High Speed BroadbandDeployment Factors

an overview for planning public support

Alan Preston Telecoms BranchBrussels -19 September 2012

Context• Northern Ireland has a dispersed

population of c1.8m

• Telecoms is a competitive, privatised market

• Telecoms policy is driven by UK Government – not a devolved matter

• Northern Ireland Executive has limited power to stimulate investment

History

Guglielmo Marconi

Lord Kelvin

John McCanny

What do we have ?

BT Core

North

South

IOM

BT SubmarineBT Ireland

To Dublin

Hibernia

To Southport/AmsterdamTo North America

ntleircom/Bytel

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Scale (km)

Factors

• Stakeholders

• Technical

• Economic/Financial

• Environment/Regulatory

• Political

• Procurement

Stakeholders

• Industry

• Users

• Funders

• Regulator

• Political representatives

• Government departments

Technical

• Technology neutral– Usually a State Aid requirement if there is

intervention

• Technology forecasts– NI Broadband Fund

Financial

• Funding (EU, UK, NI Executive)

• Market ability & plans

• Competition

• Market willingness

Regulation

• Relationship with Ofcom

• Advisory panel

• NI Assembly

Political

• Mandatory coalition

• UK Government

• European Union

• Policy objectives

• Communication

Procurement

• Open process

• Encourage competition

• Dialogue

• Assurance

Future

• E Comms Centres

• European Cloud

• Super connected urban cities

• Northern Ireland EU Digital 2020 Project

• Demand Stimulation Project

• International telecoms cable

Thank You