{"id":20202,"date":"2019-11-26T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=20202"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:25:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T20:25:24","slug":"openreach-hunts-third-strategic-uk-fttp-broadband-supplier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/11\/openreach-hunts-third-strategic-uk-fttp-broadband-supplier.html","title":{"rendered":"Openreach Hunts Third Strategic UK FTTP Broadband Supplier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) appears to be hunting for a third strategic supplier to help support their UK roll-out of a new Gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) broadband ISP network. The move might also help to reduce their reliance on Chinese firm Huawei, which remains the subject of on-going security concerns.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In terms of performance, capability and value, the kit that Huawei provides to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> has generally held up quite well and is widely used. At the same time major operators always like to have some diversity in their supply and hence why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> normally works with more than one strategic supplier for key parts of their infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>At present the operator&#8217;s deployment of full fibre technology &#8211; aiming to cover 4 million premises (homes and businesses) by March 2021 and then there&#8217;s an ambition for 15 million by around 2025 &#8211; is using hardware and services provided by both <strong>Huawei<\/strong> and <strong>Nokia<\/strong> (there&#8217;s also some older <strong>ECI<\/strong> kit but that&#8217;s another story).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> Spokesperson told ISPreview.co.uk:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re on track to make faster, more reliable full fibre broadband available to four million premises by March 2021, and we want to go much further, so using cutting-edge technology will be key to achieving that.<\/p>\n<p>We already manage a large and diverse supply chain across our full fibre build, and we\u2019re constantly reviewing our options to make sure we can continue to build a high-quality network that offers great value for money.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Adding a third major vendor could also help to bring down Openreach&#8217;s costs through competition, although mixing lots of different kit from different vendors can sometimes lead to long-term differences in performance and capability (e.g. the turbulent history of ECI in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> network). At present Openreach are not saying what suppliers may be in the frame but a formal tender is expected to be issued very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming a third supplier is secured then we expect that such a deal would involve a range of equipment \u2013 inside the exchange, outside in their network and in customers&#8217; premises (the same as we&#8217;ve seen from Huawei).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openreach (BT) appears to be hunting for a third strategic supplier to help support their UK roll-out of a new Gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. 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