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Jo Upward
Director Industry
Development
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS –
CAUTION ADVISED
 Certain statements in this presentation are forward-looking and are made in reliance on the
safe harbour provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements include, without limitation, those concerning: BT's plans for transformation of its
networks; benefits to customers of the 21CN programme; key milestones and expected
timetable for delivery of 21CN; and the benefits in relation to, for example interconnect,
convergence and broadband
 Although BT believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are
reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct.
Because these statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual outcomes may differ materially
from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements
 Factors that could cause differences between actual outcomes and those implied by the
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: material adverse changes in
economic and financial markets conditions in the markets served by BT; supplier arrangements;
future regulatory actions and conditions in BT’s operating areas; technological innovations;
developments in the convergence of technologies and the anticipated benefits and advantages
of new technologies, products and services, including broadband, not being realised
AGENDA
10.30
Welcome and Introduction
Jo Upward
10.35
21CN Migration Proposal Consultation Process
Jo Upward
10.45
21CN Migration Proposal and Key Strategic Elements
Matt Beal
11.00
21CN Migration Proposal Detail
Matt Beal
 Operations Detail
 Operational Risks and Issues
11.20
Introduction to Migration Delivery Team
The Way Forward
Deb Covey
 11.30
Q&A
All
 12.00
Close
Jo Upward
 12.10
Lunch
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
CONSULTATION FRAMEWORK
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
CONSULTATION FRAMEWORK
SCOPE:
 BT will consult specifically on its proposed Migration Plan as part of the
consultation on 21CN
OBJECTIVE & TIMESCALES
 present as clear a view as possible of the Migration Plan, including aspects
where changes can be considered, and those that cannot, e.g. end date.
 commences in October with a formal statement of closure expected in January.
 Migration Plan published to key stakeholders from February.
CAVEAT
 the published Migration plan, which covers a 5 year term, will be subject to
regular review within the I&M working group, and inevitably will be subject to
change.
WHY ARE WE CONSULTING?
Goal:
Production of a Plan of Record for business planning
purposes
BT does not have all the answers
BT seeks views on the most appropriate and timely
approach to:
 Reach acceptable solution to all parties – recognising the schedule will
be fine tuned to reflect operational needs as migration proceeds
 Effective change control management
 Minimising & anticipating the impact on customers
FIT WITH EXISTING CONSULT 21 PROCESS
Migration Proposal Consultation
 Operationally under the umbrella of the I&M working group
 Co-Chairs – Chris Danzelman (C&W), Mike Cook (BT)
 may include separate ‘community of interest’ sub groups
End user communications
 Customer Migration Communications working group
 communications programme to support public dissemination of this
information
 Appropriate, timely and relevant
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
CONSULTATION PROCESS OVERVIEW
Pre-Consultation
(22/9-20/10)
• Framework &
Enablers
Revised National
Migration
Proposal
21/10
Consultation
(21/10– 16/12)
•Multi/Bi-Lateral
Consultation
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
PRE-CONSULTATION PHASE
Pre-Consultation Goals:
Answers to the questions:
 22/09 National Migration Proposal
(iteration 1) issued to industry
 key topics for the Consultation phase
 04/10 National Migration Proposal
Information Exchange Event
 appropriate structure for consultation:
multi-lateral v bi-lateral discussion
 07/10 Pre-consultation closes
 additional information required for
meaningful consultation on the NMP
 19/10 Implementation & Migration
Working Group
 industry view regarding operational
disputes process envisioned in the TSR
Undertakings
 written views and comments on the
issues raised in the NMP
 Consultation phase approach (21/10 –
16/12)
 Timetable for additional information
 Overview of Comments & BT approach
 Overview of Change Control & Dispute
process
 21/10 National Migration Proposal
(iteration 2) issued to industry
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
CONSULTATION PHASE
What we are consulting on:
 Operational impact of timing
 Sequencing
 Specific event driven freeze periods
 Sensitive customer impact
 Forecasted cost optimisation
 NGN business plans
 Re-use of ‘stranded assets’
 Other issues raised within scope from the
pre-consultation
 21/10
National Migration Proposal
(iteration 2) issued to industry
 22/10 – 02/12/05
Multi/Bilateral Consultation
 Communities of interest
 02/12 - 16/12
Consultation conclusion
 01/2006
Formal issue of National Migration
Plan
 02-03/2006
Publication of the National
Migration Plan
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
KEY STRATEGIC ELEMENTS AND
DETAIL
Matt Beal
Director 21 CN Solution Definition
and Delivery
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
To ensure a smooth transition to the UK’s advanced
communications network for the future:
BT recognises the importance of gaining industry involvement
before the Migration Plan is finalised
BT remains committed to give as much advanced notice as
possible of its 21CN intentions
The information is provided to elicit feedback and to enable
industry to undertake preliminary:
 Business planning
 Capital investment programme planning
 Resource planning
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
INFORMATION OVERVIEW
Topology of 21CN Network
Deployment of MSANs
Mass migration to the 21CN network
Consultation principles
Aim: Sufficient information for CPs to determine how and when
they need to change their existing switch network to effectively
interconnect with 21CN
NETWORK TOPOLOGY
Inner Core Sites
c8 sites
Circa 8 sites.
Fully meshed – 10Gbit/s links.
Transmission layer resilience.
Full service functionality.
Outer Core Sites
c20 sites
Circa 12 Sites.
At least triple -parented off Inner Core – 10Gbit/s links
Some sideways links.
Transmission layer resilience.
Full service functionality at most sites.
Metro Sites
Circa 86 sites.
Dual-parented off Core – 10 & 2.5Gbit/s links.
Resilience via IP MPLS Fast Re Route
c106 sites
Tier 1 MSAN Sites
Circa 1100 sites.
Ethernet carried directly over high-capacity fibre-optic links
c1200 sites
MSAN Sites
Circa 4400 sites
Ethernet carried over GFP/SDH
Single parenting is allowed when it is not
practical/possible to have dual homed routes.
c5600 sites
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
KEY STRATEGIC ELEMENTS AND
DETAIL
MSAN DEPLOYMENT
 Information disclosure:
 List of Metro and core node sites
Specific building address available via NISCC
 List of Tier 1 MSAN sites
 List of other MSAN sites
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MASS MIGRATION ROLLOUT
Information disclosure:
PSTN concentrator associated with each number block
For each PSTN concentrator, we are providing:
 Quarter when traffic associated the concentrator is scheduled to be migrated
onto the 21CN network
 The 21CN infrastructure details involved in supporting traffic from the
concentrator:
MSAN
1st and 2nd choice Metro nodes
For each Metro node we are providing the 1st and 2nd choice
NGS switch that will carry traffic
MASS MIGRATION – THE UK IMPACT
March 2007
March 2010
March 2008
March 2011
March 2009
MIGRATION CHECK LIST REFINEMENT
 Planning Phase:
 High-level SAN – identifying DLE and time window, and receiving feedback from CPs
 Detailed SAN – identifying routes, E1’s, transmission affected & specifying verification
checks
 Implementation on timescales and method statements
 Agreement on costs
 Communications provider infrastructure migration
 Establish network freezes
 Network changes as per detailed SAN
 Post-migration verification checks
 End-user service migration
 Mitigating end-users concerns
 Patching to move services to the 21CN network
 Post-migration verification checks
SERVICE MIGRATION PLANS:
PSTN AND BROADBAND MIGRATION
Schedule plans for between 2 and 9 DLE transfer per week
(equating to approx 150K lines).
Planned for simultaneous migration of PSTN and BB.
Data freeze periods will be discussed and agreed through the
IMWG forum.
Synchronised data will be maintained for a month period
following migration for the event that regression and fallback is
necessary.
Business continuity success gate criteria must be achieved prior
to any migration, co-ordinated from an Industry linked
command and control centre.
OPERATIONAL READINESS
1. Service Migration
& Continuity
2. Operational Readiness
• Customer
Engagement
• CP Migration Plans
• Product & Service
Migration
• De risk implementation
• Compliance to
requirements
• Based on end-end impact
COMPARATIVE IMPACT
3. Business Continuity
& Response
• Measurement
• Response
• Management Control
STRUCTURED CONTINUITY PLAN
Provides structured responses to problems related to
mass migration
Protects
 Customer Service
 Operations for BT, its Customers and their customers
Avoid “Disasters” through preparation and learning
Based on established “BAU” arrangements but greatly
extended
WHY MORE THAN BAU?
 Maturity of the technology “Physical equipment”
 Reduced resilience and fallback at initial build
 Innovative nature of design
 21CN brings new internal systems and working practices
 Presenting a highly visible target
WHAT ARE WE PLANNING?
Pathfinder
 Full-scale migration of 350,000 end customers into 21CN network
 Developing framework for designing, trialing, and proving enhanced
continuity plans to support mass-migration
Developing Business Continuity framework
 Ensure continuity of service from now through completion of
“Pathfinder” into mass migration
 Establish measurement framework to understand resource implications
 Initial draft available in late November 2005
NATIONAL MIGRATION PROPOSAL:
INTRODUCTION TO MIGRATION
DELIVERY TEAM & THE WAY FORWARD
Deb Covey
Managing Director of Network
Planning and Operations
RESPONSIBLE FOR 21CN
Senior Team:
 21CN Programme – Matt Beal
 Design – Daryl Dunbar
 Implementation – Ralph
Steffans
 Testing and Trials – Dwight
Davis
 Service Migration – Mike Cook
 Operational Management –
Ashley Hannah
21CN
Programme
Design
Implementation
Testing & Trials
Migration
Operational
Management
ANY QUESTIONS?