BT has won £9.8 million contract to roll out full fibre broadband to nearly 1,800 remote homes and businesses across the Swansea Bay City Region.
The Better Broadband Infill Project is part of th the Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme, with infrastructure partner Openreach. BT will also contribute additional funding to raise the project’s total value to over £10 million.
Thisi s a £25m investment to improve fixed and mobile connectivity across theSwansea Bay City Region, covering Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea.
The initiative will extend high-speed broadband to 1,533 premises and 256 additional sites across Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, and Carmarthenshire.
It specifically targets rural locations currently experiencing broadband speeds under 30Mbps and which fall outside the scope of existing government or commercial fibre rollout plans.
The project will be delivered in six phases starting this month, with the first 220 premises expected to be connected by December. Full completion is scheduled for March 31, 2027.
