SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of March 06 2003
Commission file number: 0-30924
MARCONI PLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
4th Floor
Regents Place
338 Euston Road
London
NW1 3BT
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.)
Yes No X
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
In order to utilize the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the United States Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"), Marconi plc ( the
"Company") is providing the following cautionary statement. Except for
historical information contained herein, statements contained in this Report on
Form 6-K may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Reform Act. The words "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "estimate",
"plan", "assume", "positioned", "will", "may", "risk" and other similar
expressions which are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends
which do not relate to historical matters identify forward-looking statements.
Reliance should not be placed on such statements because they involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are in some cases beyond
the control of the Company, together with its subsidiaries (the "Group"), and
may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Group to differ
materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements (and from past results,
performance or achievement). Certain factors that may cause such differences
include but are not limited to the following: (1) any major disruption in
production at our key facilities; (2) changes in the environmental, tax and
other laws and regulations, which, among other things, could cause us to incur
substantial additional capital expenditures and operation and maintenance costs;
and (3) adverse changes in the markets for our products, including as a result
of increased competition in the highly competitive international markets for
such products. These and other risks, uncertainties and factors are discussed in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including this Form 6-K. Shareholders and
prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements which speak only as to the Company's judgment as of
the date hereof. Any such forward-looking statements are not intended to give
any assurance as to future results. The Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether to
reflect new information or future events or circumstances or otherwise.
WIND SELECTS MARCONI'S ACCESS HUB FOR UMTS TRIAL
Marconi to provide equipment to support first UMTS trial networks
in Milan and Rome for WIND
London - 6 March 2003 - Wind, the Italian telecommunications operator, has
selected Marconi's (MONI) Access Hub platform to support its Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS) pilot networks in Rome and Milan. Marconi will
supply Wind with its AXH2500 equipment, the most advanced access node in
Marconi's Access Hub's family, which is being used for the first time in a UMTS
application in Italy.
Developed in Italy, Marconi's Access Hub (AXH2500) will aggregate UMTS traffic
from Wind's metropolitan network to its core national network, which is based on
Marconi's Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) equipment. UMTS is the European
version of the third-generation (3G) wireless mobile-telephone system.
The use of Marconi's Access Hub for the UMTS trial will allow Wind to maximise
the return on its existing Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) access
network investments in Marconi's Access Hub equipment and will deliver savings
on operating costs.
ENDS/...
Notes to Editors
Marconi's Access Hub is a multi-service access node. It combines the
functionality of Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs) along with
the ability to aggregate all traffic types with one of the industry's highest
port densities. With a 32-line xDSL line card, the Access Hub family supports up
to 576 xDSL lines in a single shelf and can also act as a wireless or fibre
aggregation point, supporting a wide range of distributed DSL topologies. The
Access Hub supports up to 40Gbit/s of bandwidth on the back plane.
The Access Hub platform is completely managed by Marconi's ServiceOn Access
network management system. ServiceOn Access is able to manage all of Marconi's
access solutions from a single, unified platform providing operators with the
advantage of a common look and feel for all the different technologies deployed
in their access network.
About Marconi plc
Marconi plc is a global telecommunications equipment and solutions company
headquartered in London. The company's core business is the provision of
innovative and reliable optical networks, broadband routing and switching and
broadband access technologies and services. The company's aim is to help fixed
and mobile telecommunications operators worldwide reduce costs and increase
revenues.
The company's customer base includes many of the world's largest
telecommunications operators. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange
under the symbol MONI. Additional information about Marconi can be found at
www.marconi.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to products,
partners, customers, future growth and other matters. Please refer to the Form
20-F report and Form 6-K reports filed by Marconi plc with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of risks that could cause
actual results to differ materially from such statements.
Copyright (c) 2003 Marconi plc. All rights reserved. All brands or product names
are trademarks of their respective holders.
Marconi contacts
Contacts
Name: Joe Kelly Heather Green
Title: Public Relations Investor Relations
Phone: +44 (0) 207 306 1771 +44 (0) 207 306 1735
+44 (0) 207 603 1490 heather.green@marconi.com
joe.kelly@marconi.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
MARCONI PLC
By: ____M Skelly____
Name: M Skelly
Title: Secretary
06 March 2003