Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP)
MIP Background
Gloucestershire Economic Growth Scru ny Commi ee 9th September 2015
By Lionel Spencer MIP Stakeholder Lead
1 MIP - Overview • A publicly funded project to provide mobile phone coverage by all four Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in areas that have none at present
• ‘Not spots’: Areas with no effec ve coverage by any of the mobile network operators, usually because it is uneconomic to do so
• Tackling market failure to provide mobile coverage to less populated areas
• State Aid funding means MIP cannot consider areas where there is coverage from at least one (UK) operator, but not from others
• State Aid funding is for improvements to “voice coverage and basic data”, but all sites will have the connec vity to manage upgraded services
• Opera onal & technical challenges – especially connec ng the new sites into the MNOs’ networks Those involved:
• The Department of Culture Media and Sport (Broadband Delivery UK) is mee ng the capital cost of the project
• Arqiva has been contracted to deliver it
• Harlequin are Arqiva’s acquisi on agents
• The four Mobile Network Operators: • Have all agreed to provide a service from all MIP sites for 20 years • Have agreed to meet all the opera ng costs of doing so
The Challenge: - All on the same site!
Planning permission
Economic power supply (i.e. Nearby) Viable transmission links (2) Not Spots Coverage of the Access for build and opera on
Available site at Economic site rental Economic construc on cost Before a Site is Selected it needs to connect back to the MNOs Comments • MNOs require connec on MNO responsible for backhaul to each of MNBL and CTIL • Expensive to share a link and cross transfer traffic
MBNL • Commercial concerns with MBNL Site Network being able to see how much traffic is being generated
• 100mbps required for each link to support data. MIP Site Incremental cost is negligible in MIP budget
• MNO site requires IP connec on to support Project Beacon, MBNL Direct connec ons not always sharing and 4G available and Extended Transmission Solu ons might be required CTIL Site CTIL Network
Note: a BT Leased Line connec on cannot be provisioned within the MIP Capex and Opex constraints. 5 Transmission • Line of sight needed for connec ng the site into the MNOs’ networks • Every site needs TWO transmission links • One for O2 & Vodafone • One for EE and 3 • The far ends of the links need capacity to carry the services back into the MNOs’ core networks
MIP site
Capacity for onward transmission
We cannot progress any site until we know we can achieve these connections.
Gloucestershire Nominals Update
• 1. Current Planning Applica ons • GLO0010 (Cotswold District Council) • Planning applica on submi ed on 17 July for site at Pasture Farm, Pasture Lane, Blockley, Gloucestershire, GL56 9HY (25m mast) to provide coverage to the not spots around Blockley. A decision is expected by 17 September, assuming it is dealt with under delegated powers. • The site is within the Cotswolds AONB. • GLO0057 (Cotswold District Council) • Planning applica on submi ed on 13 August for site at Nash Barn, land at Manor Farm, Sevenhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5XH (22.5m high mast). It was validated on 14 August and consulta on is now underway but a backlog of applica ons means that it does not appear on the Council’s on-line planning register. It will provide coverage to the not spots in and around Brockhampton and Sevenhampton. • The site is within the Cotswolds AONB. • GLO3202 (Stroud District Council) • Planning applica on submi ed on 29 July for the site at Lypia Farm, Miserden, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 7JB (35m high mast) and a decision is expected by 6 October, assuming it is determined under delegated powers. It will provide coverage to the not spots around Througham, Sudgrove and Miserden • The site is within the Cotswolds AONB. • 2. Nominals with Selected Candidates • GLO0165 (Forest of Dean District Council) • Planning applica on submi ed in March 2015 but withdrawn in June due to the presence of a badgers se nearby. An alterna ve loca on was being considered but could not be agreed in me to submit a second planning applica on by the mid-August deadline. • This site would have provided coverage to the not spots along the Wye Valley around Redbrook. It is within the Wye Valley AONB. • GLO2286 (Cotswold District Council) • A candidate site to provide coverage to the not spots in Chedworth was selected and pre-applica on consulta on held with Cotswold District Council, Chedworth Parish Council, the Ward Councillor, and the Cotswolds Conserva on Board. The Parish Council asked us to consider alterna ve loca ons for the base sta on and the Conserva on Board objected to the original candidate due concerns about visual impact. • These issues could not be resolved in me to submit a planning applica on by the mid-August deadline. • The site is within the Cotswold AONB. • GL2402 (Stroud District Council) • A candidate site selected to provide coverage to the not spots in and around Bisley. Pre-applica on consulta on held with Cotswold District Council, Bisley-with-Lypia Parish Council, the Ward Councillor and Cotswold Conserva on Board. We were unable to secure the A- End connec ons and hence could not progress to planning applica on stage. • The site is within the Cotswolds AONB • GL2467 (Cotswold District Council) • Candidate site iden fied to provide coverage to the not spots in and around Ablington and Winson, but not progressed as we were unable to agree all the dependencies required to submit a planning applica on by the mid-August deadline. • The site is within the Cotswolds AONB • 3. Other Nominals • The following nominals do not have selected candidate sites: • GLO0016 (Cotswold District Council). For the not spots around Ford and Temple Gui ng • GLO0100 (Forest of Dean District Council). For the not spots in and around Soudley • GLO0141 (Forest of Dean District Council).For the not spots around St Briavels • GLO2233 (Cotswold District Council). For the not spots around Great Rissington • GLO2452 (Cotswold District Council). For the not spots around Hatherop and Coln St Aldwyns • GLO3082 (Forest of Dean District Council). For the not spots in and around Park End Thank you. Ques ons?