News: Service exchange platform goes live in Digital Region
A new Service Exchange Platform (SEP) has gone live and added more than 50 additional service providers to the Digital Region network in South Yorkshire.
Through a new fibre optic network, the Digital Region project will bring continuous 25mb+ broadband to over 97% of South Yorkshire, including 550,000 homes and 1.3 million people.
Customers who use the SEP to connect to the network can receive maximum combined throughput speeds of 100Mbps and an unprecedented selection of service providers.
Fluidata, an aggregator of over 50 Internet Service Providers (ISPs), signed up to the Digital Region earlier this year. Fluidata has collaborated with Swedish open access network management specialist, Netadmin Systems and integrator and managed services partner, Magdalene to implement the new SEP.
David Cowell, COO at Digital Region, said: "The service exchange platform offers a real boost for broadband users in South Yorkshire. We built a world-class communications infrastructure and have now added an excellent service provider choice to rival any network in the world.
"The operational support system connecting consumers to these service providers is now as advanced as the fibre network itself. This puts the region in pole position to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the digital economy."
Piers Daniell, director of Fluidata, said: "More than 80 percent of users in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield and the rural areas in-between, now have access to our 50+ ISPs. Not only do the people of South Yorkshire have an enviable network, but they also have access to a very competitive broadband market. This means increased choice for those customers in the region and a larger market for our service providers to access."
The £90m project was wholly owned by the now defunct Yorkshire Forward and the four local authorities of South Yorkshire. It secured £30m from the European Regional Development Fund.
Digital Region website
Through a new fibre optic network, the Digital Region project will bring continuous 25mb+ broadband to over 97% of South Yorkshire, including 550,000 homes and 1.3 million people.
Customers who use the SEP to connect to the network can receive maximum combined throughput speeds of 100Mbps and an unprecedented selection of service providers.
Fluidata, an aggregator of over 50 Internet Service Providers (ISPs), signed up to the Digital Region earlier this year. Fluidata has collaborated with Swedish open access network management specialist, Netadmin Systems and integrator and managed services partner, Magdalene to implement the new SEP.
David Cowell, COO at Digital Region, said: "The service exchange platform offers a real boost for broadband users in South Yorkshire. We built a world-class communications infrastructure and have now added an excellent service provider choice to rival any network in the world.
"The operational support system connecting consumers to these service providers is now as advanced as the fibre network itself. This puts the region in pole position to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the digital economy."
Piers Daniell, director of Fluidata, said: "More than 80 percent of users in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield and the rural areas in-between, now have access to our 50+ ISPs. Not only do the people of South Yorkshire have an enviable network, but they also have access to a very competitive broadband market. This means increased choice for those customers in the region and a larger market for our service providers to access."
The £90m project was wholly owned by the now defunct Yorkshire Forward and the four local authorities of South Yorkshire. It secured £30m from the European Regional Development Fund.
Digital Region website
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