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City of York Council awards £13.7 million IT contract |
Pinacl Solutions and H20 Networks to install optic communications network.
Pinacl Solutions and its partner H2O Networks have signed a £13.7 million, eight year contract with the City of York Council to install a city-wide ‘dark fibre’ optic communications network.
The network will give schools, libraries, sports facilities and other public offices super-fast broadband connectivity of up to 10Gbps, as well as offering services such as advanced telephony, video conferencing, CCTV and a variety of urban traffic management services.
It will also exceed imminent BECTA guidelines for school connectivity, as well as school internet security. Work to build the network has begun and aims to be complete in the autumn.
Roy Grant, head of ICT at City of York Council said: "Not only will we be able to link council buildings and facilities - including our new headquarters - but the city-wide network will help us attract new businesses to York by offering low-cost connections to the network.”
"The contract will provide a quality partnership with a single point of contact, faster response and the flexibility we require to deliver a better controlled infrastructure - potentially the best network footprint across any local authority in the UK."
Further information:
City of York Council
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