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Tue, 15/04/2025 - 11:04
Xantaro is joining Freedom Fibre to accelerate the construction of gigabit-enabled full-fibre networks across Shropshire, in a partnership that will be central to Freedom Fibre’s ambition of becoming one of the top five UK altnets.
The deal involves Xantaro providing its ‘Cabinet-as-a-Service’ street cabinet solution, alongside fixed and IP services from Nokia.
As part of this collaboration, Xantaro has established a “Golden Cab” concept, which involves taking street cabinets to a staging centre for testing before field deployment.
This proof-of-concept approach ensures that the Nokia kit has been fully tested and configured, ready to be installed with minimal disruption.
In addition to the physical cabinet services, Xantaro is also providing its professional services team, the High Level Design (HLD) and Low Level Design (LLD) for the active network, including the configuration of the network elements and the installation and commissioning of the Nokia Altiplano management platform.
Freedom Fibre has been awarded a contract under Project Gigabit to provide connectivity to underserved communities in Shropshire, and Xantaro’s expertise will ensure an faster rollout of these services, as well as the integration of assets from Freedom Fibre’s recent merger with VX UK, consolidating and future-proofing its network for large-scale deployment.
David Hough, Network Operations Director at Freedom Fibre said: “We looked for a partner that could provide an end-to-end solution and Xantaro brings agility, responsiveness, and strong ties across Nokia that will help us accelerate our network rollout.”
Xantaro is helping over 40 altnets across the UK to build networks for hard-to-reach communities and was chosen for this project due its track record of completing projects for service providers and in-house technical knowledge and consultancy.
