Fiber broadband builder CityFibre (CF) announced that their strategic partnership with Neos Networks is expanding to 9 other cities in the UK, which will allow both parties to make greater use of each other's fiber optic networks.

Currently, Neos operates a huge optical fiber network of more than 24,480 kilometers through 477 related access points (PoP) across the UK. By the end of this year, the network will reach 30,000 kilometers and will also have 90 or more data center. 800 PoPs (including 550 non-bundled exchanges). Many of these switches will provide 100Gbps high-capacity options and 10Gbps Ethernet connections as standard.

On the other hand, CF’s £4 billion project aims to cover 1 million UK locations (which has reached more than 650,000) with a gigabit fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2021, and then 8 million locations are expected to be covered. By the end of 2025 (here), it will be "essentially completed" in 285 cities, towns and villages (about 30% of the UK). The network will also pass 800,000 enterprises, 400,000 public sector sites, and 250,000 5G access points.

It can be said that CF is now seeing the expansion of its partnership with Neos to reflect some of the benefits of its deployment plan, which means that their arrangement will now be extended to another 9 cities, including Cambridge, Cheltenham, Coventry, Derby, Gloucester, Huddersfield, Petersburg, Southend and Swindon.

For Neos, this cooperation means that their enterprises and network customers will have access to enterprise-class Ethernet connections on the CF network, thereby ensuring that their customers have greater choice and choice when choosing a "last mile" provider. flexibility.

Neos MD Sarah Mills, responsible for wholesale and smart infrastructure, said:

"In the past ten years, Neos Networks and CityFibre have both invested heavily in UK fiber optic networks, challenging the status quo and developing strong propositions in the market. The development of our partnership means that we can now be more Multiple locations provide enterprises with enhanced self-service last-mile capabilities. As business connectivity needs increase, providing multiple-location enterprises with new network alternatives can help them embark on the path to recovery."

Andrew Wilson, CF's head of wholesale, said:

"The CityFibre network is expanding rapidly. The expanded partnership with Neos Networks will help meet the growing demand and provide a very important choice for the market. As a well-known disruptor in the market, establishing such a partnership will help us To provide our customers with the best network experience. Because our company takes a like-minded approach to addressing the UK’s connectivity challenges and improving the UK’s vision for a digital future, this relationship is very suitable.”

As of today, according to the agreement, only two of the nine new cities are available-Cambridge and Swindon, although the other seven cities are currently scheduled to be completed next month.

good news. Neos has been busy building their network to provide more capacity and flexibility.

CityFibre can use it as the core of FTTP and even transfer data between cities so that their customers do not need to interconnect with each CF FTTP PoP.

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