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Kinross Gold signs deal with BT for communications network
[November 07, 2013]

Kinross Gold signs deal with BT for communications network


Nov 07, 2013 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- BT (NYSE: BT) said it has signed a three-year deal with Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX: K) (NYSE: KGC), a Canadian-based gold mining company, to provide a communications network connecting sites in the US, Canada, Brazil, Chile and Spain.



Since 1993, Kinross has grown through the merger and acquisition of a number of smaller, specialized gold mining interests. This created a challenge in developing and managing a centralized network infrastructure that can grow and house common applications. Kinross chose BT Connect, a suite of network services, to bring together and manage the communications network.

BT Connect services can be delivered in 198 countries and territories, and are constantly improved in terms of coverage, bandwidth and cost effectiveness. Those services are available in locations from towns and cities to the remotest of locations using a range of technologies from Ethernet over fibre to satellite and 3G. Such network capabilities are of particular interest to companies active in industry sectors such as global mining, oil and gas.


Kinross is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Mauritania, Russia and the United States, employing approximately 9,000 people worldwide.

BT is one of the world's providers of communications services and solutions, serving customers in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and Internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. For more information, visit www.btplc.com Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected]

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