The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has signed a five-year contract with BT to enhance rural connectivity for field workers. This partnership aims to support real-time reporting of critical data regarding flooding and disease outbreaks in agriculture, promoting the agency's goals of improving the environment and ensuring the sustainability of rural communities. The contract will utilize EE's mobile network to establish 34,000 connections, facilitating reliable updates on water quality, extreme weather events, and biosecurity measures across England, Scotland, and Wales.
Defra's five-year contract with BT aims to enhance rural connectivity, enabling real-time reporting of environmental data critical for farming and flood management.
The agency's mission is to protect the UK environment while ensuring the sustainability and resilience of agriculture, fishing, and rural communities.
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