COMMUNITIES IN WALES SET TO BENEFIT FROM FIBRE BROADBAND

More communities in Wales will get high speed fibre broadband by summer 2015 as part of the Superfast Cymru roll-out, the Welsh Government and BT announced today. Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Conwy are among the areas that are set to benefit as a result of today’s announcement which also includes the commencement of work in 35 exchange areas earlier than originally anticipated. Superfast Cymru will help the Welsh Government achieve its overall aim of extending fibre broadband to 96 per cent of homes and businesses in Wales by the end of the project in spring 2016. Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology Ken Skates said: “By the time Superfast Cymru is completed in 2016 Wales will be one of the most connected countries in the world. It is a huge undertaking with 3,000 green roadside cabinets to be installed and around 17,500kms of optical fibre cable to be laid.