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telent enters train operating sector with first contract from South West TrainsLondon – 22 October 2007 – telent plc (LSE:TLNT), a leading provider of technology services, today announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract with Stagecoach’s South West Trains to provide maintenance and support for the train operator’s stations and control rooms. The contract, worth over £1m per annum, is the first to be awarded to telent by a train operating company. telent will assign a team of highly skilled telecoms engineers to provide a 24/7 service covering 184 station, depot and control room sites from London Waterloo to the South West. The engineers will be responsible for maintenance of station communications, including CCTV control rooms, public address systems, passenger help points and passenger information systems. telent will utilise its own Transport Maintenance Management System (TRAMMS) and Technical Centre, which is already used by Network Rail and other major Enterprise customers. “Having been awarded a new 10-year franchise by the Department for Transport, we needed a trusted partner to maintain and support our stations and control rooms; a thorough and competitive tendering process proved telent’s ability to be that partner,” said Mark Barrow, Information Systems Manager at South West Trains Limited. “telent’s quality of service, attention to detail and technical expertise assured us that they would be able to support the delivery of consistent and accurate information to our passengers.” “This is the first contract to be awarded to telent by a train operating company, and confirms our reputation for service excellence in metro and train transportation,” said Mark Plato, telent CEO. “We look forward to providing South West Trains with a level of service and reliability that will meet their passengers’ expectations for real-time information and assistance.” About telent plc: Press enquiries: Investor and Analyst enquiries: Copyright © telent plc 2007. All rights reserved. All brands and product names and logos are trademarks of their respective holders. It is possible that this announcement could or may contain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future events. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements often use words such as anticipate, target, expect, estimate, intend, plan, goal, believe, will, may, should, would, could or other words of similar meaning. Undue reliance should not be placed on any such statements because, by their very nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and can be affected by other factors that could cause actual results, and telent's plans and objectives, to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
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