KCB Decides To End Community Broadband Procurement

Following an extended procurement process and careful evaluation of the latest bid , the Kyles Community Broadband (KCB) Board has decided to end its community broadband procurement.  It was confirmed that the submitted bid had not been able to meet all of the state aid rules required by the regulator BDUK, and there were several further risks to the [...]

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KCB Procurement Process Enters Critical Fortnight

As subscribers to our newsletter and followers on facebook will know, over the last months the board of directors of KCB, along with its advisors and potential funders have [...]

Update on KCB’s Progress toward Community-owned Broadband

KCB and partners are still engaged the very slow process of ensuring the tender meets all the regulatory requirements of the funders and is a safe and viable solution for our [...]

Procurement Update and GDPR

PROCUREMENT UPDATE As you may have gathered through Facebook, KCB are still working through a huge amount of information to ensure the latest tender meets all regulatory [...]

Kyles Community Broadband is looking for a temporary Community Liaison Officer

  KCB is looking for an outgoing, well-connected, computer-literate and above-all local person to work on a freelance basis to provide community liaison and research [...]

Phew! A Weekend of Meetings!

With meetings in Toward and on Bute on Saturday, and in Colintraive and Kames on Sunday, KCB found an enthusiastic response to our progress. We have attached the [...]

Announcing Public Meetings and a User Survey

KCB is holding four meetings at the end of February to discuss in further detail the extent and type of service that it will be offering through the broadband service the [...]

Second Procurement to Move Forward

KCB are delighted to say that we hope in the next month or so the procurement for a solution for approximately 600 properties with Next Generation Broadband will [...]

Community Consultation for our Next Step gathers pace

We've had a very good response to our request for views on how we should proceed after cancelling the procurement recently. Our choice is between a new procurement with a 400% [...]

Community Broadband in the Kyles Reaches a Key Decision: Act or Pause?

Since 2016 Kyles Community Broadband (KCB) has been working with Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) to create a fit-for-purpose superfast broadband network for the [...]

Community Broadband for South-west Cowal & Isle of Bute Takes Huge Step Forward

The Kyles of Bute community broadband project reached a critical milestone in December with approval from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Community Broadband [...]