Anne-Mari Leppinen's presentation to the INCA Rural Broadband Seminar, Reaching the Final 10% on 20/11/13 in London

1. FTTH-network
investment of
municipalities
Anne-Mari Leppinen
Reaching the
Final 10% Seminar
20th November 2013
London

2. Suupohja FTTHnetwork
Suupohjan Seutuverkko Oy (SSV) is a non-profit limited company owned by seven
municipalities in Western Finland, founded in 2005
The length of the network is over 1500 km and implemented 100% with own fibre cable
Operates both in public and private sector
All the public places such as schools, hospitals, libraries, day care etc. have fibre and they
form one big secure intranet
connections!
All the villages in the area
have FTTH-network and
anyone can join it! Many
customers in little villages
are already using 150
Mbits/s symmetrical
internet

3. Operational model
INFRA LAYER
Building, maintaining, owning,
renting dark fibre/capacity
SERVICE LAYER
Internet, IPTV, etc etc
SP
N
O
SERVICE PROVIDERS CAN
USE THE INFRA FOR FREE !
SP
SP
SP
F
E
E
S
• free competition among ISPs
• decreasing prices & incresing quality
•ISPs do not have to invest in the physical cable,
they can concentrate on the services
Maintenance fee
SP
Service fee

4. Different roles of
municipalities
• Ownership
• Municipality as owner of passive infra
• Municipality as owner of passive and active infra
• Municipality as member of co-operative
• Financing
Broadband for everyone 2015-project 33%/33%/33%
• Municipality guaranteed loans
• Municipality loans
• Municipality issued broadband vouchers
• Equity in the limited company
• Reserve for invested non-restricted equity
• MOST IMPORTANT
• Strong support from public sector!!!
• Ensures smooth decision making process, permitting
• Political people’s attendance in village events etc.

5. Benefits for municipalities

6. ENGAGE &
manifesto
• Addresses the building of HSB networks at efficient cost, translating best
practice into effective and efficient policies.
• Rural and urban areas are equal players in the development of new digital
infrastructure and services
• Target of the manifesto to gather wide support & influence all political layers
• Sign online www.engage-interreg.eu
1. Digital Infrastructure for European Competitiveness
2. High Speed Broadband is an Essential Utility
3. Financial instruments
4. Public Investment Plays a Vital Role
5. Open Access Networks are the Way Forward
6. Regulate to Support Equity Between Urban and Rural Areas
7. Fibre First
8. Manage the Transition from Copper to Fibre
9. The Role of Local Authorities Should be Strengthened
10. Knowledge Transfer, Piloting and Applied Research

7. Thank you!
Anne-Mari Leppinen
anne-mari.leppinen@suupohja.fi
+358-40-678-7199