MLL Telecom has won an initial three-year managed SD-WAN network services contract from Pobl Group, a housing association customer, in a £700, 000 deal that follows a merger to create Wales’ largest housing association.
The contract is procured under the YPO Framework on which MLL was accepted less than three months ago and supports a digital unification ‘Network Alignment’ programme following Pobl Group’s recent merger with Linc Cymru.
This will create the largest housing association in Wales and to be rebranded Codi Group from January 2026.
The newly expanded group will manage 24,000 homes in Wales with plans for growth to deliver more than 4,500 new homes over the next five years. The group employs more than 3,000 people.
Ahead of the rebrand, MLL will transition around 200 Pobl and Linc Cymru MPLS legacy sites onto a unified, secure SD-WAN network that will feature a Zero-trust architecture with managed real-time threat detection and response, and integration with Azure Public Cloud to allow cross-organisation collaboration.
It is hoped the project will save more than half a million pounds over the three-year period through streamlined procurement and infrastructure consolidation.
Peter Murphy, Head of Technology Operations, Pobl Group said: “By merging two legacy MPLS networks into a single SD-WAN managed service, we’re enabling collaboration, enhanced cyber resilience and smarter service delivery for our teams and tenants.”
Gail Harvey, Business Development Director at MLL (pictured) added: “MLL has won this significant UK housing association contract, especially in a competitive tender situation where quality rather than price alone were the deciding factors for Pobl in terms of our demonstrating technology, engineering expertise and support, and customer service."