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The expansion builds on a long-standing partnership between Onecom and the operator
Onecom has strengthened its existing partnership with Vodafone with an expanded product set.
The Hampshire-based business telecoms provider confirmed the expansion of its £500m strategic partnership with the operator, as the company eyes further growth.
This expansion will see Onecom offer a broader product set for its 450 channel partners, including wholesale and distribution mobile airtime services.
It also includes SIP, SD-WAN connectivity, IoT and 5G, plus Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and SoGEA services.
Since 2019 Onecom has grown its geographical reach across the UK, with a number of acquisitions underpinned by investment from LDC, including 9 Group, Olive Communications and Nice Network.
“The purchase of 9 Group in March 2021 provided access to an established partner channel, which perfectly complements our direct customer offering,” said Onecom CEO Martin Flick.
“It makes perfect sense to extend our long-standing relationship with Vodafone to those partners. Our unrivalled scale, capability and award-winning proposition will empower our channel partners to scale up, and win greater market share together, to the benefit of customers.”
Flick adds that Onecom has more than 100,000 customers and the firm manages ‘in excess of 800,000 mobile, hosted telephony and connectivity end points’.
Vodafone UK business director Nick Gliddon added: “Bringing the energy, alignment, mobile pedigree and broader experience we have developed together over the years to the Onecom channel partners instantly extends our reach and penetration into the market at a critical time as we head towards the 2025 switch off.