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LightSpeed has joined forces with Neos Networks to expand its FTTP and wholesale services, highlighting LightSpeed’s commitment to delivering Gigabit broadband to underserved communities while bolstering its network infrastructure.
Wider availability of Lightspeed’s existing 10Gbps XGS-PON technology and capacity services is now being developed using Neos Networks’ UK-wide network, providing its wholesale customers more access and choice with purchasing connectivity.
The LightSpeed Group operates through two entities: LightSpeed Networks, which builds and manages the infrastructure for its retail and growing wholesale services, and LightSpeed Broadband, which provides connectivity directly to homes and businesses across the Midlands and east of England.
Neos Networks is providing LightSpeed with connectivity solutions, including dark fibre, 100Gbps and 10Gbps optical links, and backhaul services.
This partnership enables LightSpeed Networks to expand into new regions like north Staffordshire and connect to critical data centres in London, Manchester, and Birmingham. As a result, LightSpeed can offer bespoke wholesale services and managed solutions to other service providers, delivering alternatives to incumbent providers.
Chris Tagg, Chief Technology and Information Officer at The LightSpeed Group, said: “This collaboration equips us with the flexibility and scalability to expand into new markets while staying true to our commitment to exceptional service delivery – especially in areas where traditional options like Openreach are unavailable.”
