09-07-2018 13:23 via telecoms.com

3 + BT + SSE = 5G, FYI

UK MNO Three has announced a new deal that gives it access to a bunch of BT local exchanges to augment its backhaul. This will be handy for 5G, we’re told.
This move was made possible by a new project undertaken by SSE Enterprise telecoms to unbundle 177 BT exchanges over the next two years, thus enabling it to offer wholesale fibre services itself. Three is the first customer to seize this opportunity, which SSE is virtue-signalling as being a significant contribution to UK fibre access o
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