Frozen food firm Iceland has signed a seven-year, £18m IT outsourcing deal with BT Global Services to reduce costs and move to a single voice and data network.

The contract is an extension of Iceland’s existing contract to manage its wide and local area networks, but includes new voice services.

There is a provision for a hosted voice system which allows a step-by-step approach to convergence that will make a significant contribution to cost savings.

Mark Pearson, IT director at Iceland Foods, says the voice systems will allow BT to take complete ownership of its voice estate.

‘This deal will provide Iceland with significant cost savings while placing us on our convergence roadmap,’ he said.

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