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National Broadband Plan
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Ciara Bates - DAHRRGA
Presentation• Programme for Government
• National Broadband Plan
• Taskforce on Mobile Phone and Broadband Access
• National Broadband Plan Implementation
• Regional Action Groups
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Programme for Government
• Commits to National Broadband Plan as a priority
• New Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce to be established
• Entity to Manage the State’s NBP and other telecoms market contracts. Potential role in leveraging other State assets
• Procurement of NBP contract(s)
• Develop proposals for entity to manage NBP and other telecoms contracts
• Telecommunications Policy and Regulation
Programme for GovernmentMinister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs
• Establish Broadband Action Groups
• Removing barriers to network rollout through Local Authorities
• Identify areas for priority rollout of the network
• Development of Local Digital Strategies
Programme for Government
• On line consumer spending €10pp/day
• Online spending to reach €20 billion by 2020
• Far more jobs relying directly on ICT services
• Consumers and businesses expect:
– high reliability, availability and quality
– Greater performance and responsiveness
Trends in the Irish Market
Future Demand
• Foreign direct investment attracted by a connected society
• Education, health, agri business, SME’s etc will require reliable broadband
• Home entertainment converging on line putting pressure on all users of the networks
National Broadband PlanAll citizens and businesses in Ireland with access to high speed broadband:
– Commercial investment providing high speed broadband to approx 1.6m of 2.3m premises in Ireland – 70% of premises covered commercially
– State-led intervention aims to ensure that the remaining premises are addressed – up to 30% of premises to be covered by State intervention
Supporting Commercial Roll-out
Multiband Spectrum Auction 2012 – facilitating 4G rollout
Next Generation Access arrangements in 2013– facilitating eircom rollout of e-Fibre or FTTC network
Legislation enabling ESB to enter the telecoms market in 2014
SIRO - Joint Venture Wholesale company now in place between Vodafone and ESB
3.6 Ghz Spectrum Auction in early 2017
Accelerated investment by eirNGA rollout increased from 1m to 1.6m premises aswell as more recent announcements of FTTH to 60+ towns and 300k rural premises
Higher speeds by Virgin MediaOver 700K homes can access speeds of 240Mbps to 360Mbps. Businesses speeds of 500Mbps
SIROESB & Vodafone JV planning €450 million investment in FTTH -speeds of up to 1Gbps reaching 500,000 premises in 51 towns
Fixed Wireless operatorsInvesting in higher speed fixed wireless services
€3.3b Commercial Investment
On line map published in November 2014, with all premises in the State identified as either having or not having access to high speed broadband
A detailed intervention strategy was published December 2015
NBP Procurement initiated in December 2015
Prequalification process completed in June 2016
Competitive dialogue ongoing with Bidders
NBP - State-led Intervention
High Speed Broadband Map
2.3million premises in the State
- Almost 1.6 Million premises will receive High Speed Broadband from commercial operators
- Over 700,000 premises are within the NBP intervention area
Over 50,000 Townlands in the State
- 47,697 townlands are within ( or partly within ) the NBP intervention Area
The % premises covered in each townland is available at www.broadband.gov.ie
•38% of labour force (688,000)
•34% of white collar employment (214,000)
•89% of farm employment (139,000 farmers nationally)
•94% of farms (80,266)
•63,440 non-farm businesses (pubs/shops/doctors etc)
•62,226 SMEs (mostly micro)
•40% of primary schools (1,522)
•601 business parks (7%)
• Wholesale network available to all retailers, with equal access
• Minimum download 30Mbps, Minimum upload 6Mbps
• Future-proofed network• Ownership - Commercial Stimulus Model • Build-out within 3-5 years of contract award • Retail prices in line with services in commercial areas • 25 year contract• 2 Procurement lots
NBP - Intervention Strategy
Update on NBP Intervention• 3 shortlisted bidders have formally indicated a
predominantly fibre-to-the-premises solution - may potentially get speeds up to 1Gbps with businesses availing of symmetrical upload and download speeds
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Next StepsAll citizens to have access to
High Speed Broadband
Achieved through a combination of commercial
and State investment
Delivering a reliable broadband network capable
of supporting current and future generations
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• One of the First 100 Days commitments set out in the Programme
for a Partnership Government
• Co-chaired by Ministers Humphreys and Naughten
• Membership includes key relevant Departments and agencies, as
well as the CCMA. Relevant stakeholders are being brought into
the process as required
• TOR to identify practical measures to accelerate rollout of telecoms
infrastructure - Planning, Infrastructure, Network Configuration,
Consumer Awareness.
• Held four meetings to date – Report to Government end year
Taskforce on Mobile Phone and Broadband
• Will identify barriers that could serve to delay the delivery of broadband
• Identify, agree and oversee actions that can be taken to address any
identified barriers
• Work with Local Authorities to put the requisite structures and
standardised approach in place
• Identify priority areas for rollout of infrastructure
• Identity rural ‘hubs’ (up to 20 per LA)
• Demand Stimulation - Identify measures to leverage the benefits of high
speed broadband for rural communities and businesses
• Work with the LA’s to help them develop their own Digital Strategies
Regional Action Groups
• Discussions with industry have indicated that it will take between 3 to 5 years to roll-out the network.
• We are examining ways of providing access to high speed broadband in remote rural communities who maybe at the latter stages of deployment given their remote locations.
• Address this through two actions1. Strategic Connection Points (SCPs) (schools, business parks, Garda
stations, community centres, post offices)2. Strategic Community Access Hubs (SCAHs) – 20 in each local
authority
Prioritisation
Five categories of SCAH connections have been identified:
1. Business Centre – situated in a public building which provides business access to local businesses that may otherwise have to commute to access required broadband services or alternatively, relocate their business to remain solvent.
2. A hot-desk facility - open business hours or on demand (within business hours).
3. A facility with access for members of the public, such as a library or a Local Authority property.
4. A facility with limited public access (i.e. might be open a couple of hours a day, and/or a few days a week).
5. A local Wifi hub with ‘always on’ wifi (potentially linked to 1-4 above but available out of hours). For example, the wifi would be available 24/7 in the building and out of hours, persons could pull up within the grounds of the premises e.g. park just outside the building to access the wifi.
Strategic Community Access Hubs
Trading on line voucher scheme• Government grant scheme, designed to assist
small businesses
• Financial assistance of up to €2,500 along with training and advice to help your business trade online
• Contact local enterprise office –[email protected]
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