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Fujitsu signs Fibrecity deal to aid Dundee rollout

...Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe is to work with Fibrecity on the roll out of 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home broadband to... Read more

27 July, 2010 by Jack Clark

CityFibre: Bournemouth FTTH scheme back on track

...abortive fibre network, which was started under the auspices of the company Fibrecity. In August, ZDNet UK revealed how Fibrecity's much-vaunted sewer-based... Read more

13 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Bournemouth's sewer-based fibre plan scrapped

...The much-heralded Fibrecity deployment of high-speed broadband using Bournemouth's sewer system will not... Read more

12 August, 2010 by David Meyer

i3 Africa calls for BRICS submarine cable cash

...business model to H2O Networks and to i3 Group (no hyphen) firm Fibrecity, which involved pushing fibre to homes through sewers and existing water infrastructure... Read more

17 April, 2012

Superfast broadband: UK slow on the uptake?

...at the end of 2009, with the next largest deployment being the Fibrecity deployments in Bournemouth and Dundee. The Fibrecity rollout had passed 158,000... Read more

3 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

i3 responds to Bournemouth sewer fibre cancellation

...made ducts including sewer pipes," i3 said, adding that the announcement of Fibrecity Bournemouth as a commercial venture had followed Wessex Water's permission for... Read more

13 August, 2010

Bournemouth ready for first Fibrecity homes

The first clutch of homes to be connected to the 100Mbps Fibrecity network currently being built in Bournemouth will be hooked up by the... Read more

21 January, 2009 by Natasha Lomas

Fibrecity to take root in five more towns

...Another five UK towns are set to be hooked up to the Fibrecity network, which uses sewer ducts to provide 100Mbps broadband connections. Fibrecity Holdings... Read more

13 May, 2010 by Richard Thurston

South Ayrshire to get fibre access from H2O

...capacity is required, over the next 10 years." H2O's Fibrezone and Fibrecity — the name given to deployments in larger towns such as Bournemouth — initiatives... Read more

14 October, 2009 by David Meyer

Bournemouth braced for first Fibrecity homes

...seaside The first clutch of homes to be connected to the 100Mbps Fibrecity network currently being built in Bournemouth will be hooked up by the... Read more

20 January, 2009 by Natasha Lomas

Bournemouth's sewer Fibrecity kicks off

...speed internet access is creeping closer after work officially started on the Fibrecity project. The scheme will give the town's residents a chance to... Read more

17 October, 2008 by Jo Best

Ultra fat pipes to squeeze through Dundee's sewers

Fibrecity concept goes North... Dundee has been selected as the first Scottish 'Fibrecity... Read more

18 June, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Bournemouth to be UK's first Fibrecity

Surf's up... The race to become the UK's first 'Fibrecity' has been won by the seaside resort of Bournemouth, better known for... Read more

8 May, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Leeds centre gets 100Mbps fibre access

...UK. The Leeds rollout arrives in the same week as fibre wholesaler Fibrecity announced the launch of fibre-based 100Mbps services in Bournemouth. Also this... Read more

25 February, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Three ISPs sign up for Bournemouth sewer fibre

Fibrecity, the wholesale fibre network operator that is rolling out high-speed connectivity... Read more

24 February, 2010 by Richard Thurston

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