The Kenton Group

The Kenton Group is a technology broker in the telecoms sector. It supplies network equipment from strategic vendor partners across fibre and optical, wireless broadband, IIoT networking, 5G, xHaul, and voice and data, and provides consultancy, design, onsite engineering, hardware pre-staging and SLA-based managed support, including 9×5 and 24×7 outsourced network operations centre services.

Its customers include telecom carriers, operators and solution providers, as well as enterprise, government and small business clients. Revenue comes from equipment supply and technical and managed services. The company describes itself as having in-house and field engineering teams and operating as a network operator.

The Kenton Group was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dartford, UK. It is organised into five business units: Kenton Design & Technology, Kenton Distribution & Network Solutions, Kenton AccessNet, Kenton Data & Voice, and Kenton Optical & Fibre Technologies. The company is an Employee Owned Trust, holds ISO 9001 accreditation for its services portfolio, and lists National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) approval. It states support coverage in over 60 countries and cites projects including the London 2012 Olympics, Transport for London, Highways England Smart Motorways and National Rail.

Product: Telecoms network equipment supply, design and engineering services, and managed support including outsourced NOC and a Provisioning Portal.