Connexin has completed the first stage of its Project Gigabit contract to provide broadband to more than 34,000 rural premises in Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire.
The £58 million contract, awarded in January 2024 by the UK government, will result in Connexin rolling out lightning-fast, reliable broadband to rural communities throughout Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire. The rollout is part of Project Gigabit, a government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to access fast, reliable gigabit-capable broadband.
Connexin will soon move onto the build stage, which will result in the first premises being connected by early 2025.
Connexin worked with government, Nottinghamshire County Council and Lincolnshire County Council to complete stage one of the project on time and under budget.
Furqan Alamgir, CEO at Connexin, said, “As a company driven to improve lives through digital innovation, Connexin is delighted to be working with BDUK on bringing ultrafast connectivity to these hard-to-reach areas. This fibre network will not only offer significantly faster broadband speeds but will serve as a backbone for many other services to truly digitally enable rural Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire."
Phoebe Smith, managing director at PATRIZIA, said, “We’re proud of Connexin’s approach to this partnership and pleased to be moving the project into the next stage. We are excited to be partnering with Connexin and the UK government to provide much needed access to faster and more reliable broadband services to the rural communities in Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire.”
As part of the contract, more than 34,000 rural properties in hard-to-reach areas such as Kirkby in Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Annesley, Wragby and Market Rasen will undergo a major digital upgrade with the introduction of Connexin’s full FTTP broadband infrastructure.