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CityFibre Links Dundee's Waterfront Project
LONDON, September 8, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
CityFibre has finished building a dark fibre optic link which is part of
a GBP270m reinvigoration of Dundee. This vital fibre network has linked
Dundee City Council's new headquarters to a second datacentre, which
supports more than 200 premises across Dundee including schools and social
housing.
The new high bandwidth network will also allow Dundee City Council to
make significant cost savings in terms of telecommunications expenditure as
well as enabling it to downsize premises. The Council's new headquarters now
accommodates around 600 desks with a ratio of 10 staff to every eight desks.
This deficit of desks has been possible as the new network has allowed the
Council to introduce hotdesking and flexible working.
Ged Bell, head of IT at Dundee City Council said: "This was a flagship
project for us; it was a vital part in the whole Waterfront development.
CityFibre's dark fibre technology provided us with exactly the capacity
requirements that we needed. Their costing strategy and willingness to work
with us were also big contributory factors in or decision to select them as
a partner. There was no-one else that could meet our needs in terms of the
capacity and at a price we could afford."
The Council's new HQ would have needed to be 25% larger just to
accommodate desks for all its staff which would have meant significant and
unnecessary cost implications. As property and people are the biggest costs
for any Council, having the flexibility to take a strategic approach to
estate management means it has a great opportunity to make measurable cost
savings at a time when the economy needs it most.
Mark Collins, Chief Commercial Officer, CityFibre Holdings said: "Our
solutions align perfectly with many local authorities spend to save
initiatives. Customers are not forced to endlessly 'rent' more and more
costly bandwidth; instead a dedicated point to point fibre network
demonstrates real value and significant cost savings over a flexible term
contract. What is more our networks can easily handle even the most extreme
bandwidth requirements and if additional fibre pairs are required, these can
be purchased at a vastly reduced cost."
The contract was originally signed in October 2010 based upon a ten year
agreement with no capital investment or connection charge for the Council.
During January 2011, the Council altered its initial specification to
include the installation of an additional eight fibre pairs, four on each
route.
About CityFibre Holding
CityFibre is one of the UK's leading fibre optic infrastructure
providers. By building dedicated private networks for the public and private
sectors, we empower data-hungry users throughout the country, by unleashing
unlimited speeds on future-proofed technology.
Our projects comprise point-to-point connections, metro rings that
connect multiple sites in a town or city in a fibre 'ring' and
Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks that make possible Next Generation Access
and gigabit level services direct to people's homes.
CityFibre manages over 100 private fibre projects under long-term
contracts with local authorities, police forces, healthcare organisations
and universities, connecting more than 350 sites and data centres across the
UK.
We also operate seven separate metropolitan fibre rings such as the one
recently completed in the City of York. These extensive fibre networks cover
a total population exceeding 2,000,000 people and over 57,000 businesses.
With almost 30,000 Km of fibre in the ground we are the UK's largest
independent provider of fibre in secondary cities.
In Bournemouth, CityFibre owns the largest FTTH project in the UK. With
over 24,000 homes ready for service by 2012, the network enables service
providers to deliver unprecedented superfast broadband with speeds of up to
1Gbps.
For more information, please visit http://www.cityfibreholdings.com
Source: CityFibre Holdings
Media contact: Deborah Leah, Bell Pottinger, M. +44(0)7810 834548, e. dleah@insightmkt.com
CityFibre Links Dundee's Waterfront Project
LONDON, September 8, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
CityFibre has finished building a dark fibre optic link which is part of
a GBP270m reinvigoration of Dundee. This vital fibre network has linked
Dundee City Council's new headquarters to a second datacentre, which
supports more than 200 premises across Dundee including schools and social
housing.
The new high bandwidth network will also allow Dundee City Council to
make significant cost savings in terms of telecommunications expenditure as
well as enabling it to downsize premises. The Council's new headquarters now
accommodates around 600 desks with a ratio of 10 staff to every eight desks.
This deficit of desks has been possible as the new network has allowed the
Council to introduce hotdesking and flexible working.
Ged Bell, head of IT at Dundee City Council said: "This was a flagship
project for us; it was a vital part in the whole Waterfront development.
CityFibre's dark fibre technology provided us with exactly the capacity
requirements that we needed. Their costing strategy and willingness to work
with us were also big contributory factors in or decision to select them as
a partner. There was no-one else that could meet our needs in terms of the
capacity and at a price we could afford."
The Council's new HQ would have needed to be 25% larger just to
accommodate desks for all its staff which would have meant significant and
unnecessary cost implications. As property and people are the biggest costs
for any Council, having the flexibility to take a strategic approach to
estate management means it has a great opportunity to make measurable cost
savings at a time when the economy needs it most.
Mark Collins, Chief Commercial Officer, CityFibre Holdings said: "Our
solutions align perfectly with many local authorities spend to save
initiatives. Customers are not forced to endlessly 'rent' more and more
costly bandwidth; instead a dedicated point to point fibre network
demonstrates real value and significant cost savings over a flexible term
contract. What is more our networks can easily handle even the most extreme
bandwidth requirements and if additional fibre pairs are required, these can
be purchased at a vastly reduced cost."
The contract was originally signed in October 2010 based upon a ten year
agreement with no capital investment or connection charge for the Council.
During January 2011, the Council altered its initial specification to
include the installation of an additional eight fibre pairs, four on each
route.
About CityFibre Holding
CityFibre is one of the UK's leading fibre optic infrastructure
providers. By building dedicated private networks for the public and private
sectors, we empower data-hungry users throughout the country, by unleashing
unlimited speeds on future-proofed technology.
Our projects comprise point-to-point connections, metro rings that
connect multiple sites in a town or city in a fibre 'ring' and
Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks that make possible Next Generation Access
and gigabit level services direct to people's homes.
CityFibre manages over 100 private fibre projects under long-term
contracts with local authorities, police forces, healthcare organisations
and universities, connecting more than 350 sites and data centres across the
UK.
We also operate seven separate metropolitan fibre rings such as the one
recently completed in the City of York. These extensive fibre networks cover
a total population exceeding 2,000,000 people and over 57,000 businesses.
With almost 30,000 Km of fibre in the ground we are the UK's largest
independent provider of fibre in secondary cities.
In Bournemouth, CityFibre owns the largest FTTH project in the UK. With
over 24,000 homes ready for service by 2012, the network enables service
providers to deliver unprecedented superfast broadband with speeds of up to
1Gbps.
For more information, please visit http://www.cityfibreholdings.com
Source: CityFibre Holdings
Media contact: Deborah Leah, Bell Pottinger, M. +44(0)7810 834548, e. dleah@insightmkt.com