CityFibre Holdings Ltd. has announced that its new FTTP based fibre optic ring, which it recently finished building for the City of York Council (here), has finally been activated and "is delivering superfast connectivity" to 104 council buildings and facilities including schools, libraries and sports facilities.

This network is part of an eight-year managed service contract for the council worth £13.7m, which was awarded to Pinacl Solutions in 2009. The council is now benefitting from superfast broadband connectivity, advanced telephony, video conferencing and connectivity to CCTV and a variety of urban traffic management services.



The city has already announced that some of its new capacity will be used later this year to offer free public wireless internet access in local parks (here) and additional "revenue opportunities", which could include sharing access with third parties, are also being explored.

In total some 100km of cable has been laid, which should provide the city with superfast connectivity at speeds of up to 10Gbps.