcome Mrs Lesley Pendleton Next Generation Access from BT Paul Bimson Broadband Leicestershire Matthew Kempson Disewired: Fast broadband for Diseworth Mike Doyle Q&A and next steps Matthew Kempson

3 Welcome Mrs Lesley Pendleton, CC Cabinet Lead for Broadband Leicestershire County Council

4 BT Superfast Fibre Broadband Rollout Leicestershire Parish Council Briefing 11 th February 2013 Paul Bimson, Regional Partnership Director, BT Group

5 The big build.. CLICK HERE British Telecommunications plc Page 5

6 BT shares the ambition to use fibre networks to support economic, social and public benefit for everyone Economic growth and job creation Business transformation and supply chain efficiency Improved individual Well-being and a connected society Citizen and consumer empowerment for health, education, and life Applications and Services Reduce costs, improve efficiency More public services online, a fully connected region Demand Stimulation Ubiquitous Superfast Broadband Infrastructure Economic Social Public Sector Its what you do with it that counts British Telecommunications plc Page 6

7 We share the ambition to transform the UK broadband network Today, more than 99% of UK homes have access to copper broadband, and 70% up to 20Mbps UK broadband transformation* Superfast Broadband We could get SFBB to over 90% of UK homes and businesses With BDUK funding Plus local, regional and EU funding 20Mb Changes to the access network frequency plan have allowed us to deliver up to 80Mbps on FTTC already We are developing technologies to offer over 100Mbps on FTTC Broadband Before Before SFBB SFBB BT s BT s current current SFBB SFBB plan plan + BDUK BDUK funding funding + Frequency Frequency plan plan changes changes + Other Other technologies technologies + Further Further development development Note: * All UK, not including cable, including other wholesale fibre investors British Telecommunications plc Page 7

8 We have proven and substantial experience of NGA deployment in the UK Large scale, rapid deployment We are investing 2.5bn to bring fibre NGA to 2/3 rd of the country We have already deployed to over 13m premises, with 3 million premises passed last quarter We are on track to complete by the Spring of 2014, 18 months ahead of schedule It s one of the fastest, largest fibre NGA deployment in the world Delivered by over 5,000 engineers Proactive retail marketing We already have over 550k BT infinity end users 6% take up This has been achieved through competitive retail pricing, investment in retail branding (BT Infinity) and proactive advertising and and marketing We have engaged local communities Race to Infinity programme British Telecommunications plc Page 8

9 Superfast fibre Broadband Leicestershire LIVE Ashby De La Zouch Braunstone Coalville Hinckley Ibstock Kirby Muxloe Loughborough Lutterworth Market Harborough Narborough Oadby Quorn Rothley Shepshed Sileby Stoneygate Sutton In The Elms Swadlincote MAR-13 West Wigston 2013 Beaumont Desford East Wigston Earl Shilton Glenfield Melton Mowbray Thurnby British Telecommunications plc Page 9

10 Our successes to date. We re privileged to have signed contracts with Wales Fibre broadband to 96% of the country s premises by the end of 2015 Fibre broadband to 90% of the county s premises by the end of 2014 Lancashire Fibre broadband to 97% of the county s premises by the end of 2014 Rutland Fibre broadband to at least 90% of the county s premises by the end of 2013 Surrey Fibre broadband to 99%+ of the county s premises by the end of 2014 And we ve also recently signed contracts with Cumbria, Norfolk, Suffolk and preferred bidder in Devon & Somerset and Herefordshire contracts to follow British Telecommunications plc Page 10

11 Open Access Network Our open network brings competition, choice & low prices British Telecommunications plc Page 11

12 BT is committed to making the UK s superfast broadband network the best in the EU by Proven experience Commercial NGA deployment Operational capacity Speed of deployment 2. Proven and new solutions SFBB solutions Fixed infill solutions Wireless infill solutions 3. Proven marketability The mainstream solution The pro competitive solution End user and CP engagement 4. Cost competitiveness Scale benefits Long term investment 5. Aligned partnership Financial capacity / risk taking Partnership co investment Partnership successes 6. Shared ambition Ambition for SFBB Ambition for USC Corporate commitment British Telecommunications plc Page 12

13 thank you for listening!!! British Telecommunications plc Page 13

14 Broadband Leicestershire Matthew Kempson Broadband Project Manager Leicestershire County Council

15 Outline Importance of being online BT s national programme National programme Broadband Leicestershire Investment Raising demand Final 10% - hard to reach areas Timetable

16 Importance of being online Nationally 90% of new jobs will require IT skills by % of people who use the internet say it improved their quality of life. Households save on average 560 per year 16 million people over 15 years old do not have basic online skills Only a third of SMEs have an online presence Economic growth of c. 92m over the next 7 years in Leicestershire Public sector, community and economic priorities

17 BT commercial rollout BT 2.5bn to /3 UK c.70% in L&L Not all areas included Blue Black Red District council Telephone exchange BT commercial investment Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Leicestershire County Council. LA Published 2012

18 Intervention area (tbc) Super-Fast Broadband Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Leicestershire County Council. LA Published 2012

19 District Premises outside the commercial deployment Blaby Charnwood Hinckley and Bosworth Harborough Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston Leicestershire % of all premises in District

20 National programme Government aim for Best broadband in Europe December % super-fast broadband (24Mbits),10% basic broadband (2Mbits) 530m to 2015 (additional 300m to 2017) Defra Rural Community Broadband Fund - 20m National Framework BT, Fujitsu EU State Aid approval c.40 Race Online 2012 Go ON (BBC, Lloyds, Post Office etc)

21 Broadband Leicestershire Vision Improved broadband for all in Leicestershire with at least 90% super-fast broadband by Vision for 100% by 2017 Led by Mrs. Lesley Pendleton Cabinet Lead for Broadband Economic growth, community, transformation of public services Leicestershire Local Broadband Plan approved April 2012 c.87,000 premises left in the slow lane Leicester and Leicestershire project area

22 Investment Leicestershire County Council 4m (+ 300k) Harborough 530,000 Melton 360,000 Charnwood 100,000 North West Leicestershire 54,000 Blaby 50,000 Hinckley and Bosworth 40,000 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council none Leicester City Council 30,000 BDUK (Government) 3.31m (+ 30k for City) ERDF (Europe) 1.2m (tbc) Contracted supplier tbc

23 Broadband survey March-April responses (650 businesses) District boundary Household Business

24 Broadband survey - findings 55% respondents receive less than 2Mbit/s Most want an incremental shift in speed. 25% demand for SFBB 20% willing to pay significantly more for improved broadband Threshold - 30 pcm (households) and 50pcm (businesses) Household demand for TV/media services, sharing photos, working from home (over 50%) Business impact: c50% identified new products and services, increased competitiveness, sales and profitability Evidence of demand for ICT training or knowledge about services available through the internet especially older age groups Prioritise areas where speeds are lowest

25 Final 10% - hard to reach areas Communities and individual premises across Leicestershire 13% of Leicestershire premises are EO or Long Lines Rural Community Broadband Fund (Round 1 and 2) - Diseworth (FTTC) - Rockingham Exchange (Northants) - Welford Exchange (Northants) - Uppingham mast project (Rutland) Round 3 launch end March 2013 (EOI by end May) - Facilitation vs. Community Enterprise 300k allocated by LCC for community projects

26 Demand stimulation Investment and raising demand timing critical Go ON Contracted suppler 2 elements of support 1) Advisory service for rural communities (LRP, LCC) 2) Economic growth and innovation (ERDF) (c. 180k)

27 Constraints and risks How do we ensure value for money? - Added local public sector investment - District council investment Speed vs. coverage Will my area be included in the SFBB deployment programme? When will I know if I will be able to get SFBB? - Rolling 12 month deployment programme (Exchanges) - Areas firmed up 6 months and 3 months in advance

28 Timetable Identifying Intervention Area 28 th January 2013 Consultation on Intervention Areas 11 th March 15 th April Issue final procurement documents 13 th May 2013 Supplier engagement and clarification to 22 nd July 2013 Receive supplier responses 22 nd July 2013 Award contract c.26 th August 2013 Mobilisation to Summer 2014 Commence deployment Summer 2014 Deployment complete late September 2016

29 Mike Doyle

30 Questions and Answers

31 Future engagement and next steps

32 Future engagement - Communications strategy - LRALC, RCC, Business Council, press release - Website - Newsletter - Blog - Briefings, meetings and workshops - FAQs

33 Contact details Paul Bimson Matthew Kempson Mike Doyle