{"id":21376,"date":"2020-03-05T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T07:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=21376"},"modified":"2020-03-05T13:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:20:47","slug":"boriss-gigabit-broadband-for-all-uk-by-2025-aim-faces-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/boriss-gigabit-broadband-for-all-uk-by-2025-aim-faces-inquiry.html","title":{"rendered":"Boris’s Gigabit Broadband for All UK by 2025 Aim Faces Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cross-party group of MPs (select committee) has today launched a new inquiry, which will examine how “realistic<\/em>” the Government’s challenging “ambition<\/em>” is for ensuring that every home and business in the United Kingdom can access a “gigabit-capable broadband<\/em>” service by 2025. It will also look at the role of 5G<\/a> mobile.<\/p>\n

At present a little over 14% of the UK (around 4.3 million premises) can access a 1000Mbps+ (1Gbps) capable fixed broadband ISP network (here<\/a>), which drops to around 12.5% if only looking at “full fibre<\/em>” (FTTP<\/a>) networks (3.7m). Nearly all of this gigabit coverage is currently coming from FTTP<\/a> deployments via operators like Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>), Hyperoptic<\/a>, Gigaclear<\/a>, Cityfibre<\/a>, Community Fibre, G.Network<\/a>, TrueSpeed<\/a>, OFNL and many others.<\/p>\n

However Virgin Media<\/a>’s on-going upgrade to DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 technology will mean that all 15 million of the premises covered by their existing Hybrid Fibre Coax<\/strong> (HFC) and new FTTP<\/a> network will also be able to order 1Gbps speeds by the end of 2021, which should significantly boost the gigabit coverage target, even if only in dense urban areas.<\/p>\n

Suffice to say to say that by the end of 2025 it wouldn’t be a massive surprise if the industry alone, mostly using private investment, had already been able to achieve gigabit coverage of around 60-70% (educated guess). But the as yet unknown quantity in all this is the future impact of the Government’s proposed \u00a35bn<\/strong> plan to help those in the hardest to reach final 20% of UK premises (mostly rural) gain access to 1Gbps speeds (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Julian Knight MP, DCMS Committee Chair, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The delivery of full-fibre broadband is critical to the success of the UK, particularly the need to ensure that our businesses of the future are equipped with a reliable, future-proofed network no matter where they are based.<\/p>\n

The Government has said it wants to achieve this nationwide roll-out by 2025. We\u2019ll be carrying out a reality check to find out what steps must be taken now if this target is to be reached.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson<\/strong>, has hinted that the Government will be open to using a wider array of technologies than just full fibre for delivering on this target (e.g. fixed wireless access, HFC and 5G<\/a> based mobile broadband), but even then it will still be extremely difficult to achieve 100% coverage of such connectivity by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

Various challenges remain, not least with respect to general concerns over a shortage of skilled engineers, the need for business rates relief on new fibre to be significantly extended (it’s only 5 years and that started in 2017, although Scotland has gone to 10 years), making wayleaves easier and the viability of using 5G<\/a> for gigabit speeds in rural areas (it can work in an urban setting, but rural areas focus on wide coverage using lower frequency bands = bad for speeds).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The proposed \u00a31bn Shared Rural Network<\/a> (SRN) should boost geographic 4G<\/a> (inc. some 5G) coverage to about 95% by the end of 2025, assuming operators can agree on costs (here<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The level of involvement that full fibre networks will now play has also become unclear. The previous administration targeted universal full fibre coverage by 2033, but we no longer know if that will ever be achieved. Finally, there are also questions over whether there will be enough time for build, since the framework won’t be ready until late 2021 (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

One challenge that the inquiry will face is that they’re asking the key questions before DCMS itself has had a chance to set out a final framework for the policy and thus how to properly answer those questions. Evidence can be submitted to the inquiry until 2nd April 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

DCMS Inquiry – Terms of Reference<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

* How realistic is the Government\u2019s ambition of nationwide gigabit-capable broadband by 2025, and what measures (regulatory, financial, technical, other) will be needed to achieve it?<\/p>\n

* What are the challenges to the roll-out of 5G and gigabit-capable networks? To what extent do existing legislative, regulatory and spending plans address them?<\/p>\n

* What needs to happen to ensure the Government\u2019s \u2018outside in\u2019 approach successfully addresses the digital divide while also delivering value for money?<\/p>\n

* What does take-up of broadband and mobile services indicate about consumer and business attitudes to digital connectivity? What needs to be learnt from this for the roll-out of, and switchover to, gigabit-capable networks?<\/p>\n

* What will be the impact on individuals and communities whose broadband and mobile connectivity fails to keep pace with the rest of the country over the next 10 years? What is the link with other DCMS policy concerns, such as changing patterns in the consumption of digital media?<\/p>\n

* How effectively do the different stakeholders (UK and devolved governments, local authorities, Ofcom<\/a>, industry) work together in both the mobile and broadband sectors? How might these relationships be improved to support gigabit-capable roll-out?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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