1. Common Fibre Optic Infrastructure Strategies

2. LuxConnect is a private limited company setup in January 2007
The mission of LuxConnect
To promote and facilitate high level ICT invests in Luxembourg
Objectives
Raising Luxembourg on International Internet “maps”
“State of art” space available in Data Centres
Interlinking countries
Driver
New economical pillar inside Luxembourg

3. DC 1.1 Bettembourg
Space for racks: 3.000m2
In service since June 2009
6 MVA
DC 1.2 Bettembourg
Space for racks: 1.300m2
Active since February 2011
DC 2 Roost
Space for racks: 4.800m2
Operational since April 2013
14 MVA
DC 1.3 Bettembourg
Space for racks: 5.480m2
Ready in July 2015
10 MVA

4. Luxembourg is connected to the German grid (Amprion) via two double HV lines
The Gas Network from Creos is interconnected to the German, French and Belgian Networks.
Transport Network
High Pressure (HP) : bar
Distribution Network
Medium Pressure(MP) : 0,1-1 bar
Low Pressure(BP) : 0,01-0,1 bar
High Voltage to High Voltage from 220 kV to 65 kV
5 stations
High Voltage to Medium Voltage from 65 kV to 20 kV
48 stations over Luxembourg
Medium Voltage to Low Voltage from 20 kV to 0,4 kV
2 428 stations

5. POWER GAS Total length of the grid 9.013,2 km Total consumption
4.887,9
GWh
Border Exchanges (Import)
4.243,8
86,8 %
Indigenous Production
644,1
13,2 %
Number of transformers
220 kV à 65 kV 13
transformers
65 kV à 20 kV 84
20 kV à 400V
2428
Figures on
POWER
Network length
1.885,3 km
BP/MP 1.473,3 km - HP 412 km
Transported volume
13.338,5
GWh
Peak
Nm3/h
Total capacity
Total points supplied
41.140
customers
Municipalities 45
municipalities
Figures on
GAS

6. ? Drivers Interconnecting as many as possible MV stations
No contiguous network-Hundred’s of segments
Cost effective solution
Accelerated rollout ?
“Red” network realized – “Green” network projected
Cost effective solution
Accelerated rollout

7. - National fiber Network ( Dark fiber)
- > 850km of fiber optics
- All kind of school and municipality buildings connected
- Collective antenna sites connected
- Nationwide interconnection of all Data Centers
- Competitive development of dark fibre offer
Actual Duct system: (only related to MV projects)
277 km of tubes 125/110mm
Only segments
60 km of tubes 32mm installed
(inside 125/110mm)
56 km of tubes 50mm along the Gas network
0 Stations MT/Gas interconnected
via fibre optic

8. Overall beginning A B Projected link LuxConnectMV MV A B MV
Projected link LuxConnect
Existing Segments from Creos MV
Medium Voltage stations
Projected Manholes

9. The solution 1/2 Creos implements in his segments a flatliner
in existing ducts, or in newer projects
only a flatliner
LuxConnect implements in his segments
a flatliner
125/110mm
Creos implements in the last mile sector
a smaller flatliner
125/110mm

10. The solution 2/2 Creos implements only fibre optics in the
last mile sector
LuxConnect is renting from Creos a third
of their tubes ex. orange colored,
implements their fibres optics
Costs: 1m of tubes = 2m of 12 fibres optics
LuxConnect implements manholes with their
splice box
Creos enters in the same manhole with his own
splice box for being interconnected to
the 12 fibres in the backbone on one
hand and on the other hand managing
his last mile

11. The result A B Backbone LuxConnectMV MV A B MV
Backbone LuxConnect
12 fibres optics due to renting used by Creos
Remaining meters due to Creos from another part of the network
Last mile of Creos MV
Medium Voltage stations
Manholes

12. The reality
LuxConnect Backbone
Creos Last Mile

13. Case study 1 Inside 5 years
Creos fully deploy a F.O. network
Calculation base: 1500 MV stations and 1300 km F.O.
Costs:
Tubes 125/110: 1200km = 96 M€ (80€/m)
Tubes 32mm: 1200 km = 6 M€ (5€/m)
Manholes etc : 1.2M€
MV connection:
Tubes 225km = 15.6 M€ (65€/m via particip.)
Manholes etc = 4.5 M€
Fibre optics:
Backbone: 1300km = 19.5 M€ (15€/m)
MV level: 225km = M€ (15€/m)
Housings, Connecters etc. = 2 M€
FTE: at least 3 suppl. au Comin and
suppl. Work for Project Manager
Total : = ~150 M€ (with « flatliner » – 8 M€)
Inside 5 years
( for covering 3000 MV stations with 4500 km of F.O.
around 500M€)

14. Case study 2 Total : = ~35 M€ Creos and Luxconnect :
Calculation base: 1500 MV station et 1300 km of F.O.
Costs for Backbone:
« flatliner » 550km = 16.5 M€ (30€/m)
Right on 1300km of F.O. inside a 1500km network of Luxconnect
MV connection (last mile): (only Creos)
Tubes 225km = 15.6 M€ (65€/m via particip.)
Fibre optics:
Backbone: 1300km = 0 M€
Last mile MV: 225km = 0.9 M€ (4 €/m)
Housings, Connecters etc. = 2 M€
FTE: 1 suppl. at Comin and less
suppl. Work for Project Manager
Total : = ~35 M€

15. Conclusion 5 years of invest in Backbone (Creos -> LuxConnect)
15 years of invest in last mile (MV to backbone, Creos)
1500 Creos MV stations interconnected
- used backbone 1300km at LuxConnect
- last mile 225km
Faster rollout of the fiber network (LuxConnect)
Less cost intensive (LuxConnect and Creos)

16. Communication Infrastructure
Management
CEO
Edouard Wangen
(+352)
Head of Department
Guy Loos
(+352)
Head of Dispatching
Carlo Bartocci
(+352) 2624 – 8003
Communication Infrastructure
Patrick Colling
(+352) 2624 – 7746