Award of Rural Broadband Project for Viable Clusters in Marches and Gloucestershire
Herefordshire Council · Awarded contract
AwardedAward of Rural Broadband Project for Viable Clusters in Marches and Gloucestershire
Awarded 30 Jun 2018
Awarded30 Jun 2018
Value£11,000,000.00
AgencyHerefordshire Council
RegionWest Midlands
CategoryTelecommunications
Ended 6y 4mo ago2y term
Awarded 30 June 2018Expired 29 June 2020
About
Herefordshire Council awarded a contract to Airband Community Internet Ltd and Voneus Limited for the Marches & Gloucestershire Viable Clusters Broadband Project (MGVCBP), delivering wholesale Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband interventions in the final 5% of exclusively rural areas.
The project, funded with £10.466 million from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) through DEFRA and the Rural Payments Agency, identified 56 significant clusters of NGA white premises across 13,156 premises not superfast enabled and not planned for near-term enablement.
The contract value is AUD 11,000,000.
The project will work alongside existing initiatives such as Fastershire, Connecting Shropshire, and Superfast Telford.
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