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<p>The supplier that was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for the North East (Lot
4) was unable to proceed after failing to secure the funding it required.</p><p> </p><p>To
maintain the delivery of gigabit coverage to premises in the North East, we have worked
with suppliers to bring forward additional projects under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher
Scheme. The remaining premises will be included in a call-off under our cross-regional
framework, which we aim to have in place this summer. We will press the successful
supplier to begin to build premises in the North East as soon as possible to minimise
any delay. Consequently, the economic impacts of this change in approach will be kept
as low as possible.</p>
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