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Kinsey Allen Project

"Thank you for the help and guidance you have provided our business with over the last few months. It's refreshing to work with a company who takes direct action over your concerns, and makes you feel that you aren't just another account number. By taking the time to review our previous spending patterns and understand our business needs you have proposed the right products and services for us; and by using them we have reduced our monthly telephone and internet costs significantly. I would gladly recommend Twisted Pair to anybody looking for a reliable and proactive communications partner"

Alan Martin - Finance Director - Kinsey Allen Consulting


What we installed

Polycom Soundstation 2

Polycom VSX5000 Video Conferencing unit

42" NEC LCD Screen

Panasonic KXTDA100 Telephone system

KX-T 7668 Handsets

BT Wholesale ISDN30E

Excel Category 5E cabling

Excel Floor Standing Cabinets

Claranet 10Mbps Private Circuit with ADSL Failover

Power and lighting with full NICEIC certification

Calls and services billing solution

Client: Kinsey Allen Consulting

Location: London, Gracechurch Street


Requirement: A complete communications infrastructure catering for a fast moving, modern, and forward thinking organisation looking to gain competitive advantage from technology. Moving their european headquarters to new premises, a trusted partner was needed to advise and install a complete managed solution.


KA Reception
Kinsey Allen is a Financial Markets Executive Search Consultancy with an established business in Europe and the US and a growing presence in Asia. Founded in 2001, Kinsey Allen works with some of the world's most prestigious financial institutions, focusing on providing strategic advice, market research & intelligence and hiring solutions across Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Structured Solutions, Alternative Investments and Asset Management.

Kinsey Allen needed a complete solution from TwistedPair as they were moving from serviced offices, which due to the size of the business was no longer cost effective. So they were in the enviable position of being able to look to the future when designing their new communications infrastructure. Kinsey Allen were looking to gain competitive advantage from new technology.

They chose a superb location for their new premises in a building that had been stripped to a shell, which offered a blank canvas for all aspects of the design and build of a new state-of-the-art office.

Kinsey Allen appointed TwistedPair as their trusted advisor to build a solution for their new office communications project. What made this project exciting for the TwistedPair team is the requirement encorporated nearly all of the services we offer and allowed us to offer a complete managed solution.

Open Plan Layout
What made the customer choose the product ranges?
TwistedPair are non vendor specific and so are in a unique position to advise on the most approprite products and services based on both technological and budgetary concerns and so a number of product options were presented during the scoping phase of the project. Our brief was to supply a solution where all aspects were reliable, fast, easy to use and futureproofed.

What we installed

Polycom Video Conferencing with IP and quad BRI for large meeting room
Panasonic Telephone system & Voicemail for 52 extensions
146 Excel Category 5E Voice and data cabling outlets
42U 800 x 1000m Excel Server cabinet
BT Wholesale ISDN 30E with 12 live channels
Business Max Premium ADSL back up
Cisco automatic failover router
Claranet 10Mbps Ethernet Private Circuit
36 x Floor boxes with 2 x DSSO on busbar
Power for new Kitchen and breakout area
42 " NEC LCD display with Unicol High level trolley
Training services

What services are included on our TwistedPair ONE bill

BT ISDN30 Line and DDI rental
Low cost calls
Leased Line Rental
Broadband rental
Telephone Maintenance 'Bronze Care' Package
Proffesional On-hold music and rental

Result: A complete infrastructure and telephony solution was installed, tested and commisioned. which was within the given time scales and future proofed. The system is running smoothly and has further emphasised Kinsey Allen's image of being a cutting-edge business.