29 January 2010
Kcom to deliver managed service to Phones4U
Business to provide consolidated telecoms service to high street retailer
Kcom its managed communications services business has signed a five year contract with the leading high street retailer Phones4U. Kcom will consolidate all the group's telecoms services from multiple suppliers into a single source.
The agreement includes the provision of a new wide area network for data for all the stores, internet access, leased lines, inbound and outbound switched voice calls and conferencing facilities, and support and maintenance to Phones4U's corporate network.
The contract with Phones4U is a significant landmark deal following KCOM Group's strategic agreement with BT Wholesale. It allows Phones4U to reduce operating expenditure and provides the company with a new state of the art scaleable wide area network as a platform for new services. It simplifies Phones4U’s account management and allows the company to benefit from the extended range of services resulting from KCOM Group's agreement with BT Wholesale.
Commenting on today’s announcement, Bill Halbert, Executive Chairman of KCOM Group said:
“We are delighted to be announcing this important contract win with Phones4U which is an example of our strategy of focusing our managed communications services business direct sales efforts on higher value added services, contracted on a multi-year basis. The contract illustrates the new opportunities available to us following our agreement with BT.”
Cathy Phillips
KCOM Group PLC
01482 602400
cathy.phillips@kcom.com
About Kcom
Kcom, part of the KCOM Group PLC, provides communication services for multi-site enterprise and public sector organisations across the UK, and has a well established reseller channel. As an independent provider of these services, supported by its BT Wholesale partnership, Kcom is able to offer advanced network capability and related added value services, coupled with a flexible approach to delivering a different class of service to its customers.
Its customers include GVA Grimley, British Airways, North Wales Police, Specsavers, City of London, Phones4u, Rosslyn Analytics, Hermes, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Windsor Telecom and Diva Telecoms.
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