The new broadband map of Germany - a brief overview - Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments Brussels, 7 th of March 2011 on behalf of

Broadband map Target and Objectives 2 Obtaining a market overview about broadband availability Identifying areas of improvement Creating transparency Supporting planning and decision-making process Since March 2010 TÜV Rheinland responsible for implementation Important tool for supporting broadband development activities in Germany Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

The new broadband map At a glance 3 Launched at 6 th of October 2010 Basic element: TÜV Rheinland broadband grid Benefit: o guesswork will be replaced by facts o a tool with added value for all State of the art implementation Processing data of 182 broadband companies over 4.2 million grid elements Visualisation of: o 3 technology groups wireline, wireless, all o 5 broadband classes 1, 2, 6, 16, 50 Mbit/s Realistic, independent and neutral illustration of broadband coverage all over Germany Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments Comprehensive analysis opportunities

Advantage: High spatial resolution Data security guarantee Industrial secrets protection Fixed, invariable data frame Structured allocation of all information Simply integration of geographic basis data Implementation of a grid of 250 m x 250 m resolution for collection and visualisation of broadband coverage 4 Concept TÜV Rheinland broadband grid Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

population figures area identification codes access areas of main distribution frames … and many other geographic-based data household figures postal codes Concept TÜV Rheinland broadband grid Processing of 4,2 Mio. Broadband grid elements with various data Broadband coverage data of 182 operators … 5 Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments 22 Mio. geocoded addresses + administrative units federal state rural district municipality

coverage plots addresses... 1.Data providing via upload 2.Data providing via WebGIS Raster-ID Anbieter Technologie Bandbreite Versorgungsgrad Anbieterdatenbank Data collection Options of hand over of data Providing and upload of all individual formats 3.Data providing via grid embedding Embedding of broadband grid into GIS and data systems of operators WebGIS application to capture smaller coverage areas 6 Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

Quality assurance Formal check of plausibility Comparison with additional information Adjustments based on feedback form Amendment based on verbal feedback Broadband data … Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

Zoom up to a scale of 1: Demonstration Webapplication 8 Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

Analysis results Broadband coverage maps all technologies, status of data: end >1 Mbit/s >16 Mbit/s > 50 Mbit/s Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

Analysis results Broadband availability per broadband classes * Definition of areas typs based on DESTATIS, Eurostat all technologies, status of data End Availability [% of households] Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

Analysis results Broadband availability per area typ * Definition of areas typs based on DESTATIS, Eurostat 1 Mbit/s all technologies, status of data End urban rural suburban Availability [% of households] Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

Analysis results Improvements of broadband coverage > Mbit/s all technologies, status of data End2010 Broadband map of Germany Workshop - Planning Broadband Investments

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