16th May 2007 07:02
Spice PLC16 May 2007 16 May 2007 Spice plc Contract - Western Power Distribution The Board of Spice plc ('Spice') is pleased to announce that our Telecomsinfrastructure support business, within our Utility Services division, hassigned a contract with Western Power Distribution ('WPD') to design, supply andinstall a replacement private mobile radio ('PMR') communications system acrossover 100 radio site locations in the South West of England and South Wales. Thisis a major upgrade of WPD's existing system and utilises Team Simoco's advancedXfin trunked radio technology. The contract represents a major undertaking and will provide a significantbenefit to the Group's results during 2008. The contract also includes a 9 yearmaintenance agreement and the Group anticipates having the opportunity to bidfor other similar opportunities in the UK in due course. Simon Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "This contract with WPD is great news for our Telecoms infrastructure supportbusiness and is only one of a number of such contracts being let over the nextfew years as the UK's telecoms infrastructure is updated. WPD are the first Electricity Distribution business to commit to a major renewalof their PMR system and the winning of this contract bodes well for furthercross selling opportunities for Telecoms into Freedom's core client base." Ends Enquiries: Spice, Tel: 0113 384 3838Simon Rigby, Chief Executive OfficerOliver Lightowlers, Group Finance DirectorCarl Chambers, Corporate Development Director Financial Dynamics, Tel: 020 7831 3113Billy CleggCaroline Stewart KBC Peel Hunt, Tel: 020 7418 8900Julian Blunt NOTES TO EDITORS Spice plc Spice is a support services business operating in the Commercial Services,Public Services and Utility Services sectors. The Group's operations werefounded in 1996 and have their origins in the electricity industry, though therange of activities has since been expanded into the water sector, nichetelecommunications services, the public sector, energy management and commercialfacilities management. Spice's businesses have a common theme of delivering andco-ordinating infrastructure services to customers, and the technologicalelement within the product mix has been built up significantly over the courseof the last three years. Xfin trunked radio technology The Xfin system is the most advanced IP (internet protocol) based MPT ('multisite protocol') trunked radio solution in the world. It comprises the latest inMPT trunked radio base stations with IP ethernet connectivity to provide acompletely fault tolerant, open architecture, radio communications system. Xfinprovides an IP addressable base station, allowing remote configuration fromauthorised personnel and web-based diagnostics. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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