Digital Transformation Strategy 2021 - 2024
In this section
Key priorities: Connectivity
“Enable residents and businesses in the County to use digital technology to enhance their lives”
What it means?
- Working to help ensure fast, reliable digital connectivity for our Citizens and Communities.
- Supporting businesses to compete in the digital economy via first class mobile and broadband connectivity.
- Collaborating with Government, Industry and Partners to ensure 21st Century Digital Connectivity.
- Helping to drive awareness, understanding and adoption of fast broadband and mobile services.
- Ensure that residents and businesses exploit the latest digital technology to improve their lives.
- Enable business to make use of ‘cloud computing’ to accelerate time to value, drive higher adoption of new technologies, and connect the services offered in real time.
- Deliver Digital Public Sector Services to our Citizens and businesses via first class connectivity infrastructure.
Why is it important?
- A fully connected Carmarthenshire will encourage new businesses to invest in the County, supporting the local economy and attracting sustainable employment.
- A fully connected Carmarthenshire will encourage existing businesses to innovate and exploit new opportunities.
- Ensure that our children live in digitally connected communities and have the latest digital technologies available to give them best possible start in life.
- Every resident of Carmarthenshire should have the ability to access 'on-line' services which can be used to improve their 'quality of life'.
How will we achieve Digital Connectivity?
- We will create an open and flexible environment for digital innovation that crosses borders and boosts economic growth for the region.
- As a part of the Swansea Bay City Deal, we will benefit from significant inward investment to create a truly Connected Carmarthenshire.
- We will invest in our communities and young people to ensure sustainable neighbourhoods by improving access to digital technology in areas where it is most needed.
- Utilise ways of encouraging young people to communicate with us digitally and encourage employability in the county.
- We will develop improved digital skills and confidence amongst our vulnerable groups and those aged over 65.
- We will aim to access funding to develop sustainable digital activities in Carmarthenshire to reach those who have the most to gain from the ‘digital world’; across businesses, communities, and residents.
Key projects
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2022
Key outcomes
To enable greater collaboration for the public sector workforce.
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Key outcomes
Well informed communities that understand the social and economic impacts and benefits of good connectivity.
Communities who are empowered and supported to tackle issues of poor broadband and mobile connectivity themselves.
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2024
Key outcomes
Improved connectivity to residential and business premises across Carmarthenshire.
Increased equality of access to online services and resources.
A reduction in digital exclusion.
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More premises with access to 21st century, future proofed first-class digital connectivity.
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Improved capacity and scope to deliver digital services to everyone, everywhere.
More choice and competition for residents and businesses in mobile connectivity.
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Increase adoption of superfast and ultrafast broadband services amongst those citizens and businesses who are able to access these services.
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Increased capacity to deliver digital public services from and to those assets.
Some surrounding business and residential premises obtain full fibre immediately as an “accidental benefit” of our work.
Increased commercial viability of further full fibre builds to nearby communities and businesses.
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To be one of the fastest, well connected business parks in the United Kingdom.
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A single location to share resources, signpost, help and inform.
A web based online resource which shares and promotes use case studies of the benefits and usage of Digital Connectivity raising awareness of why better connectivity is so important and how it can be used to help citizens and businesses across Carmarthenshire.
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Key outcomes
Better connected Rural Communities.
Social and Digital equality for rural communities.
