Norwegian Broadband

- in a nutshell

Harald Wium Lie Partner & analyst Nexia DA Oslo, Norway wium@nexia.no

Del 1 - Dekning Welcome to Norway!

Country
Denmark Norway

Pop per km2

128 15

Share single or duplex housing 59% 76%

A look in the rear-view mirror

82 949 1980 1990 2000 2011

A look in the rear-view mirror

82 949 1980

4%
1990 2000 2011

A look in the rear-view mirror

Coverage 640 kbit/s

99,7 %

Coverage 384 kbit/s

22 % 82 949 1980

4%
1990 2000 2011

Et lite tilbakeblikk

Coverage 640 kbit/s

99,7 %

22 % 82 949 1980

4%
1990 2000 2011

Et lite tilbakeblikk
What TABS knows about each building: Copper network Distance to nearest exchange Copper diameter DSLAM equipment in exchange

Coverage 640 kbit/s

99,7 %

Fiber & HFC Distance to nearest fiber node Fiber connection? HFC connection?

22 %

82 949

4%
2000 2011

Mobile / radio Coverage by technology 1980 Signal strength

1990

Coverage access speeds

100 % 90 % 80 % 70 % 60 % 50 %

40 % 30 %
20 % 10 % 0%
2010 2011 0,64/0,128 Mbit/s 100 % 100 % 1/0,25 Mbit/s 99 % 99 % 4/0,5 Mbit/s 89 % 94 % 12/0,8 Mbit/s 77 % 79 % 25/1 Mbit/s 55 % 67 % 50/10 Mbit/s 19 % 41 % 50/50 Mbit/s 19 % 24 % 18 % 100/100 Mbit/s

Coverage access technologies

100 % 90 % 80 % 70 % 60 % 50 % 40 % 30 % 25 % 19 % 27 % 24 % 45 % 47 % 59 % 93 % 94 % 99 % 99 %

20 %
10 % 0% xDSL VDSL + ADSL HFC

FTTH 2010

Radio 2011

VDSL

FTTH + HFC

LTE

Closing the digital gap

100 %

80 %

Connect me!

60 %

How?

40 %

20 %

0% 25/1 Mbit/s

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Building a fiber network

Technology Platforms

Trenching Ducts Poles

Where government action really matters

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Fiber to East Finnmark

Tana bru

Alta

Utsjoki Karasjok

Alta Tana bridge

Kautokeino

Distance: ca 530 kilometer Cost per meter: ca 14 Total: 7,5 million

Meanwhile, in South Norway

Digging 1 m Blasting Utkiling 2 m New asphalt Railings

Cost per meter: At least 150

Finnmark

County X

Alta Tana bridge

Distance: ca 530 kilometer Cost per meter: ca 14 Total: 7,5 million

Alta Tana bridge

Distance: ca 530 kilometer Cost per meter: 150 - 320 Total: At least 76 million

At least tenfold increase in deployment cost

Fiber to East Finnmark

Tana bru

Alta

Utsjoki Karasjok

At least tenfold increase in deployment cost

Kautokeino

What happens then?

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What happens then?

People want to live there

What happens then?

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What happens then?

People want to live there

Businesses thrive

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What happens then?

People want to live there

Businesses thrive

The cost of public services goes down

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What happens then?

People want to live there

Businesses thrive

The cost of public services goes down

The quality of public services goes up

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