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In this week's news...

Telcom, Luminet and GigaBritain become Elevate

Telcom Networks, luminet and wholesale initiative GigaBritain is to become a rebranded company under a new name, Elevate, following the integration of its B2B divisions.

Following the acquisition of Luminet late last year, the firm ran a comprehensive integration and rebranding process with extensive input from customers, partners, and employees.

The result is a new organisation that is described by Elliott Mueller , CEO, Elevate, as having “a new name, a whole new look, and a refreshed vision and mission.”

Mueller commented: “Elevate is based on delivering a streamlined and seamless customer experience from one ‘ground-to-cloud’ technology partner.

“The Elevate name was chosen to reflect the need to continually raise service standards and alleviate technology related business issues in the telecoms industry.”

The launch of Elevate represents a year-long process of integration and a major investment in systems and the ability to provide solutions at scale.

Andy Tatlock , Chief Revenue Officer, Elevate added: "There’s a lot of investment that’s happened internally within Elevate as we brought the two businesses together, and this has given us a platform to give us seamless and effortless processes that we want to offer to our customers both today and for future growth.”

Fusion Fibre Group to launch resource sharing venture

Fusion Fibre Group has unveiled plans to launch a channel programme giving partner companies access to its network, and the opportunity to resell services under their own brand.

The broadband service provider can currently connect over 16 million UK properties with full fibre broadband thanks to wholesale relationships with PXC, BT wholesale, ITS, CityFibre, Freedom Fibre, Full Fibre, F&W and MS3 Networks.

The ISP primarily sells direct to consumers, and the new venture will allow other telecoms providers and aspiring ISPs to resell Fusion Fibre Group services, under their own brand/identity.

Fusion Fibre Group’s new channel programme will give their partners the opportunity to gain unprecedented access to their extensive UK coverage, at competitive rates, with a comprehensive range of options to suit the partnering company’s size, target market and goals.

To ensure partners have a close working relationship with the ISP, Fusion Fibre Group has created a dedicated Channel team, led by Channel Sales Manager, Kevin McDonnell.

McDonnell explained: “This programme is about more than just connectivity; it’s about sharing skills, resources, and opportunities with local experts to deliver the best possible service to communities nationwide.”

Fibre Forecast sessions - Winter programme

Fibreprovider.net is pleased to announce details of our sponsored programme of ‘Fibre Forecasts’, providing fibreprovider.net readers with insights into the challenges, opportunities, strategies, and technologies shaping the UK fibre sector in 2025 and beyond.

These roundtable sessions bring together industry experts to discuss the key issues and innovations driving the UK fibre sector. The insights gained from these discussions form a crucial part of our editorial calendar, appearing on FibreProvider.net, our weekly newsletter, and across social media.

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Fibre Forecast Programme for Winter 2024

• Assessing Wholesale Model Benefits - Exploring how the wholesale landscape is evolving & how altnets can increase customer take-up by leveraging a balanced wholesale portfolio.
• Evolving Recruitment Priorities- How is the sector finding talent as altnets shift from build engines to sales and marketing organisations? Do skill shortages still plague the sector and how can they be navigated?
• Embedding Efficiency - What partnerships can be leveraged by altnets to build efficiency into their continued build or customer addition processes?

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Eales joins Gigaclear as CFO to accelerate growth

Gigaclear has appointed Hugo Eales as Chief Financial Officer as the altnet provider develops its strategy to generate economic value and serve more rural communities, funded by the government’s Project Gigabit.

Hugo has an extensive career in the ISP and technology sector, including Chief Financial Officer responsibilities across both private and publicly listed companies, with his most recent role as CFO EMEA at DXC Technology where he led the finance and commercial teams across the region.

Prior to his role at DXC Technology , Hugo was the CFO of Colt Technologies Inc .

Nathan Rundle , CEO at Gigaclear, said: “Hugo has 20 years of experience operating at board level in a variety of executive roles for large, complex, global organisations both in the UK and overseas, and his insight and tenacity will be invaluable to us as we push on with our mission to generate economic and social value for the communities and customers we serve.”

Wessex Internet network surpasses 30,000 homes

Wessex Internet has hit a major landmark with the connection of its 10,000th customer and is now on track for 60 percent growth this year.

The ISP is rolling out its network and has surpassed 30,000 properties ready for its gigabit service.

The company focuses on delivering network to hard-to-reach communities across Dorset, South Somerset, Wiltshire and the New Forest and has four government Project Gigabit contracts worth ￡71m to deliver full fibre broadband to over 53,000 properties in the next four years.

Wessex Internet continues to scale its network and customer base in a targeted way, and has taken 5,000 orders this year, regularly installing 500 new customers each month.

Hector Gibson Fleming, CEO of Wessex Internet, said: “We are focussed on expanding our services to places where we deliver real social value, and working with our Project Gigabit contracts is enabling us to do that faster and more consistently than ever before.

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