APC Solutions provides a wireless broadband backhaul network across Carmarthenshire in South Wales.

APC Solutions has been chosen as the preferred supplier for the Carmarthenshire Community Broadband Partnership scheme. The scheme will allow those which have less than 512k broadband bandwidth to apply for a grant, funded by the Welsh Assembly, to supply them with high bandwidth wireless broadband.  

APC partnered with ResQ Internet Service Providers to deliver wireless broadband to the rural communities of Carmarthenshire. APC would provide the backhaul network using existing radio masts across Wales to transmit the wireless frequency. Using the Motorola PTP 800 licensed solution with various frequencies and the Motorola PTP 250 for the last mile, APC was able to deliver throughput in excess of 100MB across the entire backhaul network with the flexibility to upgrade the backhaul network when required.

With distances in excess of 50Km between points, APC designed, implemented and deployed the network across the whole of the county.

The Wi-Fi Broadband system resulted in Broadband speeds comparable to those available in urban communities. Wi-Fi Broadband will enable customers to access a full range of services including email, web surfing, “Skype” communication, internet banking, streaming live television and previous TV programs provided by the BBC via  “iPlayer” and provided on demand by the other major UK television channels.

David Bell, Group Sales Director, Comments: “APC has been delivering wireless projects across the UK and Europe since 1996 and more recently in South Africa and North America. With our wealth of experience, we were delighted to be chosen for the partnership. In this current time, there’s no excuse for rural communities to be without the same level of broadband urban areas receive. Using wireless technology, APC was able to install a network that would be consistent across all areas of the county, provide high bandwidth and a reliable connection. We have now completed phase two of the project and hope to look at additional phases and role the network out across the whole of the county by the close of 2012.”