{"id":2659,"date":"2013-11-20T16:16:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpsj.co.uk\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2013-11-20T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T16:16:41","slug":"cityfibre-and-peterborough-seal-partnership-on-gigabit-city-roll-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=2659","title":{"rendered":"CityFibre and Peterborough seal partnership on Gigabit City roll-out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Peterborough City Council<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cllr Marco Cereste, and CityFibre CEO, Greg Mesch<\/p><\/div>\n

London and Peterborough, 13 November 2013 <\/b>\u2013 CityFibre\u2019s vision of creating Gigabit cities throughout the UK took a significant step forward today with the official signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Peterborough City Council at a ceremony held in the Town Hall.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the recent announcement of its intention to privately invest in the fast-growing city, CityFibre and the Council have paved the way to ensure an efficient and well-planned network roll-outthat will benefit Peterborough and transform it into a \u2018Gigabit\u2019 city.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a major step forward in our objective to deliver Gigabit cities that can provide businesses and consumers with the huge benefits of ultra-fast broadband connectivity,\u201d said Greg <\/span>Mesch, Chief Executive Officer at CityFibre. \u201cThe scale of our plans and the strategic partnership with Peterborough City Council will enable us to deploy an infrastructure that can create jobs, boost the productivity of existing businesses and attract new companies into the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

CityFibre identified Peterborough as an excellent candidate for its Gigabit city vision due to the city\u2019s recent business growth and hunger for innovation supported by its forward thinking local authority. Peterborough will have access to a future-proof pure fibre infrastructure that will position it at the forefront of the UK\u2019s digital economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The roll-out starting next Spring, will see 90km of core fibre infrastructure deployedthroughout the city, bringing the benefits of gigabit speeds to key business districts, data centres and mobile base-stations, as well as schools, hospitals and other sites important to the community. This first phaseis expected to be compl<\/span>eted within 18 months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Greg Mesch added: \u201cFibre Broadband is widely viewed as the utility of the future and pure fibre networks, such as the one we are deploying in Peterborough, are the only future-proofed solution. Networks such as this are the foundation of our Gigabit city vision. There are over 100 towns and cities in the UK that currently do not have ultra-high speed connectivity, so the opportunity for CityFibre to play a part in modernising the UK\u2019s digital infrastructure is extremely exciting\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CityFibre will achieve its Gigabit City vision through highly efficient utilisation of its pure fibre networks by Internet Service Providers delivering ultra-high speed connectivity services to local government, businesses and consumers as well as by mobile operators requiring fibre base-station connectivity to enable next generation 4G services.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Investor appetite in this sector is gaining momentum.\u00a0Jon Moulton<\/span>, Founder of Better Capital,\u00a0member of the Advisory Board for the UK Regional Growth Fund and an investor in CityFibre commented on Peterborough\u2019s gigabit future, \u201cI have recognised fibre infrastructure as a major growth area and the experience and achievements of the CityFibre team made them a natural choice for my personal investment in this sector”.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CityFibre\u2019s Gigabit fibre connectivity is already benefiting businesses and citizens in York where CityFibre has implemented a city-wide fibre network. The same model is proving out further afield delivering real returns and reinvigorating communities across Europe, the USA and Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Peterborough City Council<\/p>\n

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Cllr Marco Cereste, and CityFibre CEO, Greg Mesch<\/p>\n

London and Peterborough, 13 November 2013 \u2013 CityFibre\u2019s vision of creating Gigabit cities throughout the UK took a significant step forward today with the official signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Peterborough City Council at a ceremony <\/p>\n

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