TalkTalk to Utilize BT’s Fiber-Optic Broadband Network

TalkTalk, provider of broadband and phone bundle solutions, has planned to utilize BT’s fiber-optic broadband network. By leveraging BT’s fiber-optic infrastructure, TalkTalk will be able to provide broadband packages that will have maximum download speeds of 40 Mb/s. The high-speed broadband is almost two times faster than the existing speed.

TalkTalk’s Chairman, Charles Dunstone stated that the company is all set to use BT’s high-speed infrastructure. This will make the company to become BT’s first wholesale customer.

BT had planned to provide its fiber-optic services to two-thirds of UK premises by 2015. The company has also planned to provide the fiber-optic technology to four million homes and businesses by 2010 end.

Andrew Parker of the Financial Times newspaper informed that analysts had claimed that BT would not gain much from its fiber-optic technology, but now the company will be happy with the new turn of events.