telent acquires leading communications infrastructure provider, the Alan Campbell Group

London — 25 July 2008 — telent, a leading provider of technology services, today announced that it has acquired the Alan Campbell Group (ACG), a communications infrastructure provider in the UK telecommunications and broadcast sectors. The acquisition is in line with telent’s strategy to broaden its service offering to both existing and new customers, and to enter complementary adjacent markets.

Warwick-based ACG employs around 240 people and has annual revenues in excess of £20 million.  Established in 1980, ACG provides a range of end-to-end solutions across the UK - from network design, microwave and cellular installation and commissioning to logistical and technical support services, and major construction and broadcast site services. ACG’s main customer base includes (in alphabetical order); Airwave, Arqiva, Ericsson, National Grid Wireless, Nokia (now NSN), Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone.

ACG will continue to operate as a distinct business in its own right within telent, and the ACG customer-focused culture of excellent delivery and quality will be protected and developed. As a result of this transaction, ACG will now have access to a broader range of skills and capabilities, creating the potential to deliver a wider range of services, and reducing risks of dependencies on individual contracts.

The addition of ACG reinforces telent’s offering in wireless infrastructure services, and opens up a new business in broadcast services for the company. ACG’s existing installation and design skills and field force of over 160 people, will also complement telent’s 1,000-strong engineering field force. Through the acquisition, telent’s market reach will now extend to include the broadcast services sector, which is set to grow strongly as the UK Government moves to complete the UK Digital Switchover Project by 2012 (DSO).

Alan Campbell, founder of ACG and continuing as a Director of the business commented: “I’m delighted to see ACG become a part of telent, a company which, like us, has a truly customer partnership approach to business, and benefits from deep industry knowledge and a high level of technical expertise. I’m fully confident that the combination of ACG’s expertise and telent’s experience, scale and nation-wide field force, will open up exciting new opportunities for both businesses.”

Mark Plato, CEO of telent added: "telent has established a solid reputation for designing, installing and maintaining critical networks and communications systems for telecommunications operators, as well as large public and private enterprises. With ACG, we will deepen and extend our infrastructure offering, particularly in wireless, and gain a presence in new and exciting markets, particularly the UK broadcast sector. We look forward to welcoming ACG into telent.

Like telent, ACG has deep industry sector knowledge and a strong customer focus, benefiting from an excellent blue chip customer base. There is an excellent strategic and cultural fit between our two organisations, and by combining our strengths, I see tremendous potential for the future."