March 6, 2005

Al Falak, the leading IT and Communications solutions provider in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region, has been awarded the Reseller of the Year 2004 title by Marconi Corporation, the multinational designer, manufacturer and supplier of telecommunications and information technology equipment and services. The award was presented at the annual Partner "Marconi Flying University" meeting, held recently in Dubai, UAE.

Marconi's top reseller award recognizes Al-Falak's outstanding sales achievements in the Middle East ICT markets in the year 2004. Al-Falak System Solutions and Consulting (FSSC) Division, which won the Marconi award, had posted a 31 per cent growth in its revenues at the end of last calendar year.

"As voice, data and applications converge; technology innovators are increasingly flooding the markets with a host of telecommunications products. For the IT managers, the challenge lies in identifying solutions that will not only provide the maximum return on investment in the present, but also be scalable enough to meet future requirements. A reseller must strike a fine balance between providing cutting-edge technologies and ensuring post sales on ground performance of the products," explained Ahmed Ali Ashadawi, President and CEO, Al-Falak.
"Al-Falak's FSSC Division is staffed with knowledgeable and experienced technical and sales staff for both pre-sales and post-sales support. The team is backed up by a large base of spares, including for the various Marconi products. This attention to customer support has been instrumental in driving up the sales of the Marconi solutions, as well as all other telecommunications and IT solutions in our extensive portfolio," added Ashadawi. "In effect, although the Marconi Reseller of the Year award is for sales-growth in 2004, it recognises the years of technical excellence and our customer-centric approach that has gone into nurturing client confidence in our solutions."

"We are pleased to recognize Al-Falak's outstanding commitment to creating and implementing innovative networking solutions based on Marconi products for clients in the Middle East," said Andy Furner, Marconi Middle East Senior Vice President, Marconi Corporation. "We strive to arm our partners with the very best in sophisticated networking technology, so that they can successfully service their customers. Al-Falak is an excellent example of the relationships we seek to establish with our channel partners."

Marconi Corporation is a leading networking technology innovator, enabling customers to evolve narrowband networks to next-generation broadband networks. The company's customer base includes public network operators, Internet service providers, large corporations, government departments and agencies, utilities and educational institutions.
Marconi's core activities can be divided into two main business types, Network Equipment and Network Services. Al-Falak has been established of Marconi solutions for both these core areas since 2001.

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About Al-Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Company
Al-Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Company is one of the leading suppliers of network solutions, computer hardware, application software, manpower and IT consultancy services within the Middle East. Since its formation in 1981, the company has provided the information infrastructure to many prestigious organizations, which range from practically every government ministry and agency to universities in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman, as well as domestic and international private companies.

Al Falak's name is now practically synonymous with IT in the region. This 100% Saudi owned company has built upon its platform of existing partnerships with some of the most reputable companies in the IT industry. The majority of their staff is IT professionals, consultants, specialists or technicians. This combination helps to ensure that Al-Falak keeps fully abreast of industry standard platform changes to offer constantly updated systems integration, installation, programming, training and support.

About Marconi Corporation plc
Marconi Corporation plc is a global telecommunications equipment, services and solutions company. 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 customer base includes many of the world's largest telecommunications operators. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MONI and on NASDAQ under the ticker MRCIY.

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