Emergencies: Telecommunications Systems

(asked on 16th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in (1) replacing the High Integrity Telecommunications System mobile terminals that were withdrawn from service in 2013, and (2) introducing improvements aimed at increasing ease of access to, and thus usability of, the network that were due to be announced by the end of 2016.


Answered by
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
This question was answered on 30th April 2018

Telecommunications System (HITS) will end in March 2019. A review is currently underway to determine the requirement for a successor system, including ease of access, mobility and usability.

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