The Welsh Assembly Government’s Value Wales has selected Virgin Media Business as one of the suppliers under the Value Wales Telephony Collaborative Purchasing Agreement for Telecom Voice and Line Rental. This Agreement enables Welsh public sector organisations to reduce procurement time and save money.
Value Wales is the procurement arm of the Welsh Assembly. It acts as a catalyst for change, providing leadership, strategic direction, procurement training and best practice guidance to help organisations achieve real and sustainable improvements.
Value Wales estimates that organisations which use the telephony agreement could save between seven and twenty eight per cent of telephony costs, which would translate into £3 million in annual savings across the entire Welsh public sector. The agreement will run until December 2010, with an option to extend for a further two years
The Value Wales Telephony Collaborative Purchasing Agreement aims to provide efficiencies to the Welsh public sector and the opportunity of working with strong partners in the telecoms market.
“Through simplifying the procurement process, Value Wales Telephony Collaborative Purchasing Agreement delivers efficiency and value for money for the whole public sector,” said Brian Mitchell, public sector sales manager for Wales at Virgin Media Business. “We are already a major supplier to the Welsh public sector and our selection for this agreement demonstrates our commitment to innovation and customer service.”
Virgin Media Business has a strong involvement in public sector framework agreements. It is already accredited for Buying Solutions' Telecom Networks Framework Agreements and in other public sector procurement frameworks, including the historical NHS PASA and National Telecoms Group in higher education.
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About Virgin Media Business
Virgin Media Business is the UK’s only telco with a nationwide fibre optic Next Generation Network. Launched in February 2010, the company aims to bring the Virgin philosophy to the business telecoms market. Providing innovative, high quality solutions built on brilliant customer service.
Virgin Media Business is the largest business-to-business brand in the Virgin group. With a strong product portfolio that includes its market leading Ethernet services. It uses its network asset in order to create bespoke tailored telecoms solutions for its customers. Employees are located at 40 offices across the UK, allowing Virgin Media Business to be closer to its customers in every sense.
Previously known as ntl:Telewest Business, organisations working with Virgin Media Business include London City Airport, Arqiva, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Partnership and South West Water.
About Virgin Media
With almost 10 million customers, Virgin Media is the UK's first quad-play provider of broadband, TV, phone and mobile.
The company is one of the largest residential broadband providers in the UK, using a unique fibre optic cable network to deliver next generation ultrafast internet access of up to 50Mb to just over half of all homes. Combined with a high speed ADSL service and mobile broadband products, Virgin Media is able to offer broadband internet access to virtually the entire country.
Virgin Media has the UK’s most advanced TV on demand service and is the only TV platform to carry BBC iPlayer. It is the second largest provider of pay TV, was the first to launch a high definition TV service and offers a high-specification, HD-ready V+ personal video recorder.
The company operates the most popular virtual mobile network in the UK which, when launched, was the world’s first such mobile phone service. It is also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the country.
Virgin Media also owns Virgin Media Television (VMtv) which runs seven entertainment channels, including Virgin1, LIVING, Bravo and Challenge. VMtv is a 50 per cent joint partner with BBC Worldwide in UKTV, which consists of ten channels including Dave, G.O.L.D., Watch and Alibi.
With operations based entirely in the UK, Virgin Media Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (VMED) and the London Stock Exchange (VMED).
For more information, go to http://www.virginmedia.com/
