ITS Technology Approved for Crown Commercial Service’s NS3 Framework

The ITS Technology Group, which operates 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (aka – Faster Britain) across urban parts of the United Kingdom for businesses and ISPs, has been approved as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Network Services 3 (NS3) framework.

NS3 is an update to previous Network Services 2 (NS2) framework and means that ITS can offer more services to the public sector, which now includes connectivity to cloud-based data and applications, radio and satellite networking and internet of things (IoT) solutions, providing public sector and third sector organisations (e.g. councils, NHS, social housing, charities etc.) with access to more technologies and choice from trusted providers.

The operator was named as a supplier on Lot 1a, which provides access to inter-site connectivity services (i.e. connectivity services, enabling Site-to-Site or Site-to-cloud interconnectivity from ITS).

Details on Lot 1a: Inter Site Connectivity (Wider Area Network) / Data Access Services

• terrestrial, fibre, wireless and satellite solutions, 5G, 6G

• data networking equipment

• software defined WAN, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

• internet service providers and internet services and gateways

• broadband routing and performance monitoring solutions

• e-mail and website services as part of ISP service

• professional services: design, build and deliver network connectivity solutions

Andy Bell, head of public sector at ITS, said: “I am delighted that we have been named as a supplier on the highly competitive NS3 framework. Our team and our infrastructure are already trusted by many public sector organisations, including local authorities, healthcare, and blue light services. Being on this framework is testament to the hard work and expertise of the team. It allows us to widen our commitment and opportunity to drive the delivery of futureproof services to public sector, charities, and third sector customers, now removing the procurement barriers that have prevented some organisations from being able to buy our solutions in the past.”