Manchester City Region: creating Next Generation Digital Cities

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Manchester City Region creating Next Generation
Digital Cities

• Dave Carter , Head, Manchester Digital
  Development Agency (MDDA)
• Manchester City Council

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ROAD - 50AD
CANAL - 1734
RAIL - 1830
SHIP CANAL - 1894
AIR - 1938
FIBRE - 1970s- Next Generation Access 2010-
Digitisation
Global Market Connectivity
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• Disruptive technologies
• digital infrastructure the real estate of the
  21st century
• the world turned upside down users as producers
  and networkers
• ubiquitous high bandwidth connectivity 100Mbps
  to 100Gbps
• Next Generation Access (NGA) open access
  networks
• open hosting, open exchanges

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• Innovation Creativity
• advanced e-infrastructures (access)
• NGA as transformative
• creativity and innovation (content)
• innovative business models
• building, operating and developing networks
• creating new marketplaces
• new trade new jobs new skills
• social networking (engagement)
• user generated services
• digital inclusion and co-operation
• new business models (sustainability)
• talent, technology tolerance

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• Connected City Connected People
• Community regeneration jobs, skills, improved
  environment
• Digital business sector Manchester Digital
  trade assoc. www.manchesterdigital.com
• Innovation Living Labs open innovation
  research and development platform
• www.openlivinglabs.eu
• New infrastructures next generation broadband
  fibre to the premises (FTTP) wireless

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• Future Smart Cities
• Living Lab NGA FTTP test-bed in Manchester
  Oxford Road Corridor area starting with 500
  businesses 1,000 residential users
• City Net Digital Hub connecting key sites via
  the Metrolink tram network
• City Region Met-Net linking key sites using
  transport corridors, inc. Metrolink, waterways,
  cycleways, old rail lines plus new networks
• Multi-stakeholder SPV a digital cooperative
  based on global best practice e.g. US National
  Telecoms Coop Assoc. (NTCA)
• Green Digital Cooperation sustainability

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MCR NGA deployment
One Central Park
sharp project
Connectivity via Metrolink
Sport City
Connectivity via Metrolink
Manchester College
CITY CENTRE
Media City
Corridor test-bed
Central Salford
Peering with JANET
Internet Exchange
Digitisation next phases
Next Generation Access
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• Smart Cities as Creative Cities
• beyond NGA to TDI
• - Transformational Digital Infrastructure
• getting smart talent, technology and tolerance
  creativity, innovation and diversity
• getting organised Living Labs Future Internet
• getting noticed new Smart Cities agenda

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• Building Open Networks
• Fast Open Data
• Green Source User-generated
• Access Mad things need MadLabs
• Future Internet Fab things need FabLabs
• Everything
• ....in essence
• the hacienda must be built......

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• Thank You!
• d.carter_at_manchesterdda.com
• www.manchesterdda.com