All 181 primary, nursery and Additional Support Needs schools in north Lanarkshire now have fibre connections following a contract delivered by Commsworld more than 20 times the previous capacity, and secondary school connections are five times faster than before.
Thu, 21/09/2023 - 17:05
CityFibre has awarded its first round of contracts to build partners for delivery of its Project Gigabit rollouts in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Hampshire and Suffolk, covering 715,000 rural properties.
Contracts have been awarded to Granemore Group in Cambridgeshire, OCU Group and CCN Communications in Hampshire, OCU Group in Norfolk, and Telelink, OCU Group and Granemore Group in Suffolk.
The first homes passed by the rollout will be in Cambridgeshire and are expected in October.
The four Project Gigabit contracts, totalling £387m of government subsidy, will be supported by an additional private investment from CityFibre of £223m.
Greg Mesch, CEO at CityFibre, said: “This will bring faster and more reliable broadband connectivity to hundreds of thousands of rural homes and business areas that were at risk of missing out.”
