Strictly Confidential Flying the fibre flag 1 James Enck Corporate Development 15 November, 2011 Bristol
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Flying the fibre flag
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James Enck Corporate Development
15 November, 2011 Bristol
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Introducing CityFibre Holdings A new force in UK fibre infrastructure
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Who we are: Founded as acquisition vehicle January 2011, transaction closed April 2011
We are a re-start, not a start-up
Extensive experience of building successful fibre- based telecoms companies
Strong track record of attracting and deploying capital for large infrastructure projects
Why we’re unique:
Holistic approach delivering a well-planned and highly-utilised citywide fibre infrastructure in second tier UK cities – addresses all key market stakeholders
High demand from our anchor tenant partners
Building a new force from a strong existing asset base
Audacious target of 1.0m homes and 50,000 business by end of 2015
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Valuable physical assets What we acquired gives us a head start
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Dark fibre provider:
100+ contracts; over £16m in contracted revenue
261km of duct and 29,000km of fibre in key secondary cities 354 buildings and data centres connected to the network York (pictured) alone has 95km of cable and 103 connected buildings Mission critical dark fibre services for local authority clients: health, education, police, local government etc.
Fibre to the home: Bournemouth – UK’s largest FTTH project. 24,000 homes passed and ready for service by year end. Trial customers live today, commercial launch in Q1 2012. PON architecture - symmetrical 100Mbps and 1Gbps services MOUs in place with other UK cities representing over 1 million homes – currently in discussions over selection of next city
Wholesale platform: Layer 2 – active layer for operating the FTTH network Interconnects in common format to all 3rd party service providers
The single largest FTTH deployment in the UK to date
The leading independent fibre infrastructure provider in secondary
UK cities
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Our major markets A solid platform for expansion
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Sheffield: 20km of cable, 15km of duct,
112 access points, 23 buildings on net
York: 95km of cable, 91km of duct, 561
access points, >100 buildings on net
Bath: 12km of cable, 8km of duct, 58 access points, 11 buildings on
net
Bournemouth: FTTH 24,000 homes passed
The largest FTTH project in the UK!
Derby: 15km of cable, 11km of duct, 64 access points, 10 buildings on
net
Newcastle: 11km of cable, 10km of duct, 68
access points, 7 buildings on net
Weston Super Mare: 10km of cable, 10km of
duct, 76 access points, 7 buildings on net
Dundee: 29km of cable, 29km of duct, 99 access points, 18 buildings on
net
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Our vision of the well-connected community Filling the infrastructure void in second-tier cities
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One citywide fibre network:
A well planned fibre network that blends metro network design with FTTP to ensure an efficient and highly utilised network. Capable of passive (dark fibre) and active (assured Ethernet) services.
Servicing many segments (typical 2nd tier city):
Local Government: Enterprise: Carrier: SME: Consumer:
200 buildings; councils, NHS, education, police, etc. Data centres, financial services, etc 100+ 3G cell sites – growing with 4G and Wi-Fi 5,000+ businesses 100,000 homes via service provider partners
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The next step in our plan The train is leaving the station!
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Recently appointed Macquarie Capital as advisor on our capital raise. A globally-recognized specialist in communications infrastructure-related investment banking adds great depth to our ability to fund our £500m investment plan.