Communities in Monmouthshire will get high speed fibre broadband by summer 2015 as part of the Superfast Cymru roll-out, the Welsh Government and BT have announced. Cross Ash, Gobion, Little Mill, Llantilio and Raglan are set to benefit as a result of the announcement which also includes the commencement of work in 35 exchange areas earlier than originally anticipated. Sixty-six new locations across 10 local authority areas are set to be enabled for high speed fibre, by June 2015. Once the roll-out is finished, more than  500,000 homes and businesses the length and breadth of Wales will be able to access the technology during summer 2015 which provides speeds many times faster than those available today. They will join hundreds of communities in Wales which are already live or due to be switched on as part of Superfast Cymru between now and next year. It is expected that this announcement will help extend the availability of fibre broadband to more than 75 per cent of Welsh homes and businesses when areas covered by the private sector are also taken into account. Superfast Cymru will help the Welsh Government achieve its overall aim of extending  fibre broadband to 96 per cent of homes and businesses in Wales by the end of the project in spring 2016. The announcement of the next stage of Superfast Cymru comes as the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology, Ken Skates, officially opened BT's new office in Newtown, which is a focal point for the programme's activity in mid and north Wales. The Deputy Minister met people working on the ground bringing fast fibre broadband to communities, including apprentices recruited by BT. He said: "Superfast Cymru is one of the most ambitious programmes of its kind, bringing fast fibre broadband to areas which otherwise would not receive it. "By the time Superfast Cymru is completed in 2016 Wales will be one of the most connected countries in the world. It is a huge undertaking with 3,000 green roadside cabinets to be installed and around 17,500kms of optical fibre cable to be laid. "The sheer scale of the programme means not everyone can receive it at the same time but this announcement shows how we are moving ahead toward our goal of providing 96 per cent of premises in Wales with access to superfast broadband." For full details of the benefits of fast fibre broadband, how to register for updates on when it's coming to an area and how to access it visit http://www.superfast-cymru.com">www.superfast-cymru.com