[Gllug] Singapore national broadband contract

[David L Neil Mailing list a/c]

Is the future state of broadband in the UK that the industry regulator 
has handed the keys of the kingdom over to BT who will implement CN21 
when they get around to it, and that the government has refused to kick 
in any public funding but thinks that a 2Mbps (maybe!) connection will 
be enough for anyone?

Here's the Singapore approach. Bear in mind that it is essentially a 
city state and although less than half the size of M25/Greater London 
the project will have to cope with a large number of islands.

Exchange rate: SGD2.20~£1.00
- so the numbers you will ponder are: less than £10 or £55pcm for a 
wholesale residential connection


Starhub wins Singapore national broadband contract
Friday 3 April 2009 | 12:10 PM CET

StarHub has won the contract to operate Singapore's next-generation 
broadband network, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore 
announced. StarHub will establish the Next Gen NBN OpCo, called Nucleus 
Connect, to design, build and operate the active infrastructure. The 
government will provide a grant of up to SGD 250 million to Nucleus 
Connect to support the infrastructure deployment. The government has 
already allocated SGD 750 million to OpenNet, the SingTel-led company 
that will manage the passive infrastructure on the fibre-to-the home 
network. Nucleus Connect will manage wholesale services over the 
network, providing retail operators with capacity to offer a range of 
services. Wholesale prices are set at SGD 21 per month for a 100 Mbps 
residential connection and SGD 121 for 1 Gbps, while non-residential 
premises, such as offices and schools, will have a wholesale price of 
SGD 75 for 100 Mbps and SGD 860 for 1 Gbps. Starhub said it expects to 
start commercial services over the new network in Q1 2010, while the 
government targets universal service in 2013. StarHub beat bids from 
three rival groups, including the IntelliNet Consortium (Axia NetMedia 
and Cisco Systems), MobileOne and Singtel. Nucleus Connect expects to 
spend about SGD 1 billion on the active network over the 25-year period 
of the licence.
 
http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/telecompaper/uLYl/~3/qSZAregyCg4/article.aspx


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