Posted: 10th Apr, 2008 By: MarkJ
Vodafone UK, which has failed to make much of an impact upon the market with its existing land-line based broadband packages, has just signed a new five year agreement with BT to deliver an enhanced mobile broadband experience.
Under the deal, BT Wholesale will provide and manage high speed connectivity between Vodafones UK base stations and its core national network. BT will also deploy its new 21st Century Network (21CN)-enabled Ethernet service, offering backhaul speeds of up to 60 Mbps:
By working with BT Wholesale, we are able to realise immediate cost efficiencies and focus on our customers while BT provides a managed service for our growing access and backhaul needs, said Jeni Mundy, Chief Technology Officer of Vodafone UK. This agreement supports us in our continued drive to expand our market-leading position in sales of mobile internet and broadband products and services, and positions us to meet growing demand from our customers.