Fibre Provider Weekly Update #12

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In this week's news...

Quickline Communications Limited has secured its second Project Gigabit contract worth more than ￡44m.

The deal will fund the rollout of a full fibre network to up to 32,100 premises across rural South Yorkshire along with homes and businesses in East Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire.

It comes just weeks after Quickline, which is backed by Northleaf Capital , was awarded a ￡60m Project Gigabit contract covering 29,000 rural premises in West Yorkshire and parts of North and East Yorkshire.

The new contract will see the connection of outlying communities situated around Barnsley, Doncaster, Epworth, Goole, Maltby, Penistone, Rotherham, Sheffield and Worksop.

Sean Royce , CEO at Quickline, said: “Our roots are in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and as a broadband provider we have a strong regional focus.

"We employ people from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, we deliver broadband to the people of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and we want to play our part in the growth and economic development of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire."

CityFibre floods Glasgow with 1,672km?of fibre

CityFibre has now laid?1,672km?of?full fibre?Internet beneath?the streets of?Glasgow, enough to stretch the length of the River Clyde ten times.???

Paul Wakefield ,?CityFibre’s?Partnership Manager for Glasgow, said: “With our network now live across many areas of the city residents and businesses can take advantage of all that full fibre connectivity has to offer."??

Glasgow customers can connect to the new network and access full fibre enabled broadband from a choice of providers including UK launch partner Vodafone as well as TalkTalk, Giganet, Brillband, Brawband and others.

Wessex Internet wins its biggest Project Gigabit deal

Wessex Internet has bagged its largest Project Gigabit deal so far, securing a ￡33.5m Government contract to deliver broadband to 21,400 homes and businesses in rural areas of south and west Dorset, along with south Somerset.

This is the fourth Project Gigabit contract awarded to Wessex Internet and follows the announcement in March that the Dorset-based broadband supplier would be delivering the ￡18.8m roll out for the South Wiltshire area.

Wessex Internet CEO Hector Gibson Fleming said: “We’re passionate about making sure that people and businesses in the countryside are not held back by decades old technology. From the first connections we provided to friends and neighbours in 2012, to now being awarded our largest government contract to date, we remain true to these core values.

"While this is a large geographical area, it also represents an organic expansion of our existing network.”

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FullFibre Limited has secured over ￡30m in Project Gigabit contracts to bring broadband to rural west Herefordshire and northern Derbyshire.

The contracts enable the business to also reach a further 18,000 deep rural properties which would under normal circumstances be considered too expensive.

FullFibre interim CEO James W. commented: “Building network in a rural setting has always been a part of FullFibre’s DNA. We now have the opportunity to push this further by working in partnership with the Government to bring FullFibre’s connectivity to thousands of families and businesses across west Herefordshire and the Peak District in the most difficult to reach parts of these regions.

“Having a commercially built network closing in on 400,000 premises ready for service in and around these areas, these contracts represent a great opportunity to ensure no premises are left behind in our collective aim as an industry to fibre every home and business in the country.”

FOLAN UK appoints Landon as Product Manager

FOLAN Technologies Ltd , the designer and manufacturer of equipment for optical fibre networks, has appointed Tim Landolt, MBA as Product Manager responsible for the product strategy roadmap and revenue P&L.

He brings 25 years international telecoms wholesale experience in a career that began with the Royal Signals.

After leaving the military and completing a BSc in telecommunications and an MBA, Landon entered the international wholesale telecoms space in 1998 working in various product management, sales and management consultancy roles mainly in EMEA but also covering the US and APAC.

"I aim to bring my broad industry experience and passionate energy to deliver new products to new segments and diversify into broader and profitable markets while focusing on our core capabilities," stated Landon.

A key part of his strategy is to collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering and marketing to bring new products to the market successfully.

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