Cable&Wireless Worldwide win global government telecoms contract
14 September 2010: Cable&Wireless Worldwide, a leading provider of mission critical communications, has signed a global telecoms framework contract with the UK Government, consisting of a highly resilient global network and a suite of advanced IP services. The FCO has become the first government department to purchase services from the framework in an £82 million, five and a half year partnership.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) signs £82* million, five and a half year contract
- Global telecoms framework for managed services to more than 150 countries
- Anticipated that other government departments will separately contract for services under the agreement
- Includes Next-Generation Network (NGN) and advanced IP data and voice services
*After the roll-out phase, the first material financial impact of this contract is expected in 2011/12
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About Cable&Wireless Worldwide
Cable&Wireless Worldwide (LSE: CW.) aims to be the first-choice provider of mission critical communications for large users of telecoms. Cable&Wireless Worldwide is one of the world's leading critical communication companies, providing a range of high-quality managed voice, data and IP-based services and applications to large corporates, multinational companies, governments, carrier customers and resellers across the UK, Asia Pacific, India, Middle East & Africa, Continental Europe and North America.
Stretching to more than 500,000km, the Cable&Wireless Worldwide global next-generation network (NGN) includes the UK's largest fibre network for business communications, and provides connectivity to 153 countries. The Company's Multi-Service Platform, an IP-based next-generation platform that operates across the NGN, offers a single environment on which voice and data applications can be converged to drive business efficiencies.
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