BT has announced a contract with NATO’s Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A), which is responsible for delivering technology in support of NATO’s global operations. The contract provides NATO with a communications network, connecting more than 70 locations, spread across the NATO nations and the Balkans. The five-year agreement is valued at €47 million.

Ethernet Connect will lay the foundation for a highly-secure wide area network (WAN) in support of NATO’s missions and decision-makers around the world. BT will also supply the NC3A-organisation with the hardware to accomplish this.

Georges D’hollander, General Manager at NC3A, said: “Information - and the ability to share it rapidly across a coalition - plays a paramount role in 21st century operations, as well as political decision-making. To underpin this we need a flexible, future-proof network. BT has, over the years, developed an in-depth understanding of the specific challenges we face. Their BT Connect portfolio is particularly well designed to support our communications needs.”