KCOM Signs UK Full Fibre Engineering Deal with Light Source

UK ISP KCOM, which is currently investing £100m to extend the availability of their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across “tens of thousands” of additional premises in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, has once again contracted Light Source to help deliver this expansion.

Light Source played a major role when it came to building KCOM’s original £85m+ FTTP network to cover 200,000 premises around Hull and thus it’s no surprise to see them being chosen again for the new extension project. The company helped to design, build and commission the network for most of those premises and their team also did the “last mile” installation to residential and business customers.

The company currently employs more than 60 staff in East Yorkshire, most of them in civil engineering roles. On top of that they inject around £1.5m annually into the local economy through direct employment, payments to sub-contractors, buying services and materials, sponsorship and other expenditure.

Steve Hill, Light Source MD, said:

“This is a major award for our business, and one that we are very proud of. Our long partnership with KCOM demonstrates there are no limits to what we can achieve together and we look forward to being a loyal servant for many years to come. We would like to thank all parties involved in the contract negotiations and the faith that KCOM has shown in our organisation.”

Tim Shaw, MD of KCOM Wholesale & Networks, said:

“We’re delighted to be partnering once again with Light Source to bring the benefits of full fibre broadband to thousands more homes and businesses across the region.

Light Source has proved to be an integral part of our plans to expand our network to many new destinations in East Yorkshire and its quality of work and professionalism, provided by local people, means that the next stages of our full fibre rollout will no doubt continue to be equally successful.”

Sadly, there’s no mention of how much KCOM’s new contract with Light Source is actually worth, although it’s unlikely to be a small sum given their level of involvement. We’re currently expecting KCOM to announce another set of roll-out locations in the very near future.