Home
 » ISP News » 
Sponsored Links

Digital Region Picks New Operator to Run its South Yorkshire UK Network

Thursday, Feb 7th, 2013 (3:37 pm) - Score 1,237

The troubled Digital Region (DRL) broadband network, which currently reaches 80% of homes and businesses in South Yorkshire (England), has this afternoon selected Bouygues Energies and Services (ETDE SA) as its “preferred bidder” to take over the running of their business.

The move means that BTWholesale is considerably less likely to win the tender, although there’s still a slim chance that they could sweep the deal out from under BYES feet. Sadly the press release doesn’t go into any further detail.

David Cowell, CEO of Digital Region, said:

The Board were impressed by the high quality of the submissions and are grateful for the diligent and comprehensive approach of both bidders.

The process is still ongoing and DRL will continue to negotiate with BYES to agree a contract ready for execution in the first quarter of 2013.”

Digital Region’s most recent financial statements, for the year ended 31st March 2012, revealed that the network had stacked up an operating loss for the year of £14,285k (£14m), before exceptional costs of £62,936k (here), and was thus continuing to hoover up public money.

The eventual bid winner will be accountable for the network’s revenues, costs and risks. The COO of ISP ASK4, Ross Bray, recently told ISPreview.co.uk that the new owner of DRL must help it become a “credible” and “competitive .. alternative to the standard BT product set” if it is to survive (read our interview). A few extra subscribers wouldn’t hurt.

Mark-Jackson
By Mark Jackson
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook and .
Search ISP News
Search ISP Listings
Search ISP Reviews

Comments are closed

Cheap BIG ISPs for 100Mbps+
Community Fibre UK ISP Logo
150Mbps
Gift: None
Virgin Media UK ISP Logo
Virgin Media £24.00
132Mbps
Gift: None
Shell Energy UK ISP Logo
Shell Energy £26.99
109Mbps
Gift: None
Plusnet UK ISP Logo
Plusnet £27.99
145Mbps
Gift: None
Zen Internet UK ISP Logo
Zen Internet £28.00 - 35.00
100Mbps
Gift: None
Large Availability | View All
Cheapest ISPs for 100Mbps+
Gigaclear UK ISP Logo
Gigaclear £15.00
150Mbps
Gift: None
YouFibre UK ISP Logo
YouFibre £19.99
150Mbps
Gift: None
Community Fibre UK ISP Logo
150Mbps
Gift: None
BeFibre UK ISP Logo
BeFibre £21.00
150Mbps
Gift: £25 Love2Shop Card
Hey! Broadband UK ISP Logo
150Mbps
Gift: None
Large Availability | View All
The Top 15 Category Tags
  1. FTTP (5472)
  2. BT (3505)
  3. Politics (2524)
  4. Openreach (2291)
  5. Business (2251)
  6. Building Digital UK (2234)
  7. FTTC (2041)
  8. Mobile Broadband (1961)
  9. Statistics (1778)
  10. 4G (1654)
  11. Virgin Media (1608)
  12. Ofcom Regulation (1451)
  13. Fibre Optic (1392)
  14. Wireless Internet (1386)
  15. FTTH (1381)
Promotion
Sponsored

Copyright © 1999 to Present - ISPreview.co.uk - All Rights Reserved - Terms , Privacy and Cookie Policy , Links , Website Rules , Contact
Mastodon