UK Data WAN Market Continues to Evolve

• The combination of Virgin Media and O2 is potentially a significant counterweight to BT and Vodafone, but plenty of competition from challengers like Exponential-e and Neos Networks

R. Pritchard

• Roll-out of local/last-mile fiber networks extending and expanding bandwidth and choice, ensuring ongoing competition and innovation – both through direct and third-party channels

UK enterprises, organizations, and the public sector increasingly rely on data connectivity to deliver to their customers, to communicate, and share information internally and with partners. While the scope and manner of such communications has changed (e.g., greater use of public Internet and the growing importance of cloud/SaaS connectivity) during the COVID-19 pandemic, the fundamentals of market growth remain: everyone is using more data everyday for an expanding range of activities, applications, and communications.