Fibre to the People (FttP)Stimulating Demand for Future Internet Enabled services in Smart Cities

Dave Carter, Head, Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA), Manchester City Council, UK.

Chair, EU Smart Cities Portfolio Working Group

Digitisation

ROAD - 50ADCANAL - 1734

RAIL - 1830

FIBRE - 1970s-Next Generation Access 2010-

SHIP CANAL - 1894

AIR - 1938

Global Market Connectivity

Future Smart Cities• Digital Agenda for Europe and Going Local

• Green & Digital

• Open Innovation, Open Data & Open Networks

• Future Internet enabled Smart Cities• Internet of Things + Cloud + Open Data +

The Battle for Control of Smart Cities

Urban Open Systems• Smart Cities:

– Smart: innovation, invention & entrepreneurship– Inclusive: multiple deprivation & scale of social exclusion in

urban areas– Sustainable: cities generate 75%+ of emissions = problem &

solution

• Cities as engines of regional growth = Smart Regions

– Manchester City Region – MCR = 5% of national economy, 40% of regional economy

– City Region = larger economic unit than Wales, Northern Ireland or North East of England

• Urban Open Systems = People + Open Data + Co-production– “From Human Factors to Human Actors”

Bannon, J Liam. 1991. “The Role of Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction Studies in System Design”.

Critical Infrastructures• Green, Mobile & Digital• Digital as the new real estate of the 21st century• UK as world leader in creativity and content – way behind in connectivity• MCR is 2nd largest digital & creative sector in UK• Only globally connected Internet Exchange outside of London• Digital Hub Network: connecting key sites via the

Metrolink tram network• Creating transformational digital infrastructure

• open access networks – fibre + wireless• digital hubs – where networks interconnect• backbone networks – build your own networks

• Infinite Bandwidth, Zero Latency (IBZL)

Global connectivity• UK less than 1% (not

actually ‘on the map’)• Domestic broadband is

cheap, widely accessible but slow (20 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up)

• High speed connectivity (100 Mbps+) is very expensive, often more than €500 per month

• Difficult for new businesses to enter the market

Next Generation Access

One Central Park

sharp project

Sport City

ManchesterCollege

Corridor

test-bed

InternetExchange

Central Salford

100 gigabit+DARK FIBRE LOOP

CITYCENTRE

ConnectivityPowerSpace

ConnectivityPowerSpace

Digitisation – next phases +

Media City

Connectivity via Metrolink

Connectivity via Metrolink

MCR NGA deployment

Peering with JANET

Fibre to the People – key attributes• Fully point-to-point• Fully open to the passive layer• Fully open co-location• Direct connection to carrier neutral Internet Exchange• A ‘Free Trade Fibre’ Enterprise Network to encourage investment:

– open innovation ‘Living Lab’ test-bed for new applications– maximum technical flexibility for property owners and developers to build

their own networks and connect– trialling new business models including shared passive infrastructure and

local patchwork– Potential to scale up re-using public assets, especially the roll-out of the

tram network and other transport corridors

Infrastructure for Mobility The £1.5bn GM Transport Fund has funded Metrolink to Chorlton with further extensions to East Manchester, Wythenshawe and the

Airport underway

Smart, inclusive & sustainable growth• Manchester City Region – low carbon economic area for the built environment• Future Cities Technology Innovation Centre• Green procurement framework• Low carbon investment model

- generate economic opportunities- ensure skills & training matches ambition- underpin with innovative investment models

• Partnership commitment- partners include Siemens, Arup, universities, SME

networks, voluntary & community sector

Manchester Living Lab & SMARTiP project• Test-bed smart environments network along Corridor• Affordable and accessible sensors including DIY (Arduinos)• Potential for wearables (clothes, bikes etc.) and micro-production• Links to Corridor fibre and wireless networks• Future links to transport network and GM wide deployment

‘Geek’ Power! Entrepreneurs + InnovatorsManchester Digital Lab + Omniversity

MadLab • Creativity• Innovation• Diversity

Stimulating:• new ideas• new business• new skills• new jobs

Smart City development - future vision:• Using Future Internet to transform the way we live and work

• more flexible ways and locations of working: smart mobility, smart environments, smart learning

• Co-designing and co-producing services for ourselves and others• new services being designed and delivered by users, e.g. e-health

and telecare services• Enabling our environments to be greener, cleaner and healthier

• smart buildings, smart energy, low-carbon neighbourhoods• Making smart cities more democratic, resilient and attractive

• social networking to promote civic engagement• Generating and celebrating creativity, innovation and diversity

• arts and culture linked to technology supporting jobs and skills

Future Internet Research & Experimentation By Adopting Living Labs

Thank You!d.carter@manchesterdda.com