BT have announced plans to expand its £2.5 billion fibre optic superfast broadband programme to a further 163 exchange points.

It has been discovered that the telecoms giant has also been successful in winning a broadband procurement contract with Suffolk County Council.

Councillor Mark Bee, Suffolk County Council’s leader and chair of the Better Broadband for Suffolk programme said: “Improving access to broadband is going to help Suffolk’s economy grow by as much as and create up to 5000 new jobs. There's a digital divide between Suffolk and the rest of the country but an even more acute disparity between urban and rural Suffolk.”