{"id":2904,"date":"2021-07-16T18:21:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2021-07-16T18:21:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:21:55","slug":"prepare-for-the-great-network-switch-off-says-globaldata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=2904","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for the great network switch-off, says GlobalData"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Openreach, BT\u2019s infrastructure division, is encouraging UK enterprises to plan for life after its analogue network will be switched off in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With old mobile networks also set to be switched off at around the same time, it is time for the UK plc to plan ahead.<br \/>\nRobert Pritchard, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on this announcement: \u201cYears ago, talk was of plain old telephony services (POTS) and pretty amazing new services (PANS), but then the \u2018IP over everything and everything over IP\u2019 mantra took over and is increasingly becoming reality.<br \/>\n\u201cThe analogue switch-off is approaching and Openreach is calling on UK businesses to check their connections with an audit of their systems and devices before everyone is moved to new digital services, with over 14 million lines set for migration over the next four years. Openreach is encouraging customers to check not just their phone lines, but other connected systems like alarms, lifts, payment card readers and, critically, medical equipment.<br \/>\n\u201cIn parallel, enterprises should also be checking their systems and devices that are connected to older mobile networks, with Vodafone and EE set to shut down their 2G and 3G mobile networks in the next few years (service providers worldwide are switching off their old networks as spectrum gets reallocated). This \u2018sunsetting\u2019 process has implications for a wide range of applications, including older smart meters, CCTV and emergency services connectivity.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s good that service providers are highlighting these changes well in advance as literally millions of businesses and end consumers\u2019 devices and applications might be affected. A similar process took place for the Y2K scare and \u2013 thankfully \u2013 planes did not start falling from the sky. With an appropriate strategy everything should go according to plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Above, London \/ Image credited to telecomkh<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openreach, BT\u2019s infrastructure division, is encouraging UK enterprises to plan for life after its analogue network will be switched off in 2025 With old mobile networks also set to be switched off at around the same time, it is time for the UK plc to plan ahead. Robert Pritchard, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, a leading &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=2904\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abPrepare for the great network switch-off, says GlobalData\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2906,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions\/2906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}