BT for O2 merged mobile and fixed network core network

C114 Beijing Time February 3 Morning News (SHANGMU) Although the Spanish Telecom (Telefonica) under the O2 has decided to enter the UK fixed-line market, since March, the provision of home telephone service, with the old club BT, the direct competition.　　But business is business, access to fixed-network broadband field relatively late O2 can not change its positioning as the main stream cable operators, the two sides still have huge cooperation space.　　BT announced a 5-year management service contract with O2, during which the British telecommunications wholesale company, wholesale, will use the British Telecom 21st Century Network (21CN) platform to merge the O2 Mobile and Ftns core network into one network.　　With the increasing popularity of data services in mobile networks and the increasing demand for traffic, a high-performance and flexible core network is essential to provide high level service.　　BT Wholesale will provide a platform for O2 to push a series of next-generation communications services to meet its user needs with high reliability and quality, and help O2 cut capital expenditure.　　The announcement deepened the relationship between two companies, following a series of services provided by BT Wholesale for O2, including mobile core network management services and network management services for fixed-line broadband services. O2 Nigel Pol (Nigel Purdy), head of the UK network department, said that with the O2 into the whole IP world and the increase in data flow, it would be reasonable to merge the fixed network with the mobile core network.　　This will make their business obsolete and provide users with the best possible network.　　He said BT Wholesale was a trusted partner in the UK and was chosen primarily for its O2 experience in management services. "Our industry is undergoing a major evolution from product to value-added management services, and the latest agreement with O2 is another example of the forefront of BT's industry evolution."　　"Because operators want to focus on users while stabilizing their operating and investment costs, the trend towards outsourcing the network to them is continuing," said Brian Fitzpatrick, general manager of BT Wholesale Blaine Fitz. According to C114, O2 formerly known as BT Wireless, a British telecoms mobile subsidiary, was torn apart by British Telecom in 2001. 2006, the purchase of 17.7 billion pounds for Telefónica. In the number of users, O2 is now the largest operator in the UK.