{"id":17176,"date":"2018-10-10T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T15:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=17176"},"modified":"2018-10-15T16:31:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T15:31:59","slug":"wales-to-update-on-new-superfast-broadband-contract-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/wales-to-update-on-new-superfast-broadband-contract-next-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Wales to Unveil New BT Superfast Broadband Contract Next Week UPDATE2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welsh Government<\/a> has today confirmed that it will be making a statement on the new &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (30Mbps+) contract next week, which could be worth up to \u00a3200m and tentatively aims to reach an additional 88,000 premises in poorly served areas. A strong focus on &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) connectivity is expected.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At present around 95% of homes and businesses across Wales are already estimated to be within reach of a superfast network, which is partly due to commercial deployments. On top of that the original state aid supported <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/broadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superfast Cymru<\/a> project with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) has also worked to extend the reach of fibre-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> ISP technologies to <strong>733,000 premises<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/07\/733000-premises-in-wales-covered-by-faster-broadband-via-gov-project.html\">here<\/a>), although that contract has now ended.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison the new <strong>Phase 2<\/strong> follow-on scheme, which was put out to tender at the start of 2018 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/01\/welsh-gov-detail-new-30mbps-superfast-broadband-plan-wales.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/welsh-government-update-on-bt-rollout-of-superfast-broadband.html\">here<\/a>), aspires to extend 30Mbps+ capable networks to &#8220;<em>every property<\/em>&#8221; in Wales. The potential value of this new project is up to \u00a3200m, although the first <a href=\"http:\/\/ted.europa.eu\/TED\/notice\/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:40781-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML&amp;WT.mc_id=RSS-Feed&amp;WT.rss_f=Materials+and+Products&amp;WT.rss_a=40781-2018&amp;WT.rss_ev=a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>tender document<\/strong><\/a> only confirmed about <strong>\u00a362.5m<\/strong> and is initially targeting an expansion to around 88,000 additional premises.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Lot 1 \u2014 North West Wales<\/strong> <\/span>(Estimated value: \u00a314.858m)<br \/>\nIntervention Area of 21,125 NGA white premises has been identified with an additional 29820 premises potentially available pending further information.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Lot 2 \u2014 East Wales<\/strong><\/span> (Estimated value: \u00a321.706m)<br \/>\nIntervention Area of 30,862 NGA white premises has been identified with an additional 21183 premises potentially available pending further information.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Lot 3 \u2014 South West Wales<\/strong><\/span> (Estimated value: \u00a325.436m)<br \/>\nIntervention Area of 36,166 NGA white premises has been identified with an additional 17552 premises potentially available pending further information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the original plan we had been expecting a contract to be awarded before the summer recess but sadly that never happened. Instead <strong>Julie James AM<\/strong>, Leader of the House and Chief Whip, recently admitted that their procurement process had been &#8220;<em>complex with a number of unforeseen issues arising<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/08\/welsh-government-takes-flak-over-new-broadband-contract-delay.html\">here<\/a>). This is hardly surprising given the desire for more &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; in remote rural areas, which is challenging to cost and deliver.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that we appear set to learn some solid details of the new contract next week. A number of broadband related questions were asked during this afternoon&#8217;s Plenary event of the National Assembly (<a href=\"http:\/\/senedd.tv\/Meeting\/Clip\/b2f75be5-6089-4fcc-a975-493706a48417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details<\/a>) and many of them made references to &#8220;<em>a statement [being made] on the new contract next week<\/em>.&#8221; The conversation suggested we should learn more about the roll-out plan and supplier.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Julie James AM said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019ll be able to see, once we have the contracts, which premises are and are not included, because we\u2019ve deliberately tendered it in that way<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sadly there&#8217;s not much more that could be pulled out of today&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 12th October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to one of our readers (Steve) for point us toward a transcript from another broadband related discussion this week, which sees the First Minister appear to confirm that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> will supply the new contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Question by Paul Davies AM:<\/strong> Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, can you explain to the people of Wales why the new contract for delivering broadband services has still not been rolled out?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Answer by Carwyn Jones AM:<\/strong> Well, that is a matter that we&#8217;re taking up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>. They are the only provider, of course\u2014there&#8217;s no competition in this market. And we are ensuring that BT will roll out that contract and provide the services that we&#8217;ve paid for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We had suspected that this might be the outcome given previous comments about completing unfinished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> deployments in Phase 2 and the use of gainshare returned by BT so early in the Phase 2 funding pot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 15th October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A quick check of the WG&#8217;s calendar reveals that the broadband update, which was planned for 16th October, has now been &#8220;<em>postponed until 23 October 2018<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh Government has today confirmed that it will be making a statement on the new &#8220;superfast broadband&#8221; (30Mbps+) contract next week, which could be worth up to \u00a3200m and tentatively aims to reach an additional 88,000 premises in poorly served areas. 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