Leicestershire County Council has signed a £16.9 million contract with BT to bring fibre broadband to 95% of homes and businesses in Leicestershire by the end of March 2016.
Leicestershire County Council is investing £4.1 million as part of the deal, with £3.3 million from the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) funds and £1.23 million from the European Union. BT is contributing £8.3 million to the project.
BT Openreach will start survey work in the autumn and the first locations to be upgraded will be announced early in 2014.
For more information, click on the following link:
http://www.leics.gov.uk/broadband
For further information on superfast broadband, visit our Superfast broadband in the UK page.
