Consultation outcome

Additional telecommunications coverage for the emergency services network

• From: Home Office
• Published: 1 September 2015
• Last updated: 31 July 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

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Summary of consultation responses and next steps

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Detail of outcome

The consultation took place over a 4-week period from 1 September 2015 to 29 September 2015.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks your views on the emergency services mobile communications programme (ESMCP) proposals and seeks information on available infrastructure in the areas shown on the map.

This consultation ran from
5pm on 1 September 2015 to 11:45pm on 29 September 2015

Consultation description

The Home Office-led emergency services mobile communications programme (ESMCP) is a cross-departmental programme set up to develop a new communications services to replace the current Airwave system. The new service will be called the emergency services network (ESN).

The ESN will be a more affordable, more capable and more flexible communications network, than the existing Airwave mobile radio system currently used by the 3 emergency services in England, Scotland and Wales. It will be provided by a 4G LTE commercial mobile network operator.

This consultation applies to telecommunications infrastructure providers, and all others with an interest in the ESMCP proposals.

How to respond

The closing date for response to this consultation is 29 September 2015.

You can respond via email to: ESMCPComms@homeoffice.gov.uk

Or you can write to us at:

Emergency services mobile communications programme
Home Office
Peel Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Documents

Public consultation on additional telecommunications coverage to be provided for the emergency services network (ESN)

PDF, 147 KB, 6 pages

Published 1 September 2015
Last updated 31 July 2018 + show all updates

1. 31 July 2018

   Consultation response added.

2. 1 September 2015

   First published.