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WLR3 Which route is best for you?

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Here's what you should take into consideration

  • What WLR3 products and functionality do you require?
  • Do you have the in-house expertise to build an interface and ensure it’s intuitive? A must to minimise training costs
  • What performance/availability guarantees can your in-house design team provide?
  • Will your in-house solution be aligned with (and work with) EMP security?
  • Will the solution you design in-house integrate with your billing system and other back office systems, as required?
  • Are you confident about project managing the migration from WLR2 to WLR3 in-house?
  • Do you have the in-house resources and expertise to manage your interface on a day to day basis?
  • Are you confident about upgrading your interface, as necessary, in line with platform upgrades?
  • What’s the total cost of ownership?
  • Will projected order volumes justify the capital expenditure? 
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What you'll need to do

Every organisation wishing to use their own interface gateway to connect to the EMP and order WLR3 products will need to adhere to the following four step process:

  1. Register your interest with Openreach (after which you'll be able to access detailed explanatory documentation and attend WLR3 seminars) and go through Enrolment (the signing of commercial contracts, gathering technical and financial information from our end)
  2. Setup (milestone setting) and Connectivity Testing
  3. Functional Testing (provided via a stable and scalable verification environment that you can use to conduct any number of assurance scenarios)
  4. Launch through Live Verification & Ramp Up (based on pre-agreed implementation timescales).

 

After that, you’ll have to manage your EMP interface on a day to day basis and upgrade it, as necessary, to take advantage of new platform functionality as it becomes available.