{"id":40344,"date":"2024-12-12T09:18:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=40344"},"modified":"2024-12-12T09:18:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T09:18:35","slug":"scotland-tenders-for-40-7m-gigabit-broadband-rollout-in-orkney-and-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/12\/scotland-tenders-for-40-7m-gigabit-broadband-rollout-in-orkney-and-shetland.html","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Tenders for \u00a340.7m Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Orkney and Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISPreview has spotted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/scotgov\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Government<\/a> (SG) yesterday issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk\/search\/show\/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC520016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contract notice<\/a> for the Orkney &amp; Shetland (Lot 6 &#8211; Scotland) deployment under the UK\u2019s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme, which is expected to expand full fibre (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) connectivity to an estimated 13,550 premises in hard-to-reach (rural) parts of the remote Northern Isles.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, it&#8217;s important to point out that the SG is already working to expand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> coverage on the islands as part of their existing \u00a3600m Reaching 100% (<strong>R100<\/strong>) contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) &#8211; this includes the <strong>LOT 1 <\/strong>commitment that is expected to cover 60,764 additional premises across &#8220;<em>North Scotland and the Highlands<\/em>&#8221; by 2027\/28. But only some of that will specifically benefit Orkney &amp; Shetland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The latest data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/thinkbroadband\" target=\"_blank\">Thinkbroadband<\/a> suggests that 78.59% of premises on Orkney and Shetland can access broadband speeds of 30Mbps+, which falls to just 13.23% for gigabit (1000Mbps+) capable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> connections.<\/div>\n<p>The two island groups have a combined population of around 45,000, which suggests that the new contract, when combined with any improvements delivered via the R100 scheme, will result in a significant expansion of gigabit broadband coverage. But this will clearly come at a very high per premises build cost, which is to be expected given the remote and complex nature of the Northern Isles.<\/p>\n<p>The new Project Gigabit contract is currently targeted to be awarded to a supplier in October 2025 (estimate) and will then remain in force for approximately 11 years &#8211; comprising a build period of approximately 4 years, followed by an operational period of at least 7 years. &#8220;<em>It is the intention that the build period will be completed by the <strong>end of 2029<\/strong><\/em>,&#8221; said the public contract notice.<\/p>\n<p>Local broadband services tend to be dominated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/adsl\">ADSL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> and FTTP broadband network, which typically suggests that they may be the only bidder for the new contract. However, it is worth noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shetlandtele.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shetland Telecom<\/a>, which is the arms-length network operator that the council set up some years ago, have in recent years looked at expanding their presence into the local access market (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/06\/shetland-telecom-to-seek-code-powers-ahead-of-possible-fibre-expansion.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, an interesting project conducted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudnet.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CloudNet<\/a> recently used the community-owned water authority\u2019s existing infrastructure (pipes used for drinking water) on Papa Westray in Orkney to run new fibre optic cables (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/11\/ornkey-broadband-rollout-ran-fibre-cables-via-water-pipes.html\">here<\/a>). But it&#8217;s too early to say if this will have any role in the new procurement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISPreview has spotted that the Scottish Government (SG) yesterday issued a contract notice for the Orkney &amp; Shetland (Lot 6 &#8211; Scotland) deployment under the UK\u2019s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme, which is expected to expand full fibre (FTTP) connectivity to an estimated 13,550 premises in hard-to-reach (rural) parts of the remote Northern Isles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1645],"tags":[474,471,56,69,38,1997,89,101],"class_list":["post-40344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","category-key_uk_isp_industry_developments","tag-bt","tag-bduk","tag-fttp","tag-bt-openreach","tag-politics","tag-uk-gigabit-programme","tag-scotland","tag-shetland-islands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/113639110548321050","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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