MLL Telecom has extended its 16-year supplier partnership with Fife Council with a new three-and-a-half-year network services contract valued at £7.2m.
Through the new contract, MLL will evolve and enhance Fife Council’s core MPLS network which connects 485 sites including 150 schools.
An immediate focus is the provision of a secure and resilient cloud-based connectivity service to support the Council’s ‘Transforming Learning’ initiative which involves the roll out of around 36,000 iPad computers to schools from now through March 2026.
Additionally, MLL will continue to upgrade Fife Council’s MPLS network with the implementation of fibre connections to streamline and improve its performance in areas such as Health & Social Care and Housing to enable adoption of new technologies such as IoT.
Where possible, Fife will leverage the grants and funding for fibre connectivity available from Gigabit Scotland and the UK Government.
Kirste Johnston, MLL’s Strategic Client Director for Scotland & Northern England, said: “We are proud to be playing an important role in evolving the network to support digital learning and teaching in schools as well as future initiatives.”