One year on – Magdalene’s in-house marshalling and integration centre continues its rapid expansion.

Magdalene, the independent telecom services provider, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its in-house service delivery marshalling and integration centre. Launched in August 2008, and designed to provide outsourced network operation services for telcos, transport and utility companies, it has handled a substantial broadband roll-out for Alcatel-Lucent, worked with a major airport on hosting a mobile radio network and managed services for the Crystal Rig II Wind Farm in Scotland.

Based at Magdalene’s offices in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, the marshalling and integration centre was set up to provide a full scope of service delivery, logistics support and project implementation. With this centre Magdalene offers its customers managed stores, pick, pack and dispatch under full controlled conditions as well as complete build and test procedures and support for in service equipments - through reverse logistics, reconditioning, upgrading and redeployment services.

“We’ve seen a real upswing in activity since we launched the marshalling and integration centre last year,” said Anthony Crane, managing director, Magdalene. “Our in-house centre has been appreciated by customers for the end-to-end support we provide - this is reflected in the number of projects we’ve processed through the centre.”

Following a recent assessment by the British Standards Institute Magdalene’s scope of registration for ISO 9000:2000 was revised to include the marshalling and integration centre.

“We’ve also seen a 25% overall increase in headcount at Magdalene,” continued Crane. “Our business is growing stronger and stronger, particularly as telcos, transport and utility companies realise the benefits of outsourcing their solutions to someone like us who can fully manage the entire ongoing process.”

About Magdalene

Magdalene provides comprehensive independent solutions which address the individual needs of its customers throughout the telecommunications industry. Its capabilities encompass all phases – from needs capture, network design, procurement, project delivery to complete maintenance services and full network operations capabilities.

Headquartered in St. Ives, Cambridge, UK, with offices in Paris and Belfast, the company employs approximately 200 people. Established in 1996, it has dedicated marshalling and logistics, network operations and test bed facilities specifically designed to support its managed service offerings. Along with offering integration, implementation and network support tools Magdalene helps its customers, which include some of the main mobile and fixed operators in the UK, improve their delivery performance and network availability and reduce costs. For more information please visit www.magdalene.co.uk

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