A century of telephone services

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Openreach, the functional department of BT which manages infrastructure, has commenced talks on the mammoth task of switching 16 million UK landlines by the year 2025. This step is part of the long-term plan to move telephony from the traditional PSTN network to the internet based platform of which VoIP is part. As cambodia telegram a part of this change, Openreach will gradually terminate its WLR – or Wholesale Line Rental – offerings. These rely on the PSTN network but as customers switch to VoIP, they will no longer be necessary.



Commenting on the plan, an Openreach spokesperson said that the PSTN network was a combination of different networks that were associated with the development of the GPO – or General Post Office – telephone network, that dates back to the 19th century. However most of the equipment in use these days only goes back a few decades, the oldest probably being relics of the 1980s.

The change to VoIP, or a network based around fibre transmission, is a major shake-up for the industry and for communication providers, or CPs. More than 15 million users will be required to take up an alternative provider by the time the PSTN network is shut down. This may also mean that business or residential users will have to upgrade the equipment that they are using to be able to connect to a VoIP platform or whatever communication alternative they choose