{"id":692,"date":"2018-07-25T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T09:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=692"},"modified":"2018-08-28T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T09:00:17","slug":"scottish-4g-infill-programme-capital-funded-mast-deployment-project-contract-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/07\/25\/scottish-4g-infill-programme-capital-funded-mast-deployment-project-contract-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project &#8211; contract award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Procurement is pleased to announce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk\/search\/show\/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL325536\">Contract Award<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.scot\/news\/improving-mobile-coverage-2\">Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project<\/a> has been published.<\/p>\n<p>This is a grant funded procurement process to facilitate the deployment of 4G Infill coverage in some areas in Scotland where this does not yet exist. This \u00a325 million grant funded initiative aims to improve mobile connectivity and provide next generation digital communications across more remote and rural areas of Scotland, a key activity in supporting the 2017\/2018 Programme for Government.<\/p>\n<p>For further information please contact <a href=\"mailto:anamaria.rehbein@gov.scot\">Anamaria Rehbein<\/a> on 0131 244 5749.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improving connectivity across remote and rural areas of Scotland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,10,2,55],"tags":[154,155,230,157,156,87,6],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contracts","category-procurement-news","category-public-contracts-scotland","category-scottish-procurement","tag-4g","tag-4g-coverage","tag-contract-award","tag-digital-communications","tag-mobile-connectivity","tag-programme-for-government","tag-scottish-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project - contract award - Public Procurement and Property<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/07\/25\/scottish-4g-infill-programme-capital-funded-mast-deployment-project-contract-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project - contract award - Public Procurement and Property\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Improving connectivity across remote and rural areas of Scotland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/07\/25\/scottish-4g-infill-programme-capital-funded-mast-deployment-project-contract-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Public Procurement and Property\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-25T09:10:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-28T09:00:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lorraine Carlyle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lorraine Carlyle\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/07\/25\/scottish-4g-infill-programme-capital-funded-mast-deployment-project-contract-award\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/07\/25\/scottish-4g-infill-programme-capital-funded-mast-deployment-project-contract-award\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lorraine Carlyle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/6cd47fe646d6b64e553fa503b6edd42d\"},\"headline\":\"Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project &#8211; 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