Quickline has secured another 2 Project Gigabit contracts from the government.
The new £190m deal means that the East Yorkshire company has been awarded all of the high speed broadband contracts for Yorkshire and the majority of those in Lincolnshire.
This will bring the total public investment in full fibre broadband delivered by Quickline to nearly £300m.
“Accelerating the rollout of fast broadband and modernising the country’s digital infrastructure is crucial to kickstarting an era of sustained economic growth in every part of the UK,” said Digital Infrastructure Minister Chris Bryant.
“Our £190m investment in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will heal the headache of endless buffering felt by too many in rural communities, while building the infrastructure needed to attract new investment and ensure the benefits of digital technology reverberate across every corner of the country.”
Project Gigabit is a government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to access gigabit-capable broadband.
“The award of these latest contracts underlines our position as the primary Project Gigabit broadband provider in rural Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Quickline CEO Sean Royce added.
“We have now won all four contracts we have bid for, making us the UK’s second largest Project Gigabit regional delivery partner and the only provider to be awarded a contract serving England’s largest county, Yorkshire, under the programme.
“We are a regionally focused provider, and through our work as part of the Project Gigabit programme and beyond, we’re laser focused on delivering on our mission to connect rural communities to a world of possibilities when it comes to having access to fast and reliable broadband and our desire to make a positive social impact and create economic growth for these rural areas.”
Today’s 2 contracts will mean around 108k homes and businesses across parts of rural Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will soon get access to ultra-fast broadband.
