Forty-three places across Scotland are to be offered access to high-speed fibre broadband
Parts of Orkney, Hebrides, Highlands, Argyll and Bute, Moray, Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire are to get faster broadband over the next six months.
The Scottish government said 54,000 more homes and businesses will benefit from the latest rollout of Digital Scotland, a public-private partnership.
Forty-three places are to be offered access to high-speed fibre broadband.
The government said it was committed to delivering "world class" connectivity in Scotland by 2020.
The new locations include Stornoway, Tomintoul, Lochgilphead, Campbeltown and Rothesay.
More than 216,000 homes and businesses can already get speeds of up to 80Mbps through the £410m Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband partnership.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney, said the programme was gaining momentum.
He said: "The project is developing a high speed fibre network which is changing the face of broadband and helping fulfil the Scottish government's commitment to deliver world class connectivity in Scotland by 2020.
"We're reaching out to those who would not have been covered through the commercial market - in cities, in towns and into some of our most rural areas. The connections will bring benefits to the Scottish people at home and in business."
- Published16 January 2014
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