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Futuremedia Company Wins Network Rail Training Contract

Wednesday, July 05, 2006 08:39 ET

BRIGHTON, England, July 5, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- ebc Limited, a Futuremedia company, (Nasdaq: FMDAY), today announced it will provide Network Rail, the UK rail infrastructure company, with online simulation training for 5,000 signalers.

The Signalers Practice Toolkit will be used to provide refresher guidance to existing staff and will contain a number of virtual exercises to enable signalers to run through potentially hazardous scenarios in a safe environment. The program is expected to be fully released in September 2006.

Graham Mackie, Chief Executive Officer at ebc Limited said, "Network Rail has again trusted us to deliver a twenty-first century training framework for what is arguably one of the most safety-critical occupations in the UK. We are proud to be working with them once again."

Leonard M. Fertig, Chief Executive Officer of Futuremedia plc said, "The Futuremedia group of companies has been a service provider to Network Rail learning and benefits areas, for the past couple of years, and this contract further develops our strong relationship. We are pleased that ebc is working with Network Rail to help improve staff capabilities in this key area."