BT has chosen ECI Telecom as a strategic partner to help them with their roll out of fibre broadband across the UK.
The deal will see BT Openreach using ECI Telecoms Hi-FOCuS Multi-Service Acees Node (MSAN) which will allow BT to support other broadband providers using the network, a bit like Local Loop Unbundling currently offers. They will also be making use of ECI’s 1Net framework which is designed to help the move to Next Generation Access and also to help with scalability in the future when greater bandwidth will be needed.
BT Openreach’s CEO, Steve Robertson said:
“With ECI as a strategic partner for this very advanced carrier-of-carriers architecture, we are able to upgrade our infrastructure offerings to Communications Providers and guarantee the provision of equivalency to all our customers. ECI’s offerings are in line with our vision of a straightforward, more integrated and competitive network, simplifying management and supporting the optimization of our next-generation access network in an environmentally-friendly and responsible way.“