telent awarded software and systems integration contract to upgrade London bus passenger information system

telent’s solution will enable passengers to use their mobile phone or the internet to find out exactly when their next bus is due.

During the first phase of the contract, telent will be responsible for core software design and development, system build as well as testing and integration. After rollout in 2011, telent will maintain the core system for the duration of the contract.

Commenting on the award, Peter Eccleson, General Manager Traffic Technology at telent, said: “We’re proud to have been awarded this major contract by Transport for London, and to help make ’running for a bus’ a thing of the past for everyone who lives in or visits the capital. Our success here builds on telent’s proven systems integration capability and expertise in Real-Time Passenger Information systems. We look forward to working with Transport for London to deliver and maintain what will be a state-of-the-art passenger information system, unlike any other in the UK“.