Crown Fibre's mandate will extend to rural broadband, mobile black spots

Crown Fibre's mandate will extend to rural broadband, mobile black spots
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Oct. 22 (BusinessDesk) - Crown Fibre Holdings, the government entity tasked with overseeing the taxpayer-sponsored fibre network build, will have its mandate extended to cover rural connectivity, which Communications Minister Amy Adams wants delivered at faster speeds over the next decade. The agency will continue to be responsible for the ultrafast broadband programme, which is currently in a tender process to extend its reach, and will assume responsibility for an enlarged rural broadband initiative and the mobile black s...