Urban and Rural Fibre in the UK

Ranulf ScarbroughBT Group

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The UK’s leading position on Superfast

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But what really counts ...

Partnership across the UK

Superfast Cornwallrural transformation through fibre

population: 534k

peripheral location:train to London 5½ hours

small rural market towns

weak economy:GVA 65% of UK average

qualified for EU structural funds:ERDF Convergence 2007-2015

a bold aspiration …

£132m partnership

open access100% with 80%fibre coverage

infrastructure foreconomic transformation

10,000 businessconnections

4,000 new jobs

a rural fibre exemplar

gap funded investor build/own/operate

futureproofing

productivity &competitiveness

risksharing

some rural FTTC …

a tale of 3 cabs ...

<0.5

>4

2-4

1-2

1-2

0.5-1

>4

n/a

ADSL (Mbps): FTTC (Mbps):

60-80

2-1560-80

60-80

15-40

10:

11:

40-60

.5-1

4:

c.10km of mainly overhead FTTPwith all premises served

4 km

4 km

4 km

4 km

2Mbps+

FTTC

VDSL2

24Mbps+

FTTC ceases to give good performance

c.10km of mainly overhead FTTPwith all premises served

4 km

4 km

62% FTTC (162k)

33% FTTP (85k)

90,000+ connections60+ ISPs

world class rural fibre broadband network

driving high levels of participation

business support

digitalskills

public sector transformation

digital inclusion

environmental sustainability

benefit evaluation

research &innovation

impact ... 2015 results

Plymouth University SERIOquantitative analysis

sample: 2000+JUN-2015

www.superfastcornwall.org/impact

2000+ survey responses

12,000+ SMEs connected (42%)

£186.1m GVA increase already

£30.5m GVA from start-ups

£250m+ by mid-2016

4500 jobs (2000 created; 2500 safeguarded)

connected SMEs’s revenues growing 4.5x faster

50% creating new goods & services

25% reaching new international markets

all from £53.5m of EU funds !

Partnership across the UK

BT 2020 goals: Gfast: 10m ultrafast premises FTTP: 2m ultrafast premises 4G: 95% geographic coverage

powerful partnership model for deployment in uncommercial areas

‘mixed economy’ of solutions essential, but rich with fibre

rural and urban

fixed coverage underpinning mobile coverage

coverage, quality and speed

driving usage + transformation: business, public sector, education, health, inclusion, environmental etc

smart cities + smart rural areas

continuing to be a leading digital economy

Summary

Urban and Rural Fibre Success in the UK

Ranulf ScarbroughBT Group