Project Gigabit

Project Gigabit will be crucial to achieving the government’s target of full gigabit coverage by 2030. It targets homes and businesses that are not included in broadband suppliers’ plans, reaching parts of the UK that might otherwise miss out on getting the digital connectivity they need.

The fast, reliable connections delivered by Project Gigabit will benefitlevel-up mostly rural and remote communities,communities across the UK, as well as tackling pockets of poor connectivity in urban areas.

Having the fastest,fastest most reliable broadband means households no longer havinghave to battle over bandwidth, and gives people enjoy the freedom to live and work more flexibly.flexibly, Projectbusinesses Gigabitincrease istheir drivingproductivity, productivity across British businesses, as well as in our schools, hospitals and othervital public services so they can deliver better outcomes for taxpayers.    thrive.

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Procurements and Contracts

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To complement this work and to support pace of delivery, there are three other elements to Project Gigabit.

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

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Superfast Programme

Now largely gigabit-capable, Superfast will reach the remaining premises that have broadband speeds of less than 30 megabits per second (Mbps). In late 2020, the government approved a voucherfurther at£490 yourmillion addressof new contracts signed to provide mainly gigabit-capable coverage to a further 172,000 premises. Information and take-up data on all procurements on the GigabitSuperfast Broadband VoucherProgramme Schemecan websitebe found in the table of local broadband projects spreadsheet.