BT Wireless Cities

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BT Wireless Cities

• Ken Rooney
• Business Development Manager, BT Wireless Cities
  Programme
• 31st August 2007

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Wireless Cities a global phenomenon
In total there are over 130 live
regional/city-wide Wi-Fi networks in the US for
public use, with a further 35 municipal/public
safety networks, and c. 150 networks in planning,
so the Wi-Fi city is an increasing reality.
- Strategy Analytics, January 2007
Consumers want to communicate using whatever
device suits them, with location being a key
factor in this. - Ovum, August 2006
The municipal wireless market is expected to
expand to 512 million by 2010 from 88 million
this year - Godfrey Chua, a wireless analyst
with research firm IDC.
Muni Wi-Fi now almost de rigueurLess than two
years after it first launched with a
now-landmark Philadelphia project, the municipal
Wi-Fi market is in full swing - Telephony,
Monday September 11th, 2006
By march Birminghams city centre will be
wireless enabled with free access to local
content - probably the first city in the country
to achieve this and substantial local benefits.
An example also of successful collaboration
between members and officers of the council with
BT and the wider Digital Birmingham
partnership. - Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive,
Birmingham City Council. Birmingham Post
The Wireless Cities model looks set to also
be followed by incumbents in other countries.
- Daiwa Securities (investment bank), May
2006
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Whats happening around the globe?
300 initiatives worldwide
Some examples - Free Usage Community Wireless
(F D) SFR Paris (F)Roma Wireless Rome
(I) Some examples - Ad Funded MetroFi USA (CA,
IL, OR) Acantho Bologna (I)
Highlighted countries have been identified to
have Wireless City/Community Networks (Source BT
Wireless Cities Competitor Research) Data
Source Muniwireless.com 10 September 2006 list
of US cities and regions
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BT Mobility and Convergence Vision- anywhere,
anytime, anyplace
Wireless Broadband
Wireless Broadband at the heart of our strategy
Wireless cities
Wireless Broadband
Wireless Broadband is about taking Broadband
Mobile
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Wi-Fi is todays technology choice

• Consumer devices are a key driver of Wi-Fi growth
• Widely adopted by the mass market today
• 245.9 million Wi-Fi portable devices globally by
  2010
• 22 million by 2011 in UK alone
• Wi-Fi Alliance has certified over 3000 products
• Wi-Fi Networks are expanding
• Over 142,407 free and paid Wi-Fi hotspots in 132
  countries
• Over 300 wireless cities deployed
• Mobile WiMAX will take time to offer a credible
  alternative
• Fixed WiMAX available today. Useful for
  infrastructure but limited use for end users
• Mobile Spectrum auction due to take place late
  2007 / early 2008
• Mobile Devices not available till 2008/9
• Mass market will take at least 5 years to mature

BT delivered Wi-Fi Networks
Wireless Cities, Openzone, Wi-Fi Consumer
Business networks
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What is a Wireless City?

• Major strategic initiative to Wi-Fi enable City
  Centres
• Extends the power of Broadband into public spaces
• Provides a Wi-Fi Network for shared public and
  private access
• Pioneering partnerships with Local Authorities to
  champion the initiative
• Developing innovative applications and services
• Delivering an open network with a wide range of
  service providers

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A City Vision 21st Century City
Integrated services accessible at any point
across the City
Support for integrated service provision,
community protection, access to citizen portals
and one stop shops
Robust communications infrastructure to support
the future needs of todays agile businesses
TheCity Vision
Congestion / pollution monitoring, transport
management, support for environmental rangers,
waste management
Education and development support through on-line
content access anywhere in the City
Ubiquitous and secure broadband speed access
across the City
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Wireless Cities contribution to the Vision
Helping make the city an attractive place to live
and work
Supporting City front line staff with
innovative mobile worker applications
Remote traffic congestion monitoring, cashless
parking payments
Providing city visitors with the information they
need when and where they need it
Providing a safer, cleaner street
environment, improving public security - CCTV,
noise and pollution monitoring
Platform for Education and Remote Learning
Supporting Care in the community initiatives
Supporting Social Inclusion Programmes
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Birmingham
Target area 1.11 sq mile Total Access Points
117 Payphones based 27 Street Furniture based
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Red Circle BT Openzone (Native) Hotspot Blue
Square Payphone deployment Green square Street
furniture deployment Yellow highlighted streets
Target square mile area streets
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Newcastle
Target area 0.75 sq mile Total Access Points
79 Payphones based 19 Street Furniture based 60
Red Circle BT Openzone (Native) Hotspot Blue
Square Payphone deployment Green square Street
furniture deployment Yellow highlighted streets
Target square mile area streets
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Westminster
Green Markers Estate Cameras (x38) Red Markers
High Priority CCTV (x100) Yellow Markers Medium
Priority CCTV (x60) Orange Markers Low Priority
CCTV (x28) Total Cameras 226
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Mass Market Applications Overview
Business Customers
Consumer Customers
BT Openzone (Total Broadband)
BT Openzone
Agreed Launch Products Apps.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Gaming
BT Fusion (Wi-Fi)
Office Anywhere
Future Opportunities
New Cons. mobile applications
Wi-Fi Internet Security
Wi-Fi Blackberry
Gaming multi-media players

• Indoor Wi-Fi Bridge
• Business Continuity
• Alarm monitoring
• Wi-Fi guest services

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Wireless City Pilot Propositions

• Enabling city workers whose main activity is
  outside the office by giving them always on
  broadband access on the move
• A solutions focussed approach, enabling us to
  work with you to
• Share best practise
• Undertake specific mobile worker BPR
• Pilot most suitable applications
• Working with individual departments or
  collaborating on city wide transformation
  programmes
• Together focus on the outcomes that are
  sustainable
• Give access to a wide range of BT solutions
  partners

Community Safety Traffic Management Mobile
Workforce Mobile Voice Social Inclusion
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Workshop 1 - Discussion areas
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ACC and BT Workshop 2 Wireless Infrastructure
Programme June 5th 2007 Aberdeen
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Interest BT is Seeing
Actively working on 22 solutions with Authorities
and expect to move to contract April to June.
Some examples are

• Deploy moveable Wi-Fi IP-Video cameras
• to ease traffic congestion and issue penalty
  notices
• monitor new bus station for public safety with
  images relayed to PDA
• Licensing and Environmental Health officers can
  update records on the street from Wi-Fi PDA
  integrated into Authoritys systems and
  immediately initiate any actions needed
• Childrens Services can access client information
  in real-time via Wi-Fi laptop or digital pen and
  agree a care package with clients immediately

• City Guardians can access Council information
  using Wi-Fi PDA to help the public, and report
  local issues instantly
• Walled Garden to help citizens and visitors gain
  free Wi-Fi access to council public service
  information
• Corporate Fusion VoIP as part of the Authorities
  IP Convergence strategy
• Wi-Fi Mobile Working as part of an overall mobile
  working initiative including home working

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Benefits

• Greater productivity as employees do not have to
  return to the office to log work Significant
  effectiveness, efficiency and accommodation
  savings are achievable
• Demonstrably improved public service by immediate
  and visible access to information and back-end
  systems
• Employees can be multi-rolled eyes on the
  street e.g. street cleaning operative can
  report traffic obstructions, graffiti,
  anti-social behaviour via simple PDA integrated
  into back-end systems to relevant department

• With more time on the street less office space
  is needed, enabling significant property
  rationalisation
• Solutions are customised to meet the needs of
  authority and are based around the specific
  business benefits that can be achieved
• Wireless City is not a technology deployment but
  an enabler to transform the business of
  delivering citizen services

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The Wireless Birmingham agreement is a clear
demonstration of how well we have worked in
partnership with BT who are making a
significant financial investment to establish
this network. Councillor Paul Tilsley, Deputy
Leader, Birmingham City Council

• Extremely dense deployment of Wi-Fi capability
  across Westminster
• 6 square miles coverage
• High bandwidth wireless VPNs
• 220 IP CCTV camera locations
• Extensive mobile working capability
• Material improvements realised in both efficiency
  of front line staff and decreasing crime and
  anti-social behaviour
• Transformational flexible and mobile working
  services now enabled

• Adoption of wireless to e-enable citizens and
  transform front-line services
• First phase being rolled out and available March
  2007 (90 Access Points) on street furniture
• Walled Garden go live in March 2007
• Applications being developed include-
• City Guardians mobile working and public safety
  solution
• Urban Traffic Management
• Parking solutions
• Wi-Voice Solutions

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How does the partnership progress?
Stage 1 City centre payphones
Letter of Engagement Sets out principles of
engagement and overall aims
Programme Start 3 months 6
months 9 months
Appointment of Senior Sponsor Chairs Programme
Board Provides overall guidance and anchors
programme to City business priorities
Appointment of City BT Project
Managers Responsible for co-ordinating respective
organisations activities
Local Authority Agreement Provides access to
street furniture and enables network build
Stage 2 2 square miles on lampposts

• Application workshops
• Identify key applications
• Refine with Directorate heads
• Specify and propose solutions

Build business case (identify whether pilot
appropriate)
Stage 3 2 high sites for CCTV Pilot
Run Pilot Evaluate Pilot
Procurement
Stage 4 4 square miles
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An open network and established partners
Consumer e.g. Fusion
Service Providers
Business e.g Openzone
Application Developers
City e.g Mobile Worker
System integrators
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BT Wireless CitiesFlexible Deployment Strategy

• Flexible deployment
• Enables fast initial deployment of Wi-Fi
  services on BT owned payphone structures
• Provides options for social inclusion and
  digital divide coverage
• Stages network deployment to meet Council
  coverage and application development timescales
• Matches investment to commercial demand to
  ensure sustainability
• Supports neutral network deployment and shared
  services infrastructure
• Trigger Points
• Partnership/Co-operation agreement or ITT
• Rights to use Street Structures (LAA)
• Pilot Agreement to trial applications
• Long term commercial contracts for services
• Commercial contracts
• BT option for all stages is to build out a one
  square mile contiguous voice coverage in city
  centre triggered by Wi-Fi VoIP demand

Further extension driven by commercial market
demand and technology capability
One square mile in City Centre
Up to 2 sq miles infill and around city centre
with LAA
Up to 4 sq miles across the city depending on
demand
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Thank you