North Yorkshire Police Upgrade Their Network To Get Better Connected

Added : ( Tue May 07 2002 )

North Yorkshire Police has invested £5.4million to replace its existing communications network with a state-of-the-art integrated voice and data service. Fully managed by BT, the new Wide Area Network (WAN), set to go live this August, will link 43 North Yorkshire police sites and free-up police personnel so they can spend more time on the beat.

The new WAN technology, managed by BT, will supply a Local Area Network (LAN) ensuring suitable infrastructure is in place to meet existing and future communications requirements. One immediate benefit of the new system – which will increase network capacity by seven times – is that it will reduce the congestion that both the public and police voice users experience with the current network.

The five-year contract, fully serviced by BT, will provide Proactive Fault Management, ensuring network health is checked every fifteen minutes. Furthermore, quality of service reports will mean the requirements of police users are being met, while regular reviews carried out by BT will ensure that the Force’s day-to-day communications run both more smoothly and more cost efficiently.

The new tailor made-network can be reshaped within the five-year contract so that the North Yorkshire Force, responsible for policing one of the largest areas of any UK force, will be able to maintain its goal of continued investment in new technology.

Paul Ramsey, head of information systems, North Yorkshire Police, said: “We are delighted to have signed this five-year contract with BT. This commitment means we will have in place a first class and comprehensive network which gives us a robust infrastructure to build onto for the future to allow us to take advantage of developments in technology.”

Andy Hudson, general manager, BT Justice & Police, said: “Apart from modernising their communications, North Yorkshire Police will also benefit from the flexibility that a comprehensive network will bring ensuring that they utilise it to its full capacity and potential taking advantage of current and future functionality.”

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For further information please contact:
Nicola Johnson, Consultant, Le Fevre, 01865 202 666
Peter Wilson, Marketing Manager, BT, 0207 932 7027

Notes to Editors Notes
1. North Yorkshire police is one of the UK’s largest police force in terms of square miles and has over 1,400 officers that support a community of nearly 750,000 people. The Force patrols rural and coastal areas as well as the more populated towns and cities. More information can be found from their website www.northyorkshire.police.uk/
2. BT Justice & Police is the part of BT Government with responsibility for supporting the criminal justice system. See www.bt.com/justiceandpolice

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BT Group plc is the listed holding company for the BT Group of companies, while British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly owned subsidiary. BT is one of the world's leading providers of telecommunications services and one of the largest private sector companies in Europe. Its principal activities include local, long distance and international telecommunications services, Internet and broadband services and IT solutions. In the UK, BT serves more than 28 million exchange lines as well as providing network services to other licensed operators.

The company is organised in to self-contained business units:

· BT Ignite, an international broadband network business, focused primarily on corporate and wholesale markets;
· BTopenworld, an international, mass-market Internet business;
· BT Retail, serving end-business and residential customers; and
· BT Wholesale, selling network capacity and call terminations to other carriers.

Further businesses make up the BT Group, including BTexact Technologies, an internationally renowned engineering and technology research and development business.

In the year to March 31, 2001, BT’s group turnover was £20,427m with profit before goodwill, amortisation, exceptional items and taxation of £2,072m.

For more information, visit www.bt.com

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