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Local Full Fibre Networks Programme

Justin Leese, Programme Director, Local Full Fibre Networks, DCMS

Government Interventions

More Fibre

Local Full Fibre Networks

£400m Digital Infrastructure

Investment Fund (DIIF)

Reducing Regulation

Business Rates Relief

Favourable market

Increasing financial capacity Lowering costs

Helping industry to do more

BarrierBusting

5G Testbeds & Trials

Increasing demand

National Productivity Improvement Fund (NPIF) £740m Future Telecoms

Infrastructure Review

Next Steps

Local Full Fibre Networks Programme

• Stimulate the telecoms market to invest in more fibre connectivity for homes, businesses and 5G masts. Working with Local Bodies and Suppliers to aggregate demand for Gigabit connectivity to the Public and Private Sector Buildings and Residential Group Schemes

• £290m of NPIF funding announced since November 2017:• Wave1 projects - underway to test 4 different delivery mechanisms (£10.4m)

• Wave2 projects – 13 successful bids into a Challenge Fund (£95m)

• Future Waves in planning (£95m)

• Trans-Pennine Fibre build between Manchester and York (£22.3m)

• National Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (£67.7m)

5G Programme has drawn down £160m therefore £290m of NPIF remains – shared between LFFN and 5G Programmes between now and March 2021

#1 LFFN – Public Sector Anchor Tenancy (PSAT)

Wave 1 location:West Sussex County Council andits Districts

• Circa 133 Public Buildings• Dark Fibre Network• 30 year IRU• Council becomes “Anchor

Tenant”

#2 LFFN – Public Sector Building Upgrades (PSBU)

Wave 1 location:Department for EducationSchool Upgrades to fibre

• Upgrading over 100 Schools across the UK to Full Fibre

• Working with DfE, Grids for Learning and Individual Schools

• DfE have provided 12 ICT Advisors to work with the DCMS team on engaging with the schools

• A number of additional Schools embedded within Wave2 proposals

Tranches / Description # Schools

Tranche 1 - Individual Schools 8

Tranche 2 - Individual Schools 7

Tranche 3 - Individual Schools 19

East Midlands - via EMPSN 41

Staffordshire 24

Oxfordshire 5

Wave 2 Challenge Fund TBC

#3 LFFN – Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS)https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk

• £3,000 for SME’s / £500 for Residential• Over 200 suppliers registered• £67.7m of funding• £5m of vouchers already requested• £1.2m installed/live

#4a LFFN – Public Sector Asset Re-use (PSAR)

Wave 1 location:Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Greater Manchester)Commercial re-use of existing Council Duct and Fibre

1st Customer: Summers Quay

Dark Fibre to support FTTP to 67 dwellings(Social Housing Scheme)Jigsaw Homes Group / SimplyIP / Tameside MBC

#4b LFFN –Public Sector Asset Re-use (PSAR)

Wave 1 location:Network RailTrans PennineFibre & 5G

433 fibre trunk cable alongside the rail track between Manchester and York5G Masts at 500m-1km spacing along the routeFibre “Meet Me” points of presence along the routeFeeds into the Manchester and Leeds Internet Exchanges

Wave2 – Challenge Fund

37 bidders 13 successful bids totalling £95.5m

• Armagh/Banbridge/Craigavon• Belfast• Blackpool• Cambridgeshire• Cardiff• Coventry/Solihull/Warwick• Highlands• London• Manchester• Mid-Sussex• Portsmouth• North Yorkshire• Wolverhampton

2 in Northern Ireland, 1 in Scotland, 1 in Wales Rural as well as Urban

Wave2 – Challenge Fund

Applicant DCMS Funding £m Public Buildings Premises Passed Premises Addressable PSAT PSBU PSARArmagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon 2.4 24 543 2,026 xBelfast City Council 11.5 96 1,468 22,724 x xBlackpool Council 3.0 39 1,134 13,657 x xCambridgeshire Council 4.0 31 1,330 5,391 x xCardiff City Region 6.0 323 3,112 39,013 x x xConnected London 8.5 75 9,424 83,604 x xCoventry, Solihull & Warwickshire 5.7 408 5,487 120,418 xHighlands 4.5 175 9,401 18,059 xManchester City Region 23.8 1,390 149,940 327,992 x x xMid Sussex 2.2 15 6,426 6,348 x x xNorth Yorkshire (NYNet) 15.1 391 4,811 55,697 xPortsmouth Council 3.9 213 6,367 50,635 xWolverhampton 4.9 196 9,026 46,613 xTOTAL 95.5 3,376 208,469 792,177

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LFFN Demographics – Wave 1 & 2

LFFN Programme Pipeline (Formerly “Wave3”)

Phase 1 Project Concept & Strategic plan

Initial submission for review & approve / review and return for revision / Review and end

Including :• Vision & Strategic Fit with National & Local

Objectives• Understanding of local benefits & how they

will be achieved• Knowledge of existing and planned local

network capabilities • Financial budget and spending plan• Headline project plan including resources• State aid and Procurement compliance• Commercial operator engagement &

procurement plan• Evidence of local official and political

commitment

Phase 2 Evidence & Analysis

Update submission for review & approve / review and return for revision / Review and end

Including:• Detailed business case• Socio-economic benefits

realisation plan• Agree Evaluation Approach

Phase 3 Refining & Contracting

• Grant Agreement

• Operator contract arrangements

Assessment Panel Assurance Process

Barrier Busting Team

Name Areas of Responsibility

Pete McDougall Head of Team Regulatory and Business Rates

Lisa Price Mobile Mobile infrastructure, ECC, Infrastructure on Government Buildings

Tom Raynsford Streetworks Permitting, street works coordination, Lane Rental, Classification, traffic management, Section 58

Rich Maddock Streetworks, Mobile Support for above, physical deployment/reinstatements, street works toolkitMobile regulatory alignment

Jack Vail Access to property, New Builds, Planning

Access to property/Wayleaves, Planning issues

Benjamin Bilski New Builds, Planning Support for above. Research & Outreach aound New Builds and Retrofitting; Wayleaves Toolkit and Local Digital Capacity for Online Portal

5G Rural Integrated Testbed (5GRIT)Sector: Rural, including farming and tourism. Location: Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Invernessshire, Perthshire) and Monmouthshire.

Worcestershire 5G ConsortiumSector: Manufacturing and securityLocation: Worcester

5G Smart TourismSector: TourismLocation: West of England, Bristol, Bath

Liverpool 5G TestbedSector: Healthcare in an urban settingLocation: Liverpool

AutoAirSector: Dense deployment, CAVsLocation: Milbrook and 5GIC

5G RuralFirst: Rural Coverage & Dynamic Spectrum Access Testbed & TrialSector: Rural, agriculture and variousLocation: Orkney, Shropshire, and Somerset

5G Trials & Testbeds Programme – Phase 1 Locations£23.8 million

Urban Connected Communities (UCC) bidding just closed

Rural Connected Communities (RCC) bidding to open during the Summer

● Large-scale testbeds● Supporting trials across multiple vertical markets ● Use the latest mobile technologies to meet connectivity

needs● Trialling new 5G services and applications

● To improve the quality of life and support local economic development

● May include public sector, industrial, transport, healthcare

5G Connected Communities Projects (next Phase)

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