Press release
UK’s largest newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror uses
ntl:Telewest Business network to help deliver news across the
UK
- Media group adopts advanced IP
communications network to support smooth running of daily
operations
- Resilient network connects 170 UK
sites with full back-up
- ntl:Telewest Business chosen for
consultative approach, and provision of tailored network and
services
25 June 2007. ntl:Telewest Business, part of the
Virgin Media Group, is helping Trinity Mirror plc to deliver its
news to 20 million readers each week and ensure its daily
operations and production run like clockwork.
Operating 240 local newspapers and five national
newspapers across the UK, Trinity Mirror required a single network
that offered increased robustness and simpler management. The
Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IPVPN) provided over
ntl:Telewest Business’ nation-wide network supplies Trinity Mirror
with greater resilience and streamlines the way the company manages
information back across its 170 different sites. The technology
means that if a network link goes down the organisation can now
maintain production by replicating data services across multiple
data centres, ensuring the news gets delivered on time. The
investment is part of an ongoing initiative to ensure 24/7
production capabilities at Trinity Mirror and a national back-up
network.
Trinity Mirror is also evaluating how the
network - which carries voice, video and data traffic - can be used
in future to roll out new communications services. The company is
already using the network for its IP CCTV and access card security
system, which enables it to operate as a centrally managed
service.
“We have to ensure that current news and
information is always available to our millions of readers, be it
on-line or in printed media. That’s why we needed a reliable
network that spanned the UK,” said Ian Bailey, Group Networks
Services Manager, for Trinity Mirror. “Having worked with
ntl:Telewest Business for more than a decade it was an easy choice
on who we wanted to work with on this project. We knew that the
company would put our needs first and develop a highly bespoke
network that would help us deliver the news wherever and whenever
we wanted.”
“Competition in the media sector has always been
fierce, and that’s why organisations need a network that is totally
dependable to transfer data and information as and when is
required. We have spent £13 billion pounds building such a network,
which can offer next-generation capabilities to any business across
the UK,” said John Cunningham, director of business markets,
ntl:Telewest Business.
Notes to Editors
ntl:Telewest Business, part of the UK’s second
largest fixed-line telecommunications company, is a leading
communications provider to businesses, public sector organisations
and service providers in the UK. It delivers a complete portfolio
of voice, data and internet solutions nation-wide.
ntl:Telewest
Business sales and support teams are located across the UK, in
close proximity to our customers, as part of a commitment to
deliver superior customer service.
ntl:Telewest Business delivers services over the
Group’s £13bn investment in its state-of-the-art infrastructure
giving business customers access to the largest alternative network
in the UK.
ntl:Telewest Business is trusted to provide
critical communications to high profile customers
including: Heathrow's Terminal 5, Birmingham City Council and
Cambridge County Council.
For further information go to
www.ntltelewestbusiness.co.uk .
ntl:Telewest Business
press contacts:
Tara Flanagan, PR Executive
ntl:Telewest Business
T: 01256 753101
E: tara.flanagan2@virginmedia.co.uk
Rebecca
Tyrer
ntl:Telewest
Business
T: 01256
754715
E: rebecca.tyrer@virginmedia.co.uk
Sam Grace, Press Office
Rainier PR
T: 020 7494 6593
E: sgrace@rainierpr.co.uk