Broadband Leicestershire Stakeholder Briefing 11 th February 2013 Leicestershire County Council, County Hall
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
Welcome Mrs Lesley Pendleton, CC Cabinet Lead for Broadband Leicestershire County Council
BT Superfast Fibre Broadband Rollout Leicestershire Parish Council Briefing 11 th February 2013 Paul Bimson, Regional Partnership Director, BT Group
The big build.. CLICK HERE British Telecommunications plc Page 5
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
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
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
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
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
Open Access Network Our open network brings competition, choice & low prices British Telecommunications plc Page 11
BT is committed to making the UK s superfast broadband network the best in the EU by 2015 1. 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
thank you for listening!!! paul.bimson@bt.com British Telecommunications plc Page 13
Broadband Leicestershire Matthew Kempson Broadband Project Manager Leicestershire County Council
Outline Importance of being online BT s national programme National programme Broadband Leicestershire Investment Raising demand Final 10% - hard to reach areas Timetable
Importance of being online Nationally 90% of new jobs will require IT skills by 2015 96% 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
BT commercial rollout BT 2.5bn to 2014-2/3 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. LA100019271. Published 2012
Intervention area (tbc) Super-Fast Broadband Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Leicestershire County Council. LA100019271. Published 2012
District Premises outside the commercial deployment Blaby 8600 21 Charnwood 17900 25 Hinckley and Bosworth 15800 32 Harborough 19400 51 Melton 11600 50 North West Leicestershire 10100 24 Oadby and Wigston 3700 15 Leicestershire 87100 30 % of all premises in District
National programme Government aim for Best broadband in Europe December 2010 90% 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)
Broadband Leicestershire Vision Improved broadband for all in Leicestershire with at least 90% super-fast broadband by 2015. 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
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
Broadband survey March-April 2012 4600 responses (650 businesses) District boundary Household Business
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
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
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)
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
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
Mike Doyle
Questions and Answers
Future engagement and next steps
Future engagement - Communications strategy - LRALC, RCC, Business Council, press release - Website - Newsletter - Blog - Briefings, meetings and workshops - FAQs
Contact details Paul Bimson Paul.bimson@bt.com Matthew Kempson Matthew.kempson@leics.gov.uk Mike Doyle info@disewired.com