O2 Takes the Train

O2 has secured a contract with Network Rail, which owns and operates Britain’s rail infrastructure, to provide voice, BlackBerry and other mobile data services. The deal is O2’s largest corporate customer win and, says O2, one of the UK’s largest ever port of numbers, with 23,000 connections transferring to O2. O2 says that the win overturns industry-wide perceptions that large corporates see the risk of changing suppliers as too daunting.
Working closely with Network Rail, O2 will be developing and streamlining mobile solutions to help Network Rail maintain, renew and enhance the railway. O2 will help Network Rail identify areas of the business that will benefit from mobile technology to enhance efficiency and flexibility for the workforce and put in place systems to achieve both bottom-line and customer benefits.
As the relationship evolves, O2 says it will work closely with Network Rail to develop bespoke solutions.
“This is an incredible win for O2 and provides us with another great example of how we are changing the face of the mobile marketplace,” says O2 UK Business Sales Director, Ben Dowd. “We genuinely believe that customer and employee satisfaction are intrinsically linked to business success and together with Network Rail, we believe we can help the company achieve its objectives.”
Network Rail’s Director of Information Management, Catherine Doran, adds:
“We are delighted to enter into this relationship with O2. We are keen to embrace new ways of communicating with our people and suppliers and changing the way we work by using new technology. O2 has demonstrated the same passion and drive to help us achieve these bold targets, by showing great innovation, good customer service and commercial capability.”
O2 has experience of large scale migrations in blue chip corporations, including Merrill Lynch, the AA and the Royal Bank of Scotland.