MLL Telecom has been awarded a £12M contract by Surrey County Council (SCC) to provide and manage high-speed fibre wide area network (WAN) and WiFi services.
The contract was procured under the South East Grid (SEG) Framework Agreement and runs for a period of 10 years in respect of WAN services and an initial five years for WiFi, with an option to extend the latter for a further five.
The transition and upgrade of existing Council WAN began in In August 2023, and completion in August 2024 saw all sites successfully transitioned. This meant taking advantage of MLL’s high-speed SD-WAN based solutions for delivering high-speed access to Internet, WiFi, PSN and HSCN network services.
By March 2025, 108 of these sites will be connected over a new BT Openreach Full Fibre (FTTP) network operated by Neos Networks.
Gail Harvey, MLL’s Business Development Director said: “Being awarded this network transition and transformation contract demonstrates our ability to provide members of the South East Grid consortium with agile and future-proof network solutions.”
“We are now in a strong position to potentially extend our services to include schools and healthcare facilities in Surrey.”
Commented Matt Scott, CDIO at Surrey County Council: “We look forward to the efficiencies and social value MLL’s network services will deliver to all the stakeholders concerned including council employees and local residents.”
Stuart Wallis, CCO, MLL Telecom concluded: “With Surrey County Council joining the SEG consortium, SCC have benefited from a single vendor solution to achieve a network-wide refresh, taking advantage of the latest technologies including SD-WAN integrated with WiFi.”