{"id":42239,"date":"2025-06-27T17:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=42239"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:02:21","slug":"r100-gigabit-broadband-build-reaches-80000-premises-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/r100-gigabit-broadband-build-reaches-80000-premises-in-scotland.html","title":{"rendered":"R100 Gigabit Broadband Build Reaches 80,000 Premises in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/scotgov\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Government<\/a> (SG) has today revealed that more than 80,000 premises have now benefitted from their \u00a3697m Reaching 100% (<strong>R100<\/strong>) project 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>), which is rolling out full fibre (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) broadband to remote rural areas. Some 27,000 premises of this have been delivered over the past year, which is up from 20,000 the year before.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Just to recap. The R100 scheme originally aimed to reach another <strong>113,000 premises<\/strong> \u2013 split across three contracts \u2013 in areas that lack access to \u201c<em>superfast broadband<\/em>\u201d (30Mbps+) by March 2028. <strong>LOT 1<\/strong> (North Scotland and the Highlands) is expected to cover around 61,000 premises by 2027\/28, while <strong>LOT 2<\/strong> (Central Scotland) was due to reach 32,000 by 2023\/24 and <strong>LOT 3<\/strong> (Southern Scotland) targeted 22,000 by 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>R100 Funding:<\/strong> SG&nbsp;(\u00a3591m), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> (\u00a353m) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Building Digital UK<\/a> (\u00a352m). The responsibility for broadband in Scotland is reserved to Westminster, but that doesn\u2019t stop local and devolved authorities from making their own investments.<\/div>\n<p>According to today&#8217;s update, R100&#8217;s rate of delivery is now exceeding the SG&#8217;s Programme for Government commitment by more than a third.\u202fConnections have been made right across the country, from the Killantringan Lighthouse in Dumfries and Galloway to Stornoway in the Western Isles and Baltasound on Shetland.<\/p>\n<p>The update also confirms that &#8220;<em>80% of all R100 contract build<\/em>&#8221; has taken place in rural areas (we assume the other 20% to be more focused upon poorly served suburban areas). We&#8217;ve pasted a more detailed summary of the progress below.<\/p>\n<table class=\"ds_table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" data-smallscreen=\"scrolling\">\n<caption><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Broadband connections delivered by contract area (30th May 2025)<\/strong><\/span><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"bq3\">Contract area<\/th>\n<th class=\"bq3\">Total premises for delivery in the R100 contracts<\/th>\n<th class=\"bq3\">R100 contract premises delivered<\/th>\n<th class=\"bq3\">R100 SBVS (voucher) premises delivered<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Central<\/td>\n<td>30,286<\/td>\n<td>27,524<\/td>\n<td>1,404<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>60,764<\/td>\n<td>25,457<\/td>\n<td>3,268<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South<\/td>\n<td>21,889<\/td>\n<td>25,153<\/td>\n<td>613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>112,939<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>78,134<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>5,285<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Just for some wider context. At the end of 2024 around 80% of premises in Scotland could access a gigabit-capable (1Gbps download) broadband ISP network and this falls to 65.5% when only looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> technology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/2024-h2-uk-coverage-of-gigabit-broadband-nears-86-percent.html\">here<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> predicts (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/ofcom-predict-98-percent-of-uk-covered-by-gigabit-broadband-in-may-2027.html\">here<\/a>) that Scotland\u2019s full fibre (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) coverage will reach around 92-94% by May 2027 and gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP + Hybrid Fibre Coax \/ cable) should deliver 94% by that same date.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Business Minister, Richard Lochhead, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFast, reliable broadband is a fundamental building block for economic growth. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/scotgov\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Government<\/a>\u2019s R100 programme is one of the most ambitious and complex digital infrastructure programmes in Europe, rolling out connections in some of the most challenging locations in the country to help businesses and communities prosper.<\/p>\n<p>Despite telecommunications being reserved to the UK Government, our commitment to the R100 programme illustrates this government\u2019s commitment to delivering the digital connectivity people and businesses need to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Exceeding our 2024-25 delivery target was helped by record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/scotgov\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Government<\/a> funding and an ongoing partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> maximising the opportunities to deliver fast broadband to even more homes and businesses.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Robert Thorburn, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> Partnership Director for Scotland, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s brilliant to see businesses like the Steamship Sir Walter Scott benefitting from full fibre. We&#8217;re committed to making sure that the hardest-to-reach homes and businesses in Scotland are connected to the latest generation of broadband technology, giving them access to the same fast, reliable services available in our cities.<\/p>\n<p>While building new full fibre networks in rural areas throws up many challenges, our engineers have the skills and experience to overcome these and deserve an enormous amount of credit for their work. We&#8217;re proud of the role we&#8217;ve played, working alongside the Scottish Government, in hitting this significant milestone &#8211; but we know that our work isn&#8217;t done yet, and we&#8217;ll continue to connect communities across the country.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The R100 work is still ongoing and we should add that Openreach (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) has also recently secured the \u00a3157m state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Scotland (Call off 6), which will extend FTTP to an additional 65,000 premises in remote rural areas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/openreach-win-157m-project-gigabit-broadband-build-contract-for-scotland.html\">here<\/a>). A couple of smaller Project Gigabit contracts for Scotland are also still in the procurement phase.<\/p>\n<p>Take note that the R100 budget also covered some related efforts, such as the deployment of new subsea fibre links to help reach various remote Scottish isles, and funding for the complementary voucher scheme etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Government (SG) has today revealed that more than 80,000 premises have now benefitted from their \u00a3697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (BT), which is rolling out full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas. 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