Smart infrastructure: unleashing ICT and road synergies

ESCAP, Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division

Connecting economies and empowering people

Smart infrastructure: unleashing ICT and road synergies

Tiziana Bonapace,

Chief, ICT and Development section, IDD

ESCAP

Fifth Meeting of the Working Group on the Asian Highway

ESCAP7 October 2013, Bangkok



Purpose

•Share findings on cross-sectoral synergies between Asian Highway and Asian Information Superhighway

•Based on these findings, invite experts to bring principles of coordinated road and ICT infrastructure

development into the AH agreement.



The need for pan-Asian terrestrial transmission infrastructure• Heavy reliance on submarine cables for international

communications• For example, in South-East Asia, ESCAP study shows that less than 10% of traffic is terrestrial

• Increased industry/government attention at national level, on need to invest in terrestrial fibreoptic cables and develop cross-sectoral infrastructure synergies

• Increased regional attention• APEC Summit: promoting connectivity one of 3 pillars and China announced creation of Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank• ASEAN: ASEAN Infrastructure Investment Fund

• Increased global attention• Terrestrial transit telecommunication routes: three GA resolutions• ESCAP invited to join the Eurasian Connectivity Alliance and World Bank partnership on

developing cross sectoral synergies

• ESCAP working on pan-Asian Information Superhighway Initiative• With ITU mapped the routes of fibreoptic routes and overlayed the Asian Highway• Fact-finding and analytical work



• Regional fibreoptic terrestrial infrastructure is fragmented, low capacity, of limited geographic scope

• Coordinated highway/fibreoptic deployment on some tracts

Findings



Findings

• Broadband prices in Asia-Pacific are typically 3-5 times higher than in EU and USA

•Coherent terrestrial connectivity can boost competition, lower prices, and promote more reliable and faster internet services

•Coordinated rollout of fibreoptic cable with road construction or upgrading is a win-win proposition for both sectors



Case Example: United States

• Some states allow utilities to install fiber along highway rights of way (ROWs) at no charge, based on expected economic gains

• Other states collect compensation in exchange for ROW use• Lease payments• Provision of conduit, dark fiber, lit fiber, or communications

services



Case Example: United States• High labor-cost market, conduit+fiber installation

during open road construction costs between USD$6,000 and USD$18,000 per kilometer

• Road installation costs at least USD$1.8 million per lane, per kilometer

• Cost of fiber network installation during open road construction: much less than 1% of project total



Terrestrial fiber cable Submarine cable

Form

Material$ 13,800

Cable: $ 1,000Manhole: $ 4,800Pipe: $ 8,000

$ 1,000Cable: $ 1,000

$ 45,000Submarine cable: $ 35,000Steel pipe: $ 10,000

(averaged throughout the route)

Construction $ 58,000 $ 5,370* $ 135,000

Standard: 1km cable construction- Land fiber cable : from kt standard quantity for unit (pipe(4), manhole(4), 36C fiber cable)-Submarine cable : from kt Submarine Company Information* Pipe/duct cost is not calculated

Case example: Republic of Korea

Fibre and cross infrastructural cost reductions



Terrestrial fiber cable Submarine cable

Feature

Repair

duration1 day (using vehicle) 20 days (using Cableship)

Repair cost

(per 1 time)

$ 5,000(manhole, housing box, labor cost)

$ 500,000

Case example: Republic of KoreaCross infrastructural synergies and cost reductions



WIN-WIN OUTCOMES: beyond costs aspects1. Significant cost savings, as around 70-90% of costs of fibre

deployment is excavation, securing RoW. Material is relatively inexpensive• Best practice in an increasing number of countries through legislation that requires

coordinated development of road, ICT and other utilitiesUSA: Presidential executive order: “Accelerating broadband infrastructure deployment” (June 2012), promotes “dig once requirements”RoK: National Land Planning and Utilization Act:“Article 44 (Installation and Management of Utility Tunnels) (1) In the event that a utility tunnel is installed, it shall be installed so that all necessary facilities to be admitted are admitted in the said tunnel without omission. “

2. Strengthens overall institutional framework for intergovernmental cooperation as AH and telecommunication network share same architecture (mesh) need for cross-border connectivity and objectives of seamless, regional and inter-regional connectivity

3. Facilitates more holistic consideration of funding proposals and project implementation by international development banks and other investors• diversifies options for innovative public-private partnerships



4. Brings new efficiencies and raises safety standards• improved tracking and tracing of trucks/drivers/cargo (especially

dangerous goods) along the entire multimodal logistics chain • strengthened risk assessments• reduced time and transaction costs

5. Strengthens AH/TAR integrative role of Dry Ports agreement

• brings state-of-the-art high speed critical infrastructure for all customs and transport facilitation operations at dry port

• improves commercial viability of dry port operations

WIN-WIN OUTCOMES: beyond costs aspects




6. Strengthens AH agreement as a mechanism for future planning

• Revolutionary changes to transport sector (e.g. driverless cars) linked to future and near-future technological innovations

7. Increased government revenue from diversified sources of infrastructure services



Main Usage

- Traffic management system

- Toll fee gathering System

- Internal communications Intranet (LAN, WAN),

- Emergency call, internal communication, etc

Regulation

- Spare capacity can be provided to telecom service provider to raise usage rate

- by bilateral contract between Korea Highway Corporation and Telecom Service company.

• Inter-city communication network easily installable: simply synchronize inter-city road construction with ICT infrastructure

• But need some regulatory arrangement while encouraging competition

ICT and Development Section, IDD, ESCAP

Highway Optical Fibre Network: the case of RoK



polyethylene film- 30~40cm above conduits

- 10~20cm underneath from the surface (pavements)

Caution : Telecommunication CableTelecom. cables are under this warning tape

Emergency contact : ****-*****

8. Develop common standards or define signs on new concepts driven by smart systems




Thank you

For further information please contact

Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, ICT and Development Section ESCAP

[email protected]

Smart infrastructure: unleashing ICT and road synergies

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