1. 16 June 2011Brussels1 Bottom Up Broadband Tony Shortall

2. 16 June 2011Brussels2 Background 25 October 2010 DAE Stakeholders day Gathering support from stakeholders to achieve DAE targets Invitations based on proposals and 300+ ideas whittled down to 7.Bottom up Broadband (BuB) is one of those ideas and is the only idea dealing with network deployment. Gathering support from stakeholders to achieve DAE targets –FTTH Council Europe –ERISA –.... Community of interest Parallel work streams with different emphasis –EBP Blueprint and DG Regio AM work, all complementary

3. The Toolkit 1 Timelines –October 2010 DAE event –December 2010 Work plan –8 February 2011 Finance Workshop –7 March 2011 Stakeholder Workshop –12-13 April 2011 ERISA Workshops –16 June 2011 Digital Assembly –September 2011 Project Completion 16 June 2011Brussels3

4. The Toolkit 2 Huge range of BuB initiatives already in place... Noonen(NL), Vaexjoe(SE), Xarxes (ES)... Many common experiences –Need for champions –Strong local involvement and buy-in –Finance –Enablers Demand –Platforms, services, local content Supply –Business, regulatory –Size really matters, too small for most radars 16 June 2011Brussels4

5. 16 June 2011Brussels5 The Toolkit Bottom up Broadband is an attempt to create a toolkit to make it easier for local initiatives by guiding them through the different steps. Some are already doing parts –FTTH Council Europe Business guide http://www.ftthcouncil.eu/documents/studies/F TTH-Business-Guide-v1.1.pdf http://www.ftthcouncil.eu/documents/studies/F TTH-Business-Guide-v1.1.pdf –European Broadband Portal procurement and tendering guidelines http://www.broadband- europe.eu/Pages/Home.aspxhttp://www.broadband- europe.eu/Pages/Home.aspx Sample available at http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf /dae1009/item-display.cfm?id=5259 http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf /dae1009/item-display.cfm?id=5259

6. 16 June 2011Brussels6 Next steps Consider the ability to scale the toolkit to make a bigger impact (franchise model). Continuing to meet stakeholders and develop toolkit. Continuing to feed into ongoing work –ERISA Blueprints Series http://www.broadband- europe.eu/Pages/Home.aspx http://www.broadband- europe.eu/Pages/Home.aspx –FTTH Council Webinars: Meeting Europe’s Digitial Agenda http://www.ftthcouncil.eu/http://www.ftthcouncil.eu/ Delivery foreseen for September

7. 16 June 2011Brussels7 THANK YOU!! (ERISA) (FTTH Council Europe) (Guifi.net) (INCA)..... http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/d ae1009/item-display.cfm?id=5259 http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/d ae1009/item-display.cfm?id=5259 tony.shortall@telage.net