Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

No link yet. Hot off the press.

Virgin Media Business have won a deal to provide the Backhaul for O2 mobile from BT

Which means they will now provide Backhaul for EE, H3G, O2 & Vodafone.

Full house!

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

Keeps us busy in access network planning. :)

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

Will they all be on separate networks inside VM so that one network issue doesn't take out all the phone providers at once? Have no idea how the backhaul stuff for mobiles works.

Someone mentioned in another thread something about monopoly or competition issues with VM doing the backhaul for all the operators. Is that really an issue in the mobile data arena?

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

All of the backhaul circuits are provided on fully diverse systems and are all fully independent of each other.

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

Just that sentence makes my brain hurt.

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

me too, as I was made redundant when BT Cellnet (which became O2) split off from BT.

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

Seems like a good business deal, don't think that VMB are taking all the providers mentioned data traffic, maybe these deals are awarded to a few different companys so not exclusive to one provider??? So I wouldn't have thought that would be anything to do with monopolies??? Again not sure about the deal so all maybes at the moment.

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

Deal also done to help Sky

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...-business.html

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

So much for some who said VM would wither on the vine and die.

Re: Virgin Media Business win O2 mobile Backhaul contract
 

I think this shows they need each other, and can work together.