Vodafone taps CityFibre for fiber-optic network link

Oct. 12, 2015
CityFibre (AIM:CFHL), which builds and operators fiber-optic networks in the UK, says it has receive its first contract under a master services agreement (MSA) with Vodafone Ltd. The MSA describes standard contractual terms under which CityFibre may supply fiber connectivity to Vodafone UK.

CityFibre (AIM:CFHL), which builds and operators fiber-optic networks in the UK, says it has receive its first contract under a master services agreement (MSA) with Vodafone Ltd. The MSA describes standard contractual terms under which CityFibre may supply fiber connectivity to Vodafone UK.

Vodafone may use the fiber connectivity in support of its mobile cell site locations, corporate customer services, or to supply connectivity to interexchanges.

"This contract from Vodafone marks yet another important milestone for CityFibre, following two years of engagement and negotiations with this important new partner," explained Greg Mesch, chief executive of CityFibre. "As an approved supplier to Vodafone, CityFibre now has the opportunity to bring enhanced pure fiber connectivity to Vodafone's customers. Furthermore, the addition of Vodafone to our partner ecosystem means that CityFibre has now secured trading relationships with the majority of Tier 1 service providers in the business and mobile connectivity markets."

The first contract under the agreement is in the City of York. It leverages CityFibre's existing 120-km York CORE metro fiber network. CityFibre partnered with Sky and TalkTalk on a fiber to the home (FTTH) project in York last year (see "Sky, TalkTalk, CityFibre partner for 1-Gbps FTTH in York").

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