There are no traffic lights on the Orkney islands, but there will be the chance for instant Instagram
In all, only 35% of Orkney households can make a voice call on all four networks, and 4% can do so on none at all, according to Ofcom, the telecoms regulator. It is worse for data services. Only 18% of premises can access 4, has no network coverage, forcing tourists to wait until they return to Kirkwall to post pictures to Instagram.
Such talk of leapfrogging usually focuses on the poor world, where charities and tech firms promise to send balloons and drones to bring the internet to people without landlines. Yet something similar is now under way in Orkney. 5RuralFirst, a consortium of 30 organisations backed by a £4.3m government grant and led by Cisco, which makes networking gear, has been running a private 5network on the island for the past year.
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