VANCOUVER — Micro/narrow trenching technologies company Lite Access Technologies has signed another deal with CityFibre, the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform — this time for a fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) installation to more than 20,000 homes in Cambridge, England. The contract is valued at approximately $20 million over 21 months, according to the news release.
CityFibre has network rollouts underway across the UK with plans to pass up to eight million premises with open-access full-fibre infrastructure as part of its £4-billion Gigabit City Investment Programme. Plans to award more than £1.5 billion in network construction contracts for newly announced full-city builds will be granted by summer, enabling selected construction partners such as Vancouver’s Lite Access to secure and mobilize their workforce in preparation for network construction to begin, says the release.
Lite Access also provided an update on its construction activities for CityFibre in Lowestoft and Bury St. Edmunds over the past few months.
“At this time, projects in those cities continue to move forward, although in some cases on a modified basis. While the situation remains fluid given the impact of Covid-19, there have been no significant delays or site shutdowns, although we are forced to operate with some restrictions,” reads the news release.
