OpenreachawardsMagdaleneFTTC expansionprogrammeMagdalene has been awarded a contract byOpenreach to increase the capacity of its Fibreto the Cabinet (FTTC) estate.Under the terms of the contract, Magdalene willinstall pod extensions on the side of existingOpenreach cabinets which house electronicequipment, termed VDSL Side Pods.The contract is for a turnkey solution wherebyMagdalene will survey the sites, install the sidepods and associated electronics, provide powerand fibre optic connections and then connectthe equipment to the Openreach network withcopper tie cables.The two-year contract is to install these ona national basis when Openreach requiresadditional capacity as existing cabinets becomefull.In addition, a trial is underway that will seeMagdalene complete the VDSL OCR work andtest/repair the network, between the exchangeand the aggregation node serving the VDSLside pod, for 100 sites to ensure there is a lightpath (‘find and fix’). If successful, Magdalenewill be awarded this work for the entire VDSLprogramme.Magdalene Sales Director Andy Hudsoncommented: “VDSL Side Pod extensionsare a new technology solution developed byOpenreach and Magdalene is the first and onlysupplier to install these. A key consideration inawarding the contract to Magdalene was ourtop-class performance in delivering Openreach’sG.Fast programme which is very similar to theVDSL expansion. The first phase of works willsee 2,300 cabinets upgraded in the next sixmonths and the contract is for two years, so weare expecting many more in future months.”Magdalene Head of VDSL Delivery John Law commented: “It is encouraging to seethat Magdalene’s performance in delivering the G.Fast programme over the last twoand a half years, with every customer milestone achieved, has been recognised byOpenreach with the award of the VDSL contract. This is a reflection of the hard workof all members of the delivery team who will be using the experience gained on G.Fastto deliver VDSL in the same way, working in close co-operation with the OpenreachVDSL delivery team.”15
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