{"id":37075,"date":"2024-02-06T07:21:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T07:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=37075"},"modified":"2024-02-06T10:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:51:30","slug":"cityfibre-win-five-big-uk-project-gigabit-broadband-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/cityfibre-win-five-big-uk-project-gigabit-broadband-contracts.html","title":{"rendered":"CityFibre Win Five Big UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

CityFibre<\/a> has today secured another five of the UK government\u2019s Project Gigabit<\/a> broadband rollout contracts, totalling over \u00a3394m. The deals will spread their full fibre (FTTP<\/a>) ISP network to over 202,000 hard to reach premises across parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Sussex, Kent, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Milton Keynes.<\/p>\n

Project Gigabit aims to extend 1Gbps (download) capable 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 more than 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, but Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>) networks are strongly favoured.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> 80% of UK premises can already access gigabit speeds (up from over 72% at the end of 2022), which drops to 60% when only looking at full fibre (up from 45%) \u2013 detail<\/a>.<\/div>\n

The project uses a number of different methods 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 \u2013 the Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy<\/strong> (GIS). This is where smaller local or 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 the programme, has already awarded a string of initial rollout contracts to various operators \u2013 across various different parts of the UK. CityFibre<\/a> has previously won four of those (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) – covering rural parts of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Hampshire and Suffolk (262,000 subsidised premises), which reflects a combined public investment of \u00a3387m. This is being supported by an additional private investment from CityFibre<\/a> of \u00a3223m to help reach even more premises in those same regions (taking the total to 715,000 premises<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The Five New Contracts<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

By comparison, the five new contracts being announced this morning total over \u00a3394m of government subsidy to cover 202,000 subsidised premises. In line with its strategy, CityFibre will continue to expand and densify its existing network footprint in these areas alongside Project Gigabit, extending its rollout to almost 450,000 additional premises across the awarded regions within its commercial rollout programme, bringing the total premises benefiting from today’s new awards to around 651,000<\/strong>. Detailed planning will begin immediately, with the first premises expected to be connected in “early 2025<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lot<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\nSubsidised Premises<\/strong><\/td>\nSubsidy Value<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nBuckinghamshire, Hertfordshire & East Berkshire<\/td>\n34,000<\/td>\n\u00a358m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nLeicestershire & Warwickshire<\/td>\n38,000<\/td>\n\u00a371m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 & 1<\/td>\nWest & East Sussex<\/td>\n52,000<\/td>\n\u00a3100m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nKent<\/td>\n50,000<\/td>\n\u00a3112m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nBedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Milton Keynes<\/td>\n25,000<\/td>\n\u00a351m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alongside the previous contracts, this represents a total of over \u00a3782m in government subsidies for CityFibre and is said to unlock almost \u00a31.2bn in combined public and private investment in rural broadband (total of 1.366 million premises). Suffice to say, CityFibre are now a major player in the Project Gigabit programme, which helps to explain all of the recent turmoil with their builds in order areas (here<\/a>) – they have to refocus a lot of resources toward Project Gigabit.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be a key delivery partner for the government on this critical infrastructure project, transforming the digital capabilities of rural homes and businesses across the country. But that\u2019s just the start. We\u2019re continuing to expand our commercial rollout alongside Project Gigabit, extending infrastructure choice, multi-gigabit speeds, and unparalleled reliability to hundreds of thousands of additional premises in these regions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\u201cWe\u2019re wasting no time in our mission to bring lightning-fast broadband to rural areas – with a billion pounds in contracts already signed with broadband companies to get our next-generation network up and running.<\/p>\n

Project Gigabit is already driving growth, creating jobs and putting an end to snail\u2019s pace internet speeds, and we will continue to work rapidly to ensure people feel the benefits of our rollout to even more places across the UK as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The new contracts will naturally support CityFibre\u2019s wider ambition of covering up to 8 million UK premises (funded by c.\u00a32.4bn in equity, c.\u00a34.9bn debt and c.\u00a3800m of BDUK subsidy) \u2013 across over 285 cities, towns and villages (c.30% of the UK) \u2013 by the end of 2025 (here<\/a>). The operator’s FTTP<\/a> network currently covers 3.5 million UK premises (3.2m as Ready for Service), with packages available via various ISPs (e.g. TalkTalk<\/a>, Vodafone<\/a>, Zen Internet<\/a> etc.).<\/p>\n

Just to recap, here’s the list of the other Project Gigabit contracts that CityFibre have previously won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lot<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\nSubsidised Premises<\/strong><\/td>\nSubsidy Value<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nCambridgeshire<\/td>\n45,000<\/td>\n\u00a369m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSuffolk<\/td>\n80,000<\/td>\n\u00a3100m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nNorfolk<\/td>\n62,000<\/td>\n\u00a3114m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nHampshire<\/td>\n76,000<\/td>\n\u00a3104m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We’ve also pasted a general summary of previous Project Gigabit contract awards below, which covers all operators.<\/p>\n

Project Gigabit GIS Contract Awards History<\/span>
\n<\/strong>\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>)
\n\u27a4 Wessex Internet<\/a> for the New Forest<\/strong> (Lot 27.01) in April 2023 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 Freedom Fibre<\/a> for North Shropshire<\/strong> (Lot 25.02) in May 2023 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 CityFibre for Norfolk<\/strong> (Lot 7), Suffolk<\/strong> (Lot 2) and Hampshire<\/strong> (Lot 27) in July 2023 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 Gigaclear<\/a> for South Oxfordshire<\/strong> (Lot 13.01) and North Oxfordshire<\/strong> (Lot 13.02) in Nov 2023 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 Connect Fibre<\/a> for North East Staffordshire<\/strong> (Lot 19.01) in Nov 2023 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 Connect Fibre<\/a> for Derbyshire<\/strong> (Lot 3) in Dec 2023 (here<\/a>)
\n\u27a4 CityFibre for Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire & East Berkshire<\/strong> (Lot 26), Leicestershire & Warwickshire<\/strong> (Lot 11), West & East Sussex<\/strong> (Lot 16 & 1), Kent<\/strong> (Lot 29) and Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire & Milton Keynes<\/strong> (Lot 12) in Feb 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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