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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the (a) telephone system and (b) network connections were provided as part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telecommunications Network to the British Embassies in (i) Egypt, (ii) Syria, (iii) Jordan and (iv) Turkey; and if he will make a statement. [105185] Mr. Rammell: The installations of the telephone systems and network connections at the embassies in Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Turkey were completed, under the FTN contract, by Global Crossing as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Embassy FTN Network Connection Telephone Systems Installed under FTN Amman 21 December 2000 11 March 19991 Ankara 26 March 2002 None2 Cairo 12 March 2002 None2 Damascus 24 May 2002 21 October 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The telephone installation at Amman was completed prior to signing the FTN contract with Global Crossing. The installation was completed under the 'Instruction to proceed' process to ensure Year 2000 software compliance. 2 Legacy telephone systems are in service at the Embassies in Ankara and Cairo. These telephone systems were installed prior to the FTN contract being signed and are still operating within their expected design life. Both systems are connected to the new network allowing embassy staff to benefit from the full range of FTN services and facilities.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

105185; 402 c523-4W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Computers Computer networks Telecommunications Telephone services Turkey Foreign and Commonwealth Office Syria Egypt Embassies Jordan

Link

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