Australian Radio Network Upgrades Communications For Listeners and Advertisers

Sydney, August 23, 2011- Australian RadioNetwork, Australasia's largest commercial radio network, has completed acompany-wide telephony and networking roll-out working with LogicalisAustralia.

Unified communications system from Cisco Systems

ARNchose Logicalis to replace five aging legacy standalone PABX telephony systemsranging from five - 25 years old to connect offices in five states andstandardise on a unified communications system from Cisco Systems.

Logicalis'solution will use Voice Over Internet Protocol to provide centralisedtelephony services and support a newmobile sales workforce strategy.

ARNwent to tender in late 2010, and chose to upgrade its switching and routinghardware simultaneously with its telephony network. It selected LogicalisAustralia on account of the company's considerable Cisco expertise and back-endnetworking skills.

Theproject, completed in June 2011, was delivered by Logicalis just in time and withinbudget. Upon selection, ARN gave details of its new infrastructure plans toLogicalis which at the time designed, configured, tested and installed the new networkto sit within ARN's Wide Area Network. The company started with a Sydneyhead-office roll-out, and delivered to Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane andCanberra.

"We'rein the business of providing entertainment to our listeners and advertising opportunitiesto our customers, accordingly, how we communicate with these audiences iscritical to our commercial operations," said Graeme O'Connor, NationalTechnology Director at Australian Radio Network. "The Logicalis team wasexceptional in the design and delivery of the project, and worked so then with ourinternal technical team to deliver a solution that fits into a wider strategyfor ARN. Already our phone costs have been significantly reduced, and we'rerealising the benefits of an improved mobile sales workforce."

International provider of integrated information

Logicalisis an international provider of integrated information and communicationstechnology solutions and services founded on a superior breadth of knowledgeand expertise in communications & collaboration; data centre; andprofessional and managed services.

LogicalisGroup employs over 1,900 people worldwide, including highly trained servicespecialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructuresto meet the needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector clients. Toachieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with innovation leaderssuch as Cisco, HP, IBM and Microsoft.

TheLogicalis Group has annualised earnings in excess of $1 billion, fromoperations in the UK, US, Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fastestablishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications serviceproviders, specialising in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

Division of Datatec Limited

TheLogicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, a $3.7 billion revenuebusiness listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges. For moreinformation, visit www.logicalis.com.