{"id":41269,"date":"2025-03-24T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=41269"},"modified":"2025-03-22T07:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T07:51:42","slug":"welsh-government-to-reopen-abc-broadband-vouchers-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/welsh-government-to-reopen-abc-broadband-vouchers-this-spring.html","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Government to Reopen ABC Broadband Vouchers this Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Welsh Government<\/a> (WG) has revealed that their Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) grant scheme is to “reopen<\/em>” this spring 2025, albeit with some changes. The scheme previously offered funding to help rural homes get a faster broadband service installed in areas of slow connectivity, until it was paused last summer (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The long-running ABC scheme essentially offered vouchers (grants) to homes in poorly served areas that weren’t expected to benefit from either commercial or other state-aid funded deployment projects in the near future. By poorly served, we mean areas which didn’t have access to a \u201csuperfast connection<\/em>\u201d speed of 30Mbps+<\/strong> (i.e. \u00a3400 for 10Mbps+ or \u00a3800 for 30Mbps+).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Some 97.5% of premises in Wales now have access 30Mbps+ speeds and around 78% are covered by gigabit-capable (1000Mbps+) networks (here<\/a>). Ofcom<\/a> predicts gigabit coverage in Wales will reach c.93-95% by May 2027 (here<\/a>).<\/div>\n

However, the ABC scheme was starting to look a bit outdated next to the UK government\u2019s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit<\/a> broadband rollout programme, which has set a much more ambitious target – aiming to help extend 1000Mbps (download) capable broadband networks to reach \u201cnationwide<\/em>\u201d UK coverage (c. 99%) by 2030 (currently at 86%+). The aim is to support this goal via a mix of bigger vouchers (Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme<\/a>) and subsidised build contracts.<\/p>\n

Suffice to say that the ABC scheme wasn’t just outdated, but it also risked conflicting with Project Gigabit’s efforts. Not to mention the 10Mbps broadband Universal Service Obligation<\/a> (USO), but hardly anybody talks about that one any more and its impact has been very.. limited (here<\/a>). Long story short, the ABC scheme required a bit of a re-think and ended up being paused by the WG.<\/p>\n

WG Statement from August 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are pausing the Access Broadband Cymru grant scheme from 7th August 2024.<\/p>\n

The pause will allow us to:<\/p>\n

\u2013 update the scheme to reflect new broadband technology and market changes
\n\u2013 review grant limits and how the scheme is run to keep it targeted, flexible, and responsive.<\/p>\n

The pause should last no more than 6 months.<\/p>\n

Applications received up to and including 6 August 2024 will be assessed and processed normally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The good news is that Project Gigabit has since awarded a number of subsidised gigabit broadband roll-out contracts to Wales, which went to Openreach<\/a> (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) and also sets the stage for ABC to return. The WG’s Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Rebecca Evans<\/strong> (MS), recently confirmed their plans to re-introduce the ABC scheme this spring, but offered very little in the way of detail.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Evans (MS) said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Work on the updates to the Access Broadband Cymru scheme system is entering the final testing phase. I anticipate being able to provide more news on our plans to re-open the scheme to applications in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

We still anticipate that the scheme will reopen in the Spring.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At this stage we don’t know quite what approach the WG will take. One option is to do as other local voucher schemes have done before and provide top-up funding to the UK’s government’s main gigabit voucher scheme, which tends to result in bigger vouchers that are able to help bring FTTP<\/a> broadband into even more challenging areas.<\/p>\n

However, the WG could instead opt to keep ABC more independent and technology neutral, which might result in smaller vouchers but still enable the ability to fund a wider array of technology neutral solutions (e.g. fixed wireless networks, Starlink<\/a> satellites etc.). By the sounds of it, we should find out the answer sometime toward the end of this month or during April 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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