Natalija gelvanovska

Application of Infrastructure

Mapping with the Aim of Achieving

Regulatory Goals FTTH Council Europe conference

“Infrastructure Mapping – Approaches,

Benefits and Challenges” London, UK

February 19, 2013 Ms. Natalija Gelvanovska

Senior ICT Policy Specialist, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank [email protected]

New WBG ICT Sector Strategy

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Scale up affordable access to broadband Internet

Scale up the Use of ICT to Transform Service Delivery and Promote Open and Accountable Development

Support ICT Innovation for jobs and competitiveness across economies

From Opportunities to Impact

CONNECT

TRANSFORM

INNOVATE

Three areas which may potentially benefit from mapping

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Supply side

State Aid Issues

Demand side

1. Broadband maps

2. Inventories of developed Telecom infrastructure

3. Maps of the Civil engineering infrastructures which may be used for Broadband deployment

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1. Broadband maps

Why to map?

Demand side

Transparency, Promotion of BB, Fostering competition

Broadband maps

• Purpose: for End users:

– to provide End user with the information about the availability about the BB access on particular geographical area;

– Overall aim is to stimulate the Demand for Broadband.

• What information is presented:

– Availability of BB: geographical areas are marked depending on the speed which is available;

– Providers of BB: list of providers with contact details, etc.

• Features:

– Broadband providers may upload the information about the areas where they provide BB services;

– End users may claim absence of the Internet access in particular areas, etc.


Broadband maps (USA)

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Broadband maps (UK)

• http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/

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1. Broadband maps


State Aid Issues

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2. Inventory of national telecom infrastructure developed so far

Why to map?

Supply side

Network access points (for operators); Geographical market segmentation (for

regulatory decisions), State aid, etc.

Inventory of the Existing telecom infrastructure

• Purpose: for Regulators/Governments:

– to provide information about the telecom infrastructure developed on the territory of the country which is needed to:

• take the decisions regarding the State Aid;

• decide on the geographical segmentation within the market analysis process (i.e. markets 4 and 5);

• provide operators with the information about the possible access points.


– Detailed information about the networks developed;

– Information about the planned roll-outs?

• Issues:

– Confidentiality will always be an issue leading all the project;

– Approaches for co-operation with operators, e.g. agreements, obligations, laws…

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Inventory of telecom infrastructure (Poland: SIPS)

• The aim of the SIPS project is twofold:

1. to create the information infrastructure in order to support the government and local administrations while deciding upon State Aid:

• Identification of Black, Grey and White areas;

2. to provide operators with information about network access points so that to ensure that existing infrastructure could be shared more effectivey while broadband networks are deployed:

• Core networks; Buildings available for co-location, etc.

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Inventory of Infrastructure (Germany: Infrastructure Atlas)

Containing geoinformation of infrastructure in Germany, that may be shared while broadband networks are expanded;

Background: The Federal Government‘s Broadband Strategy, Status: February 2009

Optical fiber; Ducts, conduits; MDFs, street cabinets; Masts, antennas, towers; Other infrastructures (e.g. buildings)

Source: infrastructure owners on a voluntary basis.

Source: Steffen Schmitt – Project Director Infrastructure Atlas Federal Network Agency, for Planning Broadband Investments Workshop Brussels, 7th March 2011 11

2. Inventory of national telecom infrastructure developed so far

Network access points (for operators); Geographical market segmentation (for

regulatory decisions), State aid, etc.

1. Broadband maps


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Why to map?

Supply side

State Aid Issues

3. Maps containing information about the civil engineering infrastructure which

may be uses for deployment of BB networks

Possibility to consider alternative (potentially more cost effective) approaches for network roll out.

Infrastructure maps

• Purpose: for Operators:

– to provide deployers with information about the existing civil engineering infrastructure which may potentially be used for network roll-out;


– Underground: pipes, manholes, chambers, etc.;

– Aboveground: poles, buildings, etc.

• Features:

– In some countries all such information is being collected and maintained by municipalities.


Inventory of Infrastructure (Portugal)

– ICP-ANACOM is responsible for design, manage, and maintain a Centralized Information System (CIS), and to make it accessible and available, containing data on records of infrastructures held by public bodies and by electronic communications operators;

– Legal background: Decree Law;

– The provisions of the Decree Law is applicable to:

• the State, Autonomous Regions and local authorities;

• all entities under the authority or supervision of bodies of the State, Autonomous Regions and local authorities, performing administrative tasks, regardless of their entrepreneurial nature, as well as to public companies and concessionaries, particularly those active in the field of infrastructures for roads, railways, ports, airports, water supply, sewerage, and transport and distribution of gas and electricity;

• Other bodies holding or exploiting infrastructures that integrate the public domain of the State, Autonomous Regions and local authorities.


Inventory of Infrastructure (Portugal)

• Aim: These who:

– hold the infrastructures suitable for the accommodation of electronic communications networks,

– electronic communications companies, as well as

– holders of infrastructures suitable for the accommodation of electronic communications networks that are used by the latter,

shall draw up, keep and permanently update a record with descriptive and geo-referenced information of infrastructures suitable for the accommodation of electronic communications networks, namely ducts, inspection chambers, manholes and associated infrastructures;

Status:

– ICP-ANACOM launched a public consultation in order to define the format under which the CIS elements are made available;

– Consultation is finished, final decision – pending.

The CIS Data Records of infrastructure shall include, in accordance with the procedures to be laid down by ICP – ANACOM, the following minimum elements:

– Location, geo-reference, layout and main resources allocated;

– Most relevant technical characteristics, including size, type of infrastructures.


Infrastructure Maps (Lithuania: E-infrastruktūra project)

– Historically local municipalities collect information about the constructions performed, including information about all the underground infrastructure;

– After such information comes to municipality it is digitalized or it is not (depends on municipality):

• No legally binding requirements to digitalize the paper plans are foreseen in

the national legal base at the moment;

– Operators which seek to perform deployment of fiber contact appropriate local municipality and obtain (normally) a paper copy (copies) of the local plans containing also an information about the underground communications;

– Some municipalities allow not only to see the infrastructure constructed, but also To download the .dwg with information on constructed and planned to construct infrastructure and to upload the project for authorization;


Infrastructure Maps (Lithuania: E-infrastruktūra project)


Thank you!


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