Entanet

Infobox Company
name = [http://www.enta.net/ Entanet International Ltd]

type = Limited Company
genre = Company Profile
foundation = 1996 [ [http://point-topic.com/content/operatorSource/profiles2/entanet.htm Entanet | Operator Profile | Point Topic ] ]
founder = Steve Lalonde
location_city = Telford
location_country = UK
location =
locations =
area_served = UK,Europe,Worldwide
key_people = Jason Tsai (President) [http://www.answers.com/topic/entanet-international-ltd?cat=biz-fin Entanet International Ltd.: Information and Much More from Answers.com ] ]
Steve Lalonde (Chief Technical Officer)
industry = Internet
products = Wholesale Internet Services
services = ADSL2+
Broadband
Metro Ethernet
Dialup
Colocation
SDSL
Domains
Transit
VoIP
PSTN
Carrier Pre Selection
Non Geographical Numbers
revenue = 2006 16 Million GBP increase
owner = Jason Tsai
num_employees = 93 (Oct 2007)
parent = Entagroup
divisions = Voice
Data
slogan = Connecting Confidence
homepage = [http://www.enta.net/ www.enta.net]
intl = yes

Entanet International is a British Wholesale ISP and is a member of the Internet Service Providers Association [ [http://www.ispa.org.uk/cgi-bin/member_list.cgi ISPA - Member List ] ]

History

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 IPStream capacity without having to buy a full central from BT Wholesale [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BNG/is_2005_May_19/ai_n13760143 Setting up your own ISP made simple by Entanet | Internet Business News | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ]

Expands into Europe with PoPs in Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris. Joins AMS-IX [ [http://www.ams-ix.net/connected/show_member.html?id=9e6f98cae711784956b1f3bb5455c397 AMS-IX - Member Details ] ] , SFINX [http://www.renater.fr/IMG/pdf/Contacts-SFINX.pdf] and De-CIX [ [http://www.de-cix.net/info/connected.html DE-CIX - Already Connected ] ] .

2006

All broadband customers on 'MAX' products are upgraded from 'up to 2Mbit/s' to 'up to 8Mbit/s' [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ECZ/is_2006_March_31/ai_n16117172 Entanet introduces higher speed broadband services | Telecomworldwire | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ]

Entanet begins to sponsor Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club [ [http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/News_Article_JS1.cfm?NewsID=1608&YearViewed=2006&Newsmonth=8&EndDay=15&StartDay=1&NoNews=0 Telecoms News - Entanet Sponsors Wolves FC (PIC) ] ]

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. [ [http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/28720/Entanet-to-test-BTs-21CN Entanet to test BT's 21CN - PC Retail Industry News and Articles from PC Retail - www.pcretailmag.com - www.pcretailmag.com ] ]

Entanet launches a business Ethernet First Mile product in the West Midlands using LLU copper lines from Openreach [ [http://www.samknows.com/broadband/dsloperator.php?provider=entanet Samknows - Entanet summary ] ]

2008

Entanet launches ADSL2+ services based on BT's 21st Century Network on 15th July. Though to date this is only available via the following inter connects. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Bristol ,Preston, London North West. The remaining eleven are scheduled to be live September 2008. [ [http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/3616-entanet-21cn-products-to-go-live-tuesday.html thinkbroadband :: Entanet's 21CN broadband goes live Tuesday ] ] .

Awards

2006

Nominated for three separate ISPA awards, but didn't win any [ [http://www.ispaawards.org.uk/Prevwinners/prev2006.htm The Internet Industry Awards 23rd February 2006 ] ]

Wins CRN Channel awards "Specialist Vendor" of the year award. [ [http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/24946/Enta-picks-up-at-industry-award-ceremony Enta picks up at industry award ceremony - PC Retail Industry News and Articles from PC Retail - www.pcretailmag.com - www.pcretailmag.com ] ]

2007

Nominated for five separate ISPA awards, but didn't win any. Sponsored the 'Best Portal' award. [ [http://www.ispaawards.org.uk/Prevwinners/prev2007.htm The Internet Industry Awards February 2008 ] ]

Retains CRN Channel awards "Specialist Vendor" of the year award. [ [http://www.enta.net/About_Entanet/News_&_Events/Press_Releases/23112007.php Entanet: Press Releases: Entanet invites trialists for first 21CN WBC service trial ] ]

2008

Nominated for five separate ISPA awards. [ [http://www.ispaawards.org.uk/ The Internet Industry Awards 2008 ] ] - Wins Best Consumer Email [http://www.ispaawards.org.uk/newsreleases/Awardsrelease140308.htm The Internet Industry March 2008 ] ] and Best Internet Telephony

Finalist for Specialist Vendor of the Year – CRN Channel Awards 2008. [ [http://www.channelawards.net/ShortlistSpecialistV.asp Channel Awards - Shortlist - Specialist Vendor of the Year 2008]

Product Divisions

Voice

Formally 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 Rental 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 Wholesale 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 [ [http://www.ispreview.co.uk ISPReview] lists Entanet as 10th biggest ISP in the UK (Oct 07)] of L2TP delivered broadband services to smaller ISP's.

Leased Lines and Metro Ethernet

Entanet provides a range of different solutions when it comes to Leased lines and Metro Ethernet solutions, but are specialising in providing wholesale solutions delivered to smaller ISPs using MPLS based solutions.

Dial Up

The first service provided by Entanet was dial-up access, this service is still available (although the market is in serious decline) either as individual accounts or as a Virtual ISP service called Viper [ [http://www.freelancers.net/show_forum/20020801/52027.html RE: FN-FORUM Reseller dial-up connections ] ] .

Colocation

Entanet claim to have three data centres in Telford (they actually appear to have three separate spaces in the same building) with 180 racks available for customers equipment [anecdotal from [mailto:[e-mail]] ] .

Notes and References

External links

* [http://www.enta.net/ www.enta.net]
* [http://noc.enta.net/ NOC Site]
* [http://www.as8468.net/ Peering Information]
* [http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/entanet.html Entry on Thinkbroadband]
* [http://technorati.com/tag/entanet Technorati Entries]