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Resilient Telecommunications

The Government's Strategy for enhancing the resilience of telecommunications

Strand 3. A High Integrity Telecommunications System (HITS)

A High Integrity Telecommunications System (HITS) is being planned to provide a communications backbone between crisis coordination centres at all levels. The resilience will be obtained through a combination of fixed satellite and diverse terrestrial bearers installed at multi-agency response centres, complemented with deployable satellite equipment. The deployable equipment is envisaged to be used in the event that a main centre becomes unavailable (possibly because a major incident has occurred in the immediate vicinity) in which case, operations fall-back to alternate locations.

A supplier has been identified and a preliminary proposal received. The HITS Project Team is currently in negotiations with the supplier with the aim of achieving contract award as soon as possible.

For HITS comments or enquiries, please e-mail HITS@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk. The HITS Team aims to respond to all enquiries within five working days, although a response may take longer during busy periods.

Please also bookmark the UK Resilience website - the HITS Team will submit regular project updates to the website once contract has been awarded.