Dundee to be Scotland's First Fibrecity

17th March 2009

By installing a network of fibre optic cables across the city, Dundee will be the first city in Scotland to become a Fibrecity.

This means residents, businesses and organisations have the opportunity to improve their communication facilities and networks offering a much higher speed at which data can be sent and received.

With Dundee having a thriving technology and digital entertainment industry, this will be beneficial for the city. Work is due to begin within the next 6 months, with the majority of the fibre out in the sewers using H20’s patented FS System at the company’s own expense.

Fibrecity will bring fibre connectivity to more than 55,000 homes in Dundee. This is in addition to the 88,000 homes it will be connecting in Dundee, making Fibrecity the largest Fibre to the Home (FTTH) project in Europe.

Dundee City Council has already linked two city centre offices using H2O’s ultra high speed network in order to share information quickly and simply, and was keen for Dundee to be the first Scottish Fibrecity. Joe Morrow, convener of Dundee City Council’s economic development committee said, “Dundee is already a recognised leader, not just in biotechnology and digital media, but in the use of technology to benefit its communities.

I am sure that the plans revealed in this announcement will provide even more opportunities for the business community in Dundee to gain competitive advantage, and to keep the city at the forefront of the broadband economy.

This £30m private sector investment and other technological advances being pioneered in Dundee, cement the city’s moves towards becoming a hub for information age products and services.”

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