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Marconi Corporation PLC26 May 2005 Press enquiries:Stephen Hobson tel: +44 151 254 4561; email: [email protected] Investor enquiries:Karen Keyes tel: + 44 207 306 1345; email: [email protected] Industry Analyst enquiries:Skip MacAskill tel: +44 2476 56 3705; email: [email protected] CABLE & WIRELESS SELECTS MARCONI AS SUPPLIER OF MULTISERVICE PROVISIONING PLATFORM London - 26 May 2005 - Marconi Corporation plc (London: MONI and NASDAQ: MRCIY)has been awarded a contract by Cable & Wireless to supply infrastructure for itsaccess transmission network. The frame contract for a multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP) will run foran initial period of five years. Marconi will supply a range of transportservices for Cable and Wireless, including access and customer-locatedsolutions. Frank Mount, director of operations for Cable and Wireless, said: "The Marconisolution provides Cable and Wireless with a high level of capability andflexibility to support our network strategy and the introduction of a new suiteof high-speed customer services." Rod Smith, managing director of Marconi's Northern Europe business, said:"Marconi's MSPP enables Cable and Wireless to increment its legacy SDH networkat lower cost and with the technology that will support its migration to NGN(next generation network)." ENDS/... About Cable & WirelessCable & Wireless is one of the world's leading international communicationscompanies. It provides voice, data and IP (Internet Protocol) services tobusiness and residential customers, as well as services to other telecomscarriers, mobile operators and providers of content, applications and internetservices. Cable & Wireless' principal operations are in the United Kingdom, continentalEurope, Asia, the Caribbean, Panama and the Middle East. For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to www.cw.com. About Marconi Corporation plcMarconi Corporation plc is a global telecommunications equipment, services andsolutions company. The company's core business is the provision of innovativeand reliable optical networks, broadband routing and switching, broadband accesstechnologies and services. The company's customer base includes many of theworld's largest telecommunications operators. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MONI and onNASDAQ under the ticker MRCIY. Additional information about Marconi Corporationcan be found at www.marconi.com. Copyright (c) 2005 Marconi Corporation plc. All rights reserved. All brands orproduct names are trademarks of their respective holders. This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to products,partners, customers, future growth and other matters. Please refer to the Form10-K report filed by Marconi Corporation plc with the United States Securitiesand Exchange Commission for a discussion of risks that could cause actualresults to differ materially from such statements. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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