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The Scottish Government<\/a>’s (SG) \u00a3697m Reaching 100% (R100<\/strong>) programme with Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>), which has spent the past few years expanding full fibre broadband to reach 100,000 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas, has recently been shortlisted for the forthcoming European Digital Connectivity Awards 2026.<\/p>\n

A total of nine projects were nominated by the jury for the 2026 finals across three categories, with Scotland’s R100 scheme being nominated under the second category for “Champions in addressing digital divide in rural and remote areas<\/em>“. The nominated projects will gather in Brussels on 2nd December 2026, when the European Commission will announce and honour the three winners from each category. The competition is open to projects from across the broader European continent, not just EU member states, hence why Scotland has been considered.<\/p>\n

R100 Funding:<\/strong> SG (\u00a3591m), BT<\/a> (\u00a353m) and 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

The R100 scheme is currently contracted to reach a total of 112,939 premises<\/strong> by March 2028 \u2013 split across three contracts \u2013 in areas that lack access to \u201csuperfast broadband<\/em>\u201d (30Mbps+). The most challenging LOT 1<\/strong> (North Scotland and the Highlands) area is expected to cover around 61,000 premises by 2027\/28, while LOT 2<\/strong> (Central Scotland) was due to reach 32,000 by 2023\/24 and LOT 3<\/strong> (South Scotland) targeted 22,000 by 2024\/25 \u2013 the latter two have largely already been achieved.<\/p>\n

The R100 roll-out is ongoing, but Openreach<\/a> and GoFibre<\/a> have more recently also secured several additional publicly subsidised gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for Scotland under the UK\u2019s wider \u00a35bn Project Gigabit<\/strong> scheme (here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>). Over the next few years this will extend FTTP<\/a> to an additional 139,000 premises in remote rural areas of Scotland via an additional public subsidy of around \u00a3288m (i.e. focusing on the bits that R100 fails to reach).<\/p>\n

At present around 98% of premises in Scotland have access to 30Mbps+ speeds via fixed lines and this falls to c.87% for gigabit-capable broadband (here<\/a>). Ofcom<\/a> are forecasting gigabit speeds could reach up to 93% of Scotland by January 2029 (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Shortlist of the European Digital Connectivity Awards 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Category 1. Excellence and innovation in deployment of Gigabit-Ready Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u27a4 5G<\/a> Mobile Healthcare Innovative Solutions (5GMHI), Sweden<\/p>\n

\u27a4 5G<\/a> for a Better Tomorrow: Protecting Lives and the Environment in Riga and Turin (5G4LIVES), Latvia & Italy<\/p>\n

\u27a4 Quantum Catalonia: A Public Fibre Network as a Real-World Testbed for Quantum-Secure Government Services, Spain<\/p>\n

Category 2. Champions in addressing digital divide in rural and remote areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u27a4 5G<\/a> Connect Danube Delta (5G-CDD), Romania<\/p>\n

\u27a4 Reaching 100% (R100) programme, UK (Scotland)<\/p>\n

\u27a4 National Broadband Plan (NBP), Ireland<\/p>\n

Category 3. Cross-border and international connectivity<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u27a4 5G SEAGUL (5G Seamless Roaming for the Greece-Bulgaria Cross-Border Corridor), Greece & Bulgaria<\/p>\n

\u27a4 ASTEO VENUS \u2013 Iberian Resilient Digital Corridor: Lisbon\u2013Madrid\u2013Northern Spain, Portugal & Spain<\/p>\n

\u27a4 Balkan Digital Gateway: Neterra’s cross-border optical corridor \u2013 Danube river fibre crossings, Balkan Fiber Optic Ring (BFOR) and next-generation DWDM backbone, Bulgaria & Romania & Turkey & Greece & Germany<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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