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Thursday, April 5, 2007
NEW DELHI: BT has signed an inter-institutional framework contract with the European Commission’s Directorate General Information Technology (DIGIT) for the supply and management of Internet access services.
The contract was won following an invitation to tender and covers a minimum term of four years, which may be extended to eight years, with a budget that may go up to €22.5 million, BT said in a statement.
According to the terms of the contract, BT is to supply, implement and manage full range of services called INAS (Internet access and associated services). These services include, among others, Internet access from at least 17 sites in Europe, wi-fi access, anti-spam filtering, protection against Denial of Service attacks, the registration of domain names and support with distribution of content over the Internet.
In addition to the European Commission, more than 10 European Union institutions and organisations, including the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, will receive Internet services from BT through this inter-institutional-framework contract, BT statement added.
Michel De Coster, CEO, BT Benelux, said, “It confirms our commitment to reinforce our presence within the European institutions. INAS follows on another inter-institutional framework contract with a budget of more than 160 million euro, signed at the end of 2004 with DIGIT, relating to the supply of managed communication services over IP, on a worldwide scale.”
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