LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Broadband company CityFibre said
on Thursday it would create up to 10,000 new jobs over the next
three years to help upgrade Britain's digital infrastructure to
full fibre.
The government aims to deploy gold-standard fast broadband
across the nation by 2025, mainly delivered via fibre optic
connections to the home.
Goldman Sachs-backed CityFibre, which is competing with
larger rivals BT and Liberty Global's Virgin Media in
building new networks, said the jobs would be created as it
rolls out infrastructure to more than 100 towns and cities at a
cost of up to 4 billion pounds ($5 billion).
The company said wherever possible individuals would be
recruited from the town or city identified for rollout, boosting
local employment and economies.
It also said it would target groups such as service-leavers
and those now unemployed as a result of the coronavirus crisis,
as well as women and individuals from black, Asian and minority
ethnic backgrounds, both of which were significantly
under-represented in the construction industry.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Stephen Addison)
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