Fibrecity Holdings
Fibrecity Holdings was formerly owned by i3 Group and was acquired in a Management buyout in January 2011 by CityFibre Holdings Ltd following the collapse of FibreCity's principal lender Total Asset Finance.
| Company type | Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (2008); acquired by CityFibre Holidngs in 2011 |
| Headquarters | 271 Regent Street, London, England |
Key people | Elfed Thomas, Founder Greg Mesch, CEO Mark Collins, CCO |
| Parent | i3 Group |
| Website | www.cityfibreholdings.com |
i3 Group launched Fibrecity Holdings as a new high speed fibre optic infrastructure to be built in the UK and was also promised for overseas cities and metropolitan areas. It was said to provide connection speeds of 100 Mbit/s to homes, SMEs and educational facilities on the network. The network uses 'fibre to the home' (FTTH) technology.
The infrastructure build was started by i3 Group in Bournemouth in 2009 and this was to become the UK's first Fibrecity. The next UK Fibrecity was announced to be Dundee where work on installing the infrastructure was reported to have started in summer 2010.
i3 Group announced but ceased involvement with a Fibrecity project in Brisbane, Australia.