Hampshire’s Onestream looks to triple staff following £40m Vodafone deal
Whiteley-based ISP Onestream will look to triple its staffing numbers after signing a £40 million, two-year strategic agreement with Newbury-based telecoms giant Vodafone.
The deal will significantly extend Onestream’s UK coverage by enabling the firm’s customers to connect to Vodafone’s high-speed SoGEA (single order generic ethernet access) network, covering 95 per cent of the UK.
Onestream will also be able to offer gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) plans, building on their current superfast FTTC packages. It is hoped this new offering, named True Fibre, will double the firm’s customer base to 100,000 by adding 50,000 new connections over the next two years.
Through Vodafone, Onestream will be able to use the infrastructure of both Openreach and CityFibre.
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The ISP sees this as the next phase of their growth, and intends to grow its number of employees to 130, from its current 40, in the next year, having moved into a 6,000 square foot premises earlier this year in a move that doubled the size of their headquarters.
Aaron Brown, co-Founder of Onestream, said: “Through this partnership with Vodafone, we will reach more customers than any other broadband provider, along with the ability to offer Gigabit speeds to a rapidly growing number of households and business premises.
“Alongside the significant expansion of our sales and customer service teams, this puts us in a prime position to deliver resilient, high-speed, quality broadband to millions across the UK. It represents a huge opportunity for us and for our customers as the power of FTTP connections brings reliable, fast broadband speeds directly into homes across the UK.
“We are excited to be taking this significant step forward in our mission to be at the forefront of the Gigabit revolution and the UK’s broadband provider of choice, with a capability and reach that makes Onestream ‘The One for Everyone’.”
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