Faster broadband connections will on be available in Orkney and Shetland and the north of Scotland after the announcement of a new fibre link which will run north from Inverness.
BT is investing £8 million in the project, which is expected to be operational next year. It it will carry all broadband traffic between the Northern Isles and the mainland, but the existing microwave radio links that serve Orkney and Shetland will be kept for back-up.
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