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Colt Telecom Group Plc announces COLT to deploy Huawei25 February 2005
COLT Telecom Group plc today announced that it is extending its range of key suppliers to include Huawei Technologies. Initially, COLT will deploy Huawei Quidway Router platforms into its market-leading Internet Access and IPVPN Corporate services. COLT is one of the leading providers of IPVPNs in Europe with more than 850 business customers benefiting from secure networks that can connect data centres, offices, homeworkers, suppliers and customers using high bandwidth technology and low-cost DSL access.
The choice of Huawei, one of the fastest growing telecommunication network solutions providers emerging from China, is in line with COLT's 'Future in Focus' strategy and is a further demonstration of the company's commitment to innovation and cost leadership by delivering high quality, competitively priced business communications services which incorporate the features and flexibility demanded by customers. COLT will work with Huawei in the future to ensure that customers continue to reap the benefits of technological advances in telecoms networks.
"We have been impressed by the quality and the support that Huawei has been able to offer us," said Ken Starkey, Chief Operating Officer. "We believe Huawei can deliver increased value to our customers and we look forward to exploring how to bring more of their innovative technology into our networks."
"We are delighted to form this pan-European partnership with COLT," said William Xu, EVP Huawei Technologies. "The fact that a service provider with such a strong reputation for customer service has agreed to partner with Huawei is further endorsement of our ability to deliver and support the most sophisticated managed data services in the market."
Huawei will also provide support services including integrated supply chain management, logistics, technical support services and technical training across Europe.
About COLT
COLT Telecom Group plc is a leading pan-European provider of business communications services and solutions. The company owns an integrated 20,000 kilometre network that directly connects more than 10,000 buildings in 32 major cities in 13 countries augmented with a further 42 points of presence across Europe and 11 Internet Solution Centres. COLT supplies customers across the full spectrum of industry, service and government sectors with unrivalled end-to-end network security, reliability and service.
COLT Telecom Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (CTM.L) and NASDAQ (COLT). Information about COLT and its products and services can be found on the web at www.colt.net
About Huawei - www.huawei.com
Established in 1988, Huawei Technologies is a high-tech enterprise which specialises in research and development (R&D), production and marketing of communications equipment, providing customised network solutions for telecom carriers in optical, fixed, mobile and data communications networks. Huawei's customers include China Telecom, China Mobile, China Netcom, China Unicom as well as Thai AIS, Telefonica, SingTel, Hutchison Telecom, PCCW HKT, SUNDAY, Etisalat (UAE), Telemar (Brazil), Rostelecom (Russia), BT, Neuf Telecom (France) etc. Huawei's contracted sales in 2004 reached 5.58 billion USD, an increase of 45% year on year. For further information please contact: Lucinda Stubbs, Huawei Technologies - lustubbs@huawei.com
For further information contact:
Gill Maclean
COLT Telecom
Tel: +44 20 7863 5314
Email: gill.maclean@colt-telecom.com
Henny Valder
COLT Telecom
Tel: +44 20 7947 1610
Email: henny.valder@colt-telecom.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
Source: Market Wire
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