The new product – OSA 100G Single – will offer symmetrical point-to-point Ethernet links. This will be available at 100GE (gibabits per second) or alternatively 10 separate channels at 10GE (Gigabit Ethernet), at a starting wholesale price of £863 per month when blending the connection and annual rental.
Simon Williams, head of optical products, Openreach, explained, “Demand for 100G point-to-point managed services in the access network is on the rise, supporting the growing demand for services like corporate cloud applications housed in both private and public data centres, as the size and regularity of data transfers continue to grow.
“Based on our own research we believe that this offering will move 100G into the access market at a price that enables communications providers to compete more keenly by leaving them significant commercial headroom to add their own service wrap and ISP layer whilst still challenging current retail pricing.”
The OSA offering is designed to provide businesses with a dedicated, secure and always-on fibre link. The service also features a small range of product options that Openreach said will “help create a solution that is easier to understand, consume and manage”.