- The Vodafone Broadband Battery Batt Body Power routers in case of interruptions
- BT, KCOM and ZEN Internet will also offer the device to customers, with a white label product in the pipeline
- Vodafone’s business will offer the backup battery “in the near future”
The new ofcom regulations in the United Kingdom have resulted in a new backup battery for small businesses backed by ISPS Vodafone, BT, Kcom E Zen Internet.
The main purpose of the Broadband Battery of Vodafone, the main backup is to keep customers dependent on the fixed field, including those that depend on it to contact emergency services, activate a teleworking alarm or live in a remote area with low mobile coverage, connected before the interruption of the telephone network (PSTN) with public switching (PSTN) in 2027, in favor of voip suppliers.
However, it will offer up to 7 hours of battery for a 25 W router (4 hours for a 55W router), you can feed a router and a modem simultaneously, and presents a USB-C port to collect smartphones and commercial tablets, which makes it an attractive development for SMB and companies.
Broadband Battery Vodafone support
Rob Winterschlaland, consumer director of Vodafone UK, said that the company recognized “the vital importance of safeguarding customers dependent on fixation”, referring to significant adverse weather events such as Storm Darragh of 2024, which left 70,000 residents without power.
Research shows that British have unreliable access to power. In 2023, Ukpower discovered that 66% experienced a local interruption, with 23% informing that this happens almost annually.
The battery key is its compact size versus comparable products available previously available, and an emergency mode that reserves 25% of the battery, useful in case of an interruption during the night.
“This new device is a great improvement in anything that was available in the market, and is essentially easy to install, to further support vulnerable consumers through the withdrawal of the traditional landline,” said David Barber, Zen Internet Strategy Director.
Meanwhile, Ian Shepherdson, Kcom technology director, said “[the company] It will use the devices to provide a long -lived battery for ‘at risk’ customers that have their voice service migrated and delivered through the complete fiber network. “
They also mitigated expectations. “Although it does not provide full Internet connectivity due to the way in which the KCOM network is configured, devices will provide emergency coverage up to 12 hours for voice calls in case of a similar energy cut or similar event.”
Perhaps the most important thing for Techradar Pro readers, Vodafone Business has announced that its battery support will be available for its customers “in the near future”, and that it will be launched in a white label variant so that other ISP and telecommunications offer their customers on a later date.
