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The Department for the Economy<\/a> has issued a small update on their long-in-gestation \u00a3165m Project Stratum scheme, which after two consultations has finally confirmed that some 97,000 premises are eligible to be upgraded with a “superfast broadband<\/em>” (30Mbps+) network under their future roll-out programme.<\/p>\n

The figure of 97,000 is only slightly different (-1,000) from the original intervention area forecast of 98,000 and so doesn’t represent a big development. At present Ofcom estimates<\/a> (May 2019 data) that 95% of N.Ireland can access a 10Mbps (USO) capable broadband network, which falls to 90% for speeds of 30Mbps+, 48% for ultrafast speeds (300Mbps+) and 25% for Gigabit-capable “full fibre<\/em>” (FTTP<\/a>) infrastructure.<\/p>\n

In fairness Northern Ireland does have the highest full fibre coverage of any devolved region within the United Kingdom, although most of that is as a direct result of private investment from Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>) and Virgin Media<\/a> (plus a little from smaller players like Fibrus<\/a>). Indeed this may well be given a boost by Project Stratum<\/strong>, which has previously talked about focusing upon FTTP<\/a> in predominantly rural communities.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately what we don’t get today is news of a preferred bidder being chosen. The procurement process itself only began in July 2019 (here<\/a>) and so it’s probably a bit too soon for that, with potential bidders likely to include BT<\/a>, Fibrus<\/a> and Granahan McCourt (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Granahan McCourt is an unfamiliar name in the UK, but they’re the Irish Government’s preferred bidder for Ireland’s \u20ac3bn National Broadband Plan (NBP).<\/div>\n

Take note that it’s not unusual for large procurements like this to take a year or more to run their course and indeed an outcome is currently expected for “mid-2020,<\/em>” which we can’t help but point out is a little bit less specific than the “spring 2020<\/em>” window given at the last update.<\/p>\n

Mike Brennan, Permanent Secretary at the Department, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This announcement represents a positive step forward, with 97,000 premises eligible for potential intervention in rural areas. This significant investment seeks to ensure Next Generation Access broadband services can be accessed by as many premises as possible across Northern Ireland. While the final number and location of premises to benefit from the project will not be known until the procurement is complete and a contract has been awarded, Project Stratum enables us to build on broadband connectivity achievements to date.<\/p>\n

The UK Government has fully recognised that there are many rural areas across Northern Ireland where broadband access remains an issue. This was clearly demonstrated through the high number of responses to the consultation.<\/p>\n

Within the Department we will continue to seek to maximise the industry contribution, over and above the current \u00a3165m public investment, to ensure as many premises as possible continue to benefit from the project.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We should remind readers that the majority of funding for this project stems from a 2017 deal between the Conservative UK government and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to secure the support of their MPs, which included a commitment of \u00a3150m to \u201chelp provide ultra-fast broadband<\/em>\u201d across N.I. This funding commitment has not been affected by the outcome of the recent 2019 General Election.<\/p>\n

Otherwise the NI Direct website has an availability checker for broadband coverage, which we think may have now been updated with the latest modelling (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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