The government is investing £45m to boost school infrastructure, including £25m to upgrade wireless networks in 2025 – helping get classrooms online and raising standards, in the latest phase of funding that has so far improved connectivity for more than 1.3 million pupils in 3,700 schools.
Digital Connectivity
Quickline Communications is boosting digital skills training across south Yorkshire, donating tablets and Chromebooks to help jobseekers and economically inactive parents gain employment.
CityFibre has completed the primary-build of its full fibre network in Bracknell – the latest town in its nationwide rollout, meaning that over 30,000 residents are now ready for service.
An extension of a strategy to bring improved digital connectivity across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has been backed by the Combined Authority’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee.