Thursday, June 13th, 2019 (10:27 am) - Score 1,567 Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has today signed a new multi-million pound strategic supplier agreement with the global Prysmian Group. The latter will supply the operator with a range of cable and connectivity solutions to support their growing UK rollout of a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. At present Cityfibre already has a number of supplier agreements with similar companies, such as Hexatronic and Emtelle, while the latest deal should complement these by helping to supply optical cable for both underground and aerial applications in an initial two-year deal. All of this forms part of the operator’s £2.5bn investment strategy, which aims to cover around 1 million homes in 12 UK cities and towns with Gigabit capable “full fibre” broadband by the end of 2021 (Phase One) and then 5 million premises across 37 cities and towns by the end of 2025 (here). James Thomas, Director of Supply Chain at CityFibre, said: “Given our FTTP ambitions our choice of fibre supplier is critical to us. We are focused on establishing a supply chain that can deliver the high-quality materials we need at scale now and for the future of our roll-out. We are delighted to have secured Prysmian, a fibre manufacturer with such a strong reputation, as a strategic supplier for our rollout.” Carlos Lopez, Telecom Business Director at Prysmian UK, added: “We are delighted to have been selected as a supply partner by CityFibre at this pivotal moment in the UK fibre optic cable market. Our experience working with customers rolling out full fibre infrastructures around the world means that we have the products and technical expertise to enable us to make positive contribution toward the goals of CityFibre in the UK.” End. Javascript must be enabled to post (most browsers do this automatically) Please note that news comments are anonymous, which means that we do NOT require you to enter any real personal details to post a message. By clicking to submit a post you agree to storing your comment content, display name, IP, email and / or website details in our database, for as long as the post remains live. Only the submitted name and comment will be displayed in public, while the rest will be kept private (we will never share this outside of ISPreview, regardless of whether the data is real or fake). This comment system uses submitted IP, email and website address data to spot abuse and spammers. All data is transferred via an encrypted (https secure) session. Sometimes your comment might not appear immediately due to site cache (this is cleared every few hours) or it may be caught by automated moderation / anti-spam. Comments that break our rules, spam, troll or post via known fake IP/proxy servers may be blocked or removed.
CityFibre has signed a strategic agreement with Prysmian Group to supply equipment for its full-fibre network. The cable manufacturer will provide CityFibre with cable and connectivity equipment under the multi-million pound deal. CityFibre has similar arrangements with Hexatronic, Emtelle and other firms, which should complement the two-year deal with Prysmian.