Nokia and Infracapital to bring high-speed fiber broadband service to underserved regions of Poland
June 22 2017 - 4:31AM
Press Release
- Joint venture formed by companies to design, deploy and operate
GPON fiber-optic networks to serve more than 400 000 residences and
2 500 schools in 13 regions in central and northern Poland
- Project is part of the Digital Poland 2014-2020 program, which
is partly funded by the EU under its Digital Agenda 2020
initiative
- Capital expenditure for the project is expected to be
approximately €300 million
June 22 2017
Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Infracapital, the infrastructure
arm of M&G Investments, have won a tender from the government
of Poland to design, build and operate advanced fiber optic
networks to deliver broadband service to residences and schools in
12 under-served regions mostly in the northern and central parts of
the country. The companies expect to sign an agreement for a 13th
region in July.
These networks, based on Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)
technology, will deliver speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps)
to more than 400 000 homes and approximately 2 500 schools in the
largely rural voivodships (or provinces) of Lodzkie,
Swietokrzyskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Warminsko-Mazurskie. Capital
expenditure for the project is expected to be approximately €300
million.
The networks will be built and operated as wholesale open access
networks, with services to be marketed and delivered by retail
service providers. This transformational initiative has been driven
by Poland's Ministry of Digitalization and subsidized in part by
grants from the EU under its EU Digital Agenda 2020 program. This
program targets the delivery of fast broadband services with
download speeds of at least 30 Mbps to all EU citizens, and at
least 100 Mbps to 50 percent of EU citizens, by 2020.
Beginning in 2018, these under-served regions of Poland will
benefit from a high-speed, high-quality and resilient fiber network
that can deliver ultra-broadband services that will help to better
connect schools, provide e-health and digital services and deliver
socio-economic benefits, as well as supporting residential
triple-play services such as HD video streaming, 4K TV, and
real-time gaming.
In addition to the broadband network infrastructure, Nokia will
provide a variety of professional and maintenance services. Nokia
is responsible for the project management, planning, design and
deployment of both the broadband and passive fiber optic network.
Nokia, with its experience and expertise with outside plant
networks, will manage the overall delivery of the passive fiber
network rollout up to connecting the schools and homes to the
network.
This project builds on Nokia's strong track-record supporting
government-driven broadband initiatives to both national and
regional governments worldwide. It also highlights the progress of
Nokia's strategy of expanding its customer base outside of the
traditional telecommunications sphere, a key focus of the
company.
Osvaldo di Campli, head of Global Enterprise & Public
Sector at Nokia, said: "For many years,
Nokia has been a partner to government organizations like Poland's
Ministry of Digitalization that are looking to deliver broadband
connectivity to citizens regardless of their location. This
exciting project with our partner, Infracapital, will help to
ensure that everyone in Poland who wants a high-speed internet
connection has access to that service. We are proud to play an
important role in bridging the digital gap."
Key Facts:
- The networks will feature Nokia's market leading fiber access
platform, the 7360 Intelligent Service Access Manager (ISAM) FX,
the new Nokia 7362 ISAM DF small form factor fiber access platform,
along with the 7368 ISAM ONT.
- The Nokia ISAM family is the most widely deployed fixed access
platform in the world.
- The networks will also include the Nokia 5520 Access Management
System for network management, and the Nokia Network Analyzer -
Fiber operational support platform.
Resources:
- Nokia Government Solutions
- Nokia Government Broadband Plan
- Nokia Fixed Networks
- Nokia Network Analyzer - Fiber
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About InfracapitalInfracapital is a leading
European infrastructure investor, managed by M&G Investment
Management, the European investment management arm of Prudential
plc. Infracapital has raised over £2.6 billion across four European
infrastructure funds to date, and a team of over 30 professionals
with investment, management and operational expertise.
Infracapital's approach to investment offers long-term value
through the acquisition and active management of a diversified
portfolio of core European infrastructure assets in both the
operating and greenfield space. Target sectors include utilities,
essential transportation, renewables and ommunications
infrastructure.
www.infracapital.co.uk
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