{"id":6769,"date":"2014-05-14T14:18:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T13:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=6769"},"modified":"2014-05-14T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T13:23:01","slug":"europe-adopts-new-rules-cut-broadband-deployment-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/05\/europe-adopts-new-rules-cut-broadband-deployment-costs.html","title":{"rendered":"Europe Adopts New Rules to Cut Broadband Deployment Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/homepage\" target=\"_blank\">Council of the European Union<\/a> last week formally adopted new rules that aim to make it both &#8220;<em>easier and cheaper<\/em>&#8221; to roll-out ultrafast broadband networks, such as fibre optic infrastructure. In addition the new rules also call for a voluntary &#8220;<em>Broadband-Ready<\/em>&#8221; label on buildings with high-speed access and for all new builds after 31st December 2016 to be constructed &#8220;<em>high-speed ready<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The measures, which have been in the works since early last year (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/03\/eu-sets-out-new-proposals-to-cut-the-cost-of-deploying-fibre-broadband.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), claim that <strong>civil works<\/strong> (e.g. digging up roads) can account for the lion\u2019s share of development costs (sometimes as much as 80%) and it&#8217;s hoped that the new package will help to reduce this by around 20-30% (possibly saving EU telecoms operators between \u00a335 &#8211; \u00a350 billion).<\/p>\n<p>Naturally such a reduction would be a big help to Europe\u2019s wider <strong>Digital Agenda<\/strong> strategy, which aims to ensure that everybody in Europe has access to superfast broadband speeds of at least <strong>30Mbps<\/strong> (Megabits) &#8211; with 50% or more EU homes subscribing to speeds above 100Mbps &#8211; by<strong> 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But it is important to note that many of the changes, especially in regards to infrastructure access, won\u2019t have much of an impact in the United Kingdom where similar rules already exist (e.g. the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2013\/27\/contents\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\">Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s not terribly well adopted <strong>Physical Infrastructure Access<\/strong> product). Never the less there are some interesting changes that developers in the UK will need to be mindful of.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/uedocs\/cms_data\/docs\/pressdata\/en\/trans\/142523.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Directive Includes the Following Provisions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Access to existing infrastructure<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Every network operator &#8211; that is, telecoms operators or undertakings active in other sectors, such as electricity distribution or waste water treatment &#8211; will have the right to offer telecoms operators access to its infrastructure for the purpose of broadband installation. Network operators will have the obligation to meet all reasonable requests for access to their infrastructure as provided for in the directive. Possible grounds for refusal include technical unsuitability, safety, public health or network security.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Access to infrastructure information<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>In order to be able to effectively plan the deployment of high-speed broadband, telecoms operators will have the right to access, via a single information point, the following minimum information concerning an infrastructure: location, route, type and current use, and a contact point. Similar information would be available about planned infrastructure work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Where this information is not available via the single information point, the telecoms operators may request it directly from the network operator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If the question of access to information gives rise to a dispute, any party may refer the case to a national dispute settlement body, which will issue a binding decision. This does not affect the possibility of any party to refer the case to a court.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coordination of civil works<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Network operators will have the right to negotiate agreements on the coordination of civil works with telecoms operators for the purpose of broadband deployment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If no agreement on such civil work coordination is reached within one month, any party can refer the issue to the competent national dispute settlement body. While the parties must cooperate fully with the dispute settlement body, any party also has the possibility to refer the case to a court.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dispute settlement bodies and single information points <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The tasks of the national dispute settlement body may be undertaken by one or more competent bodies. Similarly, the functions of the single information point may be performed by one or more national, regional or local-level bodies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Member states may allow these bodies to charge fees to cover their costs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>New buildings<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>All new buildings &#8211; and those undergoing major renovation &#8211; for which applications for building permission have been submitted after 31 December 2016 must be high-speed ready. Member states may provide for exemptions where this would lead to disproportionate costs and for specific types of building such as historic buildings and holiday homes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Broadband-ready&#8221; label<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Member states may choose to introduce a voluntary \u201cbroadband-ready\u201d label for buildings with high-speed access.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Property rights<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The telecoms operators&#8217; rights to access physical infrastructure under this directive are consistent with the normal exercise of property rights, that is, the rights of the owner of the land or of the building in which the infrastructure is located.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The move means that member states, such as the United Kingdom, must adopt national provisions to comply with the new directive by 1st January 2016 and they must then be enforced from 1st July 2016. Credits to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkbroadband.com\/news\/6462-eu-declares-that-from-2017-all-new-buildings-must-be-broadband-ready.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thinkbroadband<\/a> for spotting this development, which slipped under the radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of the European Union last week formally adopted new rules that aim to make it both &#8220;easier and cheaper&#8221; to roll-out ultrafast broadband networks, such as fibre optic infrastructure. 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