Project Stratum

Project Stratum extended Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband infrastructure to over 81,000 premises across Northern Ireland that could not access NGA broadband services of 30Mbps. Following a procurement exercise, Fibrus Networks was appointed as the contractor for Project Stratum in November 2020, and the Project was finished in June 2025.

Funding

£150m was allocated to the project from the UK Government, along with £15m secured through the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. Further funding of £25m from Building Digital UK (BDUK) and an additional £4.85m each from DAERA and DfE were secured to extend the project.

This brings the total amount of available funding for Project Stratum to £200m to help deliver substantial enhancements to Internet connectivity across Northern Ireland.

Please go to HyperfastNI to find out if Project Stratum has made a fibre broadband connection available to your premises.