BRITISH TELECOM AWARDS ORDERS WORTH 73 MLN STG
British Telecommunications Plc <BTY.L>
said orders worth around 73 mln stg have been awarded to three
British firms following competitive tendering for more than
500,000 lines of advanced digital local exchange equipment.
    The orders have been placed with <GEC Telecommunications>,
<Plessey Major Systems> and <Thorn Ericsson
Telecommunications>.
    Plessey and GEC will between them supply some 455,000 lines
of System X equipment worth a total of more than 64 mln stg
while Thorn Ericsson has received orders for more than 70,000
lines of AXE10 exchanges, valued at around eight mln stg.
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