British Gas rolls out 1,200 ruggedised Windows 8 tablets to field engineers

Charlee Gothard
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Should speed along smart meters to all homes by 2020, says BG

British Gas has decided to invest in Windows 8, replacing its current loadout of ruggedised tablets for field engineers with Windows 8 devices. The 1,200 devices in question are Dell Latitude 10...

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