More than 30,000 students and staff at the University of Bristol will soon have access to a new and improved Wi-Fi experience thanks to a major new wireless network project that will be delivered by Telent. It will be one of the largest education networks outside of North America, with the capacity to support over 300,000 devices.
Laying the foundations for the wireless network, Telent will also upgrade the university’s core network and infrastructure that connects buildings across multiple campus locations to a carrier-class 100G capacity. Telent has completed the design and is now testing the new Wi-Fi solution as part of the Modern Network Programme that will be deployed across 229 separate campus locations using over 12,000 wireless access points. The solution will provide ubiquitous and secure connectivity for staff and students across the campus, all while enabling greater collaboration, creative teaching and inclusive learning.
The new campus network will also enable students to take part in comprehensive learning activities due to stable connectivity and improved data security. As part of this project, Telent is designing and implementing a management platform to help the university effectively deliver the new IT services that the network will enable. The design of the network began in 2023 and will be a multi-year programme of work to deploy across campus.