have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message entanet international ltd. connecting confidence type limited company industry internet genre company profile founded 1996 1 headquarters telford uk area served uk europe worldwide key people elsa chen director richard atkins non exec chairman stephen barclay sales director ian brewer finance director mobeus equity partners steve lalonde chief technical officer 2 products wholesale internet services services adsl2 and fibre broadband leased line efm gea colocation ip vpn domains transit voip sip trunking non geographic numbers fttc revenue 2014 29.8 million gbp owner mobeus equity partners elsa chen director stephen barclay sales director ian brewer finance director number of employees 105 apr 2016 parent none divisions voice data website www.enta.net entanet international is a british wholesale isp and is a member of the internet service providers association 3 contents 1 history 1.1 1996 1.2 2005 1.3 2006 1.4 2007 1.5 2008 1.6 2010 1.7 2011 1.8 2012 1.9 2013 1.10 2014 2 awards 2.1 2006 2.2 2007 2.3 2008 2.4 2010 2.5 2011 2.6 2012 2.7 2013 2.8 2014 2.9 2015 3 product divisions 3.1 voice 3.2 data 3.2.1 broadband 3.2.2 leased lines and metro ethernet 3.2.3 colocation 4 notes and references 5 external links history edit 1996 edit entanet is formed as a limited company in november after running as a separate business unit with enta technologies since february . 2005 edit launches a virtual pipe solution for isp s wanting to buy ipstream capacity without having to buy a full central from bt wholesale 4 expands into europe with pops in frankfurt amsterdam and paris . joins ams ix 5 sfinx 6 and de cix . 7 2006 edit all broadband customers on max products are upgraded from up to 2mbit s to up to 8mbit s 8 entanet begins to sponsor wolverhampton wanderers football club 9 2007 edit entanet is selected to take part in the test of bt s 21st century network making it the only non bt company taking part in the trial . 10 entanet launches a business ethernet first mile product in the west midlands using llu copper lines from openreach 11 2008 edit entanet launches adsl2 services based on bt s 21st century network on 15 july . though to date this is only available via the following areas . birmingham wolverhampton manchester glasgow leeds cardiff bristol preston london north west . the remaining eleven are scheduled to be live september 2008 . 12 2010 edit on 3 june as entagroup celebrates its twentieth year in business its founder and ceo jason tsai has been recognised for his innovation and commitment to the it channel by being awarded the title of channel entrepreneur of the year by the comms business awards . 13 2011 edit entanet launches synergi 14 partner portal website on 12 april . it provides resellers with account management and ordering reporting processes and encourages knowledge sharing between partners and the company itself . 15 2012 edit entanet launches 80 mbit s fttc . the company also made improvements to their uk infrastructure by upgrading the capacity of its northern ring to 10 gbit s. they also announced a new colocation site in slough . 16 2013 edit entanet launch bt based unlimited broadband . 17 they also launched generic ethernet access gea 18 2014 edit in february entanet announced a significant investment in its business with mobeus equity partners making an initial 6 million investment to support the 14 million management buyout . 19 awards edit 2006 edit nominated for three separate ispa awards but didn t win any 20 wins crn channel awards specialist vendor of the year award . 21 2007 edit nominated for five separate ispa awards but didn t win any . sponsored the best portal award . 22 retains crn channel awards specialist vendor of the year award . 23 2008 edit nominated for five separate ispa awards . 24 wins best consumer email 25 and best internet telephony 25 finalist for specialist vendor of the year crn channel awards 2008 . 26 2010 edit ranked 78th in the real business hot 100 27 finalist in the crn channel awards specialist vendor of the year comms national awards internet service provider of the year comms business awards hosted ip telephony supplier of the year pcr awards specialist vendor of the year and categorise of best business fixed broadband isp best internet telephony and best business customer service isp in 2010 ispa awards . 28 2011 edit wins ispa awards best internet telephony 29 2012 edit wins comms national awards for best channel wholesale service provider 30 2013 edit wins comms national awards for best channel isp 31 won at the ispa awards for best business fixed broadband 32 entanet were awarded channel marketing campaign of the year at the comms dealer sales awards . 33 2014 edit entanet s marketing team won best marketing team at the comms dealer sales awards 34 2015 edit wins comms business awards wholesale service provider of the year large 35 won at crn sales & marketing awards best vendor account management team 36 won at the ispa awards for best sme broadband 37 product divisions edit voice edit formerly run as a separate company entacall this division now integrated with entanet provides traditional voice services such as non geographic numbers ngns carrier preselect cps wholesale line rental wlr and voip . data edit entanet started as a simple isp providing internet access to business and residential end users but has branched out and now specialised in wholesale internet services for corporates and smaller isps . broadband edit entanet s broadband serves two different channel partner groups those who want to resell broadband packages and earn commission ; and those who want to take entanet s wholesale broadband to carve their own niche under their own brand . entanet has been able to carve a substantial niche 38 of l2tp delivered broadband services to smaller isp s. leased lines and metro ethernet edit entanet provides a range of different solutions when it comes to leased lines and ethernet such as ethernet in the first mile efm and generic ethernet access gea solutions but are specialising in providing wholesale solutions delivered to smaller isps using mpls based solutions . colocation edit entanet s colocation facilities are based in telford london and slough . at their headquarters in telford they maintain 3 bespoke data floors . notes and references edit entanet operator profile point topic entanet international ltd. information and much more from answers.com ispa member list setting up your own isp made simple by entanet internet business news find articles at bnet.com ams ix member details http www.renater.fr img pdf contacts sfinx.pdf de cix already connected entanet introduces higher speed broadband services telecomworldwire find articles at bnet.com telecoms news entanet sponsors wolves fc pic entanet to test bt s 21cn pc retail industry news and articles from pc retail www.pcretailmag.com www.pcretailmag.com samknows entanet summary thinkbroadband entanet s 21cn broadband goes live tuesday comms business entagroup founder named channel entrepreneur of the year synergi entanet encourages synergi with its new partner interface http www.enta.net about entanet news and events press releases 2012 entanet improves network capacity and colocation entanet improves network capacity further and expands colocation footprint http www.enta.net about entanet news and events press releases 2013 entanet gives partners bt based unlimited broadband entanet gives partners bt based unlimited broadband http www.enta.net about entanet news and events press releases 2013 entanet extends partner options with new gea service entanet extends partner options with new gea service http www.enta.net about entanet news and events press releases 2014 entanet downloads 6m investment entanet downloads 6m investment from leading equity firm mobeus the internet industry awards 23 february 2006 enta picks up at industry award ceremony pc retail industry news and articles from pc retail www.pcretailmag.com www.pcretailmag.com the internet industry awards february 2008 entanet press releases entanet invites trialists for first 21cn wbc service trial the internet industry awards 2008 a b the internet industry march 2008 channel awards shortlist specialist vendor of the year 2008 http media.caspianpublishing.co.uk document bf20291c62ab28769a8da9767f146afc.pdf http www.enta.net about entanet entanet awards http www.ispreview.co.uk story 2011 07 08 uk internet service providers association ispa reveals 2011 award winners.html http www.enta.net about entanet news and events press releases 2012 entanet is acknowledged as a channel leader http www.cnawards.com winners 13.html cna 2013 winners http www.ispa.org.uk 15th ispa awards shortlist unveiled ispa 2013 winners http www.comms dealer.com industry news comms dealer sales awards winners celebrate success http www.cdsalesawards.com comms dealer sales awards http commsbusinessawards.co.uk awards http www.channelweb.co.uk crn uk news 2416097 sma 2015 winners http www.ispa.org.uk ispa awards enter and award categories best business fixed broadband isp ispreview lists entanet as 10th biggest isp in the uk october 2007 external links edit www.enta.net noc site entanet opinion isp industry news and views from entanet international ltd peering information entry on thinkbroadband technorati entries retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title entanet & oldid 714707055 categories internet service providers of the united kingdomtelecommunications companies of the united kingdomvoip servicescompanies based in shropshiretelecommunications companies established in 19961996 establishments in englandhidden categories use british english from november 2014wikipedia articles with possible 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