Utility broadband services for
power utilities

Architect and deploy all the elements your utility needs to become a broadband service provider

Nokia utility broadband services can give your utility everything you need to provide telecommunications services to your community.

We offer services tailored to address your unique requirements and business needs. Our focus is on enabling you to bring utility broadband services to market quickly without operational risk to your existing business. With our help, you can take advantage of your pervasive fiber infrastructure to provide capabilities such as:

Triple-play services—broadband internet, video and voice—in areas underserved by commercial broadband carriers
Middle mile services that help accelerate the introduction of broadband in underserved areas
Smart city and open access provider services.

Take advantage of our proven expertise to deploy utility broadband services that will enable you to:

Support new business models that diversify your revenue sources
Get extra value from your market presence and assets
Support the development of your local community
Generate new revenues to help fund your core activities.

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Ensure success with a trusted utility broadband services partner

We have a wealth of experience in helping utilities work through three critical steps to become successful telcos.

Our business consultants can work with you to establish the baseline of the new business. This includes a financial analysis and an assessment of the regulatory environment.
We help you choose the best commercial model and take an active role in designing your network, processes and systems.
We help you complete the process by delivering a turnkey solution and providing ongoing operational support.

Consultancy

Assessment of the market opportunity, regulatory environment, competitive landscape, early prospects and anchor customers
Modeling of the business case, including cash flow projections
Preparation of material for presentation to potential investors (internal to the utility or external).

Service and network design

Design of architecture that covers the network, management systems and network operations center (NOC)
Design of business and operational processes.

Program management

Management of the complete delivery cycle, from the first element of the architecture, to the final handover to operations
Assurance that the process is performed on time, on budget, to agreed requirements and with appropriate quality
End-to-end responsibility vested in a single program manager
Includes any elements from third parties, such as buried cable and OPGW.

Network delivery and commissioning

Site acquisition (where necessary)
Site preparation
Installation and commissioning of all equipment
Integration from sub-systems up to complete solution, including operational processes
Culminates in operational readiness testing.

Ongoing support

Full training of utility staff to ensure readiness for go-live
Possibility of using a Nokia shared NOC to provide a fully managed service
Possibility of providing local maintenance capability (depending on geography)
Full back-office support.

Benefits

Unlock additional revenue

Deliver wholesale or retail telecommunications services
Leverage your market presence and existing assets to develop new revenue sources
Meet latent demand from consumers, businesses and other telcos for more economic access.

Enable smart grid projects

Reduce CAPEX and OPEX by reusing telc assets throughout the network for smart grid applications
Leverage utility broadband revenues to fund smart grid innovations.

Support community economic development and improve quality of life

Attract new businesses with reliable energy and broadband services
Enable local businesses to compete on a global level
Improve consumer access to broadband internet, distance learning, telecommuting, telemedicine and entertainment.

Improve power delivery and quality

Take advantage of a highly reliable communications network to support smart grid applications
Reduce the frequency and duration of electricity outages through smart grid applications
Use your network to engage with customers in energy management and improve power grid efficiency
Get the connectivity you need to implement automation throughout the grid.