Netdouro Project Gabriel Silva

NetDouro Project

Gabriel Silva - AdDP

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 1 Portugal, sgps, Águas do Douro e Paiva, SA (AdDP)

Created in 1995

It is a private law company withheld 51% by Águas de and 49% by 18 municipalities surrounding the Porto City

Its activity is the conception, construction and operation of a Drinking Water Supply System in this area

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 2 AdDP: Águas de Portugal,sgps + 18 Municipalities

Arouca Castelo de Paiva Cinfães Espinho Felgueiras Gondomar Lousada Maia Matosinhos Oliveira de Azeméis Ovar Paços de Ferreira Paredes Porto Santa Maria da Feira São João da Madeira Valongo Vila Nova de Gaia

Supplied population: 1,65 million inhab. Nov-04 www.addp.pt 3 Annual consumption: 113.000.000 m3 Investment in the construction of the System - 307 M €

Constructed / rehabilitated infrastructures functioning: 1998 1999-2000 2001-2003 Total Pumping Stations 3 6 7 16 Reservoirs 53 917 Water Treatment Plants 1 2 2 4 Chlorination Stations 1 1 4 6 Pipes (km) 60 80 115 255

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 4 Together with the construction of the Water Supply System, and in view of the Telemanagement System, a Telecommunications network was constructed, with about 300 km of optical-fibre

The Telemanagement System allows: To monitor the infrastructures of the water supply system (reservoirs, pumping stations, treatment plants) collecting on-line data; To remotely command the infrastructures of the net.

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 5 The telecommunications system of AdDP presents an exceeding capacity that can be used to offer broadband access to the shareholding municipalities, contributing for the regional development, in accordance with the guidelines of the Action Plan for the Information Society

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 6 Action Plan eEurope 2005

In tune with the Action Plan eEurope 2005 , the Government approved:

Action Plan for the Information Society, where the massification of the broadband was identified as a national priority;

National Broadband Initiative that is structured in 5 axles, which will be developed by a set of initiatives and key-projects.

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 7 National Broadband Initiative

NetDouro`s Project fits in the 1 and 5 Axles:

Axle 1 Infrastructures and accesses It aims to widen the use of broadband services to the great part of the population, facilitating local development and providing broad band services to remote geographical areas

Axle 5 National competitiveness It aims to stimulate the interconnection and cooperation of companies that pertain to the same chain of value through the broadband, stimulating IT professional training in all the layers of the population and in the companies, as well as to stimulate investments in IT

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 8 NetDouro`s Project

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 9 AdDP currently has about 300 km of 6 pairs optical-fibre (OF), of which it uses a maximum of 4 pairs.

Beyondusers group the already installed optical fibre, AdDP has also available some ducts in which more optical-fibre cables may be installed

Therefore, the optical-fibre that is not being used by AdDP offers a chance to provide the shareholding municipalities with:

The creation of a communitarian net of high debit and of a closed ;

Making the optical-fibre infrastructure more profitable.

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 10 AdDP´s Optical-fibre network

Shareholders:

To establish connection between the City Hall of the Shareholding Cities and the optical-fibre network of the AdDP, providing access to the broadband:

Professional training in IT; Investment in IT; The possibility to increase the capillarity of the net; The interconnection of the Digital Cities and Regions.

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 12 Optical-fibre network with connection to the municipalities

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 13 Area and Population Included Total Area Population Municipalities km2 Inhabitants 2003 2002 Arouca 329,1 24.028 Castelo de Paiva 115,0 17.135 Cinfães 239,3 21.824 Espinho 21,1 32.575 Felgueiras 115,7 57.932 Gondomar 131,9 166.000 Lousada 96,0 45.352 Maia 83,2 124.486 Matosinhos 61,9 167.041 Oliveira de Azeméis 163,5 70.735 Ovar 147,4 55.715 Paços de Ferreira 71,0 53.705 Paredes 156,8 84.072 Penafiel 212,2 71.590 Porto 41,5 250.877 Santa Maria da Feira 215,1 138.412 São João da Madeira 7,9 21.264 Valongo 75,1 87.980 Vila Nova de Gaia 168,7 293.301 Nov-04Total www.addp.pt 2.452,5 1.784.024,0 14 Source: INE Distances between City Halls and Optical-fibre Network

Municipalites m Arouca 5.674 Castelo de Paiva 1.737 Cinfães 5.674 Espinho 3.820 Felgueiras 754 The foreseen investment to install 80km of Gondomar 1.370 Lousada 6.374 optical-fibre is of about €3 million: Maia 7.950 Matosinhos 10.239 600 Km free ducts to place optical-fibre Oliveira de Azeméis 3.522 Ovar 3.840 cable; Paços de Ferreira 1.532 Paredes 3.460 > 1000 km of pairs of optical-fibre available. Porto 5.655 Santa Maria da Feira 1.210 São João da Madeira 2.230 Valongo 2.080 Vila Nova de Gaia 12.450 Total 79.571

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 15 Digital Cities and Regions projects in the scope of the Posi*, in the area of influence of the NetDouro

Porto Digital Entre Douro e Vouga Digital

Gaia Global NetDouro

Maia Digital Vale do Sousa Digital Metrópole Digital

*Information Society Operational Program Nov-04 www.addp.pt 16 Closed Users Group - CUG

The sharing of the optical-fibre network will allow the municipalities:

To create an intranet in which operational costs tend to zero; To aggregate the demand in telecommunications; To decrease the telecommunications costs.

Foreseen Investment : € 5 million

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 17 Main Activities

Renting dark fibre; Maintenance services of the network equipments; Maintenance services of the network itself.

The company will function as a telecommunications infrastructure supplier without supplying telecommunications services

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 18 NetDouro and EU Guidelines

Geographic singularities The investments must serve the regions that, in market conditions, would be neglected. It is important to privilege rural and isolated zones, that do not have infrastructures

Technological neutrality and Free Access Not to benefit any particular technology; Not to limit the technological choices of the regions; To allow free access to the infrastructures to all telecommunications operators.

Nov-04 www.addp.pt 19 The End

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