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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 13th 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 Polands 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 Nokias strong track-record supporting government-driven broadband initiatives to both national and regional governments worldwide. It also highlights the progress of Nokias 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 Polands 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 Nokias 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.
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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. Infracapitals 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.
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