A Digital Vision for Scotland - LINX Peering Event

A Digital Vision for Scotland

Dr Trudy NicolsonHead of Broadband Policy

Scottish Government27 March 2013

Scotland is a world class digital nation by 2020

Our vision for 2020

www.scotlandsdigitaldialogue.org

Digital Participation

Public Service Delivery

Digital Economy

Digital Connectivity

Scotland is well positioned to take

full advantage of all the opportunities of

the digital age

Scotland’s Digital Strategy

The Virtuous Circle

More users generating more traffic

Innovation, applications & services

Increase take up & demand

Increased investment in infrastructure

A better internet

experience

• By 2020, a future-proofed infrastructure that supports any device, anywhere, anytime connectivity

• A longer term plan with the right mechanisms, partnerships and commercial models in place

• Delivered in a sustainable way and in partnership with industry

Connectivity

Making a Step Change by 2015

• £240 million Government investment

• At least 85% of premises across Scotland able to connect to NGB

• A minimum of 75% of premises in each Local Authority able to connect to NGB

• No premise to have a slower connection than 2Mbps

Making a Step Change by 2015

Delivering Local Projects

• Demonstrations and pilots of new technology and its practical application

• Community Broadband Scotland

Delivering Local Projects

• leading digital economy where our research base and companies are recognised internationally, are supported and encouraged to grow

• a workforce which has the skills and confidence to exploit digital technologies

attractive destination for investment

Economy

Strengths and OpportunitiesStrengths and Opportunities

Big data

Gaming

Cloud

Big data Telehealth

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Smart CommunitiesSmart Systems

Image courtesy of Telefonica UK

• Will increase take up rates• Accelerate adoption of web based practises• Allow greater delivery and uptake of online public

services • Create more “internet savvy” businesses and individuals

Demand Stimulation

All of which

• Means faster access for more which increases traffic

• More traffic = increase in size of the market

• Creates a Scottish market for Scottish services

• Allows greater consumption of commercial and public online services

More users generating more traffic

Innovation, applications &

services

Increase take up & demand

Increased investment in infrastructure

A better internet

experience

Supports the Virtuous Circle

Internet Exchange for Scotland

• Is a key component of the Scottish Government’s vision for a world class digital nation

• Can put us on a path to world class now• Partnership with industry leading and public sector

supporting • Feeds the virtuous circle by…………

…….improving the experience of Scottish users driving take up, usage and subsequent investment in infrastructure, local content distribution and associated development of services and applications.

Internet Exchange for Scotland