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SWIFT awards broadband contracts worth $16.6 million in Caledon, Dufferin County


LONDON — Rural broadband funding organization SWIFT (Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology) announced Friday it has now officially issued approximately $197 million in requests for proposals (RFPs) to expand broadband access throughout southwestern Ontario. Now in the third phase of its broadband expansion plan, SWIFT says it is on track to close all phase three RFPs before the end of 2020 and intends to award 90% of the project’s contracts by the end of 2020 and 100% by January 2021, says its press release. To view SWIFT’s full tendering schedule, including procurement values, closing dates and RFP status updates, please click...