Press release
ntl business named as a preferred broadband supplier for the UK
public sector
- ntl business chosen as preferred broadband supplier by
Broadband Aggregation Project
15 March 2004. ntl business, a leading provider of
communications services to the public sector, has today been named
as a preferred supplier of broadband services to the public sector
under the Broadband Aggregation Project Framework Agreement. The
Agreement covers the provision of communication, networking, high
bandwidth connectivity and related services to all areas of the
public sector throughout the UK at both regional and national
levels.
ntl business is already an accredited supplier of telecoms,
application and managed services to the public sector, including
broadband, through the Government Telecommunications Contract
Framework Agreement (GTC).
Tom Bennie, Managing Director, ntl business says: “With our
40-year heritage of working with public sector clients ntl is
ideally placed to deliver innovative, cost-effective broadband
solutions that provide the foundations for e-Government. We are
wholly in favour of public sector aggregation when it encourages
real and sustainable competition, and I’m delighted that the
Broadband Aggregation Project has recognised the contribution that
ntl business makes to broadband in the public sector. After all,
cable is providing the only real competition to BT.”
ntl business was chosen as a preferred broadband supplier by the
Broadband Aggregation Project following a stringent selection
process. In particular the company’s strong customer focus, its
technical capabilities and the availability of its services were
commended.
The Broadband Aggregation Project was set up by the Department
of Trade and Industry in 2003. It aims to support delivery of
broadband connections to every school by 2006. It also supports the
delivery of broadband connections for GP's surgeries and sufficient
bandwidth to NHS sites to be able to use electronic patient records
and transmit data intensive images via e-mail, including broadband
connections to hospitals. The Broadband Aggregation Project has
created nine Regional Aggregation Boards to aggregate and procure
broadband regionally, and a National Aggregation Board to act as a
national point of contact for those clients who prefer to deal
centrally.