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Wildanet is one of 40 altnets in the UK currently working with Xantaro to increase fibre broadband coverage across the country
Wildanet has shared new details about the technology supporting its full fibre rollout in Cornwall, where the company is working to connect more than 35,000 rural premises through the Government’s Project Gigabit scheme.
The rollout, backed by £77 million in public funding, targets rural and underserved communities across the region.
Wildanet is working with long-term partner Xantaro, which is supplying integrated cabinet and exchange solutions aimed at accelerating deployment, enhancing reliability, and reducing operational costs.
Xantaro’s infrastructure comes pre-configured and tested off-site to minimise installation time and disruption. Each cabinet is equipped with heat exchanger cooling technology to reduce noise and prevent moisture and dirt ingress, features designed to improve long-term performance and lower maintenance requirements.
The solution also incorporates Nokia Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) to support high-speed fibre access and network scalability, alongside VIAVI’s OTDR test heads for real-time fibre monitoring and fault detection. Remote out-of-band management enables configuration and troubleshooting even before the backhaul is connected, which streamlines activation and reduces the need for on-site interventions.
Additional features include iLOQ smart locks with full access auditing, and environmental sensors to monitor temperature, smoke, and humidity within the cabinet.
Xantaro is also supporting Wildanet with mesh WiFi systems to help ensure customers get strong and reliable in-home coverage once their broadband is connected.
“Rolling out fibre networks at scale and speed requires smart infrastructure that not only accelerates deployment but also ensures long-term performance.Our fully integrated, pre-configured street cabinets allow altnets like Wildanet to deploy faster while reducing maintenance overhead,” said Stephen Kingdom, CTO of Fixed Networks at Xantaro.
“We’ve been working closely with deployment partners such as Bouyant-C and KMS to deliver high-quality engineering, backed by the Xantaro Quality Assurance,” he continued.
In February, Wildanet announced that it was cutting 35 employees, or 18% of the workforce, due to “external forces”.
“We are reviewing our resource requirements to align our business with the future full fibre roll-out strategy in the South West. This is in response to increased costs and the need to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace as well as addressing the changing skills that our business requires as we move forward with our business plan,” said a company spokesperson.
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