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[barnes4] 27/10/2024 16:52

Good for sid?

[freddie01] 25/10/2024 15:41

Openreach to plug in Nokia's Altiplano platform across network

Openreach will deploy the Altiplano Access Controller cloud (SDN) platform from Nokia across its full fibre broadband and ethernet network.

Andrew Wooden
October 24, 2024


The plan is that it will help boost automation, network visibility and control, and product flexibility for both Openreach customers and their end user customers. Ultimately this is supposed to make Openreach’s fibre network ‘easier to manage, more efficient, reliable (e.g. quicker to identify faults via automation) and also cut some operational costs,’ so goes the pitch.

The release lists some advantages of using this platform as opposed to the Nokia AMS platform it is using now to manage its full fibre FTTP network: “Altiplano’s abstraction capabilities and modern interfaces gives us the benefit of OSS simplification by leveraging the use of “intents” - asking Altiplano to configure an end to end services across the cluster, rather than our OSS needing to understand complex network topology and configure each individual component in cluster.”

It also says it will use Altiplano to manage ‘clusters’ of Nokia equipment which will support FTTP and point to point ethernet for EAD2 in either dedicated or shared configurations, and that it will enable streaming telemetry which is supposed to give greater insight into network performance in near real time.

“We are working on what we believe to be a world first deployment of the Altiplano access controller platform to enhance resilience and service in our fixed full fibre network – to manage a cluster that includes the OLTs and the IP equipment and has required Nokia to develop new capabilities for us,” said Trevor Linney, Director of Network Technology for Openreach. “This is the next step in our plans to build a future proof, multi-service, one network platform – that supports both full fibre FTTP and future ethernet products.”

The new Altiplano deployment will go live in April 2025 and a full product launch will follow in 2026.

In August Openreach said it plans to launch its first symmetric ultrafast FTTP broadband product, offering 1Gbps in certain locations. It plans to make the new service available at premises which make up its ‘Type C’ bid to build full fibre in concert with the Government’s wider Project Gigabit programme, and will also look to launch in April next year.



Thanks to Butmac who posted this elsewhere.

[freddie01] 24/10/2024 07:26

BT Group Turns On Self-Powering Mobile Site Using Solar and Wind Energy


BT Group has switched on its first self-powering mobile site, located in the Shropshire Hills, with approximately 70 per cent of its energy needs expected to be generated by the on-site solar panels and wind turbine. The site was identified through an environmental assessment which calculated its viability for renewable power. Power is generated through a combination of solar and wind energy which is then used to charge the batteries that power the on-site mast.

BT Group expects the site to deliver approximately 17,000kWh of wind and solar energy per year as well as cost savings upwards of £10k. While the Shropshire Hills site serves as a trial, BT Group has already identified hundreds of additional locations that have the potential to derive much of their power from on-site renewable sources, in particular in coastal or hilly locations.


With an ambition to become a net-zero business by 2031, improving the energy efficiency of its networks is a major priority for BT Group. The self-powering site is the latest innovation aimed at addressing this and follows the roll-out of energy-saving cell-sleep technology across its RAN estate earlier this year, as well as the successful retirement of its legacy 3G network.

[davius] 18/10/2024 09:16

A little excitement, when I looked at my portfolio it had shot up, including BT. Alas many stocks were in auction. All quiet on the BT front.

[smurfy2001] 16/10/2024 10:53

Anywhere under £4.17, BT’s share price looks a steal to me

[hasin] 15/10/2024 06:49

I've switched first time from BT to Vodafone £26pm 15mb which they changed to full fibre,noticed slight increase in speed loading pages but otherwise same as BT, i only use a laptop and two mobiles.

[freddie01] 14/10/2024 11:38

EXCLUSIVE October 2024 update on Openreach full-fibre roll-out

[netcurtains] 11/10/2024 12:13

as long as its not in the NHS

[smurfy2001] 11/10/2024 12:02

Consolidation before next move up. Have to be patient.

[action] 11/10/2024 11:41

And share going south...? Can't make sense of it

[freddie01] 09/10/2024 11:01

EE Extends Sky Partnership and Brings Sky Stream to UK Customers

[1224saj] 09/10/2024 10:12

I don't think the city has quite got its head around these copper values. When they do, hold tight!

[action] 09/10/2024 06:32

Copper 1.5 billion t spot price my be enough to pay off legacy pension deficit...

[pdosullivan] 08/10/2024 22:42

I would prefer to see windfall gains from copper sales used to retire debt.

[1224saj] 08/10/2024 13:52

We may all get a special dividend to share the windfall

[freddie01] 08/10/2024 07:55

BT bags £105m from copper wire recycling


BT Group PLC (LSE:BT.A) has received £105 million for recycling old copper wires retrieved from its fast-fibre upgrade programme.

Network subsidiary Openreach said: “As we look to recover and reuse scarce resources like copper in line with our commitment to sustainability, we estimate that as we replace old copper networks with fibre, we’ll be able to recover up to 200,000 tonnes of copper through the 2030s – in line with customer migrations.”


The £105 million was an upfront payment from metal recycling partner EMR for surplus copper cables replaced by fibre optic connections.

Openreach said it recovered 3,300 tonnes of copper in the year to 31 March 2024 with estimates that the programme could eventually see 200,000 tonnes of copper, worth currently about £1.5bn at spot prices

Annual copper demand is projected to grow from 25 million metric tonnes today to about 50 million tonnes by 2035.





I bought in this morning.

[diku] 06/10/2024 20:09

smurfy...because competition within the sector leads companies to giving out freebies...3 months free or 6 months half price etc etc...and some of these companies are willing to pay the penalty difference so you can sign up with new provider...

[smurfy2001] 02/10/2024 10:31

BT rival CityFibre has warned it must raise more money to survive as the rising cost of its broadband rollout pushed debts above £3bn.

The company, which is the largest of the so-called “alt-net” broadband firms taking on BT’s Openreach, said there was “material uncertainty” about its ability to continue because it was reliant on further external funding.

[butmac] 01/10/2024 09:24

The Market prices go up and down
The upward trend has run out of steam temporarily

[action] 01/10/2024 07:28

Why such a drop here ?