A great deal of progress has already been achieved:
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| Next generation broadband enabled exchanges – March 2009 | Ethernet node deployment – March 2009 |
- The 21CN UK core and transmission network is complete
- BT's 21CN wholesale broadband service, Wholesale Broadband Connect, is available from exchanges serving 10million UK homes and businesses - here's a full list of next generation broadband enabled exchanges. Over the next year, BT plans, subject to customer and market demand, to extend its coverage to exchanges serving up to 55% of UK homes & businesses
- 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 600 UK 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...