NEWS
Plume launches with Tele2 in the
Netherlands for Wi-Fi opportunities
P
lume, the Silicon Valley-based creator
of adaptive Wi-Fi, has announced the
availability of its smart home services bundle
in the Netherlands through Tele2, a leading
telecom operator. Designed to address a
number of pain points including inconsistent
Wi-Fi coverage and performance, Plume
learns the needs of the home to make Wi-Fi
faster, safer and more reliable.
Adaptive Wi-Fi fills the entire home with the
strongest possible signal and ensures that
users receive the most reliable and consistent
home Wi-Fi experience on any device.
HomePass guest access allows members
to personalise who gets onto their Wi-Fi
networks, for how long and what they can
do. Advanced parental controls offer further
personalisation, enabling parents to precisely
control when and what services their children
have access to. The ability to freeze Internet,
block access to adult sites, or set access
schedules makes for ultimate peace of mind.
The elegantly designed Plume Pods plug
directly into regular wall mounted power
sockets and can be set up in minutes using
the Plume app for Android and iOS, and
extend smart and fast Wi-Fi to every corner
of the home.
Plume memberships are available to all
Tele2 Internet subscribers for €5.00 per
month. The service bundle, called ‘Slimme
Wi-Fi’, includes adaptive Wi-Fi, HomePass,
advanced parental controls, the Plume app
and a three-pack of Plume Pods. Customers
must have a Tele2 Internet subscription to
add Plume.
Poor Wi-Fi signals, dropped mobile phone calls
and buffering video are now a thing of the
past as Plume constantly analyses and adapts
to every member’s unique environment.
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Tool helps Openreach improve business
fibre connection installation
Q
lik, a leader in data analytics, has
partnered with Openreach, the UK’s
digital network business, to transform
customer service by using a data analytics
tool – Qlik Sense – that has helped halve
the time it takes to connect up fibre
broadband customers.
The solution works by collating data
from Openreach’s multiple systems and
presenting it in a user-friendly format, giving
managers a clearer view of the nature
of the customer orders they are working
on, including how long each job has been
waiting for completion and enabling them to
react more quickly when deciding a course
of action. customers made up of businesses and key
services providers such as schools, hospitals
and mobile cell sites.
Openreach began working with Qlik in 2017
with a pilot to improve performance in its
Fibre and Network Delivery (FND) team –
which is responsible for the rollout of fibre
across the UK, with a focus on Ethernet The Qlik platform has now been officially
adopted and used by 1,000 field-
based managers across the FND team.
Openreach plans to roll out Qlik more
widely later this year to include its service
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delivery arm and ultimately to make it
available to its field engineers.
Johan Salendstedt, Vice President and
General Manager, Northern Europe,
commented: “Our work with Openreach is
testament to the impact that data analytics
can have in supporting the evolution of the
UK’s digital infrastructure.”
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