Infrastructure and managed service specialist ANS and internet connectivity provider Metronet have been chosen by First Choice Homes Oldham to implement a completely new IT infrastructure. The multi-year contract is reported to be worth over £1 million for ANS and around £200,000 for Metronet. The contract will support FCHO’S strategy of providing online customer self-service…
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Metronet in £45m buyout
The management team of Metronet (UK) has led a £45 million secondary buyout of the business, backed by ISIS Equity Partners. The company now has over 1,200 customers for its wireless, fibre and leased lines solutions, including around 30 housing associations such as Eastlands Homes, Trafford Housing Trust, Wythenshawe Housing, Irwell Valley Housing, City West,…
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Irwell Valley spends £100,000 with Metronet
Irwell Valley Housing Association has selected Metronet and its partner Central Network & Technologies (CNT) for the implementation of a new wide area network. The £100,000 contract began in February 2013 and will run for three years. Metronet and CNT have rolled out a complete network refresh for Irwell Valley across 25 sites around Greater…
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Metronet wins £500,000 deal with City West
City West Housing Trust has awarded Metronet a four-year contract for internet connectivity and wide-area networking. The contract began in May 2013 and is worth more than £500,000. City West’s offices around Manchester will now be connected at speeds of between 100Mbps and 1Gbps using a combination of fibre and high-capacity wireless technology. Martin Barber,…
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Metronet launches AnywhereConnect mobile service
Metronet UK has just launched a new 3G mobile service for remote working in the housing sector. The AnywhereConnect service uses direct connections to its partners’ 3G networks to send traffic over an entirely private network infrastructure from the 3G network point straight to the internet, which the company said results in better performance, faster…
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Metronet wireless network at Trafford Housing
Metronet has taken over Trafford Housing Trust’s networking provision after the failure of the housing provider’s incumbent fibre providers to transfer connectivity to its new offices, despite months of planning, leaving it without any internet or telephony services. Bob Dodds, business support manager, Trafford Housing Trust, said, “I remembered seeing a story in which Metronet…
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