Telent, a critical infrastructure technology provider, has been awarded a second contract extension to operate the digital connectivity network for England’s Strategic Road Network, SRN.
This is the second contract extension Telent has been awarded by the English agency National Highways and runs up to 2028. Telent will manage and operate digital technology services for the agency’s National Roads Telecommunications Service, NRTS. NRTS ensures continued innovation and reliability to limit network downtime, and disruption for road users.
Telent’s NRTS contract with National Highways began in 2018. During the seven-year partnership to date, Telent has delivered digital platforms that have modernised connectivity across the UK’s roads, improving reliability and operating performance across the network infrastructure.
Telent operates and manages the connection of over 36,000 critical services as part of the NRTS contract scope across the SRN, including CCTV and video, information and communication systems and traffic monitoring sensors, explained Andy Gifford, director of highways at Telent. “This extension allows us to further enhance the digital infrastructure that plays a crucial role in making our roads safer and more efficient.
“Continuing our collaborative partnership with National Highways futureproofs both our relationship, and the roads’ networks,” said Gifford.
Telent specialises in the design, build, support and management of the UK’s critical digital infrastructure. Clients include Transport for London, National Highways, Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Ambulance Radio Programme.
