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New UK homes to have superfast broadband T he UK Government has worked with Openreach – BT’s local access network business - and the Home Openreach will make a significant contribution itself before seeking any funds from developers. We recognise that high-speed broadband connectivity is a major factor for homeowners
Telia Eesti deploys ADVA 100G Core throughout national backbone network Adva Optical Networking recently announced that Estonian operator, Telia Eesti, has deployed its 100Gbit/s core technology across the country’s national backbone network. Telia Eesti is one of the largest telecommunication providers in the Baltic States and will use the Adva FSP 3000 solution to link all of its major cities in an ultra-high bandwidth long-haul network. Adva were selected for the low-maintenance requirements, future-proof scalability and plug-and-play simplicity their technology provides. Tarko Tikan, chief network and infrastructure architect at Telia Eesti, said “When we began the process of selecting the ideal 100G core technology it quickly became clear that the Adva FSP 3000 was the perfect fit. Operational simplicity was a crucial differentiator and Adva Optical Networking’s turn-key system proved to be brilliantly simple to install, maintain and manage. Having direct access to their very responsive technical team at every stage has also helped to make the whole experience a smooth and happy one.” The major upgrade is Telia Eesti’s response to exploding bandwidth demand from mobile, residential and business customers. TeliaSonera and Cisco connect hub SUP46 to 10 Mbps backbone TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) and Cisco Systems have connected Stockholm- based start-up hub SUP46 to their global backbone. The infrastructure provides 100 Gbps and effectively turns the hub’s downtown Stockholm premises into a high-capacity Internet PoP (Point-of- Presence). TSIC CEO, Brendan Ives, said “We wanted to see what happens when you remove the limits on innovation. Innovation is already borderless thanks to the Internet and we wanted to see what happens when we also remove the limits on connectivity. We believe limitless connectivity will give big ideas the space to grow”. NEWS IN BRIEF
when deciding to buy a house. That’s why we’re offering to deliver fibre to all new build developments either for free or as a co-funded model.” Selley added, “With the support of the HBF we’ve delivered a series of measures to give developers greater clarity, choice and more funding. Today’s announcement underlines Openreach’s commitment to further extend its fibre network – which reaches more than 24m premises – to benefit even more communities across the country. Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the HBF said: “Housebuilders are constantly striving to deliver on and surpass the expectations of customers as we continue to see housing supply grow. Broadband speeds are an increasingly important factor in the home buying process and this offer to developers will see more new build purchasers benefit from the very best connectivity to go alongside the many other advantages of purchasing a brand new home.”
The HBF will promote and support uptake of the co- funding offer amongst their members, and emphasise the need to plan for connectivity early in the development. This new offer sets a high bar for all suppliers and developers in the market, and Government will be working with industry closely to monitor success over the next year. Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey said: “The Government’s ambition to build 1m new homes over the course of this Parliament will house families and future generations to come. Broadband connectivity is just one thing that home buyers now expect when buying a new build, so this industry-led push to make superfast, or indeed ultrafast, broadband speeds available by default in new homes represents a very important step in meeting the UK’s digital needs.” Clive Selley, CEO Openreach, said: “This is an important step towards bringing fibre broadband to as many new build properties as possible.
Builders Federation (HBF) on an agreement, which aims to deliver superfast broadband connectivity to new build properties in the UK. The new deal will see fibre- based broadband offered to all new developments either for free or as part of a co-funded initiative. It is estimated that more than half of all new build properties can be connected to fibre broadband free of charge to developers. As part of the agreement, Openreach is introducing an online planning tool for homebuilders. This will tell them whether properties in a given development can be connected to fibre for free, or if a contribution is needed from the developer to jointly fund the deployment of the local fibre network. The UK’s house building industry will now have access to a ‘rate card’ from Openreach which details the fixed cost contributions required by homebuilders in those cases where joint funding is required.
The UK government and BT Openreach have agreed a deal to provide fibre-base broadband to all new housing developments.
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