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Digital Highlands and Islands. Stuart Robertson Head of Broadband and Digital Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Digital Highlands and Islands Action Plan - Overview. Highlands and Islands Region - Priorities for Digital. Improving Connectivity - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Digital Highlands and Islands
Stuart Robertson
Head of Broadband and Digital
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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Digital Highlands and Islands Action Plan - Overview
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Highlands and Islands Region- Priorities for Digital
• Improving Connectivity • Business Growth – ICT Business and
Community Support• Developing ICT Skills and Awareness
(Digital Participation / Inclusion)• Collaboration and funding• Communications plan and awareness
raising
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Highlands and Islands Region- Current focus activity
• New ‘Broadband and Digital Team’• Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project• ICT Business and Community Support – scoping
programme of support with Business Gateway• Citizens Online project• Sectoral links – Digital Healthcare, Homeworking,
Smart Tourism• ICT Skills Action Plan development – with SFC, SDS,
ScotlandIS, eSkills UK and SEnt• Glasgow School of Art, Centre for Design Innovation
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Digital Participation
• Citizens Online project “Everybody Online” – recruitment of digital champions in remote communities
• Supporting individuals to develop IT skills through local events and sessions in communities
• Funded by BT, Nominet Trust and the Highland Council
• Project has successfully worked with 380 people in the Caithness and Sutherland area since 2008
• HIE currently working with the UK digital ambassador as the rural partner for the Race Online 2012 team
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Partnership and Collaboration
• UK and Scottish Government• Business Gateway (national and local)• Public sector partners (incl. UHI, NHS, Las)• Private sector, including representative
business organisations • Technology Strategy Board and the
Knowledge Transfer Networks• Professional organisations • Represent the region on the Scottish
Technology Advisory Group and IAG for ICT
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Connectivity Review
• Connectivity in the Highlands and Islands is good – Broadband coverage is good; high take-up– 2G coverage is comparable to other rural regions
• ...but it’s not great– Low broadband speeds– Small exchanges on Exchange Activate– Limited ADSL2+– Gaps in 2G coverage– 3G coverage limited to a number of towns
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Superfast Broadband
2010 2012 2015UK 45% 50% 66%
Tel
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up to 24Mbit/s
Fibre to the cabinet
up to 100Mbit/s
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Current & Planned Rollout
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UK Government Objectives
• To ensure this country has the best Superfast Broadband in Europe by the end of this parliament
• To ensure delivery of Standard Broadband to virtually all communities in the UK within the lifetime of this parliament
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BDUK Process
• £530m available to 2015, £300m expected to be available in 2016-2017
• October 2010 announced funding for 4 initial superfast broadband projects– Highlands and Islands, Cumbria, North Yorkshire
and Herefordshire
• £68.8m allocated to Scottish Government• Devolved Administrations to agree national
plans with BDUK
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Highlands and Islands ProjectKey Towns
Employment Deficit Area
Fragile Area and Small Towns
20km within Initial Towns
Additional Settlements
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Highlands and Islands Project
• Provide superfast broadband into towns• Will deliver improved backhaul across the
region• Further work will investigate roll-out of 3G and
4G coverage• Will investigate re-use of infrastructure• PQQ shortlist announced – BT, C&W,
Commendium and Fujitsu• Expect upgrades to begin in 2012/13