| Pre conference workshop for new entrants – DF Essentials |
| 4th November - half day workshop – places are limited |
Introductory guide to
- What is Dark Fibre?
- Business Models
- Network Planning and Design
- Network Records & Management
- Services / Products
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The workshop will be led by Kevin Dunphy and David Parkinson, Magnum Opus Limited
http://www.magnumopus.ie/ |
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DAY 1 – 5th November |
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| 09 00 - 09 15 |
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Opening remarks from the Chair
Chair: Eric Lakin, Executive, Alchemy Partners
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| 09 15 - 09 45 |
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Opening Keynote
Continuing the Promise of Dark Fibre
Len Bosack, CEO, XKL |
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| 09 45 - 10 15 |
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DF profitability for investors and access seekers in different regulatory environments and investment settings
- Challenges of traditional investment models
- Relevant regulatory regimes: LRIC, Fully Distributed Cost, Risk Premium, Risk Sharing, Regulatory Holiday
- Alternative forms of risk sharing and cooperation
- Assessment by regulators - what is the impact on prices and consumer welfare?
- Assessment by investors - which regime is most attractive?
- Impact on access seekers - wait and seek regulated access or invest?
- Role of state aid in "grey" areas
- The results presented are based on a formal economic model that captures the essence of the regulatory regimes and the resulting strategic interaction in the downstream markets
Dr Rainer Nitsche, Managing Director, ESMT Competition Analysis
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| 10 15 - 10 45 |
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Joint fibre investment
- Challenges of traditional investment models
- What is co-investment?
- The benefits of co-investment
- Regulatory treatment of co-investment initiatives
Markus Reinisch, Head of Regulatory Affairs, (Fixed Services), Vodafone Group Public Policy
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| 10 45 - 11 15 |
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Dark Fibre in an NGA world
Chris Gibbs, Director, Future Options, Openreach |
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| 11 15 - 11 45 |
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Networking break
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| 11 45 - 12 15 |
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Dismantling the fibre illusion
- The consumer perspective: unlimited bandwidth at affordable rates?
- Between 300Mb/s and 128kb/s: the geographical dilemma
- Dismantling of MDF´s: Straight way to local monopolies?
- The role of cable providers
Dr Eric Heitzer, Director Regulatory & Public Affairs, Member of the Management Board,
HanseNet Telekommunikation |
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| 12 15 - 12 45 |
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The speed and economics of Dark Fibre deployment
Graham Dupree, Business Manager, Government/Thames Valley, H2O Networks, part of the i3 Group
http://www.h2onetworksdarkfibre.com/ |
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| 12 45 - 13 15 |
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Financing Fiber to the Home in a European and Dutch context
- Market dynamics
- Regulations
- Dutch experience
- FttH and sector change
Henk Doornspleet, Senior Industry Analyst TMI Group, Rabobank International |
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| 13 15 - 14 15 |
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Lunch
Chair: Richard Elliott, Managing Director, Apollo Submarine Cable System Limited |
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| 14 15 - 14 45 |
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Understanding and analysing the DF cost stack and its impact on pricing strategies – A Pan European Perspective
- Taking a view on the fibre asset. How big an issue is the age of your fibre?
- Fibre and real estate: the increasing effects of real estate ownership and maintenance on the fibre and network pricing model
- Balancing capex and opex
- Colo and power cost trends; maintenance and site access costs - the only way is up
- Rights of way / landlord costs / getting access to customer premises - has reality finally hit the pricing of O&M?
- The changing cost and price mix of fibre deals
- Pricing models:
- Pricing drivers across Europe – what models are being used? How is DF being sold?
- IRU’s versus leasing – clarifying the legal differences and what to look out for: The lawyers are a breeze - it’s the accountants you need to please.
- Pic ‘n’ mix fibre sales – why customers want to shop around
- Long term co-location pricing – overcoming the uncertain cost terrain
- How does DF pricing compare with managed wavelengths – is the wavelength model sustainable? Is outsourcing the key?
Jonathan Wright, Director, Wholesale Products & Services, Interoute
- Role of state / commercial organisations – DFs role in fighting digital exclusion
- Economics of public and commercial dark fiber enterprises - - how to get ROI as a horizontal player
- Funding mechanisms – accessing, winning and investing public and private funding
- Detailed operational experiences - diversified approaches to buying / selling DF
- Is there a consensus model for commercialization of DF?
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| 14 45 - 15 15 |
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Case study:
- Business model
- Challenges in Stockholm area
- Future plans
Christel Sandstedt, Head of Sales and Marketing Division, Stokab AB
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| 15 15 - 15 45 |
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Case study: FttH deployment and rollout strategy in the Netherlands
- Overview of Dutch market
- Market dynamics
- Describing the open business model
- Present activities and outlook for the future
Bert Meijerink, Director, Area Development & Construction, Reggefiber ttH bv
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| 15 45 - 16 15 |
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Networking break
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| 16 15 - 16 45 |
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Metroweb, the success case of an Open Access DF operator
- Metroweb description
- Metroweb economic and financial result and trends
- Metroweb business model
- DF Market Trend in Italy – NGN
- Metroweb value proposition
Moreno Grassi, COO, Metroweb SpA |
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| 16 45 - 17 15 |
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Challenging the vertical model - Eurofiber's open proposition for the national enterprise market
- The philosophy behind an open model
- The vertical challenge
- Eurofiber's rapid growth in the enterprise market
- Future demand drivers on a national/international scale
Alex Goldblum, Managing Director, Eurofiber
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| 17 15 - 17 45 |
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Case study : Unleashing optical fibre in the UK
- Geo's open access model
- FibreSpeed: The Network and the Future
- Digital Britain: Geo's view on Priorities
- The Public Sector's Role
Chris Smedley, Chief Executive, Geo
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| 17 45 |
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Closing Keynote from Ed Vaizey MP, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries |
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| 18 00 |
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Reception sponsored by XKL |
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| DAY 2 – 6th November |
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| 09 15 - 09 30 |
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Opening remarks from the Chair
Chair: Alex Goldblum, Managing Director, Eurofiber
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| 09 30 - 10 00 |
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Dark Fibre emerging opportunities and demand trends:
- Exploring segments driving demand
- What is the impact of new customer applications?
- Analysing emerging opportunities
Ken Johnson, Director of Marketing, euNetworks
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| 10 00 - 10 20 |
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Orange UK drivers for fibre based infrastructure
- Reviewing the current use and placement of fibre based infrastructure
- Exploring the current mobile network architecture
- Introducing Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) architecture
- Analysing the requirements for fibre based infrastructure in support of NGMN
Andy Sutton, Principal Design Consultant, Transport Network Design, Orange UK
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| 10 20 - 10 40 |
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What is the role of the DF-led proposition in helping enterprise COOs/CIOs with their business challenges? A perspective from the trading sector:
- With the increasing trend towards higher frequency and algorithmic trading – how is DF seen as a distribution channel to enable it?
- How is DF performing in terms of :
- ensuring ultra-low latencies
- handling market growth: guaranteeing fast access to far-reaching markets and liquidity
- cost-effectiveness
- Learning lessons from the US trading sector
Hirander Misra, COO, Chi-X Europe Limited
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| 10 40 - 11 00 |
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Panel discussion: Customer owned DF – the pros and cons
- What are the trends? What is driving enterprises to own DF?
- What’s the tipping point? When does an unmanaged DF solution become cost effective versus managed wavelengths?
- What can you put onto DF if you do own it – as an enterprise user what questions would you need to ask to know whether it makes sense to own DF?
- What impact will software as a service and hardware as a service have on DF demand and supply?
- For enterprises that invested in DF a couple of years ago – does it still make sense?
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| 11 00 - 11 30 |
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Networking break
- Where and how is DF being deployed?
- Are these roll-outs by municipalities / private companies / incumbents?
- How are they funded?
- What are the regulatory and operational issues to be aware of
- What are their business models and pricing structures?
- How are they building fast revenue streams and higher service levels?
- As the markets evolve what models will come to the fore?
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| 11 30 - 12 00 |
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Telekom Slovenije DF project in the Balkan region – overview & related challenges and opportunities
Tomaž Tomsic, Head of International Carrier Services, Telekom Slovenije |
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| 12 00 - 12 30 |
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DF trends in CEE - revenue:cost analysis and legal issues
Tomáš Strašák, Chief of Sales, Member of the Board, Dial Telecom, a.s. |
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| 12 30 - 13 00 |
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Case study – Middle East
Stefan Stanislawski, Founding Partner, Ventura Team LLP |
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| 13 00 - 13 10 |
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Q&A |
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| 13 10 - 14 10 |
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Lunch |
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| 14 10 - 14 30 |
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A view of the South African telecoms infrastructure – lessons learnt in a unique environment
- Moving from a monopoly to duopoly to open deregulation
- The case for “Open Access” dark fibre in the region
- Target customer base
- Rapid roll out program
- Conclusion and next steps
Malcolm Kirby, Executive: Sales and Marketing, Dark Fibre Africa
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| 14 30 - 14 50 |
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Stimulating DF and wireless backhaul in the US
- USA Global broadband rankings: penetration / speed per link
- USA - Global geography ranking / global population ranking
- Proximity and the ROI
- Solving for distance: last mile, middle mile, backhaul / fiber + wireless
- The ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunities
Program )
and BIP (The Broadband Initiatives Program):
- status, timing, amount
- global comparisons
- what is to come?
Hunter Newby, CEO, Allied Fiber
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| 14 50 - 15 10 |
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Q&A |
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| 15 10 - 15 40 |
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Panel discussion: State of the art technological developments – what is being done to achieve significant improvements in flexibility,
cost effectiveness and business proposition for operators and customers?
- Maturity status and economics of 40 and 100 Gigabit deployment – balancing the risks and rewards
- What are the trends in deployment at higher bandwidth? What are the potential risks of 40 and 100 Gigabit ethernet deployment - technically and economically?
- Quality and spectral efficiency - is active management required? Is it more prone to fibre ageing? How do the physical characteristics deteriorate over time?
- Are there any major breakthroughs in terms of resilience / flexibility / diversity / ease of upgrade / ease of re-configuration / service attributes?
- How are technological advancements impacting costs and ROI in the metro and national networks?
Panellists include:
Dr. Chad Lamb, Director of Engineering, XKL
David Parkinson, Partner, Magnum Opus
Tomáš Strašák, Chief of Sales, Member of the Board, Dial Telecom, a.s. |
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| 15 40 |
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Close of conference |