The document summarizes digital infrastructure deployment initiatives in Wales, including: 1) A new tendered rollout scheme to expand fibre coverage to over 26,000 homes and businesses through 3 lots by 2021. 2) Additional projects to develop an open access duct network along major trunk roads and deploy fibre from Severn river crossings to west Wales. 3) Grant and voucher schemes to fund new broadband connections for homes and businesses through Access Broadband Cymru and UK schemes. 4) Support campaigns and community initiatives to encourage broadband adoption and assist communities in getting connected.

1. Digital Infrastructure Deployment in Wales
Vivien Collins
Llywodraeth Cymru
Welsh Government
Digital Infrastructure Deployment in Wales
Vivien Collins
Llywodraeth Cymru
Welsh Government

3. Interventions – Further Fibre Rollout
A new OJEU tendered rollout scheme
1269 Structures, Delivering 26180 SHP
LOT 1
355 FTTP Structures supporting 5900 Prems
LOT 2
485 FTTP Structures supporting 10099 Prems
LOT 3
429 FTTP Structures supporting 10175 Prems
• 8931 SHP by the end of March 2020
• 8883 SHP by the end of September 2020
• 8366 SHP by the end of March 2021

4. Interventions – Further Fibre Rollout
• Trunk Road Concession Project and LFFN
• A project to develop a proposition to allow operators to
deploy an open access duct network along the major trunk
roads in Wales
• LFFN strategic bid to deploy fibre from the Severn river
crossings to west Wales
• Additional Premises covered under Phase 3
Interventions – Grants andVouchers
• Access Broadband Cymru
• Grant scheme to fund (or part fund) the installation costs of
new broadband connections for homes and businesses
• DCMS Gigabit Voucher Scheme
• Working with DCMS to provide top-ups if applicable.
• DCMS Rural Connectivity Scheme

5. Interventions – Campaigns and
Support
• Superfast Business Exploitation Wales
• Helping businesses to understand, adopt and exploit the business
opportunities presented by the rollout of superfast broadband
across Wales
• Superfast Broadband Public Information Campaigns
• Regional communications and engagement campaigns to inform
home users of the advantages of superfast broadband and
encourage take-up of the technology
• Objective - to reach 50% take up of superfast cymru infrastructure
by 2023 – target already exceeded
• Community surgeries and support
• Engagement exercises to assist communities to get connected
• Assist community WiFi projects eg. Crai, Michaelston y Fedw
underpinned by financial assistance from Welsh Government
towards connection costs.
• Ongoing work to develop community focussed schemes with a
regional outreach teams to work with clusters of homes or
businesses to achieve a solution.

6. Interventions – Strategic Input
• Public Sector Broadband Aggregation
• A managed network which connects nearly all areas of the public sector in
Wales to a private network
• IX Cardiff
• A dedicated Internet Exchange in the heart of Cardiff providing local access to
internet peering. It offers secure, reliable and cost effective data transit,
fundamental to businesses that need to routinely send large amounts of data
around the globe.
• Innovation Point
• 5G evolution - Earliest commercial deployment across UK scheduled for 2020.
• UK Government and Devolved Nations –
• Working closely with DCMS and other devolved administrations in the
development and implementation of telecommunications policy across the UK.
• New Technology Opportunities –
• Working to advise, influence and facilitate new digital connectivity
opportunities including full fibre innovations,TV white space and internet of
things .

7. Thank you