The i3 Group ( Fibrecity ) has announced plans to trial its fibre optic and wireless broadband service on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. The move marks i3's first foray into smaller scale rural deployments, having previously only focused on cities like Bournemouth and Dundee.

The service, nicknamed Fibrezone, will use secure wireless ( WiMAX ) and fibre optic infrastructure to deliver high speed (initially 10Mbps) broadband to homes in areas with limited or no broadband access, often referred to as "not spots".



The project, which should help 300 homes in the wards of Aberffraw, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll and Bryngwran get connected, will use a secure 4G radio spectrum licence for its WiMAX wireless broadband delivery and put to use the Welsh Assembly Government's investment in the FibreSpeed fibre optic network.

The service itself will be delivered by Carrier Wales and comes bundled with telephone and other services in the future. Residents and businesses will be informed once the solution becomes available to them.

This trial is designed to demonstrate the capabilities of i3 Group's model, which it hopes to use in other areas around the UK that also experience limited or no broadband internet access.