GoFibre expands Scottish fibre rollout | Total Telecom

More rural towns and villages in North East Scotland can now experience ultra-reliable, lightning-fast full-fibre as independent broadband builder and provider GoFibre continues its rollout in Angus, Perth & Kinross and Aberdeenshire.

Following on from the first homes and businesses being connected to GoFibre’s North East Scotland network in Edzell, Inverbervie and Longforgan, the next ready for service properties will be in Montrose, Dunkeld, Bankfoot, Newtonhill, Portlethen, Alyth and Coupar Angus. Residents and businesses in these areas will be able to benefit from speeds of up to 1Gbps on GoFibre’s network, enabling smooth remote working, streaming without buffering, and allowing local enterprises to provide a seamless service for their customers.

Alongside improved digital infrastructure, the rollout is delivering wider economic benefits, creating 30 direct construction roles and supporting up to 180 jobs across the lifetime of the rollout, including subcontracted work.

The build is being delivered as part of a major government contract to improve connectivity in underserved areas. In 2025, GoFibre was chosen as the supplier to deliver full-fibre broadband to around 63,000 hard-to-reach premises across North East Scotland as part of joint efforts by the UK and Scottish governments to supercharge internet access in mainly rural areas.

Project Gigabit is the UK Government’s programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to access lightning-fast, gigabit-capable broadband.

The Scottish Government is playing a key role in delivering Project Gigabit procurements in Scotland by administering and managing the delivery of the contracts.

GoFibre will be adding additional premises to the build on a commercial basis, with no public subsidy, meaning at least 100,000 premises across the North East will be added to its full fibre network.

Scotland’s fastest-growing broadband provider is extending its existing footprint of around 15,300 premises in Angus (including Montrose, Forfar and Kirriemuir) and 9,600 premises in Aberdeenshire (including Laurencekirk, Stonehaven and Newtonhill).

Andy Hepburn, Chief Operating Officer at GoFibre, said: “GoFibre’s on a mission to improve digital connectivity in rural and hard-to-reach areas. It’s fantastic to see that more homes and businesses in Perth & Kinross and Aberdeenshire Scotland will soon be ready to connect to our network and able to enjoy the same lightning-fast, ultra-reliable connectivity as the country’s cities.

“We are not only committed to helping to bridge the digital divide in rural Scotland; we are also delivering economic benefits to the communities we are connecting by creating jobs during the rollout.”

Residents and businesses can buy now or register for updates in their area by visiting www.gofibre.co.uk