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Connecting citizens in rural areas to the information society, through collaboration with the villages.

Skellefteå has a great rural area with 72 000 inhabitants in an area of 7 000 km2 and more than 50% living in the countryside. Thanks to Skellefteå Kraft’s ”village power model” the municipality have one of the best ICT-infrastructures in Europe, with a coverage of over 90%. The infrastructure became possible thanks to our business model and the villages effort to do a lot of work themselves. Now it provides the same opportunities for living or running a business in a small village as in the city and is an important factor for the community’s future economic growth.

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Last updated 13/11/2008

Basic data

Lead organization name
Skellefteå Kraft

Lead organization (type)
Public Authority

Project Contact
Kasja Hedberg

Telephone (contact person)
+46 70 275 27 05

E-mail (contact person)
kajsa.hedberg@skekraft.se

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Technology
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Wider impact on socio-economic development

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Basic Information

If project already started but not yet completed, what is the maturity of the project?	Completed – in service
Office address (contact person)	Address: Kanalgatan 71
	Post code: SE-931 80 Skellefteå
Responsible Public Authority	Skellefteå Kommun (The municipality of Skellefteå)
Which of the list best describes the level of that Authority?	Municipality/City
Which (if any) other main private technology partner(s) were/are involved and what is their role?	Name: AllTele - A small Swedish telecompany
	Role: provides the in the services in the broadband.
	Name: Construction Companies
	Role: involved in the construction of the telecom network
Please name any other (public or voluntary sector) organisations involved in the project and their roles.	Name: Luleå University of Technology
	Role: development of different techniques to provide broadband even in rural areas
Main innovative and thematic issues raised by this project	Social & economic impacts
Does the project focus mainly on (end-to-end) service delivery or on infrastructure deployment?	Infrastructure

Region information

Member State	SE - SVERIGE
Region	SE31 - Norra Mellansverige
Type of Territory/Locality Covered	Rural/remote area
Which one of the following best describes the area/territory covered by the project?	Grey spot
Area of territory	7000 km2
Population density	10 People per km2
Main target beneficiaries	Citizens, Enterprises, Public Authorities
Estimated number of enterprises/organisations to be covered	4000
Approx. number of households covered	20000

Finance information

Total Project Budget	50, 000, 000 Euros
Approximate % split funding	100% public - 0% private
What percentage of the total budget is from EU Funds?	5%
Which EU Funds contribute?	European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Framework Programme (E.g. FP6, FP7)
Is there anything especially innovative about the way the project is financed?	Yes – a large amount of the work is carried out in near collaboration with the villagers
Is the project (economically) sustainable or likely to be so?	Yes in the long run
Was an application for State Aid approval made?	Yes
Has it been approved?	Yes
	http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/...
Was there an open competitive call or other open procurement process for selecting the broadband provider?	Public company formed
Was a survey of existing services and infrastructure carried out?	Yes
Describe demand stimulation measures (to be) taken (if any)	Service platform – providing the customers a wide selection of services
Please, select that which most accurately describes the nature of the public authority's engagement and the services that were required in the tender	Owns the network but lets competitive tenders to build and operate the network whilst ensuring open access to service providers.
Did the public authority attempt to aggregate disparate demands from a variety of current and potential users to the point at which provision by private sector interests became economic?	Yes
Did the public authority provide subsidies to users thereby creating effective demand to the point where private provision became sufficiently attractive economically?	Yes
Has the project been designed/developed within the context of a wider socio-economic development policy plan or tool?	Regional Development Plan
Please, indicate how the project supports other regional priorities (e.g. competitive-ness, inclusion, sustainability etc.)?	Inclusion –Surveys and interviews indicate that the project has created opportunities for continued growth in every village and society in which we have established broadband using our model. The objective is to create commercial and social benefits in every segment of the society. By building fibre into the homes we have made if possible for them to improve the efficiency of the daily activities by using digital services in areas such as healthcare, education and private business. The inhabitants enjoy greater freedom to reside, live and work in the village in where they are living.

Technology information

Which broadband technology will be employed?	FTTC/P Future-safe, same level of quality, reliability, upgradable bandwidth, lower maintenance and depreciation costs
Planned network services	VPN & IP services, Wholesale & retail
Anticipated network applications	eGovernment, eBusiness, eLearning, eHealth, eInclusion, ICT Skills development

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additional_information_about_the_model_EN.doc
graphical_map_skekraft_EN.pdf
village_power_model_skekraft-2_EN.pdf

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