European communications providers' access to Reliable and easy infrastructure communications for everyone in Finland. Bucharest, 6 th of November 2013 Tähän joku aloituskuva, esim. ilmapallopoika Asta Sihvonen-Punkka Director General, Ficora
FICORA's role in the Finnish society We ensure that telecoms operators provide well-functioning, affordable and safe telephone and internet connections for anyone to access. We create the right conditions for new wireless services. We make sure that you can watch television and listen to radio, and that the mail delivery functions everywhere in Finland. We also administer.fi domain names and numbering. 2
Basic broadband for all by 2013 Standard fixed broadband* availability adding wireless, EU coverage is 99.97% *xdsl, Cable, FTTP and WiMax; Source: Point Topic 3
At least 30 Mbps for all by 2020 NGA* availability (54% of EU homes) But only 12% of EU rural areas are covered * Next Generation Access (NGA): VDSL, Cable Docsis 3.0 and FTTP; Source: Point Topic 4
Share of High-speed broadband 20% of EU fixed broadband subscriptions are NGA Source: Communications Committee 5
Fast broadband is not available to everyone One third of households could use fast broadband Big differences among municipalities in the availability TOP-10 municipalities include small northern and western both rural and urban municipalities, including those that have profited from the state aid programme
Fixed-line broadband subscriptions by connection speed 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1H 2007 2H 2007 1H 2008 2H 2008 1H 2009 2H 2009 1H 2010 2H 2010 1H 2011 2H 2011 1H 2012 2H 2012 1H 2013 Less than 2Mbps 4Mbps to less than 10Mbps 25Mbps to less than 100Mbps 2Mbps to less than 4Mbps 10Mbps or more, but less than 25Mbps 100Mbps or more 4.11.2013 7
Mobile Broadband penetration - all active users, January 2013 120% 100% 98% 106% 107% 80% 60% 40% 20% 23% 27% 33% 33% 35% 35% 37% 40% 40% 41% 41% 44% 45% 45% 47% 52% 53% 54% 62% 74% 76% 78% 82% 84% EU 0% HU RO PT BE LT MT SI BG LV DE SK FR EL CZ CY IT AT ES NL PL EE IE LU UK DK SE FI (European Commission) Asta Sihvonen-Punkka 4.11.2013 8
Take-up of fixed and mobile broadband connections in households 2012 38 % 21 % 26 % 2011 42 % 19 % 24 % 2010 52 % 10 % 20 % 0 % 20 % 40 % 60 % 80 % 100 % Fixed broadband Mobile broadband Fixed and mobile broadband Other internet connection or cannot say 9
Measures applied Traditionally, FICORA has been in charge of technical regulation The state aid granting authority (SAGA) duties enforce this» Need to assess the network plan FICORA regulation on internal networks in real estate buildings» New buildings and rebuilding or renovating existing ones» Ex post regulatory powers Single point of contact, electronic information 10
Ex ante regulation vs. universal service obligation Ex ante regulation (SMP regulation) used to promote competition in those areas where there is a market» Blue area = 95% of the population, 22% of the area Universal service obligation to ensure basis services» White area = 5% of the population 78% of the area Technical regulation and consumer protection applies to the whole area
Finnish National Broadband Action Plan for 2009-2015 Universal service to broadband connections of an average speed of 1 Mbps from 1 July 2010 Ultra-high speed networks: An upgrade of communications networks to cover the whole country with 100 Mbps connections by the end of 2015 Permanent residences and businesses should be no more than two kilometres from an access point for a fibre-optic or cable network. 12
Implementation of the Plan Appr. 132 million euro of public funds (state 66 million, municipalities 40 million and EU 25 million) to cover the rural areas Maximum public aid is 66% of the accrued costs FICORA is the state aid granting authority EU funds are granted by regional authorities 20 regional councils define projects and invite tenders will select the parties to realize the projects FICORA will define on the basis of application (based on network data) the maximum state aid 13
Regulation on internal networks and telecommunications contracting (M 65) Aims at ensuring tv and radio services, fixed telephony and fast BB services up to 1 Gbit/s Requires FTTH, promotes competition Enters into force 1 st of January 2014 To be applied to new buildings and buildings under renovation The regulation obliges owners, builders or developers, internal network designers and telecommunications contractors. Wide cooperation and information campaign Available at https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/steeringandsupervision/legislation/regulations/ regulation65oninternalnetworksandtelecommunicationscontractinginrealestatebuildings.html 14
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