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Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced the launch of a new range of new Optical Network Terminals (ONT) from Nokia – the wall-mounted optical modems that get installed alongside their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP lines, which use re-engineered casings made from 85% recycled plastic.
The development was actually touched on a bit last month after we summarised a range of the operator’s new ONTs (here), although at the time we didn’t know about the recycled aspect of their latest kit. The move is one of a number of initiatives under Openreach’s “Let’s Reach Zero” strategy — a commitment to reach Net Zero emissions in its operations by 2031.
NOTE: Openreach’s FTTP network currently covers 19 million UK premises and their engineers installed around 2 million ONTs last year as take-up grew (they’re expecting to install even more in 2025).
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