Welcome to the September issue of Exchange!

BT recently announced its first steps to transition end users to its 21st Century Network (21CN). This news has prompted us to focus this issue on the critical role that Openreach is playing to ensure that the 21CN deployment happens with minimum disruption to Communications Providers and end users.

Feedback from our July issue of Exchange was good and we hope that you find this edition to be just as interesting and informative. As always we encourage you to use the link provided to share your thoughts.

Steve Robertson

21st Century Network – the path to roll out
In November, BT's 21st Century Network will roll out to a regional concentration of customers for the very first time. Bob Cowie talks about the important role of Openreach. 
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Ethernet products milestone approaches
The launch of WES and BES products on an EOI basis represents the next major milestone for Openreach.
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Openreach portal – a zero touch strategy
Now that Openreach has a fully functioning web presence, the portal team is turning its attention to future developments.
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