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The Carmarthenshire Council<\/a> in South West Wales has approved, as part of the wider Swansea Bay City Deal, an investment of \u00a355m to boost digital connectivity in the region, which among other things looks set to help deploy more “full fibre<\/em>” broadband connectivity and support improvements to mobile networks.<\/p>\n

Carmarthenshire is the third largest county in Wales, covering some 2,365 square kilometres, but it’s also somewhat behind other parts of the UK in terms of broadband connectivity. According to Thinkbroadband<\/a>’s latest data, just 88% of premises currently have access to a “superfast broadband<\/em>” (30Mbps+) ISP service and this drops to just 18% for “ultrafast broadband<\/em>” (100Mbps+).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Download speeds of 30Mbps+ are currently estimated to cover 96.5% of the UK or 63.5% for 100Mbps+.<\/div>\n

The current situation is expected to improve over the next few years, not least thanks to the on-going deployment of Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>) technology by Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>) – under Phase 2 of the Superfast Cymru<\/strong><\/a> programme (here<\/a>) – and Spectrum Internet’s commercial investment to build a similar full fibre network out to 150,000 premises in South Wales (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, such projects will still leave a gap in some rural and urban areas, which is where the new investment of \u00a355m<\/strong> could help. We should add that this will be invested across the whole of the Swansea Bay City Deal area, which is made up of Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea.<\/p>\n

Trelech councillor, Jean Lewis, said (In Your Area<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n

“As one who represents a large rural area, I\u2019m delighted by this announcement. I\u2019ve been lobbying consistently for an improved broadband service since I was elected several years ago.<\/p>\n

During this pandemic period in particular, technology has become an essential lifeline for most of us. This exciting strategy offers hope for businesses and residents who suffer a very slow connection at present.<\/p>\n

It will provide equality opportunities for all the county\u2019s residents and the county council\u2019s leadership is to be commended for their part in ensuring that this will happen.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At present there’s a significant lack of detail in terms of precisely how or where the money will be invested, but hopefully some solid information on that will surface in the new year. The decision to approve this funding was taken earlier this week and we’ve unearthed the related council documents – here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Digital Infrastructure project is being funded through \u00a325m City Deal funding, \u00a313.5m public sector funding and \u00a316.5m private sector sending.<\/p>\n

Spending Objectives (Digital Infrastructure Project)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Connected Places; Ensures towns, cities and development zones have access to world class full fibre infrastructure. This will deliver the following spending objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– improve the quality of public service delivery by ensuring all public buildings are digitally connected facilitating improved efficiency and public access to services.<\/p>\n

– cost savings to the public sector for digital connectivity.<\/p>\n

– stimulation of competition in digital services.<\/p>\n

– stimulate inward investment in the region by telecommunications industry and hence improve access to services for residents and businesses.<\/p>\n

– deliver economic benefits through the usage of digital infrastructure, notably increased efficiency and enhanced productivity.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rural: Facilitate equality of access to broadband services across the region. This will deliver the following spending objectives;<\/strong><\/p>\n

– improve the quality of public service delivery by ensuring communities in remote areas have access to services.<\/p>\n

– social cohesion and inclusion across the region to sustain communities.<\/p>\n

– stimulate economic growth by enhancing opportunities for employment.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Next Generation Wireless; Ensure that the region is at the forefront of 5G<\/a> and Internet of Things (IoT) investment and subsequent innovation. This will deliver;<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Inward investment.<\/p>\n

– Innovation and ensuring the region is at the forefront of new service roll out and delivery.<\/p>\n

– Economic growth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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