UK ‘fortunate’ to have BT on board as mission critical comms project nears maturity

Joe Purnell2026-06-18T13:12:00

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CCW 2026: Emergency Services Network (ESN) programme leadership talk up BT’s role in mission critical comms as the operator taps ‘shared benefits’, leans into commercial incentives and avoids ‘excessive’ legislation…

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Themes: Critical communications; Emergency services communications; Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO); Network resilience; Public safety networks; Shared network architecture; Telecommunications infrastructure; Telecommunications regulation.
Events: Critical Communications World 2026.
People: David Salam; John Black; Ildefonso de la Cruz.
Geographic: Finland; France; Hungary; New Zealand; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom (UK); United States (US).
Organisations: BT; The Critical Communications Association (TCCA); Home Office; IBM; Ofcom.

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