Technetix awarded three year contract to supply Virgin Media

date:  05.10.2012

Technetix, the leading provider of critical products and solutions for broadband cable network operators, has recently been awarded a three year contract to supply both technical and non-technical products for Virgin Media throughout the UK.

Francois Giraud-Sauveur, VP Sales at Technetix said: “Technetix has been a long term, key supplier to Virgin Media. Our new preferred supplier contract will offer an increased range of products manufactured by Technetix complemented by products from other approved suppliers. All benefit from our proven value added services such as stringent testing facilities.”

Under the new contract, Technetix uses the principles of vendor managed inventory to supply products with a secure online portal giving Virgin Media full visibility of its inventory levels within the Technetix supply chain.

Amar Treon, Director of Procurement at Virgin Media said: “The service we receive from Technetix helps Virgin Media streamline its supply chain and logistics process while ensuring that stock is kept at sustainable and manageable levels. We chose Technetix because they can provide the right solution to Virgin Media and they also have a strong roadmap in place that will help us continue to maintain cost efficient operations.”

To complement the supply contract, Technetix has also developed an exciting range of new products to help support the improvements that Virgin Media has made and will continue to make to its network over the coming years.

About Virgin Media

Virgin Media is the first provider of all four broadband, TV, mobile phone and home phone services in the UK.

The company’s cable network – the result of a multi-billion pound private investment – delivers ultrafast broadband connections to over half of all UK homes, with speeds of up to 120Mb, and is being expanded to reach thousands more people across the country.

Virgin Media has developed the most advanced interactive television service, bringing together broadcast TV, thousands of hours of on demand programming and the best of the web in a single set-top box powered by TiVo. The company was the first to offer HD TV and 3D on demand to millions of UK households.

Virgin Media also operates the most popular virtual mobile network in the UK which, when launched, was the world’s first such mobile phone service. It is also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the country.

Virgin Media Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market and the London Stock Exchange (VMED). For more information, go to www.virginmedia.com.