Superfast Wireless Edinburgh (Connection Vouchers, Community Broadband, BDUK & more)
1. Superfast Wireless Roadshow
Hosted by Purdicom
With MLL Telecom, Siklu, Ceragon & Cambium Networks
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SSID: SMWSLeith_Members
Pass: SMWS1982
2. Purdicom and MLL Introductions
Superfast Urban Wireless
Edinburgh City Council
Superfast City Centre WiFi
Coffee Break
Superfast Rural Wireless
Community Broadband Scotland – An Introduction
Wireless CCTV
MLL Professional Services
Q&A
Close
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6. MLL Telecom: Brief History
Founded:
1992
USP:
Own 32GHz
spectrum &
advanced
services team
Focus:
Network
Solutions &
Professional
Services
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7. MLL Telecom: Success Stories
Enabled North
Lanarkshire
Council to support
30 mobile CCTV
Cameras
Partnered with O2
WiFi to provide
Westminster CC
with fast, reliable
WiFi
Built a high speed
fibre optic core
network for
Suffolk CC
connecting 700
sites
16. • Part of UK government’s £150m Super- Connected Cities
Project
• Edinburgh was one of 5 pilot cities for the voucher
scheme
• Full scheme went live Dec 2013, now Edinburgh has
£5.5m of broadband vouchers to give away to SMEs for
high speed internet connections
New UK voucher scheme that covers the costs of high
speed internet connections for SMEs in Edinburgh
17. • It employs between 1 and 249 persons
• It has an annual turnover not exceeding £40m
• It must have a trading address registered in Edinburgh
• It must be willing to sign up with a supplier for at least 6
months
• It can switch from a current supplier, but it must be for a
connection about 30mbps and they cannot already have a
connection above 30mbps.
SME Eligibility:
18. How to apply:
• Visit www.connectedvouchers.co.uk/edinburgh to contact
suppliers directly with your needs and use the jargon buster if
you want more detail regarding types of connections
• Head to www.edinburgh.gov.uk/broadbandvouchers for the
full application and Edinburgh- Specific info
• Get two quotes from registered Edinburgh suppliers of your
choice from the online list
• Submit quotes with your completed application
• Enjoy the benefits of high speed internet!
19. Urban Wireless: Metronet UK
Who:
Manchester
based ISP
Revenue:
£1million per
month (50%
yearly growth)
USP:
Unique
wireless-fibre
hybrid services
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20. Urban Wireless: Metronet UK
Metronet chose
Siklu to deliver 100s
of gigabit E band
links
Primary focus on
the Siklu EH1200TL
E band link
Metronet UK
connected over 100
voucher customers to
date
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21. Urban Wireless: Siklu
Field proven
quality:
Carrier grade
performance:
Over 7000 links
installed worldwide
Used by tier-1
carriers as well as
enterprise
MTBF >70 years
Survived monsoon
season in India and
Hurricane Sandy
Rich
feature set:
1Gbps over the air
TDD & FDD
Embedded powerful
L2 switch (VLAN,
QoS etc)
Advanced security
encryption
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22. New Product: Siklu EtherHaul-600T
Operating in 57-66GHz license-exempt band
1000Mbps (1Gbps) throughput
TDD technology
Size: 15cm2 (66Mbps per cm2 or 169Mbps per inch2)
Advanced modulation: QPSK – QAM64 @500MHz
Super low latency: 350usec
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24. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: The Problem
Councils want to
generate revenue
No (or bad)
Mobile Signal
Individual Rural
Homes
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25. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: The Solution
MESH Backhaul
Option
Phased
Projects
Capable Wireless
Access Points
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26. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: The Funding
Economic Development:
Councils seeking to improve
the “Digital Divide”
Projects fall into either
Funded or Concessions
Rush for Cash:
Councils selling use of street
furniture
Mobile operators only interested in
large footfall areas (London,
Manchester etc)
Business model based on long term
use / rental from sales of sites
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27. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: Market Direction
People need to
use it!
Better, faster,
stronger WiFi
Share the
backhaul
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28. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring)
Who:
MLL Telecom
for Tendring
Council
Revenue:
15 minutes
free Wi-Fi &
pay-as-you-go
service
Project Scale:
1st phase in
August 2013
for Clacton air
show
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29. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring)
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30. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring)
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31. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring)
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32. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring)
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33. Ruckus Wireless 7782
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Tech Specs:
Industrys most powerful outdoor access point
3x3:3 MIMO 802.11n
30°, 120°, omni directional, or external antenna options for
very high-density deployments in arenas, stadiums,
airports, etc
36. Rural Wireless: The Problem
Forgotten Rural
Business Parks
Slow
Speeds
Individual Rural
Homes
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37. Rural Wireless: The Funding
Commercial:
E.g. BT’s Fibre to the Cabinet
(FTTC) rollout
Many Wireless ISPs across the
country operation in rural
areas
State-Aid:
Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK)
Rural Communities Broadband Fund
(funded by DEFRA)
Superfast Extension Programme
“Last 5% / Innovative Solutions”
Super-connected Cities
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38. Rural Wireless: The Pitfalls
Need for
[more] Speed
Long Decision
Making Process
Time is
Running Out
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39. Rural Wireless: Technology & Approaches
Mobile 4G (and
5G) Networks
Fixed Wireless
Access
Local Fibre
(FTTC)
Whitespace
Frequency
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42. Rural Wireless: Airband
Airband chose
Cambium Point to
Multipoint & Point
to Point
Delivering 30Mbps to
14 parishes accounting
for 2000 residential
and 200 business
connections
Future expansion of
rural network for High
Speed Business &
connection vouchers
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44. Rural Wireless: Cambium Networks
Field proven
quality:
Other Notable
Deployments:
60oc to -40oc
temperature range
2.2billion field
hours logged
Survives wind
speeds up to 202mph
Dundee City Council
Total Oil & Gas rigs
AllPay Broadband
(Wireless ISP)
Aberdeenshire
Council
Superior 5GHz
performance:
450Mbps PTP
125Mbps per sector
PMP
Line of sight and
non-line of sight
Long distances (up
to 30km+)
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45. Cambium Networks PMP 450
High Spectral
Efficiency
GPS Sync
OFDM & 2x 2
MIMO enables
nLOS / NLOS
Triple Play
Data, Voice &
Video V Low
Latency & QoS
Sector capacity
of 125+Mbps DL
of 60-65Mbps
3.5, 3.6, 5.4 &
5.8 GHz
In 5, 10 & 20MHz
channels
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46. Cambium Networks PMP 450
Quick and
simple to install
MTBF of 141
years
CCTV
SC Backhaul
Last Mile access
DR
Low cost,
reliable and
secure
broadband and
backhaul
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47. Cambium Networks PTP 650
Carrier Grade
Reliability IP66
& 67 50 year
MTBF
Rural & Urban
Broadband CCTV
& WiFi backhaul
Enterprise
Less time to
deploy
Minimal
disruption to
environment
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48. Cambium Networks PTP650
High Spectral
Efficiency
10Bs / Hz
Max 450Mbps
aggregate in
channel sizes
from 5 to 45Mhz
Wide band 4.9 to
6.05GHz
V High link
reliability with
DSO to enable
99.999%
Secure with
FIPS 197 and
FIPS 140-2
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50. Why?
• “an ambition for Scotland to become a world
class digital nation and requires that people
living, working and visiting Scotland can
communicate and connect instantly using any
device, anywhere, anytime.”
• Scotland’s World Class 2020 Vision
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51. Why?
• “Delivering Next Generation Broadband
capability to our most remote and rural
communities WILL have a transformational
impact on how those communities Live,
Learn and Work”
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52. What?
•Help Communities Who Want To Go Faster and
Further
•Help Fund Those Communities Who Are
Unlikely to Benefit From Step Change
•Closing The Digital Divide
59. MLL Professional Services
• UK Tier 2 Network Operator
• Radio backhaul specialist
• Over 22 years experience
• Solutions:
– Managed radio and fibre mobile backhaul solutions
– PtP / PtMP Microwave radio
– Fixed wireless access
– Fixed access (EFM, NGA, fibre)
– IP/MPLS network solutions
– E2E professional services
• National UK spectrum owner
– 32GHz & 40GHz
– High availability , Reliable and Interference free
– 10-1000Mbps
– Upto 10km
– Low latency
– MLL Telecom controlled and assigned
60. MLL Professional Services
1: Network
Design
• Full Design Capabilities – PtP & PtMP
• Above 80% success DLoS to LoS (55% MNO
average)
• MLL Telecom and OFCOM controlled
spectrum
• 50,000+ database of sites
• Hybrid Design expertise - Bringing fibre
and Microwave together
• Access to Openreach products, national
fibre providers and wholesale resellers
61. MLL Professional Services
2: Site
Acquisition
• Full Turnkey service & Professional services
– Site owner negotiations
– Planning applications
– AONB specialist
• Code Powers Tier 2 operator (OFCOM
“Electronic Communications Code”)
• Experienced in Multiple site types
– Arqiva, WIG etc
– MNO
– Community
– Streetworks / Greenfield
• Linked and RAG’d against design options
62. MLL Professional Services
3: Site
Enablement,
Installation
& Migration
• Chosen partner for MNOs & Rural
Broadband
• 20-50 LoS/I&C a week
• Experience in 20+ vendor
hardware includes
– Microwave
– Ethernet
– Outdoor WiFi
– EFM/FTTC
– MPLS
63. MLL Professional Services
4: Project
Management
• Prince 2 & PMI certified Project
managers
• ITIL Processes
• ISO 9001 / 27001
• Service Assurance + Project
governance
64. MLL Professional Services
5: Network
Operation
Management
• UK on-site 24/7/365
– 126 contracts,
– 33 customers,
– 1,743 UK wide sites and
– Average 3.5 hours incident resolution
– 250+ incidents managed by NOC each month
• Marlow Based
• 35+ different vendors on-boarded
• In and out of band management
• Dedicated SPOC
65. MLL Professional Services
6: Field
Maintenance
• MLL Telecom in-house resource
• Fully UK Mainland coverage
• Standard 4+4 service
• Multi skilled
– Microwave
– Ethernet/IP
– Climbers + Rooftop
• Annual service or Ad-Hoc callout
66. MLL Professional Services
• Access to national spectrum below Ofcom rates
• Bespoke or turnkey solutions in partnership with Purdicom
– Network Design
– Site Acquisition
– Site Enablement, Installation & migration
– Project Management
– Network Operation Management
– Field Maintenance