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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
T-Mobile and 3
UK, through their joint venture company, Mobile Broadband Network Ltd (MBNL), have signed a five-year managed network solutions agreement with BT to provide high-speed, next-generation links connecting 7,500 base station sites on their consolidated 3G infrastructure. The network services contract supersedes the original contracts that BT had in place with both T-Mobile and 3
UK. T-Mobile and 3 formed their infrastructure sharing agreement in January 2008. The network consolidation agreement is significantly increasing both operators' 3G network quality and coverage, accelerating the provision of new high-speed mobile broadband services and will deliver substantial cost savings as well as environmental benefits. BT's next-generation Ethernet service is currently being rolled out to the widest national footprint in the
UK market. With flexible, high-speed bandwidth, the service will deliver improved access and backhaul service delivery to MBNL. It is the latest new service to launch on BT's 21CN global platform, which extends to 170 countries worldwide. The migration of the common backhaul network to Ethernet technology will follow BT's roll-out programme. In the shorter term, BT will continue to upgrade the legacy leased line connections. The aim of MBNL is to establish the
UK's most extensive 3G network by 2010, providing close to complete population coverage for 3G services and significantly improving in-building coverage. MBNL selected BT on the basis of its ability to deliver the required capacity to support both JV partners' projected growth in mobile broadband traffic, while generating significant cost savings over the life of the contract.
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