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Motorola faces competition inquiry over UK emergency services network
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The UK’s competion regulator is investigating Motorola over concerns that it has “cashed in” on its monopoly over mobile networks for the UK emergency services.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Monday that it would launch a market investigation into the Airwave network that is used by police, fire and other emergency services to communicate securely.
The Airwave system was commissioned in 2000 by the Home Office under Labour. The agreement was due to end in December 2019, with a total predicted cost of £1.5bn. However, a cheaper planned replacement also run by Motorola, the Emergency Services Network (ESN), was delayed, meaning the company received higher profits for retaining Airwave.
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