Telecoms firm wires in for work

A council has appointed a telecoms firm to upgrade its network as part of a “wider digital transformation strategy”.

Marlow- based MLL Telecom, a leading provider of secure managed network services for the UK public sector, will carry out the work for South Ayrshire Council.

The new Wide Area Network ( WAN) will help to support council services – from basic telephone and email, through to core business systems.

The MLL Telecom WAN will completely replace South Ayrshire’s legacy wireless network infrastructure to deliver a fully managed network service.

The new network infrastructure will have a transformative impact for the local authority with schools in particular benefiting from enhanced bandwidth and a more reliable service.

The new WAN will also have the ability to deliver additional and cost effective connectivity for services such as traffic lights, CCTV and public Wi- Fi over the new core network.

“Having grown up in Ayr, I know first- hand the challenges that South Ayrshire communities face as a result of poor network infrastructure,” said Ross Duke, Technology Director at MLL Telecom.

“It’s time that the ageing infrastructure is brought into the future and is able to support the Council’s digital transformation plans.

“We’ll be combining our experience as a managed service provider to the public sector and demonstrating our ability to provide a resilient, reliable and secure solution to upgrade a network that is no longer fit for purpose.”