The document discusses the objectives and progress of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) in improving broadband connectivity across the UK. Key points include: 1) BDUK's goals to provide superfast broadband to 90% of UK premises by early 2016 and 95% by late 2017, as well as universal standard broadband. 2) An update that BDUK has connected over 4 million additional premises so far, bringing the total to over 25.8 million with superfast broadband. 3) BDUK is continuing efforts to reach and exceed the 95% target through ongoing contracts and new procurements to serve unserved areas.

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Dean Creamer
Broadband Delivery UK
Improving broadband connectivity

2. • Provide superfast broadband to 90% of premises in the UK by early
2016, and further extend this to 95% of the UK by December 2017
• Provide universal access to standard broadband (speeds of more
than 2 Mbps)
• Test the viability of alternative technologies and commercial
models for delivering superfast broadband in hard to reach areas
• Provide State aid cover to support Local Body broadband rollout
Broadband Delivery UK: Objectives

3. 1. Superfast broadband coverage available to 90% of UK homes and businesses (up
from 45% in 2010); on track to achieve 95% by Dec 2017
2. BDUK programme has connected around 4 million additional premises to
date, bringing the total number of superfast premises to over 25.8 million
3. Launched universal 2Mbps standard broadband access across the UK
4. Seven Market Test Pilots completed to test alternative solutions to deliver superfast
broadband
5. Achieved approval for an umbrella State aid scheme with capacity for £500 million of
new broadband projects
Broadband Delivery UK: Delivering

4. Phase 1, Phase 2 and beyond
Programme Funding Coverage
Phase 1 £1.23 billion of public investment to date (roughly £530
million central government, £200 million ERDF, £500 million
local government)
75% - 90%
Phase 2 Up to £500 million of public investment to date (roughly
£260 million central government and £240 million local
government)
90% - 95%
Gainshare and
efficiencies
BT have announced £258 million of gainshare funding to be
reinvested due to better than expected take-up of superfast
broadband. £129 million is available now for reinvestment by
Local Bodies
BDUK on track to achieve £150 million of efficiency gains
(underspend) for reinvestment by local bodies
95% and
beyond

5. BDUK and Local Bodies are continuing with plans to reach – and exceed –
the 95% superfast target by undertaking 3 core activities:
1. Closely managing existing contracts to completion or extending
contracts where appropriate
2. Running new procurements to support rollout of superfast broadband
to additional unserved areas
3. Working with suppliers to maximise potential commercial coverage
The Universal Service Obligation (USO) promises a minimum of 10Mbps,
but BDUK want to take superfast as far as possible
How do we take superfast further?

6. The increasing role of alternative providers
June 2013
Rural Community
Broadband Fund
(~£1m)
• Tove Valley
• Northmoor
(Gigaclear)
June 2014
7 x Market Test Pilots
(£8m)
• AB Internet
• Airwave
• Avanti
• CallFlow
• Cybermoor
• Quickline
• Satellite Internet
2015
Phase 2
Procurements (£20m)
• Airband
• Callflow
• Cotswold (ITS)
• Gigaclear x3
• UK Broadband
+ Continuing
engagement with
INCA, Hyperoptic,
City Fibre and other
alternative suppliers

7. • Seven Market Test Pilots deployed across the UK
• Mixture of technologies including wireless, fibre to the premise, satellite
and hybrid
• Over 1,400 customer connections across the pilots. Surveys show that
pilot customers are consistently happy across the technologies with the
services they are receiving
• The pilots may also help overcome some of the infrastructure challenges in
the most sparsely populated areas
• The pilots have demonstrated the viability of smaller suppliers and
alternative technologies in hard to reach areas
The success of the Market Test Pilots

8. The Market Test Pilots
Supplier Activity Host local body
Avanti plc (Satellite) Superfast satellite services for 1,000 end users Scottish Government
DETI Northern Ireland
Satellite Internet
(Satellite)
Superfast satellite and satellite as a backhaul
solution for 420 premises
Devon and Somerset
Cybermoor (Hybrid) Hybrid FTTP and Fixed wireless to delver superfast
to 300 premises.
Northumberland
Call Flow (Hybrid) Hybrid FTTC, FTTP and Fixed wireless to deliver
superfast to 1,700 premises
Hampshire
Airwave (Fixed
wireless)
Four next-generation wireless systems to deliver
superfast to 300 premises in a national park
North Yorkshire
Quickline (Fixed
Wireless)
Testing a range of line of sight, near line of sight
and non-line of site technologies to deliver
superfast to 4,000 premises
North Lincolnshire
AB Internet (Fixed
Wireless)
Fixed wireless network to deliver superfast for
1,600 end users in Monmouthshire
Welsh Government

9. Fixed wireless: AB Internet, a Case Study
● The network deployed by
AB Internet is equivalent
to the size of the M25
● 219 working days, from
start to finish, to deliver the
network
● AB Internet have since
won a contract to deliver
superfast access in
Scotland

10. Over £170m of pending procurements
Highlands
and Islands
£21m
Rest of
Scotland
£21m
North Yorkshire
£20m
Herefordshire
and Gloucestershire
£20m
Devon and Somerset
£45mCornwall
£13m
Dorset
£4m
Wiltshire and
S. Gloucestershire
£4m
Essex
£4m
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
£4m
Berkshire
£3m
Northamptonshire
£2m
Shropshire
£12m
BDUK current rough estimates:
Up to ~£170m funding and ~600,000
addressable NGA White premises
Indicative
information –
Subject to
change

11. • Major commercial investment happening: we expect up to £10 billion worth
of industry investment in the next four years
• This is primarily in Ultrafast technology: BT has pledged £6 billion and
Virgin Media £3 billion, bringing ultrafast to a combined total of 16 million
more premises
• Also seeing significant investment from K Com and alternative providers
like Gigaclear and Hyperoptic who will be providing their FTTP coverage to
hundreds of thousands of UK premises
• Between them the Mobile Network Operators are investing £5 billion to
reach 90% voice geographic coverage by 2017
Encouraging private investment

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Super Connected Cities – Overview
• £150m to improve UK cities’ digital infrastructure via increased availability of fast
broadband across 50 cities and surrounding areas
• Three different interventions:
o vouchers for small businesses to connect to better broadband
o free Wi-Fi in public buildings and public transport, and
o innovative projects to support cities’ digital ambitions

13. Super Connected Cities – Connection Vouchers
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• Grants to 50,000 small businesses for superfast and ultrafast connections, employing
up to 1 million people, with more than 42,000 connected to date
• Impact:
o 1,100% increase in average speeds for businesses connected
o Broadband increasing SME profits - helping create one new job for every four
connections
o Return on investment of over £5 for every £1
o Smaller/local suppliers have taken around 86% of the total value of the vouchers
- greater competition and innovation in the market
• Scheme was available 52 cities across the UK, including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff
and Belfast and demonstrated the benefits of broadband for small firms

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Super Connected Cities – Free Public Wi-Fi
• 100m Wi-fi enabled visit to 1500 public builings including
museums, galleries, libraries, community centre
• National History Museum - Visitor App – 15k downloads in the
first few months and a new sponsorship deal
• Belfast community centres digital inclusion training
programme - 8k users in first 4mths
• Cambridge Children’s Centres help parents jobs search,
access benefits, housing and family health services.
• Sports teams at Newport Velodrome can now upload real time
performance data
• Wi-Fi in 1400 buses, trams and local trains – around 4mil
users in Edinburgh alone

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Super Connected Cities – Digital Innovation
• Newcastle: £1m Cloud Computing Centre supports SME R&D, knowledge transfer and
skills improvement
• Brighton: £750k Digital Exchange allows internet providers to share data and co-locate
equipment, providing better broadband services to local SME sector
• ‘Open Bristol’: £4m for Europe’s
first Smart City R&D programme
• SMEs and multinationals can test
new hardware and software
• 'Smart City Innovator of the Year'
World Digital Award, beating
competition from Asia, America
and Europe

16. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bduk-
new-procurement-pipeline
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