Funding opportunities - rural broadband

A new funding opportunity to help businesses get better rural broadband service has been launched.

Emda is launching the Rural Broadband Fund, funded through the Rural Development Programme for England. This fund seeks to support the government’s objective that Britain should have the best superfast broadband network in Europe.

The funding can contribute towards developing innovative approaches that address existing gaps in rural broadband coverage.

These approaches can include:

Community broadband projects
- Projects that seek to upgrade existing infrastructure to exceed the proposed Universal Service Commitment speed of 2Mbit/s
- Projects that enable early deployment of next generation compatible solutions

The funding is aimed at businesses that can access match funding of 15K minimum.

For more information please visit emda’s website.