Adrian Wooster from Gigaclear at INCA's Edinburgh 'Future Digital Infrastructure' seminar 31/5/2018

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Future Digital
Infrastructure Workshop
Adrian Wooster
Head of Strategy,
Gigaclear Networks

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The rural fibre specialist
60,000
properties past
350,000
planned & scheduled
20,000km
of rural trenches
1,000,000 Or moreOn the way to
with in

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The rural fibre specialist
Scaling through innovation
AI-based
automated design
3D LiDAR
surveying
Faster, greener
build techniques

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More than a vision
• Vision – “I agree: fibre is the future”*
• Strategy - FTIR
– An opportunity to reflect on how the current
market operates
– Reconsider structural difficulties delivering full
fibre
• Tactical – Barrier Busting
– Very effective in removing procedural issues
slowing delivery
• Wayleaves
• Highways & noticing
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* Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Broadband World Forum, 2017

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“I am now setting a new target to see
full-fibre to the premises […] to 15
million premises […] by 2025
“Running both copper and fibre
networks indefinitely will not benefit
either the consumer or the industry…
…so we must start thinking now about
that switchover […] to move customers
away from copper and on to fibre
Chancellor speech: CBI Annual Dinner 2018

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Path to a
copper
sunset…
There just too much to do for everyone to
spend scarce time, money & resources
overbuilding each other!
BUT
We want a competitive environment
without collusion & excessive market
controls

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Path to a
copper
sunset…
1. Broadband USO
• Competitive Framework
• Technical interoperability (ALA revisited?)
• Commercial interoperability - bilateral or market
agreements
2. Voice & Broadband USO aligned
• Ofcom’s All-IP work
• PSTN switch-off

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