Marconi, a global supplier of advanced communications solutions, has been selected to provide and install network access equipment for German carrier tesion Communikationsnetze S"udwest (tesion).
The project will cover 60 major distribution sites in the German state of Baden-W"urttemberg. The installation is the first stage in tesion`s national network rollout and forms part of a frame contract initially worth over US$4.6 million. As tesion`s network continues to expand, the contract could be worth over $18.5 million a year for several years.
George Debbo, technical director of Marconi Communications South Africa, says: "Our access equipment will enable tesion to provide competitive voice and data services, and bring them to market quickly. Our on-the-ground capabilities were instrumental in winning this order."
tesion Communikationsnetze S"udwest GMBH is the leading alternative provider of telecommunications services in the German state of Baden-W"urttemberg. tesion offers a wide range of voice, data and Internet services and will begin operating a network across the whole of Germany in September of this year.
Marconi plc is a global communications and IT company, with 49,000 employees world-wide and sales in more than 100 countries. It supplies advanced communications solutions and the key technologies and services for the Internet. Marconi plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MNI.
Marconi Communications South Africa has around 1,000 staff with a factory in Springs and a sales office in Midrand.
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