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Full Fibre – A Smart Choice

Full Fibre Digital Connectivity for North Wales23rd February 2018

• Enablers of Digital Transformation

• Over 35 years of industry experience turnover £15.5m FY17

• Based in St Asaph, North Wales

• Specialists in Wireless, Network Infrastructure & IoT

• Deployed Smart City solutions across York, Newport & Aberdeen

• Contract wins on SUPERCONNECTED City Programme

• Fully active in the Local Full Fibre Network Programme

• Relevant Framework Agreements – CCS RM1045, JANET Dark Fibre

Who are Pinacl?

Why is Full Fibre A Smart Choice?

• Full Fibre is essential for Smart Places (Town/City/Region)

• An Open Access Fibre Network forms the Foundation and Catalyst for Change, Innovation and Growth

• Promotes and Supports Ubiquitous Coverage (Broadband, WiFi, 4G/5G, IoT)

• Flexible, Scalable and Reliable

• Public Sector – Enabler for Change, Attracts inward investment, Retain skilled workforce

Our Fibre Pedigree

• Started off as Pilkington Communication Systems Ltd

• Designed/Manufactured Fibre Optic Cabling – now Commscope

• Designed/Manufactured Fibre Optic Equipment

• Delivered the Ciena DWDM equipment into JISC for UKLight

• Design/Build/Operate Dark Fibre Networks….

• Dark fibre not priced on bandwidth - future proof, 1/10/40/100GB speeds, equipment only limiting factor

• We have commercial models from traditional connection and rental to transfer of asset/title

• City of York Council• 10 Year Managed Service Contract – Voice and Data

Services• Pinacl designed network – built/owned by City Fibre• Triple Ring architecture:

• Council offices• Education• CCTV/Traffic

• Concession WiFi network in City Centre (free public WiFi)

• Free Public WiFi (non-concession)in all Council buildings

• IoT LoRaWAN Network (Q1 2018)

Our Fibre Pedigree

• Birmingham City University

• Hybrid Dark Fibre/Fibre Leased Line solution

• Fibre asset transferred to University

• 8 Sites connected on diverse 24 core fibre ring

• 17 Km duct network

Our Fibre Pedigree

• Leicester University

• Dark Fibre Solution

• Fibre asset transferred to University

• 14 Sites connected on diverse 96 core fibre network

• 8 Km duct network

• 9 Weeks from PO to completion / ROI in 18 months

Our Fibre Pedigree

• Aberystwyth University

• Dark Fibre Solution

• Fibre asset transferred to University

• 8 Sites connected on diverse 48 core fibre network

• 8 Km duct network

Our Fibre Pedigree

City of Newport: Smart City

• Newport

• Dark Fibre Solution

• Open Access Network- asset owned/operated by Pinacl

• 27 Sites connected on diverse 96 core fibre network

• 14 Km duct network

City of Newport: Smart City

• Pinacl ‘Smart City’ Blueprint

• Dark Fibre – Open Access Network• Next Generation Datacentre – On-Net

• Public WiFi – Public buildings & City Centre Concession

• Open Access LoRaWAN IoT Network Service• Council are just a customer

• Proof of Concepts: Air Quality, Waste Management, Flood

monitoring & Road Temperatures

A Vision for North Wales

• A Dark Fibre Backbone is in place (Fibrespeed)

• Build Dark Fibre Networks in key Towns, linking back to backbone

• Use Fibre Networks as hopping off point for Rural Broadband solutions

• Build Dark Fibre network islands (rural) with wireless backhaul

LFFN Funded Dark Fibre Networks

• The LFFN Programme is going stimulate the market – bring some of that investment to North Wales and reap the rewards

• Harness your Public Sector Connectivity

• We will aggregate Private Sector demand

• We need Public Sector Visionaries (Local, Central, Devolved Gov, Health, Emergency Services)

• Anchor Tenants

• Digital Transformation

• Adopt an Open Access Model

• Access and utilise the wealth of knowledge/experience available in North Wales

Call to Action

Diolch am wrando

Thank you for listeningAlasdair Rettie - Technical Director

alasdair.rettie@pinaclsolutions.com

Contact Us

Alasdair Rettie - Technical Director

alasdair.rettie@pinaclsolutions.com