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<p> </p><p>The Programme has undertaken an extensive market engagement exercise to
help <br>determine the technical and commercial feasibility of the proposed Emergency
<br>Services Network (ESN). The results of these industry soundings indicate that
<br>it should be possible to move to Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solution based
<br>technologies that will be more cost effective and will allow the Emergency <br>Services
communications to evolve in line with developments in the consumer <br>market. The
outline business case, approved in March 2014, included costs for <br>the security
and resilience enhancements required to provide the appropriate <br>service levels
for ESN users.</p><p> </p>
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