{"id":498605,"date":"2026-03-27T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498605\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:03:08","slug":"uks-long-delayed-esn-gets-a-new-set-of-realistic-but-ambitious-targets-network-infra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498605\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s long-delayed ESN gets a new set of \u2018realistic but ambitious\u2019 targets | Network &#038; Infra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline meta\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telcotitans.com\/joe-purnell\/1025.bio\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Purnell<\/a>2026-03-27T15:58:00<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"btw373-bapco esn latest\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/17475_btw373bapcoesnlatest_775215.jpg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"67\" class=\"lazyloaded\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The oft-criticised Emergency Services Network is now expected to go \u2018live\u2019 in mid-2028, with a mass transition not set to complete until 2030 \u2014 more than a decade behind schedule. EE and IBM claim significant progress, however, and Home Office assures latest dates are within reason\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This article includes:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThemes:\u00a0Airwave switch\u2011off; Emergency communications; ESN delays; Mission\u2011critical communications (MCX); Mobile Services readiness; Programme governance; Public safety networks; Resilience testing; Rural coverage; User migration planning.&#13;<br \/>\nEvents:\u00a0BAPCO 2026; Critical Communications World 2025.&#13;<br \/>\nPeople:\u00a0Faisal Mahomed; John Black; Steve Kelly.&#13;<br \/>\nGeographic:\u00a0Brussels; UK.&#13;<br \/>\nOrganisations:\u00a0Airwave; EE; Home Office; IBM; Leonardo; British APCO (BAPCO).\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Purnell2026-03-27T15:58:00 The oft-criticised Emergency Services Network is now expected to go \u2018live\u2019 in mid-2028, with a mass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-498605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}