(Project complete)
Enhanced telecommunications services for residents, businesses and public service delivery across Manitoba
The Manitoba Fibre project involves 2,657 km of fibre-optic cabling, connecting up to 49,000 underserved households with fibre-to-the-home broadband, across rural municipalities.
Fast facts
The Manitoba Fiber project is supporting communities’ economy, health care, education, and emergency services by delivering modern broadband infrastructure to rural and underserved communities.
The project replaced slower internet services that relied on copper phone lines and wireless access with last-mile infrastructure, including underground fibre cables and networking equipment.
Households and businesses now have access to broadband speeds of up to 1 Gbps, significantly enhancing telecommunications services across the province.
Under the terms of the agreement, the CIB invested $164 million in the approximately $328 million project. Valley Fiber is responsible for all aspects of construction, installation, operations and maintenance of the new broadband service.
Public lenders include: Canada Infrastructure Bank
Private lenders include: Valley Fiber Limited, DIF Capital Partners
Benefits of the CIB’s involvement
Due to Manitoba’s low population density and lack of broadband infrastructure, the cost of connection per household is very high. The CIB’s innovative financing, with low-cost, long-term capital, helped accelerate project delivery and reduce overall implementation costs.
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