Presentation at the Workshop on Municipal Fiber Networks, October 24th 2011 in Ghent, Belgium. The workshop was organised by Ghent University - IBCN / IBBT. More information about this event can be found at http://http://events.ibbt.be/en/workshop-municipal-fiber-networks.

1. GIPPa: a joint innovation
platform for FttH roll-out
• Joeri van Bogaert (WCS Fiber Optic BV /
Steering board)
• Timber Haaker (Novay / Knowledge
institute)

2. GIPPa:
Creating innovation in FTTH roll-out
through cooperation!
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3. The Challenge for joint innovation in
FTTH rollout
“The demand for broadband is growing. The Netherlands now
face a massive operation: connecting every single household to
high-speed fiberglass networks. On average, yearly 200
thousand homes get Fiber to the Home. The goal is to increase
the capacity to 500 thousand new connections per year. But
how do you optimize construction? Which innovative building
methods are available? How can certain bottlenecks in the
current logistics be overcome? These questions are to be
answered by GIPPa, a joint innovation platform that started
earlier this year”
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4. GIPPa Partners
Contractors Suppliers
BAM - Van den Bergh Draka
Fiber-4-all Emtelle
Gebr. Van der Donk Euromicron
Hako Twentse Kabel
a.Hak Telecom
Koning & Hartman
Van Gelder Telecom
Volker Wessels
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5. GIPPa: concept and aim
GIPPA is an innovation platform initiated
by Reggefiber aimed at cooperation and • Include innovation in PVE :
innovation in the ftth roll-out value chain • Reduced costs
• Increased quality
• Improved transparency
• Standardisation
Leveranciers • Focus on ‘Added value’:
Suppliers
• Reward innovation
• Awarding of contracts not
Bouwers
Bouwers Reggefiber solely decided on pricing
Contractors
Leveranciers
Suppliers
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6. What’s in it for me?
Reggefiber Contractors Suppliers
Faster Time to Possibility to realize Smarter solutions
Market and more volume with enabling savings on
important growth of the same amount of labor are sourced to
subscribers resources. a higher price tag
The connection of Innovative and Higher product
the customer to FttH aligned processes volumes generate
services becomes result in more efficiency in
quicker and more efficiency and production costs
predictable transparency in optimizing profits
project management
Cost price
optimization to fit the
business plan values
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7. GIPPA design: guiding principles
Transparancy Win-win
• Clarity in advance on profit- • Strive for a fair distribution of
sharing benefits and burdens
• Open attitude, focused on • Think in added value
sharing
Measurability Continuity
• Valuing contributions to • Target the 'certainty' of money in
innovation and sharing the long term
• Clear agreements and • Important role for Reggefiber
performance indicators
Timing
Acceptance • Working on tomorrow’s solutions
• Joint agenda • Growing confidence as a basis for
• Working together more complex cooperation
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8. GIPPA design: funnel structure
consultation & workplace innovative
agenda tendering
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9. GIPPa design: structure and activities
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Consultation & agenda Workplace Innovative tendering
Steering
board Case
Innovatie
& studies & Innovation Knowledge
from Innovative Tenders
Theme sharing projects projects
outside
develop Practices
-ment
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10. Thematic workgroup examples
Joint development of Program of Requirements (PoR)
• Developing a structural process for developing new version
of PoR in collaboration with contractors and suppliers
Fiber deployment in high-rise buildings
• Identification of solutions for notorious bottlenecks in the
process of fiber rollout in high-rise buildings
Predictability of home connection
• Finding ways to improve the predictability of the date of the
home connections to home-owners and service providers
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11. GIPPa: organisation
Knowledge
Innovationpartners Contractors Reggefiber Suppliers
institutes
Steering board Steeringboard
Independent
chairman
Novay
Thematic work
Activities groups
Work place Tendering
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12. Some conclusions on GIPPa
• All partners are actively involved and cooperative
• Working groups have produced project initiation documents
• Worked out innovation ideas for pilot projects, changes in processes,
• Informal discussion between Reggefiber, contractors and suppliers
is Much valued by all parties and has led to immediate
improvements
• GIPPa partners are also competitors; however, fruitful cooperation
is working when the ‘win-win’ is clear and transparent principles are
followed
• Reggefiber has a special role, and must work the hardest of all, to
ensure trust, cooperation and fair division of benefits
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13. GIPPa
Creating innovation in FTTH roll-out through
cooperation!