BT scores £100m European Parliament networking deal

BT has secured a lucrative deal with the European Parliament, which will see the telco giant provide networking pursuant to this agreement two framework contracts.

Network equipment and applications will be delivered to the EU body, alongside professional services for those products across three main sites in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg.

The research to support a host of telecoms services

BT will provide the research to support a host of telecoms services, including VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), unified communications, videoconferencing and telepresence.

"Their highly-skilled integration experts and a vendor agnostic approach should enable us to implement all communication infrastructures and services according to our Call for Tender specifications. This makes me confident that we have chosen the right partner."

The deal marks another high point for BT's Global Services division, which is responsible for a sizeable chunk of the telecoms firm's revenue.

In early 2009, the division was in fact holding back BT revenue. At one stage it was reporting losses of £124 million. In 2008, BT said it would cut 10,000 jobs due to Global Services' poor performance.

Number of contracts in the public sector this year

BT has scored a number of contracts in the public sector this year, including one to become a provider for the Public Sector Network.

FOI requests suggest that Government-based plans to bring fast broadband to rural areas have made little progress. Nevertheless there are more barriers than official inaction alone.