Samsung secures contract to replace Airwave handsets for UK emergency services
£210 million deal covers quarter of a million handsets
The Home Office has signed a £210 million contract with Samsung, which will see UK emergency services using the company's 4G smartphones. Samsung won the three-year contract last week, and will supply...
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