U.K. mobile providers Everything Everywhere and Three are getting new Ethernet backhaul services from Virgin Media Business.
Mobile Broadband Network Ltd. is the network sharing joint venture between Everything Everywhere and Hutchison 3G UK (H3G UK), and is the entity buying the capacity.
The mobile service providers will be among the first customers to adopt the Virgin Media Business “Sync-E” solution.
MBNL Ltd has signed a £100 million plus, eight year contract with Virgin Media Business.
The technology is the U.K.’s only synchronous Ethernet mobile backhaul service. The first phase of deployment will see MBNL harness the power of the 1 Gigabit per second Ethernet service.
With mobile data traffic set to increase by 33 times over the next decade, all mobile operators are under increasing pressure to deal with the surge in mobile data. The mobile backhaul network will unlock capacity for the future and ensure that whether a user is purchasing several albums at a time, streaming HD video or downloading applications built using augmented reality technology that the experience will be seamless.