Telecoms 2.0

Next generation technology is here — right now

Fully deployed nationwide and still growing, our Next Generation Network is a £13 billion investment in the future of UK business telecoms. It’s also the only national Next Generation Network out there: IP-based, and running cutting-edge services and applications today for some of the UK’s most forward-thinking organisations. What’s more, as we own our own network and don’t have to use third parties, we can give you the best possible deal.

The most advanced of the two national networks.

Internet technologies have become dominant in business. Voice, the prime mover of the Telecoms 1.0 era, is now another type of data. And organisations have become dependent on the seamless movement of huge volumes of data in real or near-real time. These factors have contributed to an explosion in demand for bandwidth — bandwidth that yesterday’s copper networks were never designed to carry.

Only one of the UK’s two national telecoms networks is ready today for this challenge: ours. Right now, our advanced fibre-optic network, based on IP technology, runs the length and breadth of the land.

Vast, resilient, flexible.

To truly transform business, next generation networks need scale and reach. And ours has: so far, our £13 billion investment has delivered 186,000km miles of advanced core and local metro network, already built out to more than 38,000 street cabinets across the UK.

But it’s not just about reach. It’s also about flexibility, like the ability to use, re-purpose and extend next generation network functionality at the flick of a switch. Which makes our network the smart choice for any organisation that needs to respond swiftly and surely to organisational and market change.

Next generation data and voice services.

Our next generation product portfolio covers business-grade solutions for Managed Internet, Site to Site Connectivity, Telephony and Converged Solutions.  Ultimately, Next Generation Networks are about enabling an innovative generation of services which, in turn, empower organisations to create new opportunities and tackle operational challenges in new ways.

Coupled with the flexibility and capacity of our Next Generation Network, these products enable organisations like yours to directly address today’s key business priorities, like flexible working and managing change.

Service: Investing in mindset.

One of the most visible marks of the Telecoms 2.0 enterprise is in service and support ethic. Monolithic, highly centralised approaches are out: in a service-centric as opposed to network-centric telecoms era, one size no longer fits all.  That’s why, alongside our £13 billion investment in our network, we’ve also invested in our people, ranging from professional accreditations like ITIL through to membership of the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management and Cisco Gold Partner status.