Municipality of Kristianstad
• Location – in the region Skåne, south of Sweden
• Inhabitants in municipality ~ 78 000
• Main town “Kristianstad” ~ 28 000
• Largest part of population lives in smaller villages and/or in
more rural areas

Kristianstad
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T he C4 Ene rgi A B gro up
Grids for a sustainable society
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Organiz at io n
Municipality of Kristianstad - holding company
100 %
Sales ~ 35 M€ C4 Energi AB
Profit ~ 3 M€
CEO Göran Thessén
~ 85 employees
Economy & Adm.
C4 Elnät AB
CEO Göran Thessén
Business Electric
CityNet District Heating
areas distribution
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C4 Energi businesses
Distribution of Electricity - a service taken for granted
Super fast Internet, TV, VoIP, and other services
Heating and comfort based on “green” energy solutions
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Ele ct ric dist ribut io n
Characteristics:
• Monopoly
• 28000 customers
• 560 GWh delivered el.
• 100 % cables in ground
• High delivery quality
• Local business
• Low distribution cost
(low customer price)
• All customers AMR
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Po w e r & Dist rict he at ing
Combined production of Heat and electric
power:
• ~ 70 GWh, el and 320 GWh district heat
• > 2300 customers (Of which 500 stands for ~ 90 % of sales volume)
• 100 % overall efficiency
• nearly 100 % renewable fuels, (wood ships)
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Busine ss are a Cit yN e t
The o pt ical fibe r grid – t he backbo ne fo r fut ure se rvice s
Development:
1997 - First customer – dark fiber
2005 - Start of the CityNet business (open access business model)
2007 - CityNet- as well as dark fiber customers increases rapidly
2009 - Connecting the biggest apartment owner to CityNet (~ +7 000)
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Cust o m e rs in C4 Ene rgi Cit yN e t
April 2009:
• in total ~ 8 200 connected to City-net
• ~ 4 300 activated paying customers
• Total investments ~ 9,3 M€ including the dark fiber
business.
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http://portal.stadsnat.com
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W hy inve st ing in an o pt ical fibe r
infrast ruct ure ?
• Local control of infrastructure – increases competition to end
customer (choice of alternatives and price level)
• C4 Energi investment includes Municipality values
• Synergies with C4 Energi infrastructure businesses
• Better penetration in Municipality – improves potential in
service level
• Potential of getting synergies in municipalities “holdings” and
own service needs
• Open access business model - guarantee of - equal terms for
equal service
• Potential of price reductions ~ 20-30 % lower price compared
to customers alternatives (e.g. TV, Internet and phone) – effect
of volume and competition
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C4 Ene rgi – Cit yN e t
The o pt ical fibe r grid – t he backbo ne fo r fut ure s e rvice s
Service providers
ESS 6 ESS 6 ESS 6 ESS 6
Main grid structure SR 7 Main grid structure
ESS 6 ESS 6
ESS 6 ESS 6
SR 7 Service router, ESS 6 Distribution routers
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C4 Ene rgi – Cit yN e t
Alc ate l 6850
FTTH
Ho me
Gate way
S e rvic e Pro vide r
#1
VoIP
Alc ate l BS A Alc ate l S e rvic e
Video 7450 7750 Pro vide r #2
HSI
VPLS Re g io nal Ne two rk
S e rvic e
Pro vide r #3
S e rvic e
Pro vide r #4
Bro adband BS A Bro adband
S e rvic e S e rvic e
HGW
Ag g re g atio n Ro ute r
HGW
Service providers 2009:
~ 5 Internet providers
Alc ate l 6850
FTTB
~ 4 IP VOIP (Phone)
~ IP TV
~ 1+1 analog TV
Different customer ~ Several VoD and other services
solutions depending on
customer situation
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Fibe r ne t w o rk in and be t w e e n
cit ie s
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Co o pe rat io n w it h o t he r gro und
w o rks
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Re s po ns ibilit y
Active part in the building (FTTB)
Kristianstad CityNet
To the estate line
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Ex am ple o f Se rvice Pro vide rs
Internet
Internet Telephone TV
10 Mbit/s = 20 Euro/month
Telephone = 5 – 10 Euro/month
Telefoni
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Ge ne ral Marke t Offe rings
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Ope n Cho ice
SA BO = public e s t at e o w ne rs
T e nant s o rganiz at io n
SSN f = cit y ne t pro fe ss io nals in Sw e de n
Operative cooperation to
develop a new solution with
“one box”
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Open Choice TV
Social services
TV channels VoD Local services
Services
Services API
MW+portal
Setup box open choice CA system
VoD-server
Boxes HAL
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T ODA Y
A cce ss fibe r = Cit y N e t w o rks in
Sw e de n
Total fiber infrastructure:
• More than 5 million km fiber
• 3 195 000 households and
commercial customers are
connected by fiber-LAN today
• 99,9 % of households have
internet access in Sweden today
and
• 98,5% of all commercial
customers
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Tekniska signaltester
Tekniska plattformstester
Norrskensklustret
Teknisk lösning/aktör
Kommersiell test
Kommersiell drift
Headendoperatör Öst
Ålcom
Mälarklustret
Göteborg/Väst
Headendoperatör Väst
Varberg
Skåneklustret
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Re gio nal Fibe r N e t w o rk in Skåne
C4 Energi
~ 100 km
Connections also
to smaller villages
> 200 inhabitants
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BAS - pro je kt e t
Bre dband t ill Alla i Skåne
- inve st e ring 800 m kr
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Re gio nal co o pe rat io n w it h o t he r
Cit yne t s
Synergies:
One organisation for operation &
maintenance.
Larger volumes & lower cost for
purchase of equipment.
Marketing benefits:
Service suppliers reach larger
volumes of costomers thru one
connecting point – decrease costs
Established Citynets
Ongoing developement
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Vision for Skåne
- one entrance for all -
BAS Skånsk Nätkraft
Tele2syd
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T he busine ss o f IT & co m m unicat io n
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A lcat e l- Luce nt Manche st e r 2009-06-22
T ank yo u fo r yo ur at t e nt io n !
Göran Thessén
CEO C4 Energi AB and C4 Elnät AB
PO box 2105
291 02 Kristianstad
Sweden
+46 44-7807501
+ 46 733-737501
goran.thessen@c4energi.se
www.c4energi.se

Nuläget stadsnätsetableringar
Kristianstad
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Nuläget stadsnätsetableringar
Åhus
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Svartfibersträckningar BAS
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Nuvarande svartfibernät (tätort)
Totalt 28 mil fiberkabel i och
utanför Kristianstads tätort.
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