Nokia and Infracapital to bring high-speed fiber broadband service to underserved regions of Poland
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* Joint venture formed by companies to design, deploy and operate GPON fiber-
optic networks to serve more than 400 000 residences and 2 500 schools in
13 regions in central and northern Poland
* Project is part of the Digital Poland 2014-2020 program, which is partly
funded by the EU under its Digital Agenda 2020 initiative
* Capital expenditure for the project is expected to be approximately ?300
million
June 22 2017
Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of M&G
Investments, have won a tender from the government of Poland to design, build
and operate advanced fiber optic networks to deliver broadband service to
residences and schools in 12 under-served regions mostly in the northern and
central parts of the country. The companies expect to sign an agreement for a
13(th) region in July.
These networks, based on Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology, will
deliver speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to more than 400 000 homes and
approximately 2 500 schools in the largely rural voivodships (or provinces) of
Lodzkie, Swietokrzyskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Warminsko-Mazurskie. Capital
expenditure for the project is expected to be approximately ?300 million.
The networks will be built and operated as wholesale open access networks, with
services to be marketed and delivered by retail service providers. This
transformational initiative has been driven by Poland's Ministry of
Digitalization and subsidized in part by grants from the EU under its EU Digital
Agenda 2020 program. This program targets the delivery of fast broadband
services with download speeds of at least 30 Mbps to all EU citizens, and at
least 100 Mbps to 50 percent of EU citizens, by 2020.
Beginning in 2018, these under-served regions of Poland will benefit from a
high-speed, high-quality and resilient fiber network that can deliver ultra-
broadband services that will help to better connect schools, provide e-health
and digital services and deliver socio-economic benefits, as well as supporting
residential triple-play services such as HD video streaming, 4K TV, and real-
time gaming.
In addition to the broadband network infrastructure, Nokia will provide a
variety of professional and maintenance services. Nokia is responsible for the
project management, planning, design and deployment of both the broadband and
passive fiber optic network. Nokia, with its experience and expertise with
outside plant networks, will manage the overall delivery of the passive fiber
network rollout up to connecting the schools and homes to the network.
This project builds on Nokia's strong track-record supporting government-driven
broadband initiatives to both national and regional governments worldwide. It
also highlights the progress of Nokia's strategy of expanding its customer base
outside of the traditional telecommunications sphere, a key focus of the
company.
Osvaldo di Campli, head of Global Enterprise & Public Sector at Nokia, said:
"For many years, Nokia has been a partner to government organizations like
Poland's Ministry of Digitalization that are looking to deliver broadband
connectivity to citizens regardless of their location. This exciting project
with our partner, Infracapital, will help to ensure that everyone in Poland who
wants a high-speed internet connection has access to that service. We are proud
to play an important role in bridging the digital gap."
Key Facts:
* The networks will feature Nokia's market leading fiber access platform, the
7360 Intelligent Service Access Manager (ISAM) FX, the new Nokia 7362 ISAM
DF small form factor fiber access platform, along with the 7368 ISAM ONT.
* The Nokia ISAM family is the most widely deployed fixed access platform in
the world.
* The networks will also include the Nokia 5520 Access Management System for
network management, and the Nokia Network Analyzer - Fiber operational
support platform.
Resources:
* Nokia Government Solutions
* Nokia Government Broadband Plan
* Nokia Fixed Networks
* Nokia Network Analyzer - Fiber
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About Infracapital
Infracapital is a leading European infrastructure investor, managed by M&G
Investment Management, the European investment management arm of Prudential plc.
Infracapital has raised over £2.6 billion across four European infrastructure
funds to date, and a team of over 30 professionals with investment, management
and operational expertise. Infracapital's approach to investment offers long-
term value through the acquisition and active management of a diversified
portfolio of core European infrastructure assets in both the operating and
greenfield space. Target sectors include utilities, essential transportation,
renewables and ommunications infrastructure.
www.infracapital.co.uk
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