Entanet
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Entanet International is a British Wholesale ISP and is a member of the Internet Service Providers Association
capacity without having to buy a full central from BT Wholesale
Expands into Europe with PoPs in Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris. Joins AMS-IX, SFINX and De-CIX.
Entanet begins to sponsor Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
Entanet launches a business Ethernet First Mile
product in the West Midlands
using LLU
copper lines from Openreach
awards, but didn't win any
Wins CRN
Channel awards "Specialist Vendor" of the year award.
awards, but didn't win any. Sponsored the 'Best Portal' award.
Retains CRN
Channel awards "Specialist Vendor" of the year award.
awards.
- Wins Best Consumer Email and Best Internet Telephony
Finalist for Specialist Vendor of the Year – CRN
Channel Awards 2008.
Ranked 61st in the Sunday Times Techtrack 100
Ranked 50th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50
Listed in the Tech Media Invest Top 100
Ranked 435th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA
Finalist in the CRN
Channel Awards 2009, Comms National Awards 2009 and category of Best Internet Telephony in the 2009 ISPA Awards.
Ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100
Entanet’s founder, Jason Tsai, was named as the Comms Business Awards ‘Channel Entrepreneur of
the Year’.
Finalist in the CRN Channel Awards ‘Specialist Vendor of the Year’, Comms National Awards ‘Internet Service Provider of the Year’, Comms Business Awards ‘Hosted IP Telephony Supplier of the Year’, PCR Awards ‘Specialist Vendor of the Year’ and categorise of Best Business Fixed Broadband ISP, Best Internet Telephony and Best Business Customer Service ISP in 2010 ISPA Awards.
ISPA Awards ‘Best Business Customer Service ISP’ (Finalist)
ITSPA Awards ‘Best Business ITSP (SMEs)’ (Finalist)
ITSPA Awards ‘Best Business ITSP (Large Enterprise)’ (Finalist)
and VoIP.
Internet Services for Corporates and smaller ISPs.
delivered broadband services to smaller ISP's.
s and Metro Ethernet
solutions, but are specialising in providing wholesale
solutions delivered to smaller ISPs using MPLS
based solutions.
Internet Service Providers Association
The Internet Service Providers Association, or ISPA, is a British body representing providers of Internet Services.-History:ISPA was established in 1995 as the first trade association for ISPs, promoting competition, self-regulation and progress within the Internet industry...
1996
Entanet is formed as a limited company in November after running as a separate business unit with Enta Technologies since February.2005
Launches a 'Virtual Pipe' solution for ISP's wanting to buy IPStreamIpstream
IPstream is the most highly-used wholesale broadband Internet service in the United Kingdom. BT Wholesale sells the service to ISPs and IPTV providers, who use it to provide ADSL services to customers over Openreach telephone lines....
capacity without having to buy a full central from BT Wholesale
BT Wholesale
BT Wholesale is a division of BT Group responsible for the wholesale leasing of PSTN lines, broadband services and other telephony services to retail customers such as BT Retail, Vodafone and Carphone Warehouse.-External links:*...
Expands into Europe with PoPs in Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris. Joins AMS-IX, SFINX and De-CIX.
2006
All broadband customers on 'MAX' products are upgraded from 'up to 2Mbit/s' to 'up to 8Mbit/s'Entanet begins to sponsor Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
2007
Entanet is selected to take part in the test of BT's 21st Century Network, making it the only non-BT company taking part in the trial.Entanet launches a business Ethernet First Mile
Ethernet in the First Mile
Ethernet in the first mile refers to using one of the Ethernet family of computer network protocols between a telecommunications company and a customer's premise. From the customer's point of view it is their "first" mile, although from the access networks' point of view it is known as the "last...
product in the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
using LLU
LLU
LLU is a three-letter abbreviation which may refer to the following:* Alluitsup Paa Heliport , in Alluitsup Paa, Greenland* Local-loop unbundling* Loma Linda University...
copper lines from Openreach
2008
Entanet launches ADSL2+ services based on BT's 21st Century Network on 15 July. Though to date this is only available via the following areas. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Bristol ,Preston, London North West. The remaining eleven are scheduled to be live September 2008.2010
On 3rd June, as Entagroup celebrates its twentieth year in business, its founder and CEO, Jason Tsai has been recognised for his innovation and commitment to the IT channel by being awarded the title of Channel Entrepreneur of the Year by the Comms Business Awards.2011
Entanet launches synergipartner portal website on 12th April. It provides resellers with account management and ordering, reporting processes and encourages knowledge sharing between partners and the company itself.2006
Nominated for three separate ISPAInternet Service Providers Association
The Internet Service Providers Association, or ISPA, is a British body representing providers of Internet Services.-History:ISPA was established in 1995 as the first trade association for ISPs, promoting competition, self-regulation and progress within the Internet industry...
awards, but didn't win any
Wins CRN
CRN
CRN may refer to:* Center for Responsible Nanotechnology* Climate Reference Network a network of climate stations in the United States for future long-term standardized observations* Cognos Reportnet* CREMe Research Network...
Channel awards "Specialist Vendor" of the year award.
2007
Nominated for five separate ISPAInternet Service Providers Association
The Internet Service Providers Association, or ISPA, is a British body representing providers of Internet Services.-History:ISPA was established in 1995 as the first trade association for ISPs, promoting competition, self-regulation and progress within the Internet industry...
awards, but didn't win any. Sponsored the 'Best Portal' award.
Retains CRN
CRN
CRN may refer to:* Center for Responsible Nanotechnology* Climate Reference Network a network of climate stations in the United States for future long-term standardized observations* Cognos Reportnet* CREMe Research Network...
Channel awards "Specialist Vendor" of the year award.
2008
Nominated for five separate ISPAInternet Service Providers Association
The Internet Service Providers Association, or ISPA, is a British body representing providers of Internet Services.-History:ISPA was established in 1995 as the first trade association for ISPs, promoting competition, self-regulation and progress within the Internet industry...
awards.
- Wins Best Consumer Email and Best Internet Telephony
Finalist for Specialist Vendor of the Year – CRN
CRN
CRN may refer to:* Center for Responsible Nanotechnology* Climate Reference Network a network of climate stations in the United States for future long-term standardized observations* Cognos Reportnet* CREMe Research Network...
Channel Awards 2008.
Ranked 61st in the Sunday Times Techtrack 100
Ranked 50th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50
2009
Ranked 61st in the Sunday Times Techtrack 100Listed in the Tech Media Invest Top 100
Ranked 435th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA
Finalist in the CRN
CRN
CRN may refer to:* Center for Responsible Nanotechnology* Climate Reference Network a network of climate stations in the United States for future long-term standardized observations* Cognos Reportnet* CREMe Research Network...
Channel Awards 2009, Comms National Awards 2009 and category of Best Internet Telephony in the 2009 ISPA Awards.
2010
Ranked 78th in the Real Business Hot 100Ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100
Entanet’s founder, Jason Tsai, was named as the Comms Business Awards ‘Channel Entrepreneur of
the Year’.
Finalist in the CRN Channel Awards ‘Specialist Vendor of the Year’, Comms National Awards ‘Internet Service Provider of the Year’, Comms Business Awards ‘Hosted IP Telephony Supplier of the Year’, PCR Awards ‘Specialist Vendor of the Year’ and categorise of Best Business Fixed Broadband ISP, Best Internet Telephony and Best Business Customer Service ISP in 2010 ISPA Awards.
2011
Wins ISPA Awards ‘Best Internet Telephony’ISPA Awards ‘Best Business Customer Service ISP’ (Finalist)
ITSPA Awards ‘Best Business ITSP (SMEs)’ (Finalist)
ITSPA Awards ‘Best Business ITSP (Large Enterprise)’ (Finalist)
Voice
Formerly run as a separate company Entacall this division, now integrated with Entanet, provides traditional voice services such as Non-Geographic Numbers, Carrier Pre-Select, Wholesale Line RentalWholesale line rental
Wholesale Line Rental is a service in which a telecommunication operator takes control of all the connections made through a telephone line from the native operator and collects the subscription fee from the subscribers....
and VoIP.
Data
Entanet started as a simple ISP providing Internet Access to business and residential end users but has branched out and now specialised in WholesaleWholesale
Wholesaling, jobbing, or distributing is defined as the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users, or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services...
Internet Services for Corporates and smaller ISPs.
Broadband
Acting as an aggregator of other people services rather than as a true wholesale provider of broadband, Entanet has been able to carve a substantial niche of L2TPL2TP
In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks . It does not provide any encryption or confidentiality by itself; it relies on an encryption protocol that it passes within the tunnel to provide privacy.-History:Published in 1999...
delivered broadband services to smaller ISP's.
Leased Lines and Metro Ethernet
Entanet provides a range of different solutions when it comes to Leased lineLeased line
A leased line is a service contract between a provider and a customer, whereby the provider agrees to deliver a symmetric telecommunications line connecting two or more locations in exchange for a monthly rent . It is sometimes known as a 'Private Circuit' or 'Data Line' in the UK or as CDN in Italy...
s and Metro Ethernet
Metro Ethernet
A Metro Ethernet is a computer network that covers a metropolitan area and that is based on the Ethernet standard. It is commonly used as a metropolitan access network to connect subscribers and businesses to a larger service network or the Internet...
solutions, but are specialising in providing wholesale
Wholesale
Wholesaling, jobbing, or distributing is defined as the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users, or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services...
solutions delivered to smaller ISPs using MPLS
Mpls
MPLS or Mpls can refer to:* Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States* Multiprotocol Label Switching, a data-carrying mechanism in computer networking...
based solutions.