Norfolk County Council has welcomed the news of a major expansion of the fastest type of broadband, which could benefit up to a third of properties. Today, the Government announced Norfolk will be involved in a new round of Gigabit broadband procurement ( https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-new-5bn-project-gigabit ). Known as Gigabit / Full Fibre / Ultrafast / Fibre to the Premise, it has a speed of 100-1000 mega-bits per second – compared to 24 or 30mbps for superfast broadband Councillor Tom FitzPatrick, cabinet member for innovation, transformation and performance, said: “I am absolutely delighted that Norfolk is among the next batch of areas to be set to benefit from this review announced by the Minister. “This is another win for our Better Broadband for Norfolk campaign, achieving significant speed upgrades all across rural Norfolk. We are amongst the first locations to benefit from this latest wave of funding which we very much welcome. “This phase is likely to contain all properties within Norfolk that are not expected to gain access to Gigabit capable broadband via commercially funded programmes or any other initiatives – that’s estimated to be 30 – 35% of all premises. This will bring real benefits to the businesses and residents who will get this boost. “Implementation would be expected to start in early 2023, which fits well with our third Better Broadband for Norfolk contract, another step in ensuring that Norfolk continues to enhance its digital capability.” For further details of Better Broadband for Norfolk, please see https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/campaigns/digital-connectivity/better-broadband-for-norfolk