Easynet Awards telent Contract to Deploy LLU Access Equipment

Multimillion pound contract makes telent a strategic partner for Easynet’s volume roll-out plan

London, 25 Sept, 2006 – telent (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 company’s Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) programme. The brief gives telent responsibility for management, installation and commissioning, including all aspects of inventory control, for Easynet’s expansion of its LLU footprint.

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, Easynet’s network implementation director.

“This project represents an excellent fit for telent’s 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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Notes to editors:

About telent plc:

telent plc supplies a broad range of communications support services to telecommunications operators, as well as to large enterprises and government agencies in the UK and Germany, leveraging its accumulated knowledge of customers’ networks, its expert field force, its scale and reputation for quality.

Formerly the UK and German services business of Marconi Corporation plc, the company was renamed telent plc in January 2006 on the sale of the telecommunications equipment and international services business to Ericsson.

The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TLNT. Additional information about telent plc can be found at www.telent.com/.

About Easynet:

Easynet delivers superbly managed network and hosting solutions for businesses and enterprises. Owning extensive national and international network and hosting infrastructure, Easynet sets itself apart through customer service excellence. Easynet's approach is underpinned by professional excellence in understanding, designing, delivering, and management of customer solutions, our ability to work successfully with partners, and our attention to quality. Easynet has operations across Europe.

Easynet works hard to ensure its customers are its best advocates, and include the Ford Motor Company, Kia Motors, Calor, Tchibo and Kellogs Italia.

Easynet is part of the British Sky Broadcasting group, with a total market capitalisation in excess of £9bn.

For more information visit www.easynet.com

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