Fibrecity Holdings
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| Company type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (2008) |
| Headquarters | Newton Le Willows, Merseyside, England |
Key people | Unknown |
| Revenue | Unknown |
| Unknown | |
Number of employees | Unknown |
| Parent | H2O Networks |
| Website | [1] |
Fibrecity is a new fibre infrastructure for high speed communications implemented in the UK by the i3 Group. It will provide connection speeds of 100 Mbit/s to homes,SME's and educational facilities on the network.
The company originally stated that the Fibrecity network was going to be deployed through the wastewater infrastructure using patented technology. In reality, however, this is not possible and to reach each home or business the majority of the network has to be installed in the pavement where Fibrecity use a mechanical micro trenching system. The methods employed by Fibrecity do significantly reduce costs and disruption and also help to minimise environmental impact whilst accelerating the speed of roll-out.
Next generation Internet services including IPTV, VOD (Video on Demand), enhanced social networking and online gaming, and seamless home working with the ability to send and receive information instantly and video conferencing. Future possibilities include to telemedicine and remote care via video conferencing.
A Fibrecity connection operates on a unique open access technology platform, so multiple service and content providers can offer their services simultaneously.
Services are not offered by Fibrecity, but by Third Party providers working with Fibrecity to offer their services via the network.
The infrastructure build started in Bournemouth in 2009 and this should become the UK's first Fibrecity. The next UK Fibrecity is likely to be Dundee where work on installing the infrastructure started in summer 2010.
In late October 2010, however, the build ceased in both Bournemouth and Dundee with Fibrecity stating that this was due to company restructuring. It is more likely, however, that their backers are worried by the low take up of the service in the first area cabled up in Bournemouth.
In late January 2011 there was a management buyout lead by Greg Mersh of the H2O Networks part of the i3 group. This includes the Fibrecity sections of the business and it was hoped that the new management would kickstart both the Fibrecity (Bournemouth) and Fibrecity (Dundee) projects.
The network uses 'Fibre to the home' (FTTH) technology.
Fibrecity is currently in place in:
- Bournemouth - The UK's first Fibrecity
- Dundee - Scotland's first Fibrecity