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Norwegian Broadband- in a nutshell

Harald Wium Lie

Partner & analyst

Nexia DA

Oslo, Norway

wium@nexia.no

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Del 1 - Dekning

Country Pop per km2 Share single orduplex housing

Denmark 128 59%

Norway 15 76%

Welcome to Norway!

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A look in the rear-view mirror

3

82 949

1980 1990 2000 2011

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A look in the rear-view mirror

4

82 949

1980

4%

1990 2000 2011

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A look in the rear-view mirror

82 949

1980

4%

1990

22 %

2000

Coverage

384 kbit/s

2011

5

99,7 %

Coverage

640 kbit/s

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Et lite tilbakeblikk

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82 949

1980

4%

1990

22 %

99,7 %

2000 2011

Coverage

640 kbit/s

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Et lite tilbakeblikk

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82 949

1980

4%

1990

22 %

99,7 %

2000 2011

Coverage

640 kbit/s

What TABS knows about each

building:

Copper network

Distance to nearest exchange

Copper diameter DSLAM equipment in exchange

Fiber & HFC

Distance to nearest fiber node

Fiber connection?

HFC connection?

Mobile / radio

Coverage by technology

Signal strength

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Coverage access speeds

8

0,64/0,128

Mbit/s

1/0,25

Mbit/s

4/0,5

Mbit/s

12/0,8

Mbit/s

25/1

Mbit/s

50/10

Mbit/s

50/50

Mbit/s

100/100

Mbit/s

2010 100 % 99 % 89 % 77 % 55 % 19 % 19 %

2011 100 % 99 % 94 % 79 % 67 % 41 % 24 % 18 %

0 %

10 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

60 %

70 %

80 %

90 %

100 %

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Coverage access technologies

9

93 %

45 %

19 %

99 %94 %

47 %

25 %

99 %

27 %

59 %

24 %

0 %

10 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

60 %

70 %

80 %

90 %

100 %

xDSL

VDSL + ADSL

HFC FTTH Radio VDSL FTTH + HFC LTE

2010 2011

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0 %

20 %

40 %

60 %

80 %

100 %

25/1 Mbit/s

Closing the digital gap

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Connect me!

How?

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Building a fiber network

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Technology

Platforms

Trenching

Ducts

Poles

Where government action

really matters

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Fiber to East Finnmark

Alta

Kautokeino

Karasjok

Utsjoki

Tana bru

Alta Tana bridgeDistance: ca 530 kilometer

Cost per meter: ca 14

Total: 7,5 million

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Meanwhile, in South Norway

Digging 1 m

Blasting

Utkiling 2 m

New asphalt

Railings

Cost per meter:

At least 150

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At least tenfold increase in deployment cost

Finnmark County X

Alta Tana bridgeDistance: ca 530 kilometer

Cost per meter: ca 14

Total: 7,5 million

Alta Tana bridgeDistance: ca 530 kilometer

Cost per meter: 150 - 320

Total: At least 76 million

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Alta

Karasjok

Utsjoki

Tana bru

KautokeinoAt least tenfold increase in deployment cost

Fiber to East Finnmark

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What happens then?

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What happens then?

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What happens then?

People want

to live there

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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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People want

to live there

Businesses thrive

The cost of public

services goes down

The quality of public

services goes up

What happens then?