Roger Darlington - Manchester

WHERE IS NEXT GEN HAPPENING?
Roger Darlington, Member for England,
Communications Consumer Panel
NextGenRoadshow,
Manchester,
23 June 2009

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THE NATIONAL PICTURE
Something happening in every nation and every region
Scotland: 4
Wales: 2
N. Ireland: 3
England:
London: 3 East: 3
South-East: 4 North-West: 4
South-West: 4 Yorkshire: 2
Midlands: 7 North-East: 2
Total: almost 40 (and counting)

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THE LOCAL SCENE
Manchester - Oxford Road ‘Living Lab’
Salford - MediaCityUK in the Quays
Alston - Cybermoor to Fibremoor

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MANY BUSINESS MODELS
Major players - e.g. BT at Ebbsfleet, Muswell Hill & Whitchurch, Virgin Media at Warrington
Smaller players - e.g. IFNL in Corby & Hampshire, H20 at Bournemouth & Dundee
Regional development authorities - e.g. Digital Region & NYnet in Yorkshire, Advantage West Midlands at Longbridge
Local authorities - e.g. Durham, Nottingham, Bristol, Walsall
Private developers - e.g. Wembley, Salford Quays, Belfast's Titanic Quarter
Community groups - e.g. CBN projects at Alston Moor, West Whitlawburn, Angus Glens

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WHY HAVE LOCAL NGA INITIATIVES?
It will enable the trialling of different technical options
It will enable the testing of different business models
It will act as a stimulus to other larger-scale private investments
It will over time help to demonstrate the scale and type of consumer demand for faster broadband speeds and the services that use such speeds

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DIGITAL BRITAIN FINAL REPORT
Paragraph 72 on page 67:
"Localised and community network developments have a role to play in developing next generation broadband, and where we can we should look to support their capacity, scale and expertise. Work on standardisation and inter-operability between local networks has already commenced. The Government will provide further support through a £150,000 grant to support the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA)."
Also: Next Generation Fund - will community groups be eligible?

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FURTHER INFORMATION
Communications Consumer Panel NGA review:
http://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/Local%20initiatives%20on%20Next%20Generation%20Access%20in%20the%20UK.pdf
http://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/smartweb/next-generation-networks/next-generation-networks
Communications Consumer Panel web site and blog:
http://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/
Roger Darlington:
rogerdarlington@dsl.pipex.com