DIGITAL SCOTLAND SUPERFAST BROADBAND – Enabling a step change

Sara Budge

Programme Director

4rd February 2015

The Programme scope and scale: Highlands &Islands + Rest of Scotland

The HIE Contract Highlands and islands Intervention Area

Key Summary

Population – circa 0.45mPremises – circa 0.25m - commercial deployment equivalent to 21% (0.05m)Landmass - 50% landmass – 6% population equiv to 11.1 inhabitants per km2386 Exchanges areas across the H&I of which majority being upgraded. Deployment completion – Q3 15/16 – 2.75 years.7 Local authorities* + 1 national park.Total cabling requirement – 400km – Subsea + 2000km of access cable – equiv to circa 2400km. Delivering more than 1000 structures.

* Argyll and Bute and North Ayrhire shared across both contracts.

The Scottish Government Contract Rest of Scotland (RoS) Intervention Area

The Scottish Government Contract is the largest of all BDUK contracts

Pop: 4.8mPremises: 2.25m – 1.45m covered by BT commercial and 0.8m Intervention50% Scottish Landmass w. 94% population656 exchange areas being upgradedDeployment completion – Q3 17/18 (3.75 years)27 Local Authorities / 29 Planning AuthoritiesTotal cabling requirement c.29,000kmDelivering over 6000 structures

What does this mean ? ..... The nature of the programme

Super... rural

Over 80% of structures are ‘ very rural’ (Geotype 6+)

looooong

Longest cable runs per thp of any contract

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spread

Coverage over 1042 exchanges,

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skills

150 new recruits and a utilising supply chain in excess of 500 engineers

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fast delivery

Fastest BDUK delivery anywhere in the UK

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Deployment Update where are we now?

HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS

Deployment update

Lighting up H&I

• 17 Cabs Live across 4K homes – more to follow in 2nd half of 2015.

• 60 +Cabs Live• 17.5K –

although incl of commercial deployment more than 50%of the region deployed. • 72 Cabs Live

• 22.8K THP – continual growth and new exchanges being deployed.

• 7 Cabs Live• 1.1K thp –

further rollout across the region in next 6 months.

• Access build starts Q4 – Stornoway announced and in build for Summer 2015.

• 4 Cabs Live• 1.2K – with a further rollout to

around 3K expected towards the summer of 2015.

H &I The West Coast Subsea rollout timescales

Contracts awarded to : 1.Chelmsford-based Global Marine Systems conducted detailed marine route surveys and supply the cables.

2.Orange Marine, which is based in France and works globally, has been contracted to lay around 250 miles of subsea cables,

3.Hampshire-based A-2-Sea Solutions has been chosen to work onshore connecting the cables to BT’s terrestrial network.

Rene Descartes and Coastal Chariot

Massive task ..amazing speed

• Deployed within 17 LA

• Coverage in 179 exchange areas

• CRFS 170,609 THP (703 cabs)

• Built 178,236 (M19) THP (734 cabs)

• 2,645km spine

• 682km Blown Fibre Tube

What’s been delivered- Rest of Scotland

78/17.7k103/31.1k

13/2.4k

4/1k

85/27.7k

4/0.5k

31/8.9k

29/5.7k

51/14.7k

23/6k

48/12k

73/10.8k

1/0.2k99/22.5k

8/1.8k

25/2.6k

53/10k

Structure/thp int

3/72k

Cab/THP

What’s been delivered – Here

Aberdeen City

Coverage across 13 exchanges

78 cabinets and 17.7K ITHP

Aberdeenshire

Coverage across 37 exchanges

105 cabinets and 31.7K ITHP

Network Build

514 km spine cabling 99 km blown fibre tubing

What’s been delivered

The internal fibre splicing rack in Peterhead telephone exchange

The internal fibre splicing rack in Aberdeen West telephone exchange

What’s been delivered

Installing fibre cable at Dunecht PCP1

Copper and fibre in the DSLAM at Kintore PCP5

What’s been delivered

A completed cabinet at Aberdeen Kingswells PCP10

Ready to celebrate – Aberdeen Kingswells PCP 10

Benefits will only come with fibre adoption –take up

Fibre Adoption-where are we

Take-up figures as of 29h December 2014 (619 cabinets)

Average % take-up for RoS IA cabinets in

age band

Average % take-up for all UK IA cabinets

in age bandAverage % take-up for RoS commercial cabinets in age band

Average % take-up for all

UK commercial cabinets in age

band

Number of cabinets in age band

Overall % take-up for

RoS IA cabinets

Overall % take-up for RoS

commercial cabinets

Oct Sept Aug July June MayDec Nov April March Feb Jan

Local Authority Adoption

Avge Adoption %

No. cabs RAG

Scotland 8.64 622Aberdeen City 11.44 63 Kingswells, Bieldside Bucksburn, Lochnagar, Kincorth

Aberdeenshire 11.25 85Oldmeldrum, Westhill, Balmedie, Kintore Banchory, Huntly, Mintlaw

Angus 6.24 11 Monifieth

Argyll & Bute 15.68 3 Cardross

Dumfries and Galloway 9.13 68Dumfries, Locharbriggs, Sanquhar, Kirkconnel, Moffat

Newton Stewart, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Annan

Dundee City 4.01 4 Dundee Steeple

East Ayrshire 9.53 30 New Cumnock, Joppa, Muirkirk Cumnock. Mauchline, Drongan

East Dunbartonshire 1.23 25 Bearsden, Bishopbriggs

East Lothian 9.96 5 Haddington, Tranent Cockenzie

Fife 10.12 93Newport-on-Tay, Tayport, Kinglassie, Falkland, Balmullo St. Andrrews, Newmills, Glenrothes

Glasgow City 1.74 59Bishopbriggs, Govan, Western, Maryhill, Scotstoun

Perth & Kinross 9.3 43Luncarty, Glencarse, Bridge of Earn, Auchterarder

Balbeggie, Invergowrie, Perth, Scone

Scottish Borders 9.86 44 Galashiels, Melrose, Earlston Duns, Selkirk, St. Boswells, Leitholm

South Ayrshire 4.44 20 Joppa, Prestwick Ayr

South Lanarkshire 7.36 41Stonehouse, Lesmahagow, East Kilbride, Carnwath Blantyre

Stirling 8.78 27 Bannockburn, Bridge of Allan Stirling

High Adoption Low Adoption

Aberdeen CityDemand Stimulation Activity to date within

Aberdeen

•Webinar with Kingswells•Direct Mail 5000 premises to promote city centre drop event, utilising the mobile showcase in September 2014. •Included in the December National postcard campaign

Planned activity

•Drop in events throughout Aberdeen utilising high footfall locations within communities, the next one is Dyce in March.

•we have touched 74% THP Deployed directly through Demand Stim activity •(not including social media, registrations of interest or direct contact through events)

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

Demand Stimulation Activity to date within Aberdeenshire

•Mobile showcase drop in event in Inverurie•Drop in event in Huntly•Drop in event in Mintlaw•Included in the December National postcard campaign

Planned activity

•Drop in events throughout Aberdeenshire utilising high footfall locations within communities, Banchory, Banff& Macduff and Peterhead/Fraserburgh

• we have touched 63% of THP deployed directly through Demand Stim activity •(not including social media, registrations of interest or direct contact through events)

THANK YOU

Sara Budge

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