ITS Technology Brings FTTP Ultrafast Broadband to Skylon Business Park

Businesses operating from Skylon Park, which is a 72-hectare site within the Hereford Enterprise Zone, look set to benefit after the ITS Technology group announced that it would roll-out a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to the area using existing cable ducts.

The new network stems from an agreement between ITS and the Herefordshire County Council, with the latter allowing ITS to access some of their existing infrastructure in order to deploy the new service.

Roy Shelton, CEO of ITS, said the “agreement to design, build and operate Skylon Park’s high-speed fibre network will enable businesses to have further competitive advantage and support Herefordshire Council’s vision of a truly technology enabled business park. The first business users are now live with a growing demand to access our services.”

Bill Jackson, Chairman of the Enterprise Zone, said:

“We, with council backing, have already invested in ducting, around 4.5 km so far, in preparation for fibre based broadband services to be installed. ITS will add to that network, and install fibre through it to provide services to customers.

Businesses need superfast and ultrafast broadband if they are to compete with other companies across the globe. It helps level a playing field for our investors, many of whom are dealing in complex and sensitive information, which they need to share across multiple sites around the UK and the world in different time zones. They simply cannot wait for hours to download or upload data.”

Today’s news follows last month’s confirmation of a fresh investment worth £2.4 million for ITS (here). Meanwhile the operator has now signed a number of similar agreements to extend and commercialise councils’ assets and we wouldn’t be surprised to see a few more in the future.