{"id":34019,"date":"2023-03-21T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T06:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=34019"},"modified":"2023-03-21T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:13:31","slug":"cityfibre-win-rural-cambridgeshire-gigabit-broadband-rollout-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/cityfibre-win-rural-cambridgeshire-gigabit-broadband-rollout-contract.html","title":{"rendered":"CityFibre Win Rural Cambridgeshire Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sixth contract awarded under the UK Government\u2019s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit<\/a> broadband rollout scheme – worth \u00a3122 million – has today been awarded to CityFibre<\/a>, which will upgrade connectivity for “around<\/em>” 45,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural parts of Cambridgeshire in England.<\/p>\n

At present CityFibre<\/a> is best known for deploying across urban areas and aims to cover up to 8 million UK premises (funded by c.\u00a32.4bn in equity and c.\u00a34.9bn debt) – across over 285 cities, towns and villages (c.30% of the UK) – by the end of 2025 (here<\/a>). The operator has so far built to a total of 2.5 million premises (passing 22,000 per week), but they have also conducted some limited deployments in a few rural communities (example<\/a>).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Around 73.5% of UK premises can already access a gigabit network (c. 45% via just FTTP<\/a>) \u2013 see here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

By comparison, Project Gigabit aims to extend 1Gbps capable (download) networks to reach at least 85% of UK premises by the end of 2025, before hopefully achieving \u201cnationwide<\/em>\u201d coverage (c. 99%) by around 2030 (here<\/a>). Commercial investment is expected to deliver around 80% of this, which leaves the government\u2019s scheme to focus on tackling the final 20% (mostly rural and some sub-urban areas), where the private sector alone often fails. The project is technology neutral, so it can be delivered via either \u201cfull fibre<\/em>\u201d FTTP<\/a>, Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) or fixed wireless access (e.g. 5G<\/a>), but FTTP<\/a> is favoured.<\/p>\n

The project uses a number of different approaches to tackle this challenge (e.g. vouches and investment in dark fibre builds), but the largest part of the scheme involves a gap-funded subsidy approach – the Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy<\/strong> (GIS). This is where smaller local and larger regional contracts are awarded to network operators and ISPs who can help to build their gigabit-capable infrastructure across the final 20%.<\/p>\n

The Building Digital UK<\/a> (BDUK) agency, which manages Project Gigabit, has already awarded a string of initial contracts to various ISPs (see bottom of article for a summary) and the sixth one – Cambridgeshire and adjacent areas (Lot 5)<\/strong> – has today gone to CityFibre<\/a>. The deal is funded by \u00a369m of public investment, which will in turn unlock a further \u00a353m of commercial funding to help reach around 45,000 premises in the county.<\/p>\n

Detailed planning in Cambridgeshire is said to have “already begun<\/em>” and the first Project Gigabit connections are expected in early 2024. The rollout itself will benefit villages and hamlets “around<\/em>” Ely, Newmarket, Royston, Huntingdon and many other areas (some of those locations are already well served by gigabit broadband, hence the use of “around<\/em>” – focusing on the poorly served outer communities).<\/p>\n

Julia Lopez, Digital Infrastructure Minister, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Thanks to our record-breaking roll out Project Gigabit, rural homes and businesses across Cambridgeshire can be confident they won\u2019t be left behind in the upgrade to top-of-the-range gigabit broadband.<\/p>\n

This landmark deal with CityFibre will help deliver the Prime Minister\u2019s priority to grow the economy by ensuring the county\u2019s pioneering science and tech industries can unleash their full potential with lightning-quick connectivity, whether in the city or the countryside.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CityFibre has also committed an additional \u00a3300,000 local stimulus package to create local jobs and provide training – including construction and engineering internships for disadvantaged groups. The package will also provide free connectivity to 50 local charities and social enterprises and help those who have trouble using digital technology.<\/p>\n

Greg Mesch, CityFibre CEO, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Having already rolled out full fibre to 2.5 million homes in towns and cities across the country, we know just how important it is that rural communities and internet service providers are freed of their dependency on creaking copper networks and finally able to enjoy the benefits of fast and reliable digital connectivity.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we are delighted that CityFibre has been selected by the government as a partner in its Project Gigabit Programme. We look forward to a long and effective partnership in this exciting programme which supports not only rural connectivity, but a healthy competitive market for the long term, benefiting consumers and business nationwide.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The network operator already has good coverage in Cambridgeshire, where it has so far committed more than \u00a3100m of private investment, completing deployments in Peterborough and March, and with builds well underway in other locations across the county. Nevertheless, CityFibre scooping their first major Project Gigabit contract is big news, not least because they’ve done it before Nexfibre<\/a> (VMO2) and BT<\/a> (Openreach<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On the other hand, this does represent a challenge for an operator that has, until now, largely focused on conducting more cost-efficient urban builds. CityFibre’s limited rural footprint will give it some experience, but it remains to be seen how well they cope with doing such a project at scale.<\/p>\n

A separate announcement from CityFibre today has also confirmed that this contract will see the operator make an additional commitment to connect a further 170,000 homes across Cambridgeshire as part of their commercial programme. Once all is completed, the operator hopes to serve more than 365,000 homes.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Of the 215,000 homes now being addressed by this ‘Project Gigabit’ contract award (45,000) and CityFibre\u2019s extended commercial rollout (170,000), 67% have no access to Virgin Media<\/a>\u2019s networks and 75% are excluded from BT<\/a> Openreach<\/a>’s announced FTTP rollout.<\/p>\n

In terms of the service itself. CityFibre is supported by various ISPs such as Vodafone<\/a>, TalkTalk<\/a>, Zen Internet<\/a>, Giganet, iDNET<\/a> and many others.<\/p>\n

Project Gigabit GIS Contract Awards History
\n<\/strong><\/span>\u27a4 Wessex Internet<\/a> for North Dorset<\/strong> (Lot 14.01) in August 2022 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 GoFibre<\/a> for Teesdale<\/strong> (Lot 4.01) in September 2022 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 GoFibre<\/a> for North Northumberland<\/strong> (Lot 34.01) in October 2022 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 Fibrus<\/a> for Cumbria<\/strong> (Lot 28) in November 2022 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 Wildanet for Central Cornwall<\/strong> (Lot 32.03) and South West Cornwall<\/strong> (Lot 32.02) in January 2023 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 CityFibre for Cambridgeshire<\/strong> (Lot 5) in March 2023 (here<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Project Gigabit is expected to announce further contract awards for areas including Hampshire, Shropshire, Norfolk and Suffolk by this summer 2023.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 9:30am<\/strong><\/p>\n

Added some extra detail on CityFibre’s commercial build in the county, which wasn’t included in the Government’s own announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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