TXO, the leading provider of critical telecom network hardware and asset management services, has announced the availability of a wide range of Fibre-to-the-X (FTTx) street cabinets, designed to enable service providers to avoid supply chain challenges and accelerate FTTx roll-outs.
TXO’s street cabinets offer 10 to 12 year lifecycles and can be delivered within eight weeks which is significantly less than the current supply chain delivery time of up to a year.
Households and businesses across the UK demand fibre connectivity so they can access high bandwidth services and the digital economy. Simultaneously, the government is targeting gigabit broadband (FTTx) for 85% of the UK by 2025. This puts pressure on service providers to accelerate their roll-outs of FTTx to meet customer and government demands. Street cabinets play a critical role in the process by enabling the distribution of fibre from a street to a home or business, but supply chain issues are impacting roll-outs. TXO will then service the street cabinets with refurbished equipment as part of its circular economy model.
Darren Pearce, Group CEO at TXO
A lack of fibre cabinets is a growing issue in the UK impacting many businesses and consumers. While rising demand for fibre means operators need more street cabinets, the supply chain crisis is causing significant bottlenecks and driving up prices. As a result, network operators are under huge pressure to deliver.
