{"id":9495,"date":"2015-06-19T08:27:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T07:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2015-06-19T08:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T07:36:46","slug":"new-award-sees-europe-hunt-for-the-top-5-european-broadband-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/new-award-sees-europe-hunt-for-the-top-5-european-broadband-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"New Award Sees Europe Hunt for the Top 5 European Broadband Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has\u00a0started a new competition (&#8216;<em>European Broadband Award<\/em>&#8216;) that aims to identify the five best &#8220;<em>high-speed<\/em>&#8221; (30Mbps+) broadband projects that are delivering in urban, suburban and\u00a0rural areas. But the EC&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Good Practice<\/em>&#8221; examples are.. less encouraging.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Apparently the awards are open to projects run either by public authorities (national, regional or local) or any big or small privately funded schemes, such as for example some of the national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> programmes with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However one of the criteria for selection is &#8220;<em>competition and open access<\/em>&#8220;, which could work against some otherwise brilliant schemes like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/b4rn\" target=\"_blank\">B4RN<\/a>&#8217;s community deployment of Gigabit broadband in rural Lancashire, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a>&#8217;s similarly rural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> network or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/hyperopticfibre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperoptic<\/a>&#8217;s urban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>\/B service. None of which are open access networks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Criteria&#8217;s for Project Selection<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Social and economic impact and affordability.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 Innovative business and financing models.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 Cost reduction and co-investment measures.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 Competition and open access.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2022 Future proof and quality of service.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The EC&#8217;s new award is designed to promote &#8220;<em>Good Practices<\/em>&#8221; in related broadband deployments (i.e. 30Mbps+ speeds and aim for 50% to take 100Mbps+) and they also offer a number of examples of such projects across different EU states, although some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/digital-agenda\/best-practices-united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\">project picks for the United Kingdom<\/a> are a bit worrying.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand they&#8217;ve picked good UK examples, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/hyperopticfibre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperoptic<\/a> and JT&#8217;s fibre optic deployments, while on the other they still list the <strong>Digital Region<\/strong> fiasco from South Yorkshire (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/06\/south-yorkshire-uk-digital-region-network-cost-70m-shutdown.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and i3 Group&#8217;s (now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a>) not entirely profitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ftth\">FTTH<\/a> roll-out in Bournemouth that cost around \u00a312m and at the last count had only a few hundred customers (note: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> has done plenty of excellent work since then, which would have made for better examples). Perhaps the EC should update these.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>EC Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Initiated and operated by the European Commission, Broadband Europe has been launched to inform about broadband developments in Europe. It is a platform to exchange experience and to showcase practical project implementation. Broadband Europe is specifically addressed to interested citizens, local political representatives, NGOs, civil servants involved in broadband developments as well as telecom operators and manufacturing companies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Broadband Europe is open to everyone to push forward the objectives of the digital economy and society. Through an interactive community, Broadband Europe is also a platform to exchange information and experiences on policies, the regulatory environment and technological and practical implementation issues.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The application period for submissions is open until 18th September 2015 (<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/digital-agenda\/en\/news\/broadband-europe-award-2015-submission-template\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and the winners will then be\u00a0announced during the EU Broadband event on <strong>16th November 2015<\/strong> in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage it doesn&#8217;t look as if there are any prizes for winning, except for the obvious benefit of some extra publicity. On the flip side there&#8217;s the cost of travel and time away from work so that the winners can &#8220;<em>take part in the events and workshops aimed at the spread of broadband good practices in the regional and rural domains<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has\u00a0started a new competition (&#8216;European Broadband Award&#8216;) that aims to identify the five best &#8220;high-speed&#8221; (30Mbps+) broadband projects that are delivering in urban, suburban and\u00a0rural areas. 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