BT to develop new National Network for the NHS

BT was awarded a seven-year contract valued at £530 million to procure, integrate and manage networking services for the New National Network for the NHS. The project, which is part of a £5 billion program to modernize IT systems used by the national health service, is described as one of the largest intranets in Europe. BT said the increased bandwidth provided by the network would open up a host of new opportunities to the 18,000 NHS sites in England. http://www.btplc.com