History

Spitfire Timeline

5
2026

Spitfire launches dual IMSI multi-network IoT data SIM.

5
2025

Introduction of PSTN Switch Off Migration service that offers a choice of technologies to ensure a smooth transition to all-IP.

5
2025

Spitfire Services Ltd announces significant upgrade of its FireSwitch® Hosted PBX.

5
2024

Spitfire and Cellhire extend supplier partnership to provide advanced failover capability to Spitfire’s MVNO.

5
2024

Spitfire signs wholesale partnership with ISP Vorboss to bring dedicated fibre internet to businesses across London.

5
2023

Spitfire extends wholesale partnership with CityFibre to bring FTTP broadband services to businesses across the UK.

5
2023

Spitfire is appointed as the first wholesale partner of G.Network.

5
2023

Awarded Crown Commercial Service Public Network Service 3 Public Sector Framework.

5
2023

New Full MVNO agreement sees addition of Enhanced Mobile.

5
2022

Spitfire launch new hosted telephony system – FireSwitch® - Hosted PBX 2.2.

5
2021

Spitfire introduces Direct Routing for Microsoft Teams.

5
2020

Spitfire launches Firewall as a Service (FWaaS).

5
2020

Spitfire launches Spitfire Hosted PBX 2.1 telephony service.

5
2020

Spitfire rolls out Working from Home solutions to all employees.

5
2019

Spitfire Relocate the Midlands Office from Redditch To Colmore Circus, Birmingham.

5
2018

Spitfire soft launch Spitfire Hosted PBX 2.1 at UC Expo.

5
2017

Core voice network enhanced with Next Generation Switches.

5
2016

Spitfire add TechTalk channel on YouTube.

5
2016

Number of Ethernet Service providers is increased to four.

5
2016

Spitfire’s Midlands office celebrates its 10th Anniversary.

5
2016

Spitfire introduces paperless billing.

5
2016

Spitfire’s roll out of 3CX Cloud.

5
2016

Spitfire’s Customer Web Ordering system launched.

5
2015

Spitfire’s online Customer Portal launched.

5
2015

Spitfire expand their core network with two new network nodes in Telehouse North and Equinix – allowing our customers access to the two more of the UK’s leading data centre networks.

5
2015

Spitfire launch our new SIP Trunking network further improving resilience for our customers.

5
2014

Spitfire’s new Webordering system launched.

5
2014

The number of IT partners using Spitfire’s Partner Service exceeds 400 for the first time.

5
2014

Spitfire win Comms National Awards Best Hosted Platform with SIP Communicator™ – winning an award for the second year in a row. SIP Communicator™ now supports over 10,000 users.

5
2014

Spitfire start selling and installing 3CX phone systems. Allowing customers access to the world’s leading Windows based phone system.

5
2013

DualStream® SF (Synthetic Fibre) launched by Spitfire – providing guaranteed voice quality combined with Fibre Broadband with automatic fail over.

5
2013

Spitfire MPLS launched – delivering easy to manage multi site solutions for our customers.

5
2013

Spitfire are one of BT Wholesale’s top 3 providers of Ethernet.

5
2013

Spitfire win Comms National Awards Best SME Hosted Solution with SIP Communicator™.

5
2012

Spitfire start advertising on Heart FM in London.

5
2012

Spitfire’s new network node opens at The Printworks providing additional resilience and flexibility for our customers.

5
2012

Spitfire move into 14,000 square feet new offices in The Printworks, Clapham Road, London SW9 0HP. A logistics department and second core network node is created on the ground floor

5
2011

VDSL – Fibre Broadband launched by Spitfire, delivering speeds of up to 80Mbps.

5
2011

The number of new Spitfire SIP Trunks being installed surpasses the number of new ISDN30e channels being installed by Spitfire.

5
2010

Spitfire win Comms National Awards Service Provider of the Year Award.

5
2009

Bumble the office dog is born and makes his mark on the office immediately.

5
2009

Spitfire ISP enhanced by Ethernet services.

5
2009

Spitfire launch SIP Communicator™ hosted telephone system.

5
2009

Spitfire SIP Trunks now approved for use on most major phone system manufacturers including Avaya, Panasonic, 3CX, and many new IP based phone systems.

5
2008

Spitfire opens Midlands Office in Redditch.

5
2008

Voice Approved Broadband launched by Spitfire, guaranteeing voice quality over ADSL and SDSL from only £21.00 per month.

5
2008

Spitfire launch Ethernet services – delivering up to 10Mb dedicated Internet services for businesses.

5
2008

ADSL2+ launched by Spitfire – offering increased Broadband speeds of up to 24Mbps.

5
2007

Spitfire’s Hosted PBX over Voice Approved Broadband is added to the portfolio.

5
2007

Spitfire SIP trunk service launched – we are one of the first SIP Trunking providers to launch a SIP service in the UK, delivering savings of over 60% compared with ISDN30e services.

5
2006

Launch of Midlands division of Partner Team.

5
2006

Spitfire are a finalist in Comms Channel ISP of the Year award.

5
2006

Spitfire start selling leased lines using Openreach infrastructure – delivering guaranteed bandwidth to our customers.

5
2006

ADSL Max launched by Spitfire – delivering Broadband speeds of up to 8Mbps.

5
2005

Spitfire launch SDSL services – up to 2Mb uncontended internet access.

5
2004

Taxi advertising started by Spitfire – today we are the longest running continuous advertisers on London Taxis – look out for us!

5
2003

Spitfire win Avaya award for fastest growing reseller.

5
2003

Spitfire sign agreement to sell, install and maintain Nortel telephone systems – competing head on with BT in this market.

5
2002

Avaya IP500 launched – Spitfire one of the first authorised installers/maintainers of this ground breaking system, which is now on software version 14 and is still Avaya and Spitfire’s lead telephone system.

5
2002

Spitfire broadband continues to grow with speeds of 0.5, 1 and 2Mbps, with residential broadband with a 50:1 contention ratio or business services with a contention ratio of 20:1.

5
2001

Spitfire Partner Service launched, delivering outstanding advice and solutions to our IT partners.

5
2001

Spitfire become one of only thirty Annex 2 licenced operators in the UK with our own interconnect into the BT national network. We still have over 7 points of interconnect into the BT network allowing us to terminate calls over our own network. This allows us to have control over call quality by routing calls over different networks.

5
2000

Spitfire are one of the first ISPs to sell broadband in the UK – listed as one of the launch partners in BTs marketing in the FT/Times.

5
2000

Spitfire become an Internet Service Provider with our own core network, funded by the sale of Spitfire Security Systems to ADT.

5
1999

Spitfire become a switchless reseller, providing our customers with excellent value UK and international calls as an alternative to BT.

5
1998

Spitfire sell first ISP services.

5
1998

Spitfire move into new 7,000 square feet of new offices in the South Bank Business Centre, Ponton Road, Nine Elms – now the exact site of the new American Embassy.

5
1997

Spitfire have grown to 50 staff and are one of the UKs largest Panasonic installers and maintainers.

5
1996

Spitfire become BT Indirect Partner.

5
1995

Spitfire win SDX fastest growing reseller award.

5
1995

SDX Index launched – Spitfire one of the initial partners selling, installing and maintaining this market leading system.

5
1994

Spitfire sign agreement with SDX to sell SDX phone systems.

5
1992

ISDN30e launched in UK. Spitfire involved in 4 Panasonic trial sites for this new technology.

5
1992

Start Spitfire Security Systems providing Burglar Alarms as well as Panasonic Phone systems, primarily to residential customers in central London.

5
1991

Spitfire get approval as a system maintainer from the industry regulator.

5
1990

Spitfire move into newly refurbished offices on Battersea Park Road with 5 staff.

5
1989

Spitfire wins direct Panasonic account – which we hold to this day.

5
1988

In April, Spitfire was started by Justin Orde in his flat. Selling office telephone systems, fax and answering machines.