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“ Laying the foundations for Growth”

“ Laying the foundations for Growth”. NextGen Roadshow - Nottingham. “C onnecting Nottingham”. Connecting Nottingha m – Our vision for the city. Providing 21 st century communications in Nottingham to connect people to businesses and public services

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“ Laying the foundations for Growth”

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  1. “Laying the foundations for Growth” NextGenRoadshow- Nottingham “Connecting Nottingham”

  2. Connecting Nottingham – Our vision for the city • Providing 21st century communications in Nottingham • to connect people to businesses and public services • to connect businesses and public services to customers • drive economic growth to the city of Nottingham • attract High-tech companies to the city • What infrastructure is needed • A Wireless or fibre network across Nottingham • City & suburb wide coverage • including hard to reach areas • Centrally located data centre with national & global connectivity • Carrier Neutral to drive competition • Independent network gateway to drive an ‘Open Network’

  3. Connecting Nottingham – Welcome to The Portal

  4. The Portal – Located in the centre of Nottingham • Davidsons Group owned site • Brand new state of the art 90,000 ft Tier 3+ carrier neutral colocation Data Centre • Environmentally friendly design features & engineered as next generation fit for purpose efficient modular & scalable data centre • Space for over 700 - 1200 Mid to High Density racks (up to 20kW per rack) • Carrier Class and Carrier Neutral with Global Crossing, Cable and Wireless & Hibernia operating on site along with extensive dark fibre from NTL, BT, Kingston & Colt • Direct access to international transatlantic fibres & European access routes, global internet exchange points & peering locations • ‘Midlands’ Internet Exchange point location

  5. The Portal - The HUB of communications for Nottingham • Dedicated protected links to both London & Manchester national data centres • Onsite Fibre infrastructure from national & global carriers • Access to national fibre network to all UK major cities • Diverse power from regional main power station • Access to 2 airports for European/international routes • National Rail infrastructure for easy access • M1 Corridor and central location • Local universities for skills and collaboration

  6. The Portal Data Centre – Main points Major Power Availability High Physical Security Central UK Location Trusted Brand Infrastructure Carrier Neutral

  7. Connecting Nottingham – Delivering our vision • First building block is in place - The Portal • Inherited a major asset from the closure of BR computing • Strategic infrastructure of fibres that all start from and terminate from the site • The major national & global network carriers all have a presence on the site • The Portal is extremely secure with abundant power onsite • Centrally located in Nottingham

  8. Connecting Nottingham – Wireless Network • Legacy investment – Core base station at Victoria Centre • Network now consists of 7 Base stations across the city • Coverage extends across 60% of the city and has reach of 15km • 1 GigE capacity over core base stations offering synchronous contended and uncontended speeds from 2Mbit/s up to 50Mbit/s • Excellent service levels (99.99%) • Clients include local authorities - Rushcliffe Borough Council, private sector operators – Confetti, Victim Support, Ingeus, etc

  9. Connecting Nottingham – View from one of our base stations

  10. Connecting Nottingham – Our current wireless coverage

  11. Connecting Nottingham – Confetti Case Study • Confetti located in central Nottingham City campus • Required satellite office located in Colwick Industrial Estate to be connected to City campus • Colwick had slow broadband connectivity • Provided 2 Mbit/s synchronous connection providing quality of service for both data and voice transmission • Connected both sites over wireless on a private network • A hard to reach area solved by the EMNET wireless network

  12. Connecting Nottingham – Planning for the future • Working with our partners to provide even faster wireless across the City using 4G/LTE technology • 4G/LTE will drive a new set of advanced services across the city • New wireless services for blue light & mobile workers • New wireless services for the public transport network • New wireless digital advertising services – location specific advertising • New wireless CCTV services to increase public safety • New wireless cloud based services • New wireless games services • The Portal is the connecting hub that will enable these new services • attracting new businesses to the city of Nottingham which will create and offer these new services to the public and business market

  13. Connecting Nottingham – Thank you for listening Questions & Answers

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