OGC and Vodafone link for Wap procurement study_3
18 July 2012
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is to join mobile phone company Vodafone to study the effect of wireless application protocol (Wap) technologies on the government’s e-procurement agenda.
The study is part of wider analysis of e-procurement by the OGC and two-year deal with Vodafone to supply mobile telephone services to all central and local government bodies, saving £38 million.
Peter Gershon, the OGC’s chief executive, said: “Over the next two years, we will gain a better understanding of the government’s needs in this field and return to the...