Digital Connectivity Review 2018-2019 - Connecting Cambridgeshire Digital Connectivity Strategy for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2018-2022

Page created by Ben Armstrong
 
CONTINUE READING
Digital Connectivity Review 2018-2019 - Connecting Cambridgeshire Digital Connectivity Strategy for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2018-2022
Connecting Cambridgeshire Digital Connectivity Strategy
   for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2018-2022

Digital Connectivity
Review 2018-2019
Digital Connectivity Review 2018-2019 - Connecting Cambridgeshire Digital Connectivity Strategy for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2018-2022
TWO

Contents                  Foreword
      Digital
      Connectivity
      Overview        3

      Full Fibre      4

      Enabling
      Digital
      Delivery        5   James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough and
                          Councillor Steve Count, Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council.
      Digital
      Connectivity        Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough,
      Map          6&7    James Palmer
                                  I am delighted that the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
                                  Combined Authority (CPCA) has already made good
      Superfast
                          progress towards our commitment to delivering outstanding digital
      Broadband       8   connectivity that will support the growth of our local economy
                          and improve the day to day lives of our residents. A strong
                          mobile and broadband network together with free public access
      Mobile
                          Wifi is key to enable us to remain competitive in the national and
      coverage        9   international marketplace. This strategy supports the Combined
                          Authority’s commitments to double the size of the economy, deliver
                          outstanding connectivity, make public services more responsive to
      Public Access       people’s needs and improve people’s quality of life.
      Wifi          10
                          Cambridgeshire County Council Leader,
                          Councillor Steve Count
      Smart Places 11           Cambridgeshire is a leading digital county. Fast, reliable
                                internet access is vital for our businesses to be able to
                          compete, for our communities to thrive, and for people to access
                          council and health services online.
      Contacts       12
                          Digital connectivity is a ‘game changer’ so we must plan ahead
                          to increase the availability of gigabit services for homes and
                          businesses across the county by using public sector assets
                          innovatively and creating conditions that make it commercially
                          viable for full fibre rollout.
Digital Connectivity Review 2018-2019 - Connecting Cambridgeshire Digital Connectivity Strategy for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2018-2022
THREE

Digital Connectivity Overview
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is a leading digital                     Cambridgeshire County Council, has been
county with a bold vision for investing in future                        expanded to:
facing connectivity to underpin the region’s growth
                                                                              Stimulate increased commercial investment and
and prosperity, deliver public services and support
                                                                              facilitate faster telecoms infrastructure deployment
businesses and communities.
                                                                              Improve mobile coverage, including preparing for
A new Delivering Digital Connectivity Strategy 2018-
                                                                              forthcoming 5G services
2022 was launched in July 2018 to significantly
improve mobile, broadband and public Wifi coverage,                           Increase the full fibre footprint and support
whilst securing future proof full fibre and 5G                                digital infrastructure innovation
networks.                                                                     Increase the provision of public access Wifi,
This Digital Connectivity Review provides an annual                           particularly in market towns and village halls.
progress report on the work underway to achieve the                      The plan builds upon Connecting Cambridgeshire’s
Strategy’s ambitions over the next four years.                           strength in delivering leading edge digital
In addition to significant private sector investment,                    connectivity, particularly the successful rollout of
the wide-ranging plans to improve the region’s digital                   superfast broadband.
connectivity build upon funding from Cambridgeshire
County Council and Peterborough City Council,                                 Digital connectivity is now a utility,
£5.6million investment from Cambridgeshire &                                  and modern life is increasingly
Peterborough Combined Authority, together with                          impossible without it. Connectivity drives
more than £14m in Government and EU grants.                             productivity and innovation, and is the
         Digital Connectivity Programme for
With Combined Authority investment, the innovative
                                                                        physical underpinning of a digital nation.

     Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 2018-2022
                                                                        UK Government Digital Strategy 2017
Connecting Cambridgeshire digital programme, led by

     Superfast               Full Fibre                       Mobile                     Public Access               Smart
    broadband                                               2G - 4G - 5G                    Wi-Fi                  Programme
    (24mbps +)           • Revised full fibre            • Working with                 • Widespread free        • Using technology
                           target to achieve               mobile operators to            Wifi in public           and data to develop
 • Phase 2 - reached
   96% homes               over 30% coverage               improve poor                   buildings and open       smart solutions
   and businesses          by 2022                         coverage affecting             spaces
                                                                                                                 • Smart Cambridge –
                                                           businesses and
 • Phase 3 – reached     • Increasing use of                                            • Expanding Wifi           Helping to tackle
                                                           communities
   97% early 2019          Fibre to the Premise                                           provision in market      urban challenges
                           (FTTP) technology             • Targeting better               towns, village halls     such as transport
 • Phase 4 – targeting                                     coverage of A and B            and community            and air quality
   >99% by end 2020      • Developing fibre
                                                           roads and rail                 buildings
                           assets and                                                                            • Smart Places
                                                           routes by 2022
                           connecting public                                                                       Initiative –
                           buildings                     • Planning ahead for                                      extending the
                                                           early deployment of                                     programme to
                                                           5G mobile services                                      support growth of
                                                                                                                   our market towns

                                               Enabling Digital Delivery
                                               • Facilitating delivery of better mobile and fibre connectivity
FOUR

                                           Full Fibre
                                                                                                Fibre coverage in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is
                            Full Fibre targets                                                  above the national average having reached over 11%
                                                                                                by May 2019. By 2022, the Connecting Cambridgeshire
                            Revised full fibre target to achieve over
                                                                                                programme aims to increase the county’s fibre
                            30% coverage by 2022
                                                                                                footprint by:
                            Increasing use of Fibre to the Premise
                            (FTTP) technology                                                       Using Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) technology
                            Developing fibre assets and connecting                                  to complete the superfast broadband rollout, to
                            public buildings                                                        reach over 99% of homes and businesses.
                                                                                                    Maximising commercial investment - proactively
                                                                                                    removing barriers to telecoms infrastructure
                                                                                                    through the Enabling Digital Delivery (EDD) team.
                   Connecting Cambridgeshire has set a challenging new
                   target to achieve over 30% full fibre coverage across                            Using council assets to support better
                   Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by 2022 to support it                            connectivity such as making existing fibre
                   the county’s ambitions for digital connectivity.                                 ducting under the Guided Busway and cycleways
                                                                                                    available on a commercial basis.
                   The full fibre target is part of plans agreed in March
                   2019 by Cambridgeshire County Council, including                                 Upgrading over 100 public buildings with full
                   innovative use of council assets to deliver better                               fibre to support gigabit-capable services, in rural
                   connectivity.                                                                    areas of Huntingdonshire, East Cambridgeshire
                                                                                                    and Fenland.
                   Full fibre networks support the fastest, most reliable
                   internet access - capable of gigabit speeds, which are                           Delivering the benefits of integrating fibre
                   future-proof and provide the backbone for 4G and                                 ducting in all new transport infrastructure
                   future 5G mobile services.                                                       schemes as part of leading edge Council policies.
                                                                                                    Launching an innovative joint venture between
                                                                                                    the University of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire
                                                                                                    County Council to make assets available to
                          Our forward thinking approach to
                                                                                                    expand fibre networks, and provide a ‘neutral
                          extending full fibre coverage aims
                                                                                                    host model’ for the region.
                   to put the county at the forefront of the
                   UK’s digital development and supports the        The full fibre plans can be achieved within the Connecting
                                                             Fibre ducting in transport infrastructure schemes
                   Government’s ambition to reach 50%               Cambridgeshire programme’s budget following successful
                   of the country with fibre by 2025.               bids for over £14m additional EU and Government
                   Councillor Ian Bates, Chair of Cambridgeshire                                funding, together with over £80m private investment
                   County Council’s Economy and Environment Committee.                          in full fibre networks by commercial providers.
                                                                                      QUICKER       CHEAPER         LESS       ECONOMIC
                                                                                                                 DISRUPTION     BENEFIT

e ducting in transport
                FibreThe
                      ducting
                       infrastructure
                              in transport
                         benefits      schemes
                                   of integrating fibreI NTEGRATED
                                            infrastructure    schemes
                                                           Fibre
                                                         ducting ducting in transport
                                                                  in transport         infrastructure
                                                                               infrastructure  schemesschemes
              Fibre ducting in transport infrastructureT I schemes
                                                           ME

                                       INTEGRATED                                RE T RO FI T                       RETROFITTED

                                                                                     SLOW
 KER     CHEAPER       LESS QUICKER
                                 ECONOMICCHEAPER         LESS         ECONOMIC            QUICKER    CHEAPER         LESS       ECONOMIC
                    DISRUPTION    BENEFIT             DISRUPTION       BENEFIT                                    DISRUPTION     BENEFIT
                                     CHEAPER          LESS         ECONOMIC
GR A TED              I N T EG RA T E D
                           QUICKER                                                                                        EXPENSIVE          CAUSES        LOST
                                                                                  INTEGRATED
                                                                                                       COMPLEX
                                                   DISRUPTION       BENEFIT                                                                CONJESTION   PRODUCTIVITY

                   I N TT IEG
                           M E RA T E D                                            TIME

O F IT              RE T RO F IT
                    TIME                                                         RE T RO FI T
                   RE T ROF IT
OW                           SLOW                                                     SLOW
FIVE

                   Enabling Digital Delivery (EDD)
Connecting Cambridgeshire is among the first in                  Your proactive engagement with
the country to set up a dedicated Enabling Digital               CityFibre - setting up effective
Delivery (EDD) team that is proactively removing           meetings - with the Cambridgeshire
barriers to the rapid delivery of future proof digital     Streetworks team and the University of
connectivity across the county, making best use of         Cambridge Granta Network, has contributed
public sector assets and attracting private sector         immensely to the mobilisation of our £20M
investment.                                                FTTH project in Cambridge.
Launched in July 2018, the multi-faceted EDD team          Patrick Haynes, City Development
                                                           Manager, CityFibre
is taking action to recognise and resolve the myriad
issues that can hold up the delivery of fixed and
mobile infrastructure.                                         infrastructure projects (roads, footpaths,
                                                               cycleways etc) to include fibre ducting in the
EDD has rapidly established itself as the first ‘port of
                                                               design, build and budget, and incorporated by
call’ for network providers and telecoms operators,
                                                               partner agencies.
and its work is already making an impact, including:
                                                               Working across local authority boundaries to
    Setting up an Enquiries Register to manage
                                                               streamline existing processes and procedures
    and resolve ‘real time’ issues affecting
                                                               that can impact on the rapid deployment of
    infrastructure delivery including complex legal
                                                               future facing digital technologies, and develop
    agreements, wayleaves, streetworks and permits,
                                                               best practice planning guidance for mobile
    infrastructure problems and planning.
                                                               operators and telecoms providers.
    Trialling the DCMS National Streetworks Toolkit
                                                               Gaining a national profile and leading the way
    by liaising between CityFibre and Cambridgeshire
                                                               for other programmes to follow.
    County Council’s Streetworks team to support
    the £20m fibre rollout in Cambridge City.
    Supporting FTTP deployment by Hyperoptic to             Number of EDD Cases
    social housing with Cambridge City Council’s            July 2018 - May 2019
    Housing Department.                                                                         EDD enquiry by type
                                                                   Open: 13
    Promoting the use of public sector assets by
                                                                                                 Highways: 2
    telecoms providers to support digital connectivity
                                                                                                       Major Developments: 2
    delivery across the region.
    Spearheading the new policy for all                                                                            Wayleave: 13
    Cambridgeshire County Council’s major                          Closed: 22

      Your knowledge of the market, the                           Infrastructure: 9
      practicalities around installation                                 Planning: 4                             Complaints: 3
and the providers themselves has enabled
                                                                                                               FOI: 1
us to move the project forward much                                                   Streetworks: 1

more quickly and smoothly than
would otherwise be the case.                               Up to the end of May 2019, 35 support requests have
David Greening, Head of                                    been registered; of which 22 have been resolved, with
Housing, Cambridge City Council                            active management in place to resolve all others.
FOUR
 SIX                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   FIVE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SEVEN

Future-facing Digital Connectivity for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is a leading digital economy with a bold vision to optimise                        Work is underway to deliver our Digital Connectivity                 This map shows current and potential sites for full
private and public sector investment in future facing connectivity to underpin the region’s                        Strategy 2018 -2022, which sets out ambitious plans                  fibre networks, through private investment and
growth, deliver public services, and support businesses and communities.                                           to improve fibre broadband, public access Wifi and                   public sector building upgrades, as well as Public
                                                                                                                   mobile coverage across the region.                                   Access Wifi locations across the county.

  Ambitious delivery                                                                                                                             Thriving business                                    Significant funding
  plans                                                                                                                                          communities                                          and commercial
  - Superfast broadband >99%                                                                                                                     - 43,874 businesses of which                         investment
    by end of 2020                                                                                                                                 the majority are SMEs                                Over £14m additional
                                                                                                Wisbech
  - Mobile Coverage – 2G -4G -5G                                                                                                                 - 4,700 knowledge-intensive                            Government, EU and Local
                                                                                                                                                   companies in the                                     Authority funding
  - Full Fibre >30% by 2022
                                                    Peterborough            Whittlesey
                                                                                                                                                   Cambridge cluster                                    supporting the delivery of
  - Public Access WiFi                                                                                                                                                                                  leading edge digital
                                                                                                       March                                                                                            infrastructure
                                                                                                                                                   Key                                                  More than £80m for full fibre
  Collaborating                                                                                                                                                                                         networks including: BT,
  for success                                                                             Chatteris               Littleport                             Public Sector Building fibre
                                                                                                                                                         upgrade locations
                                                                                                                                                                                                        CityFibre, Cambridge Fibre
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Networks, County Broadband,
    Combined Authority and local
    councils
                                                                                                                                                         Private sector investment in fibre             Gigaclear, Grain, Hyperoptic,
                                                                                                                   Ely                                   networks – announced/underway
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Virgin Media
    Telecoms providers and mobile                                                                                                                        Private sector investment in fibre
    operators                                                                                                                                            networks – under consideration                 Virgin Media 8GB trials in
    Businesses and communities                                                                                                                                                                          Papworth
                                                                                                                                                         CambWifi

    Academia                                                   Huntingdon                                                                                                                               Gigabit-capable networks
                                                                              St Ives                                                                    CambWifi Coming Soon                           including new developments
                                                                                                                               Soham                                                                    at Alconbury, Northstowe etc
                                                                                                                                                         Market towns Wifi
  Strong digital demand
                                                                                                                                                         Market towns Wifi -in planning
  - Rising take-up: Superfast
    Broadband >63%, Full Fibre >33%
                                                                                                                                                         or under consideration
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fastest growing
    Gigabit vouchers for businesses                      St Neots
                                                                                                                                                          Village/Community halls in
                                                                                                                                                          planning or under consideration             region
    to access new fibre networks                                                                                                                          Open+ Libraries
                                                                                                                                                                                                      - Fastest growing economy in
                                                                                                                                                                                                        the UK
                                                                                                      Cambridge                                           Digital Innovation
                                                                                                                                                          Corridors                                   - GVA growth of 84.6%
                                                                              Cambourne
                                                                                                                                                                                                        (2001-2016)
  Innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                                      - International trade
  - Digital Innovation Corridors                                                                                                               Concept map, not to scale.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        increasing by £300m by
    including a 40Km duct and fibre                                                                                                                                                                     2021
    network from St Ives to Linton,
    digital infrastructure for the                                                                                                                                                                    - Employment forecast -
    new A428 and off road routes                                                                                                                                                                        90,000 new jobs by 2036
                                                                                                                   Linton
    Cambridge and Peterborough                                                                                                                                                                          Population forecast to rise
    in UK's top 10 Smart Cities                                                                                                                                                                         to >1 million by 2036
                                                                                  Royston                                                                                                               Combined Authority target
    Cambridge is the #1 UK city for
    patent applications                                                                                                                                                                                 29,000 new homes by 2021,
                                                                                                                                                                                                        rising to 100,000 by 2037
EIGHT

                                        Superfast broadband rollout
                                                                                         to reinvest in extending the rollout, together with
                       Superfast broadband                                               grants from the Government’s Rural Broadband
                                                                                         Infrastructure Fund and the European Union.
                       (24mbps +) targets                                                Phase three of the rollout is underway, phase four
                       Phase 2 - reached 96% homes &                                     has been procured and is being planned to reach
                       businesses                                                        remaining areas over the next two years. This includes
                       Phase 3 – reached 97% early 2019                                  extending the fibre network to 5,300 additional
                       Phase 4 – targeting >99% by end 2020                              premises in harder to reach rural areas.

                                                                                         Fibre to the Premise (FTTP)
     The Connecting Cambridgeshire superfast
                                                                                         Increasingly, Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) technology
     broadband rollout, led by Cambridgeshire County
                                                                                         is being used to connect remaining premises to the
     Council, is extending fibre connectivity to homes
                                                                                         network, which means households and businesses
     and businesses that would not be able to get it
                                                                                         can upgrade to faster, more reliable speeds of up to
     otherwise.
                                                                                         300Mbps, now or in the future.
     The programme reached its target of delivering
                                                                                                                            FTTP
     superfast broadband access to over 97% of premises
     across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in March                                                                        OVERHEAD
                                                                                         EXCHANGE                           LINES AND                              PREMISES
     2019 (nine months early) and is aiming for more than                                                                     POLES      CONNECTION
                                                                                                                                            BOX

                                                                                                                                                      CONNECTION

     99% coverage by the end of 2020.
                                                                                                                                                         POINT
                                                                                                        UNDERGROUND DUCTS
                                                                                                                             NODE

     The county has some of the highest take up figures
     in the country, reaching over 63% superfast and more                                With FTTP, the fibre optic cable runs directly from
     than 30% full fibre by the end of April 2019, and rising.                           the telephone exchange to the property, either via
     The contract with BT includes a ‘clawback clause’                                   underground ducts or overhead cables on telegraph
     for take up over 20%, which means an additional                                     poles, to a connection box. Peterborough and
     funding stream of £10m+ has been made available                                     Fenland already have over 20% FTTP.

                                                                                                                               Take-up
                                        Superfast progress                                                                     Campaign
                                                                                                                                        HIGH
                100%                                                                                                           Connecting Cambridgeshire
                                                                                         97% >99%
                     90%                                                        95%                                            ran a successful Superfast
                                                                         93%
                                                                                                                                    TAKETake-Up
                                                                                                                                             UP
SUPERFAST COVERAGE

                     80%                                                                                                       Broadband
                     70%                                                                                                       campaign in early 2019,
                                   SUPERFAST
                                                                                                                               funded
                                                                                                                                    SUby
                                                                                                                                       PEthe  Government,
                     60%
                                                     60%                                                                                   RFAST

                                                                                                                                    60%
                     50%                                                                                                       to highlight
                                                                                                                                       OVER availability
                                                                                                                                            the
                     40%                                                                                                       of superfast (and faster)
                                  50%
                     30%                                                                                                       fibre broadband and remind
                                                               FIBRE TO THE
                     20%
                                                              PREMISE (FTTP)           8%                                      residents that they need to
                     10%                                                                                                       upgrade to get it.
                       0
                           2010     2011   2012   2013     2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020
S                                                                 SI           N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       N

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             G
                                                                                                                                                          AN

                                                                                                I

                                                                                                                                          P
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           E

                                                                                                           AR
                                                                                         IIII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ES
                                                                                                                                        G
                                                                                                                                                  PL

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           SS
                                                                                                                                –5

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SE
                                                                                                       M
                                                                                  IIII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ES
                                                                                                                                             5G
                                                                                                   – S

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          S–
                                                                                                                         IFI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     NINE

                                                                           IIIII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   –
                                                                                                                                         –
                                                                                                                                   SW

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   EN
                                                                                                 NS
                                                                IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        EN
                                                                                                                                    IFI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           AB
                                                                                                                  E – PUBLIC ACCES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ABL
                                                                                                                                S W
                                                                                         WIFI – 5G PLA

                                                                                                                            CCES
                Mobile – 2G-4G-5G

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ING D
                                                                                                                      PUBLIC A

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     IGITAL DELIVER
                                                                                                                             –
                                                                                                             FIBR
                                                                                                    SS

                                                                                                                                RE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Y
                                                                     IIIIIII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             VER
                                                                                                                                      IB
                                                                                                CCE

                                                                                                                                   LF
                                                                                                          LL

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Y
                                                                                                                                           L
                                                                                  III
                                                                                                   A

                                                                                                                                        FU
                                                                                                                          U
                                                         Working Together
                                                                                                                    Wi-Fi

                                                                                                                            –F
                                                                            IIIII
                                                                                                            C
                                                                                                                 CALLING

      Mobile & 5G targets

                                                                                                                                                 –
                                                                                                         LI

                                                                                                                                        E
                                                                                              II

                                                                                                             B

                                                                                                                                                      E
                                                                                                                                           L
                                                                                         IIII
                                                                                                                                                          IL

                                                                                                                                        BI
                                                                                                                 PU
                                                                                                                                                               OB

                                                                                                                                             O

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          PE
                                                                                                 II
                                                                                                                                                                    M
                                                         Connecting Cambridgeshire is building relations with
                                                                                                                                                      M                 4G

                                                                                                                           –
                                                                                                       II

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   R
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     SU
                                                                                                                                                          4G                 &
      Working with mobile operators to improve

                                                                                                   III
                                                                                                                                                                                                                PE

                                                                                                                                 E
                                                                                                                                                                                 3G

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              F
                                                                                                                                                                                                         RFA                                             A
                                                                                                                                                                G&

                                                                                                          I
                                                                                                                                         R                                            –   ST BROA BAND                                             ST
                                                         mobile operators and our dedicated Enabling Digital

                                                                                                            III
                                                                                                                                             B                                                   D                   SU
                                                                                                                                                 FI                      –3                                                                                           III

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               I
                                                                                                                             III
      poor coverage affecting businesses and
                                                                                                                                                                                                          PER                              BR
                                                                                                                                   III                L                           FAST BROADBAND                                                              III
                                                         Delivery team is working to resolve barriers that
                                                                                                                                                             L                                                                 OA                       III
                                                                                                                                             II           FU
      communities
                                                                                                                                         III                            –                                                 DB                      III
                                                                                                                                                  IIII                       D –              LE                 AN                        IIII
                                                         prevent mobile connectivity from being improved.                                                IIII                    3G & 4G MOBI                                     IIII
                                                                                                                                                                       IIII                                               IIIII
      Targeting better coverage of A and B roads                                                                                                                IIIIII           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
                                                                                                                                                                                                               IIIIIII
      and rail routes by 2022                            Mobile UK, the trade association for the UK’s mobile
      Planning ahead for early deployment of 5G          network operators cited Connecting Cambridgeshire
      mobile services                                    as a case study in its flagship report ‘Councils and
                                                         Connectivity: How local government can help to build
                                                         mobile Britain’, launched at Westminster in September
Mobile coverage for voice and data (2G and 4G            2018.
services) across parts of Cambridgeshire is variable
which is causing widespread concern amongst
businesses and communities and is seen to be
negatively impacting local economic growth.
Connecting Cambridgeshire is supporting
improvements to network coverage so that people                  Building Mobile Britain relies on strong
can make reliable mobile phone calls and use 4G                  partnerships and local Government has
across the whole geography of the county, including      a vital role to play in delivering this goal. Our
A and B roads, and rail services by 2022.                report, Councils and Connectivity, outlines how
To support this, Cambridgeshire County Council           proactive local government leadership, planning
commissioned a technical mobile phone coverage           and the sharing of ideas can enable and
survey for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area,     unlock opportunities to achieving a
which took place during February and March 2019,         world-class connected economy.
covering a range of locations including roads, tourist
                                                          How local
                                                         Gareth       government
                                                                Elliott,             can help to build mobile Britain
                                                                         Head of Policy
                                                         and Communications, Mobile UK                       September 2018
attractions, parks and rail routes.
The survey findings are being analysed in conjunction
with the latest Ofcom data to identify areas of poor
coverage, as the baseline for the programme’s mobile
coverage improvement plan. This data will inform
discussions which are underway with Ofcom, mobile
operators, landowners, businesses and communities
to improve access for infrastructure and broker
solutions, with an initial focus on ‘notspot’ areas.

                                                                                                    Wi-Fi
                                                                                                   CALLING
TEN

                  Public Access Wifi
                                                         CambWifi is already available at around 150 sites
        Public Access Wifi                               across Cambridgeshire including libraries, leisure

        targets
                                                         centres, community centres, children’s centres,
                                                         sheltered housing schemes, and council buildings,
        Widespread free Wifi in public                   and also in open spaces in Cambridge.
        buildings and open spaces                        The secure, trusted network is free and is simple to
        Expanding Wifi provision in market               join via a single sign on and registration. It supports
        towns, village halls and community               digital inclusion and the local economy: allowing
        buildings                                        people to access public services, shop or pay bills
                                                         online and keep in touch with family and friends
                                                         without having to travel.
                                                         The programme is liaising with District and Town
Connecting Cambridgeshire is looking to expand free
                                                         Councils to support emerging Market Towns
public access Wifi services so that more people can
                                                         Masterplans to increase Wifi services in market
get online in public buildings, open spaces and retail
                                                         towns so that residents, traders and visitors can
centres around the county.
                                                         access information and make payments online.
The programme is delivering a Public Access
                                                         Public access Wifi is planned to be delivered in
Wifi Strategy for cities, market towns and rural
                                                         Fenland market towns from summer 2019, followed
or sub-urban areas across Cambridgeshire and
                                                         by Huntingdonshire and East Cambridgeshire market
Peterborough, and is working towards CambWifi
                                                         towns by the end of 2019.
availability across all areas.
                                                         East Cambs District Council is piloting the provision
       We want to see greater equity of free             of public access Wifi in Ely and Soham town
       public access to Wifi, which is why               centres via a local provider with the support of the
we are keen to extend free public access                 programme, which has brought a positive impact for
across our Market Towns to follow the very               the local economy.
successful projects that are already in place.           Plans are also being developed to extend public access
This scheme will allow local people and                  Wifi provision to some village halls and community
visitors to get online in public buildings and           buildings, following a survey by CambsACRE to
open spaces across our area, so that they can            assess where free public access Wifi would help local
be connected wherever they are.                          communities to support their activities.
James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire                    The map on the centre pages shows current
& Peterborough
                                                         and planned Public Access Wifi locations across
                                                         Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

   CambWifi: working towards CambWifi network availability across all areas

                                          Seamless                           Content
                        Single sign
        Trusted                          connection        GDPR              filtered
                          on and
        network                          across the      compliant           for safe
                        registration
                                         CPCA area                           access
ELEVEN

The Smart Places Initiative is exploring how data and   More than 250 people took part in a series of events
emerging technology can be used in market towns         and posted their feedback on an interactive map to
to help to address common challenges such as            highlight key areas where smart technology could
transport, connectivity and air quality.                help such as congestion, public transport, community
                                                        information, and air quality sensors.
It builds upon the innovative work of the Smart
Cambridge programme, led by Connecting                  The next steps will see the Smart Places team
Cambridgeshire, which has helped to make Cambridge      create project proposals for the Cambridgeshire &
one of the top ten smart cities in the country.         Peterborough Combined Authority to support on-
                                                        going and planned MasterPlan works for St Neots.
The Smart Places team is working in collaboration
with communities, local authorities, town
councils, businesses and academia to support
                                                                St Neots is leading the way for our
the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined
                                                                new Smart Places Initiative…We’ve
Authority’s Masterplans for market towns.
                                                        had lots of great suggestions and look forward
                                                        to working with the community and
Smart St Neots                                          local councils to take them forward.
St Neots residents welcomed the opportunity to          Cambridgeshire County Councillor David Wells,
share their views to help find ‘smart’ solutions to     Huntingdonshire District Councillor for St Neots (East) and
tackle some of the town’s challenges.                   Chairman of the St Neots Masterplan steering group.

Digital                                                 Connecting
Connectivity                                            Businesses
Champion                                                Full fibre networks mean
                                                        businesses can prepare for gigabit-
Cambridgeshire County
                                                        capable connectivity, so they can access
Councillor Ian Bates won
                                                        speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps in future.
a national Technology &
Digital Award in 2018 for                               More than 100 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
his work championing                                    businesses have successfully applied to install
digital connectivity across                             full fibre gigabit capable connections through the
the county.                                             Government’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.

Cllr Bates chairs the                                   Neighbouring businesses are being encouraged to
County’s Economy and Environment Committee,             pool their vouchers together with nearby residents
which oversees the Connecting Cambridgeshire            to share the installation costs using local full fibre
digital connectivity programme. The LGiU and CCLA       broadband suppliers. A new Rural Gigabit Voucher
Councillor Achievement Award recognised his             Scheme was also launched in May 2019 with
support for the transformational effect of digital      additional funding for rural residents to install
connectivity for rural communities, business growth,    gigabit-capable broadband as part of a group project.
and smart energy.                                       Find out more at:
                                                        gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk
12

Contact details

Connecting Cambridgeshire
Web:      www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk
Email: connecting.cambridgeshire@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Call:     01223 703293
Twitter: @ConnectingCambs
LinkedIn: Connecting Cambridgeshire

Enabling Digital Delivery
Email: edd@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Call:    01223 703293

Smart Places
Email: smart.places@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Call:    01223 703293

Cambridgeshire I&                            Peterborough
                                   I I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
CombinedIIIAuthority     I I I I I
                      II                                            IIIII
                IIIII                                                     IIII
           IIII                                                                IIII                                       NNE
                                                                                                                                   CTING BUSINESS
                                                                                    I     I                                                                   ES                         III
                                                                                      III
                                                                                                                 O
                                                                             II                              – C                                                     –                         II
                                                                         III                       GE                      NA        III                                   E
Web:                                                     III                         AMBRIDGE – CONNE
                                                        www.cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
                                                                    D                                                                    III
                                                                 RI           A RT C                          C TIN
                                                                                                                               BL
                                                                                                                                  IN
                                                               B            M              B RIDGE – CO
                                                                         – S MART
                                            III

                                                                                         M
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   III

                                                             M                       C A                NN           G
Call:                                                   01480 277180                                                     BU
                                                                                                           EC
                                         III

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               III

                                                                      NS – S
                                                                                                              TIN
                                                                                                                                                                                                 G

                                                                                                                            SI
                                                           CA
                                   III

                                                                                                                  G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               III

                                                                    A                                               BU
                                                                                                                               N
                                                                                                                                                                                                         D

                                                                  L
                                IIII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    III

                                                                                                                       S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                IG

                                                                        S                                                I
                                                    T

                                                                                                                                                                            N
                                                                                                   AN
                                                                                   P

                                                                                                                                                                                E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            IIII
                                           AR
                         IIII

                                                                                                                                                                                     ES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          IT
                                                                            G
                                                                                           PL

                                                                                                                                                                                SS
                                                                   –5

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               AL

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             IIII
                                                                                                                                                                                           SE
                                       M
                  IIII

                                                                                                                                                                                    ES
                                                                                      5G
                                   – S

                                                                                                                                                                                                 S–

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              IIIII
                                                                             FI
           IIIII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    DE
                                                                                                                                                                                          –
                                                                                  –
                                                                          WI

                                                                                                                                                                                                          EN
                                 NS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  III
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            LIV
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

                                                                                                                                                                                               EN
                                                                           I
                                                                     WIF
                                                                       SS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ABL
                                                                                                                                                                                                 ABL
                         WIFI – 5G PLA

                                                      – PUBLIC ACCE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ERY
                                                                    SS

                                                                                                                                                                                                      ING D

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ING DIG
                                                        PUBLIC ACCE

                                                                                                                                                                                                            IGITAL DELIVER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ITAL DELI
                                                   E –
                                                 IBRE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   IIIIIIII
                                    SS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Y
     IIIIIII

                                                                     R

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      VER
                                                                       FIB
                                CCE

                                              LF

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  II
                                                                            LL

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Y
                                            L
                  III

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             IIIII
                                      A

                                                                                  FU
                                         FU
            IIIII
                                   IC

                                                                   –

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   III
                                                                                          –
                                         BL

                                                                         LE
                              II

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            IIII
                                                                                               E

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               S
                         IIII

                                                                                                   IL
                                                                                     I
                                                 PU

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 UP
                                                                                  OB

                                                                                                        OB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            II
                                     II

                                                                                                             M
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 III
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    E

                                                                                               M                 4G
                                                            –
                                 III

                                                                                                                                                                                                          R

                                                                                                                                                              SU
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     II

                                                                                                   4G                 &                                  PE
                                                                    E

                                                                                                                          3G
                                                                                                                                                                                                     F
                                             I

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               III

                                                                                                                                                                                                A
                                         III

                                                                                                                                                   RFA
                                                                                                         G&
                                                                                  R                                            –    ST BROA BAND                                         ST
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      III

                                                                                      B                                                    D
                                              II

                                                                                                                  –3                                          SU
                                                               III                        FI                                                       PER                          BR                           III
                                                                       III                     L      L                    FAST BROADBAND                                OA
                                                                                                                                                                                                     III
                                                                                      II           FU
                                                                                                                                                                                               III
                                                                                  III                            –                                                 DB                    III
                                                                                           IIII                       D –
                                                                                                                          3G & 4G MOBI
                                                                                                                                       LE                 AN                      IIII
                                                                                                  IIII          IIII                                               IIIII
                                                                                                                                                                           IIII
                                                                                                         IIIIII           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
                                                                                                                                                        IIIIIII
You can also read