CityFibre signs £3.3m deal to provide connectivity to Sheffield
CityFibre has signed a six-year, £3.3m deal to provide digital connectivity to schools and businesses in Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham. Exa Networks, CityFibre's partner, will provide the 250 connections under an existing national framework agreement. The deal will increase the number of connections sold by CityFibre on networks acquired from KCOM in January to 1,450.

Yorkshire Business, Technology Matthew Ord

Digital infrastructure provider CityFibre has signed a multimillion-pound deal to roll out its services across the Sheffield City Region.

The six-year, £3.3m agreement commits CityFibre partner Exa Networks, a specialist in connectivity provision to both the education and business sectors, to providing 250 school and business connections under an existing national framework agreement.

The deal focuses on Cityfibre's network in Sheffield and will also bring the benefits of gigabit connectivity to schools and businesses in Doncaster and Rotherham.

The agreement takes the number of connections sold by CityFibre on the networks acquired from KCOM in January to 1,450.

Greg Mesch, chief executive of CityFibre, said: "We're delighted to extend our framework agreement with Exa into Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham.

"With this latest call-off, we demonstrate our ability to leverage our expanded footprint and drive commercialisation of the acquired assets at pace, bringing ten cities into commercial production within seven months of acquisition close.

"It also brings us within striking distance of 4,000 connections sold year to date."