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21CN - key milestones for the UK

 

A great deal of progress has already been achieved and rollout continues:

 

 
Next generation broadband enabled exchanges – March 2009  Spacer  Ethernet node deployment – March 2009 
Next generation broadband enablement – to March 2010   Ethernet node deployment – to December 2009

  • The 21CN UK core and transmission network is complete
  • BT's 21CN wholesale broadband service, Wholesale Broadband Connect, is available from exchanges serving more than 10million UK homes and businesses - here's a full list of next generation broadband enabled exchanges. By Spring 2010 BT plans, subject to customer and market demand, to extend its coverage to exchanges serving up to 55% of UK homes & businesses - and we've announced our intention to reach 75% by Spring 2011
  • All BT’s lines in Oxford and Brighton, and 90% of lines in Cambridge and Sheffield are now enabled for next generation broadband. 85% in London and Exeter too, and 77% of lines in Birmingham
  • BT has the widest footprint in the UK for high-speed Ethernet services with our 21CN Ethernet service currently available from more than 760 UK nodes - here's a list of live Ethernet nodes - and node deployment continues.
  • BT's fibre access strategy has been made possible by the successful delivery of BT's multi-service core 21CN network and the first end users are already receiving ‘super-fast broadband’ over access fibre
  • More than 75,000 end users have been successfully migrated to 21CN voice services in South Wales
  • Salesforce.com offers the ability for audio messages to be transcribed into searchable text, marking the start of the introduction of Cloud Computing and Software as a Service services
  • BT’s global network of virtualised data centres has been launched

But it doesn't stop there. In addition, over 1,500 BT systems have been decommissioned; thousands of kilometres of optical fibre have been installed and millions of individual tests have been successfully carried out in laboratories and in the field. 

21CN progress continues...