St George's University of London Signs Agreement With FibreSpan

St George's University of London has selected FibreSpan, the premier provider of private dark fibre networks, to provide a link for a new LAN extension.

United Kingdom (PRWEB) July 1, 2007 -- St George's University of London has selected FibreSpan, the premier provider of private dark fibre networks, to provide a link for a new LAN extension.

St George's University of London offers medicine and health sciences, and is part of the confederation of colleges that constitute the University of London. It shares its main campus with St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, one of the busiest hospitals in the NHS.

The 1600m network will link the main campus with student halls and a remote server room. As an independent dual institution, both the University and NHS Trust will benefit from the secure, high-speed, dedicated network delivered by the service.

The network is due to be deployed during the summer and offers the University a highly flexible, reliable and cost-effective way to deliver secure communications between its sites.

FibreSpan has worked with UK academic organisations since 2002 and currently provides private fibre networks to many institutions across the country including those in the cities of London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Cardiff. Universities are attracted to its fixed price unlimited bandwidth model, with moderate capital costs and low recurrent costs, make it affordable to build high performance private fibre networks.

For further information please contact Kerry Jago, Marketing Consultant, Zest Marketing on +44 (0)7817 916654 or k.jago@justaddzest.com.

About FibreSpan - fibrespan.co.uk

FibreSpan is a fibre solutions company with a national telecommunications licence. It designs, installs, operates and leases private dark fibre circuits, working in partnership with health and education, local authorities and other multi-site organisations. Established in 2001, it is an independent UK national statutory utility, licensed by the DTI and regulated by Ofcom.

It is FibreSpan's goal to make fibre optic connectivity a viable solution for organisations throughout the UK. In order to achieve this, the company has invested in developing patent-pending microduct technology that is swiftly changing the face of fibre optic deployment - allowing access to bespoke dark fibre connectivity at an affordable and competitive rate.

FibreSpan offer an end-to-end service that includes consultation, network planning, rapid deployment and comprehensive support. Its dark fibre networks offer unlimited bandwidth at a fixed cost for the term of the contract - a genuinely future proof solution. This puts FibreSpan in a unique position to enable clients to have complete control of future bandwidth demand.

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