contract
Logical UK, Datatec's professional services and IT network integration
company, has won a GBP14-million (R232-million) contract with Welsh
Networking Limited, on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales, to provide
a high-speed network that will deliver broadband Internet access to every
county in Wales.
The contract will result in the creation of a country-wide broadband network
linking all 22 local education authorities in Wales and eight university
sites.
The network will provide broadband access to schools, colleges and libraries
throughout the country, in support of the National Assembly for Wales'
Lifelong Learning initiative.
Says Alex Black, managing director of Logical UK: "This represents another
significant win for Logical in deploying and managing large scale high-
performance networks. It highlights our expertise in delivering a network
from design right through to providing a fully integrated managed service."
Says The Assembly's Minister for Economic Development, Andrew Davies:
"Today's agreement marks the start of work to roll out broadband services to
every school, library and lifelong learning centre in Wales. This investment
is the most significant cash injection in broadband made by any government
and shows how Wales is leading the way. This investment will help us achieve
the main targets of the Welsh Assembly Government's ICT strategy, and will
put us ahead of other areas of the UK in bringing broadband within the reach
of people."
Logical will design, build, deploy, and test the network, which is based on
GSR routers from Cisco Systems, located at seven points of presence. The
contract includes all hardware, bandwidth for three years, professional
services and maintenance. In addition Logical will also provide a bespoke
managed service solution for the network.
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