This 3 layer open project by nöGIG has public entities in the driving seat and is set on establishing an open, public infrastructure in underserved rural areas. nöGIG GmbH, a public authority, coordinates planning and construction. The Broadband Coordination of Lower Austria is in charge of the broadband strategy and allocation of public financial resources. Municipalities, private companies and service providers have cooperated to make this a successful open and public model.
Long-term thinking, commitment and endurance has paid off to make it possible. The partners built a regional coalitions of municipalities, separated the layers (3-LOM) and focused on infrastructure. The roll-out did not start before the end-user demand aggregation. At the beginning of the project the financial model was built up as well as processes for planning, building and maintaining the passive infrastructure were established. Building standardised passive infrastructure, establishing quality documentation and exploiting synergies in municipal services (road, water, construction & geo-data management) contributed to the success of the project.
“Especially in the rural areas connectivity means that the households have the same chance to use broadband services as eHealth, eEducation and working from home.” – Hartwig Tauber, CEO nöGIG.