A SCOTTISH network provider has announced a cross-Border link-up to provide infrastructure including for cottage and “table-top” industries in rural England.
Commsworld said it is partnering with countryside broadband expert Alncom to transform digital networks and infrastructure in Northumberland.
The Edinburgh-headquartered company, which says it is the UK’s largest independent network provider, is joining forces with the Alnwick-based firm to offer businesses and organisations in the remotest areas “significantly enhanced broadband connectivity, bandwidth and resilience”.
Commsworld said this would be achieved by providing access to its nationwide optical core network, with connections to superfast 10 Gigabit connectivity directly to premises.
Bruce Strang, Commsworld chief operating officer, said: “Much like us, Alncom is growing at a phenomenal rate, continuing to expand its footprint through organic and inorganic growth, and enhancing its customer offerings.
“Our partnership will result in a step change in the delivery of digital services to the harder-to-reach rural areas. We have the largest privately-funded optical core network in the UK with the capability to provide a reliable, high-speed network that is affordable to all those in need of it, no matter where they are geographically.
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Stephen Pinchen, managing director of Alncom, said it is a “significant development" for the business.
“Northumberland is home to remote communities with the highest volume of cottage and ‘table-top’ industries in the UK,” he said. “It’s a transformative move, literally life changing for our customers and will really help bridge the digital divide.”
Commsworld hails its achievements as including replacing the rural Scottish Borders’ outdated network infrastructure, which it said boosted the local economy and turning its secondary schools into hi-tech hubs of learning.
Last year it completed the build of its full-fibre internet connectivity to rural towns and villages in Renfrewshire as part of infrastructure being delivered through a £15 million “connectivity as a service” framework contract.
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