Managed network services contracts

During 2008, we signed a number of major managed network services contracts worth a projected total of £1.8 billion over their lifetimes. These ranged from a comprehensive outsourcing deal with the Post Office, to providing enhanced connectivity for other communications providers’ networks:

  Date   Customer   Nature of contract  
             
  May 2007   Post Office   Four-year outsourcing contract for provision of wholesale communications services to underpin the Post Office’s drive to become a fully integrated voice and broadband provider.  
             
  July 2007   T-Mobile   Five-year contract to link T-Mobile’s UK base stations to its network.  
             
  September 2007   Orange   Provision of wholesale landline services to Orange customers, enabling Orange to offer fixed-line voice services.  
             
  December 2007   Virgin Media   Five-year, £98 million contract for provision of voice network management services.  
             
  February 2008   Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)   Supporting SSE’s planned launch of integrated communications services to its 8.5 million customers in the UK.  
             
  March 2008   Vodafone   Five-year managed access agreement linking Vodafone’s UK base stations with its core infrastructure.  
             

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