ALLPOINTS FIBRE
NETWORKS: CREATING VALUE WITH PROCUREMENT AND FINANCE
WRITTEN BY: TOM CHAPMAN PRODUCED BY: GLEN WHITE
ALLPOINTS FIBRE NETWORKS
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ALLPOINTS FIBRE NETWORKS
Stuart Farrell and Natalia Merkulova share the success story of procurement and finance collaboration at AllPoints Fibre Networks following their recent integration
future of Britain’s digital infrastructure is being shaped by a company that, despite its relative youth, carries telecommunications history in its DNA. AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN), a national wholesale full-fibre business, is revolutionising UK connectivity by enabling access to national fibre networks with a focus on providing seamless service for its customers.
While the full-fibre scale build only began in the UK around 2019, the history of the sector in which AllPoints Fibre operates can be traced back to the Victorian era, when the foundations of Britain’s telecommunications network were first laid.
Stuart Farrell, Chief Procurement Officer at APFN, explains: “When I first joined, we saw pictures of civils teams in the 1890s in flat caps, crisp white -collar shirts and tweed waistcoats, digging up major cities and putting copper cables in the ground. In some areas of the UK today we are still using that infrastructure.”
Fast forward to the 21st century and, although some of the challenges are the same, the way the service is delivered has evolved and requires an integrated customer- and technology-led approach. AllPoints Fibre has embarked on a transformation journey to become
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