BT is supporting the MOD to protect against the cyber threats and has delivered a Computer Network Defence capability that’s accredited to IL5. The solution is based on business risk and enables identification of potential and actual attacks to networked systems. It enables informed, risk-based decision-making and responses based upon comprehensive situational awareness. The benefits include a significant reduction in the time it takes to complete analysis, and access up to date information – which means that decisions can be accurate and based on a holistic picture.

BT Openzone for the MOD

BT Openzone is the UK’s leading provider for public Wi-Fi, allowing users of the service simple and fast access to the internet with any wireless enabled device. Currently BT Openzone has over 2.5 million hotspots in the UK and another 65,000 internationally meaning you are never far away from a hotspot when you need to connect to the internet.

A BT Openzone MOD customer gains additional benefits including access to the special £16.80 per month (including VAT) contract. This allows MOD users unlimited access to the internet and the opportunity to cancel the contract with one-month’s notice, giving MOD personnel a flexible and adaptable internet package which they can use whilst they are on or away from their base. With BT Openzone you can connect to the internet, use VOIP software to call family and friends, game online, surf the Web, and access your office network – safely and securely.

Currently BT Openzone is available at a variety of MOD bases including RAF Leeming, RAF St Mawgan, RAF Marham, and the Faslane Naval Base in all of the “single living accommodation” quarters.

“NATS provides air traffic control services at 15 of the UK's biggest airports, and ‘en-route’ air traffic services for aircraft flying through UK airspace. This year we will handle more than two million flights carrying over 220 million passengers. BT is integral to this capability, providing a secure and resilient network infrastructure that underpins our communications and surveillance requirements. Working in partnership, teams from across NATS and BT work collaboratively to maintain and support the ever-changing demands of NATS operational and non-operational environments, meeting the challenges this inevitably presents. Our collaboration doesn’t stop at our immediate requirements. Together, NATS and BT are working to jointly develop the network infrastructure that will underpin the air traffic management services of the future.” – Chris Odam, Supply Chain and Business Services Director, NATS.

The Met Office is the U.K.’s national weather service and one of the world’s leading providers of weather and climate services. The Met Office serves a wide range of customers, from Government departments to commercial companies. Among its roles, the Met Office supports the UK's military operations via the provision of weather forecasting services as well as being one of only two World Aviation Forecast Centres, providing weather data for the world’s airlines above 24,000 ft. Supporting these crucial operations is a data centre with massive high-performance computing resources focused on weather tracking, analysis, predictions and reporting. The data centre provides connectivity to numerous defence-related locations, Government departments, commercial customers, and research partners.

This is underpinned by the Met Office relationship with BT that provides telecommunications services for the Met Office to over 60 sites across the UK and internationally. BT provides a secure managed VPN for the Met Office capable of allowing data, video and voice to be transferred quickly and smoothly from one device or system to another, across BT’s MPLS-based Network.

A wide range of MPLS access technologies are available, depending on the needs of each Met Office site.

In addition to the managed infrastructure, a range of value added services are provided. These include configuration management, performance reporting and fault management.