Easynet picks Telent for LLU [telent plc]

(Total Telecom Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Multimillion pound contract makes telent a strategic partner for Easynets volume roll-out plan

London 25 September 2006 telent plc (LSE: TLNT) is pleased to announce that it has been contracted by Easynet to manage the volume deployment of access equipment as part of the companys Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) programme. The brief gives telent responsibility for management, installation and commissioning, including all aspects of inventory control, for Easynets expansion of its LLU footprint.

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In addition to the management of the inventory control, telent has also secured the contract to supply installation materials (racks, cables and other infrastructure equipment).

Easynet is an international networking company owner and part of the BSkyB group. In the UK, Easynet is a pioneer of LLU and provides the infrastructure for the broadband requirements of BSkyB. At an international level, Easynet provides global managed IP network solutions into the enterprise marketplace.

We selected telent to ensure an efficient and speedy deployment, which will assist Easynet in expanding our LLU footprint to deliver further innovative services to our UK enterprise customers. Both telent and Easynet are very experienced in deploying large-scale access solutions within the UK, which is why this partnership is such a compelling one. Our longstanding relationship with the telent team, and our experience of them constantly delivering on time and to budget, also influenced our decision of deployment partner, comments Trevor Legg, Easynets network implementation director.

This project represents an excellent fit for telents capabilities. We are solely focussed on the provision of leading edge telecommunications services, and this specialisation gave us a definite competitive edge. We also have a long-standing history of delivery in this area, having installed over 5,000 access platforms in the UK. Moreover, telent boasts an intimate knowledge of BT processes, having worked closely with the PTT for many years, comments Mark Plato, chief executive officer, telent plc.

We are delighted that this contract will further strengthen our reputation for managing all aspects of a turnkey LLU deployment. The size and reach of our installation field force also proved invaluable in demonstrating our suitability for this project, Mr Plato concluded.

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