Gateshead Technology Innovation, better known as G-ti is two things:

1)  A  Next Generation Network (NGN) and the most modern fibre optic network to be rolled out in the UK

2) An Open Access Network (OAN) where any communciations provider can use the G-ti network to provide services to its end user

So what does this mean to...?

Communications Providers: it gives you the opportunity to deliver world class services over a future-proof infrastructure at a prices that will enable you to compete effectively. The superb performance of the network gives you the opportunity to focus on your service offering and build long term relationships with customers, encourage them to increase their usage and sell them new and innovative applications and technologies.

Help your customers improve their business and you will improve your business - that's what G-ti enables.

End Users: it offers the ability to choose which communications provider to work with, whilst re-directing valuable budget and resources away from expensive excess installation charges.

Future Proof : G-ti is future-proof; no need to worry about how to deliver new developments in the fields of applications,  working methodologies and 3D HD Content. G-ti's delivery mechanism of fibre to the premise will support all of these and more. G-ti's fibre optic network enables the delivery of content and applications for today and for the future.

So what new benefits will G-ti Deliver?

New technologies and applications such as cloud-based computing  and software as a service are reliant on a stable and fast Internet connection; G-ti delivers this.

G-ti is about leveraging a high speed network to deliver application enablement. Relationships built with customers now will reap benefits when technology moves on, applications are developed and businesses become more demanding.  Bandwidth-hungry applications are invented every day - G-ti enables you to provide them to your customers straight away.

• So what makes G-ti so special?

G-ti is a joint venture between Gateshead Council and Alcatel-Lucent Telecom; two organisations with a track record in making the impossible happen. From Gateshead Quays to the Angel of The North, Gateshead Council has put the borough on the map.  Projects like The Sage Gateshead, The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art,  the Gateshead Millenium Bridge have forever changed the skyline of the borough and made it an international destination and centre of cultural and creative excellence.

Alcatel-Lucent Technologies is a multi billion Euro communications company which focuses on the delivery of converged broadband, IP, Mobile and Fixed solutions. Within the Alcatel-Lucent family sits Bell Labs an organisation that literally invented fibre optic data transmission. For this, Bell Labs was awarded a Nobel prize bringing its total of Nobel prizes to seven.

We have a team of technical experts on hand to drive forward innovation, making sure that G-ti stays at the forefront of technical advancement and that Gateshead remains one of the best connected locations in the UK.

• So what does G-ti actually offer?

G-ti offers wholesale access to a customer premises in both SDH (2mb/s and 155mb/s)and Ethernet Variants (100mb/s, 1gb/s, 2.5gb/s and 10gb/s). G-ti wholesale only, thus allowing for the contractual end-customer ownership to sit with their Communciations Provider.