Last year we doubled the bandwidth available for users of our Guest Wi-Fi and quadrupled the time available before each session expired. However we said at the time that we were committed to continue to look for opportunities to make further progress.
Accordingly we undertook research with court and tribunals users to understand the needs of justice partners in accessing the services and processes they need for the efficient running of justice.
Using that feedback we have been assessing the possible Wi-Fi improvements that could be applied across over 50 primary SCTS locations, many with complex building layouts.
As a result we have three key strands of work currently underway:
- Improved Wi-Fi capability – a further increase in bandwidth for guest users, using our current infrastructure, is to be rolled out this summer.
- Wider Wi-Fi coverage – our aim is to provide as close as is possible to 100% Wi-Fi coverage in all court and tribunals buildings and to support this aim our Wi-Fi infrastructure will be replaced later this year.
- 4/5G cellular coverage – with the increasing use of two factor authentication via mobile devices, we are investigating options to increase 4/5G coverage in all buildings through potential installation of booster solutions.
SCTS are absolutely committed to providing high quality digital access in all our courts and tribunals and we will provide further updates as the work progresses.