{"id":34621,"date":"2023-06-01T09:11:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=34621"},"modified":"2023-06-01T09:11:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:11:32","slug":"shetland-telecom-to-seek-code-powers-ahead-of-possible-fibre-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/06\/shetland-telecom-to-seek-code-powers-ahead-of-possible-fibre-expansion.html","title":{"rendered":"Shetland Telecom to Seek Code Powers Ahead of Possible Fibre Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Shetland Islands Council (Scotland) has given the green light for Shetland Telecom<\/a>, which is the arms-length network operator that the council set up some years ago, to apply for Code Powers – ahead of a possible move to expand their full fibre broadband network to reach the remotest homes and businesses.<\/p>\n

The operator was originally established in 2009 as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to help deploy a wholesale fibre optic network across part of the Islands. As a result, they played a key role in connecting Shetland into the SHEFA-2<\/a> (Faroese Telecom) subsea fibre optic cable and linking up public sector sites, although they only provide the core network (inc. wholesale) and don\u2019t sell broadband directly to homes etc.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Shetland Telecom’s wholesale activities are estimated to generate income of \u00a3460k in 2023\/24.<\/div>\n

At the end of last year we reported that the council had opened a review into the future of Shetland Telecom (here<\/a>), which came after the local authority found that the company lacked a clear strategy and could potentially do more to improve broadband connectivity (i.e. focusing it on the remotest locations that the Scottish Government<\/a>’s R100 programme with Openreach<\/a> may struggle to reach).<\/p>\n

The latest update<\/a> from the Council’s Development Committee<\/strong> suggests that the groundwork for a potential expansion of the network is already taking place, with a plan to seek Code Powers<\/strong> from Ofcom<\/a> being approved.<\/p>\n

Such powers are typically sought to help speed-up deployments of new fibre and cut costs, not least by reducing the number of licenses needed for street works. The powers can also help facilitate access to run their own fibre via Openreach<\/a>\u2019s existing cable ducts and poles (PIA).<\/p>\n

High Level Summary of the Network<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Council\u2019s fibre network is generally well developed due to significant investments in projects over the last 15 years. It links all Council and NHS buildings from Sandwick to Lerwick, Lerwick to Scalloway and Lerwick to Unst. It also plays a strategic role in connecting major international and local business and industry sites, such as the Shetland Gas Plant, Sellaness Industrial Estate, Viking Energy, Dales Voe Base (Decommissioning), Scalloway Harbour, Scalloway Fish Market, and Lerwick Fish Market. However there are areas of Shetland with existing or emerging issues which require consideration for potential future action.<\/p>\n

Under the Electronic Communications Code, Code Powers confer rights on providers of networks and on providers of systems of infrastructure to install and maintain apparatus on, under and over land and results in considerably simplified planning procedures. The conferring of Code Powers would lead to operational efficiencies in installing, inspecting, maintaining and operating apparatus relating to the fibre network.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the cheerleaders for Shetland Telecom’s proposed expansion is North Isles councillor Robert Thomson<\/strong>, whom this week criticised BT<\/a> for having an “Oliver Twist mentality<\/em>” (i.e. always pleading for public money or it doesn\u2019t expand) and warned that “if we sit back and wait for BT<\/a> we\u2019re going to get disappointed<\/em>” (Shetnews<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Deputy Leader of the SIC, Gary Robinson<\/strong>, similarly noted that the prices BT<\/a> (we think he means Openreach<\/a>) were quoting to upgrade some outlying communities were “frankly ludicrous<\/em>“. For example, Clousta<\/strong> residents (reflecting around 15 homes) were said to have been quoted \u00a3725,000 to receive a faster broadband connection.<\/p>\n

However, a quick look at Clousta shows that the community is a good 10km (6-7 miles) or so away – over rugged rural terrain – from the nearest Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>) connection on Openreach’s network. Sadly, no amount of wishful thinking is going to avoid the fact that extending full fibre to such a small and remote community is going to be obscenely expensive. Slower FTTC<\/a> services can be found much closer in Aith<\/strong>, but that technology is no longer being built, and Starlink<\/a> doesn’t currently reach Clousta as an alternative. But 4G<\/a> based mobile broadband might provide a limited stop-gap solution in that area.<\/p>\n

Suffice to say, Shetland Telecom may be able to deliver the core fibre links into such areas for a lower cost than Openreach could, but there’s no escaping the fact that even they will face a hefty bill to bring full fibre into those kinds of remote communities (assuming that’s the approach they take). The council does warn that the cost of expansion will be high, yet there’s currently no clarity on where the funding might come from.<\/p>\n

The Development Committee is currently putting together a strategic outline programme for future extension of the Council’s Fibre Network, which is due to be published before the end of December 2023. The plan is expected to give a clearer indication of aspects like cost, which might help to concentrate minds as to the reality of what is and is not going to be possible.<\/p>\n

At the same time, we shouldn’t forget that the UK Government’s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit programme is also expecting to launch its first procurements for Scotland later this year, which will have to grapple with the challenges of Shetland and its limited local competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Shetland Islands Council (Scotland) has given the green light for Shetland Telecom, which is the arms-length network operator that the council set up some years ago, to apply for Code Powers – ahead of a possible move to expand their full fibre broadband network to reach the remotest homes and businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,52,56,36,69,89,101],"class_list":["post-34621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt","tag-fibre-optic","tag-fttp","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-bt-openreach","tag-scotland","tag-shetland-islands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"\nShetland Telecom to Seek Code Powers Ahead of Possible Fibre Expansion - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Shetland Islands Council (Scotland) has given the green light for Shetland Telecom, which is the arms-length network operator that the council set up\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/06\/shetland-telecom-to-seek-code-powers-ahead-of-possible-fibre-expansion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shetland Telecom to Seek Code Powers Ahead of Possible Fibre Expansion - 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