In great news for the North East, USA based global network and comms expert ADTRAN Inc have partnered with Alnwick based Alncom to bring Gigabit capable broadband to rural England; Northumberland, County Durham & the Scottish Borders
Stateside global network and international comms expert ADTRAN Inc have partnered with North East rural broadband experts ALNCOM to deliver enhanced Gigabit-ready broadband services to rural regions in the NE and England to bridge the digital divide. Alncom is building a FTTH network that reaches more subscribers than ever before and delivers speeds that will connect its communities to new opportunities and a better quality of life.
Alncom is an altnet service provider to rural Northumberland, County Durham and the Scottish Borders, UK, where many residents and businesses lack access to fibre and high-speed, gigabit capable internet. Knowing that broadband has the power to transform communities and economies, Alncom wanted to transform services beyond the 1.5 Mbps speeds their subscribers were currently accessing. After securing private investment from Railsite Telecom and funding from the UK’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to revolutionise broadband across its service area, to qualify, Alncom had to build a Gigabit-ready, full-fibre network and partnered with ADTRAN to find the right technology to complete the project.
Currently, Alncom is rolling out its FTTH network to some of the hardest to reach regions in the North East and UK, using the ADTRAN TA5000 solution.
“We’re committed to using innovative technology so that our subscribers can access state-of-the-art services. ADTRAN offers the right expertise, leadership and solutions to allow us to meet our goals,” said Stephen Pinchen, Managing Director at Alncom. “ADTRAN helps us maintain a network and services that are reliable, fast and can be deployed cost-effectively. This enables our subscribers to connect to a network that can keep up with their daily activities and broadband demands today, and we’re confident we’ll still be able to support those needs as they grow in the future.”
Stephen Pinchen continued; “The Adtran solution is modular & extremely flexible, meaning that we can deploy gigabit & 10gig speeds down the same fibre cables, making it incredibly future proof.” “ADTRAN’s priority is helping every type of service provider find the right solutions to build their best networks. The beauty of our fibre solutions is that it enables service providers, like Alncom, to rapidly launch next-generation Gigabit internet services and benefit from a highly flexible FTTH architecture that is both reliable and easy to maintain,” said Stuart Broome, Vice President of Sales at ADTRAN.
“As subscribers’ demands on the network continue to increase, Alncom’s network will easily upgrade to deliver higher speeds and greater capacity to support new innovative services.”