The
Walsall Urban Regeneration Company (WRC) is
looking to establish a multi-million pound pilot project for a
fibre optic network capable of delivering 1gbps bandwidth to
businesses and the community.
The WRC is assessing how to embed this revolutionary technology
within the fabric of the re-emerging market town and set up a world
class research and training centre.
The network will surpass the performance of existing copper wire
networks, which support bandwidth of 1-2mbps.
“With a number of transformational projects under way and major
improvements to the ring road there is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to lay the foundations for fibre optics, which will
utterly transform the way we do business and how we use technology
in the home,” said WRC director Mohammad Nazir.
Establishing Walsall as an urban regeneration pilot for fibre
optic technology would not only help existing businesses increase
their efficiency and productivity but also attract research and
development and blue chip companies to locate there.
WRC director Geoff Archenhold said, “The growth of broadband
services in the home, business, education, health, entertainment
and other sectors is changing the way we live and work.
“We cannot afford to be left behind as these advances continue;
indeed we need to lead the way and utilise the technologies to aid
regeneration and assist wealth creation and sustainable
communities.”
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