How To Plan A Pkp Broadband Project

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USF Broadband Project

Contents

Contents

Š USF Areas of Broadband Programg

Š First Broadband Project in FTR

Š RfA/SSA Salient PrincipalsRfA/SSA Salient Principals

Š Mandatory services

Š Event Schedules

Š Event Schedules

Š Future Broadband Projects

A fortunate Nation

A fortunate Nation

Š 50% of Pakistani population is between 15 –

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24 years of age

Š More than 7 mil graduates

Š More than 27 mil matriculates

Š Over 80 mil Telephone users

Š Over 80 mil Telephone users

Š Over 5 mil PC’s

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Š 3.5 mil Internet connections

Š 12 mil Internet users

USF Areas of Broadband Program

Target Broadband Areas

Towns Unserved _Rural

69% Covered 56 Towns Covered 21% 17% 14% Cit f City of Faisalabad

Whole of Pakistan Faisalabad Telecom Region

FTR Project Map

FTR Project Map

Summary of FTR Project

S/No Districts Towns

Distt. Population (Urban) No of High Schools and Colleges 1 Bhakkar 6 220,000 25 2 Faisalabad (excluding city 7 _{400 000 25} 2 (excluding city of Faisalabad) 7 _{400,000 25} 3 Jhang 10 827,000 50 4 Khushab 7 _{292,000 30} 5 Mianwali 8 _{260,000 25} 6 Sargodha 14 _{933,000 100}

7 Toba Tek Singh 4 _{397,000 30}

Totals 56 3 330 000 ₂₈₅

Universal Service Fund Company, 5th Floor, HBL Tower, Blue Area, Islamabad

In FTR (minus Faisalabad city)…

• Existing Internet Connections

~150,000

High Schools and Colleges (72 000 students)

285 • High Schools and Colleges (72,000 students)

285

• Vocational Institutions (14,000 students)

250

• Special Education Centers

22

Hospitals &

560

60 • Hospitals &

560

60

• Banks and Financial Institutions

300

• NADRA centers & several “e-sahulat” Kiosks

20

• Post Offices, Govt. offices, Courts, Libraries,

Others _{OU/VU RLCs, Tele-Med. Centers…} Others

Basic Principals of RFA/SSA preserved

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Š Reverse Open auction by sealed bidding among USF contributors

USF contributors

Š Two Stage Bidding

Š One time subsidy

Š One-time subsidy

Š Auctions on region-by-region basis

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Š Technology neutral - only ‘256k always on’

Š Winners to install Community Broadband C (CBC)

Centers (CBC)

Š Verification by Tech. Auditors

Deviations in RfA/SSA

Š Subsidy bid on “per-Broadband-connection”

Š Output Based Assistance - first show the output!

Š More than 1 winner - subject to price-matching

Š 2/3rd _{of the bidders can be winners, a} fraction counted as 1

Š Maximum subsidy winners in 1 district= 5

RFA/SSA Salient Principals

RFA/SSA Salient Principals

Š District-wise targets, detailed in Schedule C, will be divided among successful bidders

Š Bidders may set higher targets for themselves y g g

Š Bidders may demand different subsidy for different districts

Š Time period to implement = 6 months

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Š To get the subsidy, targets will have to be achieved within the time period

Financial Evaluation based on

Financial Evaluation based on

Š Subsidy demanded per broadband connection

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(x) accumulative target

Š Plus Subsidy demanded for each EBC (x) accumulative target for EBC

Š Plus Subsidy demanded for each CBC (x) accumulative target for CBC

Š Total will determine the overall bid of the bidder

Up Coming Broadband Projects

Un-served Urban Areas of 6 Telecom Regions Un-served Urban Areas of 6 Telecom Regions

S/No Telecom Region Number of Districts Un‐served  Population No of High Schools and Colleges Region Districts Population and Colleges

1 GTR 4 2,210,000 210 2 STR‐V 8 3,175,000 200 3 MTR 10 4,907,000 350 4 NTR‐I 10 1,700,000 67 5 STR I 8 2 293 000 140 5 STR‐I 8 2,293,000 140 6 CTR 5 2,578,000 193

Un-served Urban Areas of 6 Telecom

Regions have ..

• High Schools and Colleges

1,400

• Vocational Institutions

600

• Special Education Centers

22

22

• Hospitals & Health Institutions

4,300

• Banks and Financial Institutions

1,200

• NADRA centers & several “e-sahulat” Kiosks

120

Post Offices Govt offices Courts • Post Offices, Govt. offices, Courts,

Libraries, U/VU RLCs,Tele-Med etc

Others

Mandatory Services

Mandatory Services

Š Subsidy winners will install Educational

Broadband Centers at every High-School and Broadband Centers at every High-School and College in the district, comprising of:

Š Min 5 PCs

Š Min 5 PCs

Š Connected via LAN

Š UPS

Š UPS

Š Training of 2 trainers

Š One year free Broadband

Š One-year free Broadband

Š EBCs access restriction capability

Mandatory Services

Mandatory Services

operate/maintain Community Broadband Centers comprising of:

Š Min 5 PCs

Š Connected via LAN

Š UPS

Š Staffed and open to public for at least 12 hrs p p per day, 7 days a week.

FTR Pilot Project Event Schedule

Year  Month  Date  Event 

2008 September 1 Advertisement of FTR Project

Distribution of bidding documents (RFA/SSA) Distribution of bidding documents (RFA/SSA) 

September 13 Deadline for submission of questions by bidders 

18 Pre‐proposal meeting

22 Minutes of meeting and answers to questions

22  Minutes of meeting and answers to questions 

29 Deadline for Registration of Bidders 

October  17 Deadline for Submission of Proposals

Opening of the Qualifications & Services Proposal Opening of the Qualifications & Services Proposal 

2008 November 14 Evaluation of Qualifications & Service Proposals and 

announcement of Qualified Applicants 

20 Opening of USF Subsidy Proposal of Qualified Applicants

20 Opening of USF Subsidy Proposal of Qualified Applicants 

24 Issue of LOI to Qualified Applicants with lowest subsidy offer 

December 5  Receipt of Performance bond 

9 Execution of USF Services and Subsidy Agreement and related

9 Execution of USF Services and Subsidy Agreement and related 

transaction documents 

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