NEX18/31 Digital Connectivity

Tender description

Nexus continues to have an ambition to enhance connectivity across its infrastructure in order to improve customer satisfaction, increase operational efficiency and support the region’s wider ambitions to provide world class Digital Connectivity. Nexus is looking to appoint an organisation to provide support as it looks to upgrade its existing assets in order to deliver those digital aspirations. The successful organisation will be expected to ensure provision of minimum 4G coverage to a specified minimum standard around the entire Tyne and Wear Metro network. The scope of the agreement is now likely to include the use of the following assets: • space within existing ducting and troughing routes on the Tyne and Wear Metro network for the installation of fibre by a third party; • Nexus’ land, property and assets for the installation of mobile telecommunications equipment for by third parties; • the Dark Fibre, deemed surplus to operational requirements; • the Distributed Antennae System (“the Nexus DAS”), currently used by Mobile Network Operators (“MNOs”) for 2G mobile phone coverage in subsurface stations and below ground; • the novation of existing Nexus commercial telecoms contract portfolio. If this opportunity is likely to be of interest, please log in and register your interest and Nexus will provide updates as things progress. Keywords: Metro, Nexus, Wireless, Digital, Connectivity, Mobile