Over the past four months, Commsworld has laid 20km of fibre cabling to overhaul and upgrade the fibre infrastructure, resiliency and capacity in the Scottish Borders.

It now means that all 6,296 secondary school pupils in the Scottish Borders, along with their teachers, will benefit from a ‘next generation network’ capable of delivering speeds 500 times faster than the average UK broadband connection.

This is possible due to Commsworld’s Optical Core Network, built on around 1,500 miles of Dark Fibre. Operating its network exclusively over Dark Fibre allows Commsworld to maintain full control and deliver scalable bandwidth.

The move is a further boost to the Council’s Inspire Learning programme, which has quickly become embedded in the core of what learning and teaching looks like in the Borders.

The programme is directly impacting on providing service improvements in the area including providing digital skills, improving employability, and making the Scottish Borders an even more attractive place to live, learn and work. It is creating a world class, sustainable environment in which to learn and teach, and includes equipping staff and pupils with iPad devices.

At the heart of its success has been stronger, full-fibre networks brought in for both primary and secondary schools, with Commsworld linking them to its Optical Core Network.

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Lyndsey Teaz, CGI Vice President, Scottish Business Unit Leader (Interim), said: “Commsworld is one of our most trusted partners, and works side by side with us, and Scottish Borders Council, to harness technologies and bring practical innovation that can transform,
enable, protect and deliver real change to existing systems.

“Thanks to Commsworld, this new, improved and highly resilient network will result in a further massive enhancement of Inspire Learning, and of the Borders’ ambition to create the UK’s first rural Smart Place. By embracing its digital future, it will boost digital skills and learning, connect communities, support innovation and transform services for all citizens, as well as empower a flexible workforce.”

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