The £100m Superfast North Yorkshire project has now been completed with 200,000 plus premises having benefitted from a broadband boost.
Fri, 11/03/2022 - 16:31
Commsworld has laid 20km of fibre cabling to connect nine secondary schools in the Scottish Borders, working in partnership with GCI, the Primary providers of IT services for Scottish Borders Council.
It now means that all 6,296 secondary school pupils in the Scottish Borders, along with their teachers, will benefit from full fibre speeds.
The network it is linked to Commsworld’s Optical Core Network built on around 1,500 miles of Dark Fibre.
Lyndsey Teaz, CGI Vice President, Scottish Business Unit Leader (Interim), said: “Commsworld’s work will boost the Borders’ ambition to create the UK’s first rural Smart Place.
“By embracing its digital future, it will boost digital skills and learning, connect communities, support innovation and transform services for all citizens, as well as empower a flexible workforce.”
Steve Wood, Group Sales Director for Commsworld, said: “The results will be not only transformative for every secondary school in the Scottish Borders, but also the region’s rural towns, its businesses, organisations and its citizens.”
