Digital infrastructure and connectivity

We will drive excellent digital infrastructure and connectivity for the city and for the council.

What we will achieve in the next 5 years for citizens and business:

  • Excellent connectivity in the city. To do this we will:

    • Develop a culture that recognises the benefits to citizens and businesses of digital infrastructure.

    • Implement the Local Broadband Fund (LBF) project in council adult residential care homes.

    • Bids for funding for solutions to improve connectivity in the city where opportunities arise.

    • Provide and develop public Wi-Fi in public buildings, city centre and buses.

    • Support and participate in city infrastructure developments in collaboration with partners for broadband, Wi-Fi and mobile telecommunications.

    • Exploit city centre digital infrastructure such as dark fibre to act as catalyst for digital developments, inward investment, regeneration and economic activity.

 

  • Newport established as Wales’ first data city. To do this we will:

    • Work with Cardiff Capital Region, business, industry and FE and HE institutions to capture, sustain and grow our data capabilities and opportunities, including the delivery of a National Technology Institute in Newport.

 

  • Council services are delivered by fast and reliable networks. To do this we will:

    • Continue to review the digital infrastructure provision in council buildings.
    • Review the existing Community Safety Network provision.
    • Ensure effective management of the council’s data centre to improve resilience.
    • Migrate existing PSTN telephone network services to digital.
    • Increase the number of digital solutions delivered via cloud services where possible to improve accessibility, availability, resilience and sustainability – ‘cloud first’.

 

  • Smart place technology improves service delivery. To do this we will:

    • Develop a culture of collaboration and innovation within the council, embracing, trialling and implementing new technology.
    • Consider and implement smart place technologies where appropriate to capture, use and publish appropriate data.

 

  • Digital infrastructure for the city considered in council buildings, planning, road infrastructure and assets. To do this we will:

    • Develop a culture that recognises the benefits to citizens and businesses of digital infrastructure.
    • Review the digital infrastructure provision in council assets such as roads and street furniture.
    • Support and participate in city infrastructure developments in collaboration with partners for broadband, Wi-Fi and mobile telecommunications.