The document outlines the broadband strategy of the Lower Austrian province through 2030. It aims to provide future-proof, reliable broadband connectivity with high speeds and low latency to the province's 1.6 million inhabitants across 573 communities. Currently, only parts of the province have access to fast or ultra-fast broadband. To remedy this, the strategy will invest 1.03 billion Euros to build a fiber optic network across the entire province by 2030, funded through public and private partnerships. This will ensure universal access to broadband and help close the digital divide in rural areas.

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For providing a sustainable broadband
connectivity in rural areas
F T T H C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 1 5
1 0 - 1 2 F E B R U A RY - E X P O X X I , WA R S AW, P O L A N D
THE LOWER AUSTRIAN PROVINCE
BROADBAND STRATEGY 2030

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Province of Lower Austria
1.618.592 inhabitants
85 inh/km2
573 communities
+750.000 households
+80.000 SMEs

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Targeted objective of the province of
Lower Austria
Future proof, reliable and
symmetrical broadband
connectivity with extreme
low latency and high
capacity

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Current situation: basis broadband
( > 2 Mbit/s)

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Current situation: fast broadband
(> 30 Mbit/s)

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Current situation: ultra fast broadband
(>100 Mbit/s)

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Further development
Today only fiber
connectivity can reach
the targeted objectives

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Further development
Today only fiber
connectivity can reach
the targeted objectives¼private market

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Further development
Today only fiber
connectivity can reach
the targeted objectives¼private market
¾market failure

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How market failure will be fixed?
• European Commission, Guide to
High-Speed Broadband
Investment, Release 1.1 – 22
October 2014.
• Three-layer open model (3LOM)
– Strictly separating the role of physical
infrastructure provider, network
provider and service provider

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How much does it costs and where
the money is coming from?
• Physical infrastructure provider: public
company
• Top-down calculation done by next.kom
GmbH (Germany)
• Total Investment of € 1,03 billion
– equity € 261 million
– cumulated debt financing € 653 million
• Prerequisite: Take-rate 40%
• Austrian Ministry for Transport,
Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)
– € 1 billion for broadband available
– 26% to be awarded to Lower Austria

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One of the proposals in discussion
Federal State
Province of Lower
Austria
“Broadband Austria Ltd.”
Eoplus. The Business Agency of
Lower Austria Ltd.
“Broadband Infrastructure for
Lower Austria Ltd.”
Lower Austria Fiber
Infrastructure Ltd.
Private Infrastructure
3%
90%
7%
Order for
realization

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3LOM: Strictly separating the role of physical
infrastructure provider, network provider and service
provider
Network Provider (Wholesale-only)

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Wholesale-only Network Providers

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Wholesale-only Network Providers
offering their service in Austria

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Starting in five Regions
• Lower Austria
Infrastructure Company
Ltd founded
• € 5 million approved for
Proof-of-Concept
– Realization in 2015/2016
– Up to 3.000 FTTB/FTTH
connections
• Additional € 25 million in
approval

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Main goals
• Build standardized passive Infrastructure
• Establishing the process for planning, building and
maintaining passive infrastructure
• Efficient contract management
• Exploit synergies in state administration (road service, water
management, data, quality control – experts)
• Provide basic data (GIP, GWR address points, Basemap)
• Provide funding (province, union / BMVIT, EU)

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Last but not least
„We can't solve problems by using the same kind of
thinking we used when we created them“
Albert Einstein
We have not a
broadband, but an
infrastructure problem!

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Project website: www.noegig.at
Contact
DI Dr. Igor Brusic
Tel. +43 2742 9000 19767
E-Mail: i.brusic@ecoplus.at
Thank you for your attention!