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2002

THUS plc, one of the UK's leading providers of voice, data, Internet and contact centre services, announced today that it has reached agreement to supply telecoms services to several UK universities under a framework agreement with the National Telecommunications Group (NTG).

NTG is an independent organisation that helps over 250 higher/further education and research institutions in the UK maximise their purchasing power in the telephony services marketplace. NTG aggregates this demand to negotiate preferential service rates for its member institutions. THUS is providing universities, including Newcastle, Aberdeen, Reading, Liverpool, Dundee, Durham, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, Sunderland, Glasgow and Warwick with a range of voice services over its technically advanced and robust national network. A number of the universities are being supplied with additional voice and data services outside of the framework agreement.

THUS will provide NTG members with a range of voice services over its technically advanced and robust national network. The NTG framework agreement lays the foundation for the creation of a virtual private network linking all member institutions. By investing in such a network, institutions could benefit from virtually unlimited free calls between different sites irrespective of time and distance.

"These most recent agreements are a further endorsement of our reputation in the education sector," said Bill Allan, Chief Executive, THUS. "Enhanced communications, when combined with dynamic leadership, are a sure way to improve the scope and efficiency of our education system. We are delighted to be supplying services to individual universities and supporting the NTG in its vision to provide members with the most flexible and focused service agreements."

Darren Evans, NTG Chair added, "We have negotiated a package of services that would not be available to our individual universities. The cost benefit and the potential for establishing virtual private networks provide a significant incentive to our member institutions."