Hampshire County Council Decisions on Broadband

Report to Hampshire County Council Cabinet - Tuesday 6 February 2024

To consider a report of the Director of Hampshire 2050 on the future approach to the County Council’s strategy for Hampshire as a Digital Place.

Report to Hampshire County Council Cabinet - Tuesday 12 December 2023

To consider a report of the Director of Hamsphire 2050 on the achievements and lessons learnt from the delivery of the Superfast Broadband programme.

Policy and Resources Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd June, 2022

Report to Select Committee with an update on the Superfast Broadband programme Gigabit Vouchers and BDUKs Project Gigabit.

Policy and Resources Select Committee - Friday, 25th June 2021

Approval to provide an additional £1 million of investment to ‘top-up’ the Government’s existing Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) and help improve broadband for people in hard-to-reach locations

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - Rural Gigabit Connectivity Top-up Scheme - 20th July 2020

The latest report sets out the current Rural Gigabit Connectivity Voucher scheme administered by Building Digital UK (BDUK) and explains the rationale and details of a Hampshire top-up which would benefit rural Hampshire communities with poor broadband speeds.

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - Policy and Resources Select Committee Meeting Update - 24th September 2019

Please see full the report for the latest update regarding the Hampshire Superfast Broadband programme, which includes information about contracts, gainshare and further funding.

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - Community Match Funding Scheme Update - 18th January 2019

The superfast broadband programme is on track to provide coverage for 97.4% of the region. The Director also highlighted the following key facts:

  • c. 20,000 premises without access to superfast broadband
  • USO (Universal Service Obligation) to offer minimum of 10Mbps by 2020
  • The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (FTIR)
  • Part of the government’s modern Industrial Strategy, proposes the changes that are needed to give the majority of the population access to 5G, connect 15 million premises to full fibre broadband by 2025, and provide full fibre broadband coverage across all of the UK by 2033.
  • Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) to all by 2033

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - The rollout continues - 11th December 2017

The combined number of premises reached by Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the superfast broadband programme to date is in excess of 99,000 premises. See the full report for further details.

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - Beyond 96% - 14th December 2016

Support has been approved by the Executive Member for Policy and Resources and Leader of Hampshire County Council to extend Superfast Broadband coverage to 98% of premises in Hampshire by the end of the programme. An additonal 8,500 premises across the county will be reached with additional funding from underspend in contract 1 and gainshare due to higher than expected take up. This coverage will reduce the number of premises without superfast broadband from approx 23,000 to approx 14,500.

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - Programme resourcing requirements 20th July 2016

Approval given by the Executive Member for Policy and Resources and Leader of Hampshire County Council for an increase in funding to maximise the benefits of the additional funding from Government and to meet the terms of the grant agreements with central government. 

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - Getting Connected - 23rd July 2015

A report from the director of Culture, Communities and Business services to the Executive Member for Policy and Resources and Leader of Hampshire County Council on the progress of the programme's roll-out to reach 95% of the county with superfast broadband. An update was also provided on Call Flow solutions who are providing coverage to 1,750 premises across East Hampshire as part of the Government's Innovation Fund Trial.  

Hampshire Superfast Broadband - Getting Connected - 22nd January 2015

 A summary of the current situation of the Hampshire Superfast Broadband Programme and the emerging challenges and opportunities beyond the scope of the current programme was provided to the Executive Member for Policy and Resources and Leader of Hampshire County Council. The report indicated that the County Council will achieve its ambition to make high-speed broadband available to at least 95% of premises across Hampshire. The report set out a direction of travel to start the process of working to provide further improvements for the benefit of Hampshire residents and businesses.

Hampshire Superfast Broadband Roll out - October 2014

A presentation to the Executive Member for Policy and Resources and Leader of Hampshire County Council on the progress of the programme's roll-out across Hampshire. The roll-out will achieve 90% coverage of Hampshire by the end of 2015.

Extending Superfast Broadband Coverage in Hampshire - 12th December 2013

Approval sought from the Executive Member for Policy and Resources and Leader of Hampshire County Council for the extension of superfast broadband services within Hampshire to 95% of premises, forming contract 2 or wave 2 of the programme. This approval will require a new procurement to be made under the existing BDUK framework and will also cover any required extension of the existing contract with BT. This is intended to increase coverage by more than 27,000 premises over and above the current delivery target.

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