One of Telent's biggest contracts is providing the communications network for National Highways, including 'everything on the side of motorways' such as emergency telephones, radar detection and CCTV.

M Group Services, which was acquired by CVC Capital Partners last year, is in exclusive negotiations to buy Telent, which was once part of industrial powerhouse Marconi, Sky News understands.

The service is reportedly ‘child-friendly’ and can also be used on more than one device. Telent Technology has been contracted to survey, design and construct the systems. The move apparently follows ...