INCA Rural Broadband Seminar

MLL Telecom Solution forBDUK Innovation Fund

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MLL TelecomBackground

• Over 20 years experience of radio & fibre• Capabilities

• Microwave• Design, Planning, Site Acquisition, I&C• Managed Services – 24 x 7 NOC• National Spectrum – 32GHz and 40GHz

• PTP (e.g. backhaul) and PTMP (e.g. small cell)

• Fixed Networks – Licensed Operator with Code Powers• Local Loop Unbundling• National Service Platform (NSP)

• IP transit, Internet and Tier 1 Connections• Metro Wi-Fi / Small Cell

• Wi-Fi for O2 - Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea

MLL TelecomWholesale Open Access Solutions

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Innovation Fund – MLL Deliverables• A Common Wholesale & OSS Platform for FWA• A cut-down, “Lite” OSS solution to be given Free of Charge

to network operators or communities/organisations wishing to deploy a network

• A Fixed Wireless Access broadband solution in Kent• Extend Cost-Effective Carrier Fibre Backhaul to the FWA

deployment by using Radio (Backhaul Extension by Radio - BEBR) up to 25km

• The Integration of an Existing Network into the Wholesale Platform to allow it to be provided wholesale to other operators / ISPs and to test connectivity, process, handoff, provisioning and wholesale billing

Wholesale Platform

The MLL Wholesale Platform brings together ISPs and alternative access providers to create a wholesale access

marketplace.

A building block approach opens up rural and underserved areas where it was previously too costly to deploy

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WISPs – Closed v Open Access

Only These Areas require State Aid Market sorts this part

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Wholesale PlatformComponents

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Wholesale Platform

• Build FWA network in Kent• Integrate existing network• Automate provisioning• Standardise Products• Service & Network Mgmt

• Connect multiple ISPs• Offer services across multiple

networks• Automate Provisioning• Wholesale Billing

• Marketplace for services• Coverage Mgmt• Contract Mgmt• OSS Lite or Full for small

networks

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FWA Design for Kent(Coverage)

• Purple pushpins - postcode locations for the last 5%. There were 3583 individual postcode iocations in Kent with a total of 26,008 premises.

• Orange squares are the base station locations for the 3 sites on the design.

• Yellow labels are the generic sector azimuths. We used 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees to provide a 360 degree coverage.

• Black squares are alternative sites that we looked at for coverage but are switched off to do the coverage plot for the 3 sites on the design.

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Backhaul Extension By Radio(BEBR)

BEBR is an innovative way of extending backhaul fibre to the areas that need it most, without the high cost of civils.

• Identify closest fibre location to customer site• MLL builds a monopole next to the fibre• Fibre provider only needs to dig 1 metre• Microwave radio using MLL’s own 32Ghz spectrum or other Ofcom licensed

spectrum links the monopole/fibre backhaul to the remote customer location at speeds of up to 1Gb (up to 25km)

• Access Cost Effective Fibre

Questions?

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