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Full £30million fibre broadband roll-out begins in this Lancashire town Work to bring full fibre connectivity within reach of almost every home and business in a Lancashire town has begun. CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has broken ground on a new infrastructure roll out that will future-proof Preston s digital needs for generations to come. Construction of the £30m city-wide full fibre network has begun in Frenchwood and Fishwick and is being delivered by Telent, on behalf of CityFibre. The team will use a range of construction methods while working in close partnership with Preston City Council and local communities to deliver a fast rollout while minimising potential disruption.
Internet traffic demand highest ever as gigabit-speed broadband launches in Leicester
Leicester has become the first city in the Midlands to access Zen Internet’s fastest broadband yet over CityFibre’s full fibre network
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Leicester has become one of the first cities in the UK, and the first in the Midlands, to unlock access to Zen Internet’s gigabit-speed consumer broadband service deployed through CityFibre’s national open-access networks.
The new service now available to thousands of homes in Leicester is competitively priced at £40 per month with free activation (usually £29.99) as a special launch offer from Zen.
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| 18 December 2020
UK fibre broadband network provider CityFibre has extended its partnership with training specialist PQMS to support its three-year recruitment and training programme to create up to 10,000 jobs constructing full fibre networks across the UK.
PQMS, which currently provides specialised training for CityFibre’s build partner’s operatives in Coventry, will now launch new programmes across two additional sites in Bury and Pulborough. Courses include Streetworks (NRSWA) and accredited Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA), which equip trainees to deliver both new-build networks as well as using BT Openreach’s ducts and poles.
To ensure the delivery of its £4 billion Gigabit City Investment Programme, CityFibre is supporting its build partners to grow their businesses with long-term contracts for whole-town or whole-city deployments. In addition, it is providing recruitment and training programmes through partners like PQMS to help ensure sufficient