telent and Atkins’ TechMAC contract is extended by the Highways Agency

London — 11 June 2007 — telent plc (LSE: TLNT), a leading provider of technology services, and Atkins have today announced that their Midlands Technology Maintaining Agency Contract (Tech MAC) with the Highways Agency has been extended until July 2009.

The contract extension, worth £5 million, will see telent and Atkins working in partnership, to continue to maintain and manage motorway and trunk road communications, as well as signalling, in the entire Midlands region. A 24-hour, 365-day service will be provided to the Highways Agency, with telent and Atkins engineers and technicians located throughout the region.

“We are delighted that our contract with the Highways Agency has been extended as it is testament to the skill of our engineers who manage and maintain these vital road communication networks,” comments Peter Eccleson, General Manager Roads and Highways at telent.

“The contract extension confirms our joint commitment in helping the Highways Agency to meet its objectives, by using the best of both companies’ knowledge and experience in delivering intelligent transport systems”, added Mike Schofield, Head of Atkins’ Intelligent Transport Solutions business.

telent and Atkins have a proven track record as major service providers to the Highways Agency, and are currently working in the Midlands and the Northwest of England maintaining motorway communications equipment as well as managing and maintaining the Highways Agency’s private communications network.

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.

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

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