Vodafone Signs Deal to Access Cityfibre’s UK Fibre Optic Network

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today signed the first deal under a new Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Vodafone, which will give the mobile giant access to their various networks across the United Kingdom.

The MSA sets out standard contractual terms under which CityFibre may supply fibre optic connectivity to parts of Vodafone UK’s national estate of mobile cell site locations, selected corporate customer locations, as well as “additional interexchange connectivity to support the enhancement of its national network“.

Greg Mesch, CEO of CityFibre, said:

“This contract from Vodafone marks yet another important milestone for CityFibre, following two years of engagement and negotiations with this important new partner. As an approved supplier to Vodafone, CityFibre now has the opportunity to bring enhanced pure fibre connectivity to Vodafone’s customers.

Furthermore, the addition of Vodafone to our partner ecosystem means that CityFibre has now secured trading relationships with the majority of Tier 1 service providers in the business and mobile connectivity markets.”

The new agreement already includes a contract that gives Vodafone access to Cityfibre’s 120km network in the city of York, which is where Sky Broadband and TalkTalk are similarly working to deploy a new 940Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network using the same core infrastructure. However the deal can also be expanded to other networks run by Cityfibre.