More than 4,700 homes on Walney Island can now benefit from ultrafast broadband thanks to specialist provider Voneus.

The company, in partnership with Cambium Networks, has designed the largest Terragraph network in Europe and completed the roll-out of its award-winning Gigabit Wireless Broadband network in just 12 weeks, making it the fastest ever deployed worldwide.

The network can deliver speeds of up to 1 gigabit and Voneus is on track to connect 1,000 homes by late October.

The project was made possible through the support of Westmorland and Furness Council, who allowed the use of selected lighting columns to deploy the network.

This was made possible by the millimeter-wave technology, which carries the signal from point to point (P2P) with a minimum of newly built infrastructure.

Pat McPhilimey, Voneus head of wireless build and maintenance, said: "I feel incredibly proud with a huge sense of achievement to have been part of what is a truly game-changing deployment of ultrafast broadband across Walney Island.

"By connecting so many customers at such an incredible pace means that our better broadband is already helping, supporting and changing the lives of people working from home, families, community groups and school children."

Voneus has been working closely with the community on Walney Island, supporting groups including Walney FC, Walney School, the Roundhouse Café, and Walney ARLFC.

They have also provided free broadband connections to the North Scale Community Centre and the Walney Community Centre on Central Drive.

Les McLeese from the Walney Community Centre said: "As a youth and community centre it is important that we offer the best support we can to our service users.

"With an evolving era of everything becoming digital and online we rely heavily on consistent and reliable Wi-Fi access.

"The island has been left behind compared to other parts of the town and over the years we have struggled to keep up with demand: in the past we’ve had to take game consoles home with us to ensure they update, as the Island’s broadband was too slow for this.

"We are delighted that Voneus has provided us with superb speeds and service."

Dan McCarthy, Cambium Networks UK, Ireland and Nordics regional sales manager, said: "Walney Island has experienced the fastest rollout in terms of homes passed ever seen anywhere and it is now the largest Cambium cnWave network in Europe.

"Now available to over 10,000 residents means Voneus has deployed the largest Cambium cnWave network in the world."

Voneus won the Best Gigabit Wireless Project UK WISPA award for its Walney Island network.

For more information visit: https://voneus.com/walney.