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expert support to the Fibre and FTTx Telecoms sector. As the UK Government continues to announce new contracts as part of its £5 billion Project Gigabit plan to upgrade digital connectivity for all, Webro are looking at continued success working with Corning to deliver the partner-focused solutions that get the UK connected.
brand, their success has been driven by excellent leadership, good management, and a high level of collaboration with the Corning team. This partner played and continues to play a vital role in the success of Corning FTTH solutions in the UK market.” This is the second time that Webro has won the award. Corning has been pivotal in helping to build their reputation as a premium distributor of innovative, high-quality connectivity products and
to leverage their relationships, market themselves effectively, and develop deep levels of trust with their customers. Explaining why Webro has been so successful, Tom continued, “They have to focus on selling complex solutions to meet their customers exact demands. Gone are the days of simply taking orders! In this challenging environment, Webro was able to secure major project wins by selling Corning hardened connectivity solutions. As a well-respected UK
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One Touch Switching goes live on September 12
TalkTalk and VMO2, as well as any other providers that they feel are necessary to further scrutinise. Ofcom say the continued delays by industry have ultimately caused customers to lose out on the benefits of a quicker and more effective switching process, and they will continue to hold providers to account for their failures to deliver these benefits to consumers.
Ofcom have continued to reiterate their expectations and stressed the importance that all industry participants use all their efforts to deliver OTS to a high standard by 12 September 2024 and use all necessary resources to achieve this. Separately Ofcom will, based on the evidence already gathered, review the conduct of all industry participants since our statement in 2021 in order to determine whether it will be appropriate or necessary to open individual investigations after launch. These considerations will include BT, Sky,
On 13 December 2023, The One Touch Switch Company (“TOTSCo”) announced that the target date for the industry-wide launch of One Touch Switch (“OTS”) - 14 March 2024 - was no longer achievable. TOTSCo took its decision following communication from BT, Sky, TalkTalk and VMO2. On receipt of this information, Ofcom wrote to each of the four providers to set out concerns about the repeated delays, and to require them with the utmost urgency to finalise a launch date that is the earliest possible implementation date for OTS. Today, TOTSCo announced the new industry-wide launch date of OTS as 12 September 2024. Ofcom have received written assurances from BT, Sky, TalkTalk and VMO2 that this date is achievable, and they have separately sought assurances from OTA, as their appointed technical advisors that this date is achievable. However, given the already very lengthy delay to the launch of OTS, the regulatory body is increasing the level of implementation oversight with these providers as well as TOTSCo separately, as the industry body appointed by communications providers to manage the launch of OTS, and subsequent operation.
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