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BT misses out on £500m deal(City A.M. (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BRITISH Telecom (BT) has been passed over for a lucrative government communications contract, worth up to £500m, to upgrade the network used by the emergency services. BT was bidding to supply police, fire and ambulance workers with telecoms services for the next seven years, and building and maintaining the network's sites for 15 years. In-cumbent provider Airwave along with Vodafone, O2 and EE remain in the bidding. BT declined to comment. (c) 2014 City A.M. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |