Accelerating Affordable Gigabit Fibre - Neutral Host Operator

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council aims to deliver a preeminent Gigabit connected region for its residents and businesses, and is seeking a Neutral Host Operator (NHO) to establish itself within the BCP area to help meet this goal.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has developed a Smart Place Strategy with a clear focus on generating local value, helping to tackle key challenges across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Whether making it easier for people to go about their daily lives, improving the prospects of our local businesses or enabling communities to function more effectively, combining information, data and emerging digital technologies will deliver considerable benefits for our area.

One of the core underpinning technologies that will enable our Smart Place to become reality is Gigabit fibre deployed across the whole of the BCP region. Gigabit fibre is critical digital infrastructure, providing the connectivity backbone for many vital public, private and voluntary services and helping to power our businesses and local economy as well as supporting our Smart Place Programme. The provision of ubiquitous, high speed, affordable Gigabit connectivity is therefore now a priority for the Council.