Government awards National Broadband Plan to Manx Telecom

Wed, 20 May 2020

The Department for Enterprise, has awarded Manx Telecom as preferred supplier with designated fibre provider status to deliver the Island’s National Broadband Plan.

The £10 million contract will see Manx Telecom responsible for the delivery of wholesale ultrafast fibre broadband (FTTP) in nine intervention zones across the Island, these are difficult to reach areas and as a consequence providing high speed broadband services to these locations is likely to be commercially unviable.

The plan, will be completed within five years and deliver a new fibre network passing 99% of residential and business premises with speeds of up to 1Gb/s.

25% of Island properties can already access ultrafast fibre broadband via licensed operators and this award will ensure that the network is rolled out across the Island.

 

 

 

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