LogicaCMG Adds VPIsystems OnePlan Network Planning Solution to Telecoms Solutions Portfoliov


LONDON and HOLMDEL, New Jersey, September 10 /PRNewswire/ --

LogicaCMG, a major international force in IT and business services, and
VPIsystems, a leading provider of network resource planning software and
services for the global telecoms industry, today announced a strategic
partnership in which LogicaCMG will be offering the VPIsystems OnePlan(TM)
planning solution to its wireline and wireless carrier customers.

OnePlan will complement LogicaCMG's existing suite of OSS and BSS
solutions, and fully integrate into customers' existing infrastructures.
Aimed at carriers, enterprises, network operators and even equipment vendors,
OnePlan designs and dimensions a network across all layers (access, metro and
core) and across IP-based and legacy technologies.

With the addition of OnePlan, LogicaCMG further strengthens its
comprehensive telecommunications solution, taking customers seamlessly from
service creation to delivery. LogicaCMG will manage the OnePlan integration
and the overall implementation, including aligning the solution with existing
systems and developing new business processes. LogicaCMG's next-generation
business support systems are designed to create flexibility and provide the
fast time-to-market required for new services and convergence. OnePlan will
ensure this flexibility and speed is not achieved at the loss of control.

"We are confident that the inclusion of VPIsystems' OnePlan into our
global OSS portfolio will provide operators with the ability to plan, build
and transform networks in line with their business aspirations," stated
Thomas Breuer, managing director, telecoms and media at LogicaCMG.
"VPIsystems provides these essential capabilities and understands both the
network's capacity and capability in a speedy and efficient manner."

"OnePlan was the ideal network planning solution for LogicaCMG's needs,
given its already proven results with global Tier-1 carriers and breadth of
planning and design capabilities," said John Collins, vice president of
business development at VPIsystems. "We have combined the leading network
planning product with the innovation and experience of a global systems
integrator. Together, we are helping carriers to better realise their
business goals and stay competitive in the marketplace."

About LogicaCMG

LogicaCMG is a major international force in IT and business services. It
employs around 40,000 people across 41 countries. LogicaCMG's focus is on
enabling its customers to build and maintain leadership positions using
LogicaCMG's deep industry knowledge and its track record for successful
delivery. The company provides business consulting, systems integration and
IT and business process outsourcing across diverse markets including telecoms
and media, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution
and transport and the public sector. Headquartered in Europe, LogicaCMG is
listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG;
Euronext: LOG) and traded on the Xternal List of the Nordic Exchange in
Stockholm. More information is available at www.logicacmg.com

About OnePlan

OnePlan offers communications service providers a single, cross-domain
(geography, technology, discipline and network domain) integrated capacity
and network planning capability, OnePlan has become the system of choice for
any carrier planning transition to a next-generation, IP-enabled network.
Through its modular design, OnePlan provides a scalable solution that can
start as a single technology module, and grow to a high-availability system
spanning multiple network layers where OnePlan automates network planning,
engineering and decommissioning activities.

About VPIsystems, Inc.

VPIsystems is a leading provider of integrated capacity and network
planning software and services for the global telecommunications industry.
The company's OnePlan(TM) software system gives telecommunications and
multi-service providers the ability to cohesively plan the financial,
technical and marketing aspects of their network evolution, for all current
and future network types. Headquartered in Holmdel, NJ, and with offices in
Europe, Asia, and Australia, VPIsystems' software is used by over 150
communications service providers and network equipment manufacturers to
assess current and future capacity needs, and optimally plan their
QoS-constrained service networks and underlying transport infrastructure. For
further information, visit us at www.vpisystems.com.

Web site: http://www.logicacmg.com
              http://www.vpisystems.com

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