Promise over broadband

The Scottish Government has pledged to ensure the whole of Scotland has superfast broadband in the next five years.

The Government’s new digital strategy also aims to double the number of digital jobs to 150,000 by 2021, and develop “world-leading” resilience against cyberattack.

Officials define superfast broadband as delivering headline download speeds of 30mb per second or higher and the Government’s paper reveals this covers 83% of Scotland – but 46% of rural areas.