Today Crown Fibre Holdings’ (CFH) has made a further announcement that it has confirmed its partners for two regions of the government’s Ultra-fast Broadband (UFB) initiative, representing around 16% of the 75% targeted by the UFB initiative.

CFH has selected NorthPower (covering the Whangarei area) and Ultra Fast Fibre Limited, owned by WEL Networks (covering Hamilton, Tauranga, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Tokoroa, New Plymouth, Hawera and Wanganui).

CFH had previously announced on 9 September 2010 that it was in priority negotiations with three organisations.

This announcement confirms CFH’s previously indicated intention in these two areas, and Telecom’s proposal is focused on the remainder of the country.  Telecom will continue to engage in the process being run by CFH to determine the successful partners for the rest of the country.

A Telecom media statement has also been released

Gen-i’s commitment is to continue to deliver on all our responsibilities to our clients and deliver outstanding results for our clients as we work towards our goal of becoming Australasia’s most preferred ICT hosted services and integrated ICT solutions provider.

Chris Quin
CEO Gen-i Australasia