telent awarded three regional telecoms framework contracts by Network Rail

telent, the Warwick headquarted technology and network services company, has announced it has been awarded three single discipline regional framework contracts to deliver design services by Network Rail.

As part of a £640m investment programme, Network Rail has announced it has awarded 82 framework contracts to 34 suppliers, to deliver design services across the country. telent will provide design services for telecoms in the North East, South West and North West & Scotland Regions for Network Rail from January 2020 onwards.

This follows telent’s recent announcement of a contract win to deliver free Wi-Fi to millions of passengers at Britain’s busiest railway stations as part of Network Rail’s Put Passengers First plan.

The WiFi initiative, which was originally implemented in Euston and London Bridge stations, will be introduced to the UK’s busiest stations, including Waterloo station and Victoria station, from Spring 2020.