O2 has entered into a ten year contract with BT, in a deal which will see BT provide network services in support of the rollout of 4G services by O2.

The contract will see the delivery of increased backhaul capacity, which will support O2 in migrating services to high speed Ethernet based services.

Along with increased speeds, BT will construct a new high capacity transmission network to deal with increased volumes of data through 4G services.

In addition to supporting the delivery of new 4G service, the long-term contract with BT is also being used to launch a range of applications and services, while reducing overall traffic costs, from the expected increase in 4G traffic in coming years.

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