An agreement between the City of Yverdon-les-Bains and Swisscom will enable the network of the future to be built and operated rapidly.
The authorities of Yverdon-les-Bains and the company Swisscom have just signed an agreement which will allow the construction of a fibre optic network and its operation by the two partners. The aim is to connect the 15,000 households in Yverdon-les-Bains, as well as businesses, by 2019. In May 2015, the City Council had granted a credit of 15 million for this infrastructure.
The City of Yverdon-les-Bains, represented by its Mayor Jean-Daniel Carrard, has just signed a partnership agreement with Swisscom, represented by its CEO Urs Schaeppi, for the construction of a fibre optic network giving access to a high-speed network to the entire population, as well as to companies established on the municipal territory. This agreement follows the acceptance by the members of the Municipal Council of a credit of 15 million for the fibre optic connection of companies and households in Yverdon on 7 May 2015.
Swisscom will be responsible for the construction of the network for both partners, which will begin in 2013. Each partner will benefit from two optical fibres enabling them to offer a high-quality broadband offering for internet and multimedia services. Marketing will be carried out by each partner as soon as work on equipping a district is completed.
By the end of this year, the districts of Calamin, Floreyres, Bellevue, des Bains, des Isles and Pierre-de-Savoie will be connected, i.e. approximately 4'000 households. Deployment will then be carried out towards the north of the city over a period of four years.
The City of Yverdon-les-Bains is co-financing 40% of the project and Swisscom is financing the remaining 60%. "This investment enables the town to anticipate the growing demand for water flows that will be required by the people of Yverdon-les-Bains in the years to come", explains Jean-Daniel Carrard, Mayor of Yverdon-les-Bains.
Swisscom CEO Urs Schaeppi is delighted that Yverdon-les-Bains is joining the other Swiss cities that are, or will be, connected via fibre optics.