Quickline has begun connecting premises in West Yorkshire and York, through its Project Gigabit contract won three months ago.
Tue, 20/02/2024 - 11:04
CityFibre has begun work to connect 45,000 hard to reach premises in Cambridgeshire as part of a £69m Project Gigabit contract.
The first locations in the county to benefit from the new digital infrastructure will include Fen Ditton, Grantchester and Milton.
CityFibre will also be connecting a further 170,000 homes across Cambridgeshire as it dovetails its nationwide rollout with the Project Gigabit programme.
Greg Mesch, CEO at CityFibre, said: “Our new network will go a long way to addressing the digital divide between our towns and cities and those in the countryside.
“There are real benefits to be felt from multi-gigabit speeds and unparalleled reliability and these are just as important to people living and working in rural areas.”
This is the first of nine Project Gigabit delivery contracts secured by CityFibre since March 2022.
These represent over £782m in government subsidies and unlocks almost £1.2bn in combined public and private investment in rural broadband.
