- 'Substantial' government services contract confirmed - Q3 trading consistent with first halfKCOM, the UK communications and IT services firm, confirmed that it has now signed a 'substantial contact' with a government department.The company mentioned in its interim report in November that it had secured preferred supplier status for the work to provide hosted contact centres supported by related IT and telephony services."This project is now in the detailed planning phase and a further update will follow at the preliminary results," KCOM said.The news came alongside a brief third-quarter trading update from the firm, which said its performance has remained consistent with the first half when group revenue and underlying profits fell 2%."The board expects the group to trade in line with expectations for the rest of the current financial year," KCOM said.BC