Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Limited

Fujitsu’s Award-Winning Technology Receives Royal Scrutiny

The Duke of York visited Fujitsu in his capacity as the Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, with this Inward Mission visit to Fujitsu in recognition of the company’s excellent track record.

Birmingham, 2nd March 2006 — Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe yesterday welcomed HRH The Duke of York to its European headquarters. The Duke of York visited Fujitsu in his capacity as the Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, with this Inward Mission visit to Fujitsu in recognition of the company’s excellent track record.

CEO of Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe, Andy Stevenson, commented:
“We were delighted to welcome The Duke of York to Fujitsu, providing us with the opportunity to demonstrate the ongoing investment and technical excellence that is achieved here at our European headquarters. We are playing an important role in both local industry and across the nation, with our involvement in broadband technology for BT’s 21CN programme, and are extremely proud of our long-established track record as a key employer and active contributor to the West Midlands’ economy.”

A winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2005, for the Fujitsu GeoStream Access Gateway technology – delivering broadband services to homes and business across the UK – the company’s Birmingham-based engineering facility represents the global centre of broadband product excellence for the entire Fujitsu group. Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe is an acknowledged leader for its next generation network technology, which it designs and manufactures in the UK. The company was selected in 2005 as one of eight preferred suppliers for BT’s epoch-making 21st Century Network (21CN) project, which will position the UK as a leader on the world telecommunications stage, and was also recently awarded a Selective Finance for Investment (SFI) in England grant in support of its innovative technology evolution.

Fujitsu’s GeoStream Access Gateway platform is a multi-service access node, delivering traditional and new services over a wide range of fixed access network technologies as a true gateway to the next-generation network. With Fujitsu’s GeoStream Access Gateway, multiple services can be delivered simultaneously, from fast Internet access and video-on-demand, to voice telephony using VoIP. Inherently scalable, the modular technology has been designed to drive down the cost-per-line to a minimum, and to be as cost-effective as possible for an ISP or network operator, whether servicing many thousands of broadband subscribers from a busy urban exchange or delivering broadband to small, remote rural communities.

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About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts, uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. (For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com)

About Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe

Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Limited is a major supplier of Broadband Access equipment in Europe and is Fujitsu's worldwide design location for access network solutions - including a centre of excellence for the development of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology. From its base in Birmingham, West Midlands, Fujitsu designs, develops and manufactures telecommunications technology for the European market. The company has a long-standing relationship with BT, with its technology accounting for over 3 million lines of DSL broadband in the UK. The company’s advanced technology has resulted in the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2005, in addition to the ISPA Best Hardware Award 2005. (For more information, please visit: uk.fujitsu.com)

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