Posted: 09th Nov, 2011 By: MarkJ


Telecoms operator BT has won the
Project of the Year award at this years
World Communication Awards 2011 event, which was held at
The London Hilton hotel on Monday. The award recognises BT's
£132m "
Big Build" effort to deploy superfast broadband ISP services across at least 80% (ideally 90%) of
Cornwall and the
Isles of Scilly (
here) by the end 2014.
The judges reportedly said that BT's Superfast Cornwall project was "
a good example of a private company partnering with the public sector" to create "
Europe's most ambitious rural deployment of super-fast broadband".
Ranulf Scarbrough, BT's Superfast Cornwall Programme Director, said:
"Superfast Cornwall has captured the attention and imagination of the world. It demonstrates what can be achieved when the private and public sectors work together, sharing their resources and knowledge - and provides a blueprint for many other rural areas across the UK and elsewhere in the world."
BT expects superfast broadband services ( FTTC and FTTP ) to be available to
90,000 Cornish homes and businesses by the end of March 2012. Credits to Thinkbroadband for spotting the news.