Partnering with Nokia to bring Gigabit broadband to the East of England

We are thrilled to be working closely with Nokia, to bring an end-to-end network solution to customers as we roll out our gigabit full fibre network to homes and businesses across the East of England.

The agreement covers a turnkey solution in which Nokia is supporting Lightspeed directly as a Key Account and providing us with their 10 GBps symmetric capable XGS PON technology for both customer homes and our Points of Presence (PoPs), as well as their aggregation switching and IP edge solutions. It also includes Nokia’s whole home Wi-Fi 6 Beacons and Altiplano management platform which support the latest Wi-Fi 6 standard and use algorithms to detect and mitigate potential issues in the home in real-time.

With the aim of reaching the first 100,000 customers by the end of 2022, our network build is underway in ten towns across South Lincolnshire and West Norfolk, including Boston, Bourne, Holbeach, Kings Lynn and South Wootton, Market Deeping, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford and expanding through Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex

Our Chief Executive Officer, Steve Haines, said: “We are delighted to be a key account for Nokia, which we feel reflects our strategic relationship and growth potential. Nokia has demonstrated the flexibility and agility we need to support our ambitious deployment plans.”

Jeremy Steventon-Barnes, our Chief Technology Officer, commented: “Following a rigorous selection process we chose Nokia for their industry-leading and future-proofed solution which means we can offer 10Gb/s services with best-in-class whole-home Wi-Fi 6 today, and upgrade to even faster speeds in the future.”

Phil Siveter CEO UK & Ireland, Nokia said: “High speed broadband is crucial to the UK’s economic growth, and we’re delighted to be supporting Lightspeed’s entire deployment, from the customer's Wi-Fi router to the Broadband Network Gateways that connect Lightspeed to the global Internet”.