Britain's root and branch revamp of its energy supply system can now begin, after the government announced it will push for a centralised "smart grid" communications network to link some 47 million smart gas and electricity meters by 2020.
BP has outsourced its voice and data communications infrastructure to T-Systems in a deal that will also see the supplier manage the oil company's voice and data suppliers.
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