Highland Broadband Secures £50m in Bid to Connect 150 Towns and Villages

Highland Broadband secures £50m in bid to connect 150 towns and villages

The Scottish National Investment Bank has also invested £10m in the scheme, which aims to connect 150 small towns and villages over the next year.

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes hails £50 million broadband infrastructure investment for rural communities - Scottish Business News

Rural communities across Scotland are in line for an economic boost in the wake of a new £50 million investment in Highland Broadband’s ultra-fast broadband network. Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes will today unveil the new capital secured by the Edinburgh and Inverness based company as it prepares to deliver a major expansion of its fibre network throughout rural Scotland. The company, which has already connected around half of all…

Highland Broadband Secures £50m Funding to Boost Expand FTTP Rollout

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Highland Broadband (formerly Lothian Broadband), which is deploying a 10Gbp capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of the Scottish Highlands, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m funding boost to help support a “major expansion” of their network “throughout rural Scotland“. The new funding includes £40 million coming from Alpha Real Capital, which is a specialist real as…