Marlow-based MLL Telecom has secured a 20-year contract from Suffolk County Council to extend its wide area network (WAN). The business has also joined forces with CityFubre to build, operate and own a dark fibre spine network across ten towns. The project was made possible by an award of £5.9m to Suffolk County Council from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of the third wave of its Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) Challenge Fund. CityFibre has started planning work across : Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft, Haverhill, Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Sudbury, Stowmarket, Mildenhall and Newmarket. MLL Telecom will also work with the University of Suffolk and Suffolk County Council to provide apprenticeship training programmes and courses with relevant certifications to boost digital skills. Rob Hamlin, commercial director at CityFibre, said: "This represents yet another major public sector fibre infrastructure deployment for CityFibre. We have worked closely with MLL to refine a unique proposition in the market that harnesses the potential for the public sector to drive the wider digital transformation agenda."
Suffolk County Council has awarded MLL Telecom a 20-year contract to extend its wide area network. The company will provide the network for all of Suffolk, including parts of East Anglia and South West England.