INCA Conference - 16th November 2017

1. Building our
Gigabit Cities
INCA Conference
16th November 2017

2. Copper is dead ?
Policy momentum is supportive of full
fibre and 5G
Government’s ambition:
“10m FTTP premises by 2025”
“A clear path to national FTTP
coverage over the next decade”
Industry FTTP ‘pledges’ already ~20m
premises

3. Building the UK’s Full Fibre Future

4. • 42 cities today
• Target to reach 100 towns & cities
• £200m equity raise – July 2017
• Expand to 50 cities
• Commence FTTH rollout in 2018
• FTTT infrastructure for 4G/5G
• Entanet acquisition – August 2017
• Serving 1,500 CPs and resellers
• Creating the leading wholesale only infrastructure
and wholesale services provider
• Vodafone FTTH partnership – November 2017
• FTTP rollout to 5.0m premises by 2025
• Construction starts in 2018, first phase 1.0m
homes across 12 cities
CityFibre’s Progress

5. Who Benefits?

6.  Purpose build full fibre spine infrastructure
 ‘Well Planned City’ methodology - capacity for ubiquitous FTTP and 5G
 Strong local authority relationships
Full-Fibre Spines in 100 Towns and Cities
Edinburgh Example:
 150km of full fibre
spine infrastructure
 Built in 9 months
 Connects 324 public
sector sites, including
137 schools
 Able to serve 7,000
businesses today
 Potential to serve
17,000 businesses
 Designed for expansion
to fibre to the home
(FTTH)
 Fibre infrastructure for
4G and 5G mobile

7.  Full fibre FTTP to homes and SMEs
 5.0m premises passed by 2025 – 50% of Government’s target
 Wholesale only - ‘neutral host’ passive fibre infrastructure model
Expanding to FTTP
York Trial:
 Proved deployment
model and economics
 Uses CityFibre’s full
fibre spine networks
 Penetration exceeded
30% after 18 months
Commercial Rollout:
 Anchored by Vodafone
 Construction
commences 2018
 1.0m premises in first
phase – 12 cities
 5.0m premises by 2025

8.  Natural synergies – 5G wireless overlay of FTTP infrastructure
 Exploiting strong economies of scope and scale – ubiquitous fibre backhaul
Providing Fibre to 5G Small Cells

9. Active
Layer
Physical
Layer
Openreach
FTTC and Ethernet
BT
Wholesale
Systems
ISP
Channels
CityFibre Fibre Infrastructure
Full-Fibre
Infrastructure
Access Ethernet
FTTH/FTTP/FTTT
Opening up Full-Fibre to ISPs
Unified Portals, Billing, API’s
>1,500 CPs and Resellers
Talk
Talk
Virgin
Cable
Virgin
Other Networks

10. Supporting Local Initiatives
• Policy momentum is supportive of full fibre and 5G
• DCMS LFFN: Encouraging local authorities to support full-fibre
• Full fibre spines  FTTP & 5G
• Public sector anchor tenancy & demand aggregation
• Use of public sector assets
• Gigabit connection vouchers
• CityFibre: considerable experience in building the UK’s Gigabit Cities

11. Mark Collins
mark.collins@cityfibre.com
www.cityfibre.com