Sector Evidence
Harry Yelland’s research · 2026-10-06 · Live research database · 2026-10-06.1
Original research wording and source decisions. Partial evidence is not confirmed capability; rejected sources do not support a claim. Research notes and workbook instructions are source material, not buyer instructions.
| Provider | Slug | Healthcare: evidence status | Healthcare: UK case | Financial services: evidence status | Financial services: UK case | Retail and e-commerce: evidence status | Retail and e-commerce: UK case | Manufacturing: evidence status | Manufacturing: UK case | Energy and utilities: evidence status | Energy and utilities: UK case | Government and public sector: evidence status | Government and public sector: UK case | Education: evidence status | Education: UK case | Transport and logistics: evidence status | Transport and logistics: UK case | Professional services: evidence status | Professional services: UK case | Hospitality and leisure: evidence status | Hospitality and leisure: UK case | Supporting source IDs | Notes | Cells still To review (formula) |
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| BT Business | bt-business | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-087, MPLS-106, MPLS-136, MPLS-137, MPLS-135 | Financial services is Partial (trade press only). Manufacturing is Partial (Rexel SD-WAN, 2020, no location). Healthcare is Partial: Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Managed IP Connect, 2021. Retail is Partial: unnamed UK retailer, around 400 outlets, mostly broadband and SD-WAN. Transport is Partial: NATS on IP Connect, 150 UK sites, date to confirm. Energy, government, education, professional services and hospitality: BT case study pages checked, nothing network-related found (Calderdale College is voice, Warwick is campus LAN, the ambulance service is messaging, Defra is mobile). The BT case study list has 82 entries and only the first six and filtered searches were read, so more may exist. | =COUNTIF(C2:X2,"To review") |
| Virgin Media O2 Business | virgin-media-o2-business | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-296, MPLS-301 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Healthcare: 2025, SD-WAN. Healthcare case (outside pass, unverified): Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (2025, SD-WAN). Government and public sector case (outside pass, unverified): Multiple public sector customers via RM6116. | =COUNTIF(C3:X3,"To review") |
| Vodafone Business | vodafone-business | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C4:X4,"To review") | |
| Colt Technology Services | colt-technology-services | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-234, MPLS-748 | =COUNTIF(C5:X5,"To review") | |
| TalkTalk Business | talktalk-business | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Proven | Yes | MPLS-317, MPLS-327, MPLS-328, MPLS-329, MPLS-836 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Education: Leased Lines; Professional services: Leased Lines; Hospitality/leisure: MPLS IPVPN), Pixel Bar (Leased Lines. Education case (outside pass, unverified): UA92 (Leased Lines). Professional services case (outside pass, unverified): i90 (Leased Lines). Hospitality and leisure case (outside pass, unverified): Fuller's (MPLS IPVPN), Pixel Bar (Leased Lines). | Hospitality: Fuller's MPLS IPVPN case study. Vets Now (veterinary, 1,500+ practices) also uses MPLS but is not one of the sector columns. | =COUNTIF(C6:X6,"To review") |
| Gamma | gamma | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C7:X7,"To review") | |
| KCOM | kcom | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-749 | =COUNTIF(C8:X8,"To review") | |
| Zen Internet | zen-internet | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-266 | Re-check of the outside research pass, 2026-10-01 (page-reader wording; confirm on the page): Booths (UK supermarket chain), MPLS IP VPN, Zen service hub page with no publish date, so Partial. Vital Energi is not labelled manufacturing on the page, so it is not entered. Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Manufacturing: MPLS IP VPN. Retail and e-commerce case (outside pass, unverified): Booths (UK supermarket chain), MPLS IP VPN. Manufacturing case (outside pass, unverified): Vital Energi (MPLS IP VPN). | =COUNTIF(C9:X9,"To review") |
| Exponential-e | exponential-e | Partial | No | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes | Proven | Yes | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | MPLS-088, MPLS-089, MPLS-162, MPLS-161, MPLS-160, MPLS-837, MPLS-838, MPLS-839 | Transport and logistics is Allport Cargo Services, nine UK sites on VPLS (2016). Professional services is an unnamed law firm, so Partial. Financial services is Partial: London Capital Group on VPLS, 2012, trade press only. Retail is Partial: unnamed UK tyre retailer. Government is Partial: Watford Borough Council VPLS WAN (the quote does not name the service). Healthcare is Partial: Exponential-e's 2022 HSCN datasheet says it is an approved HSCN supplier, but no NHS customer is named; the Hampshire and IoW NHS Trust case study was blocked to the reader and is not entered. Education is Partial: five UCAT academies on a VPLS WAN (2016, over three years old) and Abercorn School on a Smart WAN (undated). Manufacturing, energy and hospitality: nothing network-related found (the Montcalm Hotel page is business internet). Other cases seen: Metropolitan Thames Valley (housing, VPLS) and Havas (media, VPLS, 16 UK sites), not in a listed sector. | =COUNTIF(C10:X10,"To review") |
| Daisy Communications | daisy-communications | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-334 | Government and public sector case (outside pass, unverified): Local Government page exists. | =COUNTIF(C11:X11,"To review") |
| Lumen Technologies | lumen-technologies | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-383 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Financial services: Financial Connect SLA exists. Financial services case (outside pass, unverified): Financial Connect SLA exists. | Lowered from Proven to Partial on 2026-10-06: no Accepted source covers Financial services: evidence status. Evidence is reader-summary, group-level or not yet checked on the live page. | =COUNTIF(C12:X12,"To review") |
| Verizon Business | verizon-business | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C13:X13,"To review") | |
| Orange Business | orange-business | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C14:X14,"To review") | |
| GTT | gtt | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-752, MPLS-753 | =COUNTIF(C15:X15,"To review") | |
| AT&T Business | att-business | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C16:X16,"To review") | |
| NTT DATA | ntt-data | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C17:X17,"To review") | |
| Tata Communications | tata-communications | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C18:X18,"To review") | |
| Telstra International | telstra-international | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C19:X19,"To review") | |
| Neos Networks | neos-networks | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-705, MPLS-706 | =COUNTIF(C20:X20,"To review") | |
| M247 | m247 | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C21:X21,"To review") | |
| Redcentric | redcentric | Proven | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-757, MPLS-248, MPLS-840 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Healthcare: NHS organisations, GP practices, SystmOne, EMIS Health, Vision3 integration. Healthcare case (outside pass, unverified): NHS organisations, GP practices, SystmOne, EMIS Health, Vision3 integration. | Healthcare: King's College Hospital and three other NHS or urgent-care customers named on Redcentric's networks page (page-reader check 2026-10-06). | =COUNTIF(C22:X22,"To review") |
| Node4 | node4 | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-758 | =COUNTIF(C23:X23,"To review") | |
| Claranet | claranet | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-464, MPLS-466 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Financial services: banking and financial services, ultra-resilient connectivity, office-in-a-box for international banks. Financial services case (outside pass, unverified): banking and financial services, ultra-resilient connectivity, office-in-a-box for international banks. | =COUNTIF(C24:X24,"To review") |
| Six Degrees | six-degrees | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-759 | =COUNTIF(C25:X25,"To review") | |
| Maintel | maintel | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-478 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Healthcare: Six Steps to SD-WAN Success for Housing Associations, healthcare referenced. Healthcare case (outside pass, unverified): Six Steps to SD-WAN Success for Housing Associations, healthcare referenced. | =COUNTIF(C26:X26,"To review") |
| Onecom | onecom | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C27:X27,"To review") | |
| Spitfire Network Services | spitfire-network-services | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C28:X28,"To review") | |
| Expereo | expereo | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C29:X29,"To review") | |
| Comcast Business (Masergy) | comcast-business-masergy | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C30:X30,"To review") | |
| Jisc | jisc | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-522, MPLS-525, MPLS-527, MPLS-716 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Government/public: local government, public sector, UK education and research providers; Education: FE and HE organisations, Research Councils, 18 million members. Research pass 2026-10-02 (page-reader summaries, not verbatim): Education: UK case Partial: Checked 2026-10-02. Customer: Aston Manor Academy, Aston, Birmingham, UK. Product: Jisc Managed SD-WAN (Fortinet) with Janet. Even | =COUNTIF(C31:X31,"To review") |
| hSo | hso | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Partial | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Partial | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-530, MPLS-534, MPLS-720, MPLS-721 | Outside-pass details, unverified (Partial or Not found entered from them): Healthcare: HSCN supplier, hSo says it is an HSCN supplier; Retail: car dealership case study - MPLS WAN upgrade; Government/public: UK local government bodies (hSo local government page). Research pass 2026-10-02 (page-reader summaries, not verbatim): Government and public sector: UK case Partial: Checked 2026-10-02. Entity: hSo (HighSpeed Office Ltd), hso.co.uk, UK site; site says hSo is now Syntura. Customers: Rugby Borough | Healthcare: UK case Partial: Checked 2026-10-02. Entity: hSo (HighSpeed Office Ltd), hso.co.uk, UK site; site says hSo is now Syntura. CLIC Sargent (children's | =COUNTIF(C32:X32,"To review") |
| Commsworld | commsworld | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C33:X33,"To review") | |
| ITS Technology Group | its-technology-group | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C34:X34,"To review") | |
| Virtual1 | virtual1 | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C35:X35,"To review") | |
| CityFibre | cityfibre | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | Yes | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-777 | Second research pass 2026-10-02, page-reader summaries: Government and public sector: UK case: recorded as Partial. Customer City of York Council, UK. Product is dark fibre, not MPLS, IP VPN, VPLS or managed WAN, so it does not meet the product test. Over three year | =COUNTIF(C36:X36,"To review") |
| Globalgig | globalgig | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | MPLS-724, MPLS-725, MPLS-726 | Research pass 2026-10-02 (page-reader summaries, not verbatim): Retail and e-commerce: UK case Not found: Routes tried: Globalgig case study index (17 titles, none UK retail), read the manufacturer-retailer SASE and chemical and food ma | Manufacturing: evidence status Not found: Routes tried: Globalgig case study index (17 titles, none UK retail), read the manufacturer-retailer SASE and chemical and food ma | Manufacturing: UK case Not found: Routes tried: Globalgig case study index (17 titles, none UK retail), read the manufacturer-retailer SASE and chemical and food ma | =COUNTIF(C37:X37,"To review") |
| Cogent | cogent | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C38:X38,"To review") | |
| Zayo | zayo | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | Not found | No | None recorded | =COUNTIF(C39:X39,"To review") |