Wholesale telecom operator aql has recently completed a ‘porting agreement’ with Hull based operator Kingston Communications.
Until now, any subscriber with a Kingston-upon-Hull telephone
number must have their number tied to their fixed line subscription. Now that
the numbers can be ported into the aql ‘cloud’, any Hull number can be moved
away from the existing network onto another fixed line service, or onto an IP
telephone service, or even onto a mobile handset – all for a few pounds a
month.
aql’s
model is to supply capable, friendly, value added resellers who can support the
end customer. This means that aql just need to concentrate on innovation and
maintaining the core network.
“We see the Kingston porting agreement as likely to
act as a catalyst to competition in the Hull area and I’m sure we’ll see new
specialist operators cropping up. An example of such an operator is Theonetwork, who
can merge your office and home numbers onto one mobile device from GBP5 per
month,” said Paul Greaves, sales director, aql.
“This is a real game changer for Hull and gives Hull
customers real choice and flexibility, previously not universally available. We
expect a huge demand via resellers, telecoms companies for this service aswell
as end users direct.The partnership with aql continues to go from strength to
strength following on from the announcement of our MVNO agreement (The One
Network) and other product relationships,” said Martin Lauer, managing
director, The One Point.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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