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<p>The new Emergency Services Network (ESN) is the next-generation critical communications
system that allows the police, fire and rescue and ambulance services to operate safely,
collaborate and innovate. ESN represents value for money for the taxpayer through
delivering steady state savings of over £200m pa compared to Airwave.</p><p>The delay
in rolling out ESN means that we will continue to pay for Airwave for longer, at current
rates. Local forces will continue to have to pay some Airwave charges as well as for
commercial broadband services. There will also continue to be some costs for supporting
transition teams. We do not have precise figures for these local costs.</p>
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