BoR (11) 06b BEREC report NGA Country Cases - IRG

7 National next generation broadband initiatives/ measures
BoR (11) 06b
� Illustrate the main content of initiatives/measures aiming at promoting next generation
broadband. 7 Consider the following aspects:
Some activities related to the construction of NGN have been included in the Regional
Operational Programs aiming to build a broadband backbone and distribution network.
Construction of the ROP is now at the stage of feasibility studies. The requirements in this
study applied to the network include a capacity of the class of NGN. As for access network
in Poland it is a problem to get min 2 Mb to the recipient. Part of cable operators (TVK)
take actions and modernize their networks by building fibre to the building. In Poland fixed
operators are beyond a wider scale dialogue and do not lead such projects.
The new law on the development of telecommunications networks and services eliminate
administrative barriers and promote investments in, inter alia, NGN. This act obliges local
governments, entities performing tasks of general interest and theses using public funds
for construction and modernization of telecommunications infrastructure, owners, users or
managers of property (including telecommunications), as well as National Treasury to
provide access to telecommunications or technical infrastructure and enable to share it.
The new legislation creates conditions for the development of competition in the market, in
particular it fosters infrastructure-based competition, mainly due to lower costs of
construction of telecommunications infrastructure and significantly increases the supply of
infrastructure. With the new law, it is possible to unbundle resources of the infrastructure
previously unavailable or inaccessible, such as energy, water and sewage infrastructure.
This state of affairs can help overcoming many significant barriers in the construction of
new generation networks.
Such sharing of infrastructure consists mainly of unbundling access to buildings and
telecommunications lines installed in buildings and ducts located in the property or
building, ensuring the feasibility of cable lines into the property, on or over it. Obligations to
grant access are symmetrical, which means that they relate to all entities, which own or
manage real estate and owners of cable ducts and telecommunication cables, which are
located in these estates. New opportunities for network construction and use of
infrastructure stems form the obligation to allow access and use of lighting poles and
traction owned local government or the Treasury.
Equally important, the new legislation introduced, for the provision of telecommunications
services, the institution of separate ownership of the infrastructure including fibre optic,
cable channels and ducts, which facilitates the undertaking of joint investments and the
7 This may be initiatives/measures adopted by the government. Where appropriate you may also
refer to NRAs’ strategies aiming at the promotion of next generation broadband.
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