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Capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment and computer software (excluding the movement on capital accruals) totalled £3,247 million in the 2007 financial year compared with £3,142 million and £3,011 million in the 2006 and 2005 financial years, respectively. Capital expenditure is expected to
remain at around £3.2 billion in the 2008 financial year as the group continues to invest in its 21st century network (21CN) programme.
Of the capital expenditure, £296 million was in Europe, outside of the UK, the Americas and Asia Pacific in the 2007 financial year, compared to £270 million in the 2006 financial year.
Contracts placed for ongoing capital expenditure totalled £779 million at 31 March 2007. 21CN is being developed using stringent capital return criteria and a rigorous approach to any investment in the narrowband network. 21CN aims to deliver long term, structural cost reduction, as we progressively migrate onto
a simpler, lower cost network architecture. BT expects that future capital expenditure will be funded from net cash inflows from operating activities, and, if required, by external financing.
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