BT has secured a further rural broadband contract, signing a contract valued at £31.75 million with Dorset County Council.

Once more BT has succeeded in keeping 100 percent of all public sector funding for the rural broadband framework.

The contract with Dorset County Council will see BT provide £12.87 million of the total costs for the fibre optic network, while the council provides £9.44 million, while the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) unit matches this sum.

The contract will see the installation of a high speed fibre optic network within three and a half years.

Leader of Dorset County Council Spencer Flower, said: “We want everyone in Dorset to have access to reliable and faster broadband within the next three and a half years.”