The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) says its new Fiber-to-Home service will deliver Internet speeds 20 to 100 times' faster than the current cable modem or DSL service that many customers use.
It added that once completed, its $7.3 million investment in new scalable technology will ensure the company has the required bandwidth to offer services including FLOW TV and smart home technology.
BTC's Grand Bahama technical teams participated in the construction training programme.
"This training programme means that our service team members are being given an overview of the proper way to install this particular application as it relates to the Fiber-to-the-Home technology," said BTC's northern project manager, Sean Bowe.
The first in a series of training sessions took place in the Freeport, Park Royal area, and included the BTC technical team, field engineers and company partners: CommScope, Anixter and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC). The training teams will be on-island for three days.
"Within the next six weeks we hope to have our first customers active and on the network, which means higher speeds and higher bandwidth," explained CWC representative, Morris Reid. "The Park Royal Community will be the first of BTC's Grand Bahama customers to have access to the new service, which is expected to go live after August 2017."
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