▁on ▁to ▁ 1 2 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁and ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁trans itional ▁Government ▁Sec ure ▁In tr an et ▁Con ver gence ▁Framework ▁( GC F ). ▁The ▁Man aged ▁Tele phony ▁Service ▁( M TS ) ▁contract ▁exp ired ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁and ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁Man aged ▁Tele phony ▁Con ver gence ▁Framework ▁( MT CF ). ▁ ▁Future ▁plan ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁blog ▁post ▁published ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Government ▁Digital ▁Service ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁Technology ▁Le aders ▁Network ▁( TL N ) ▁had ▁agreed ▁that ▁government ▁was ▁starting ▁a ▁journey ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁PS N . ▁This ▁was ▁because ▁using ▁the ▁Internet ▁was ▁considered ▁suitable ▁for ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁that ▁the ▁public ▁sector ▁does . ▁ ▁The ▁blog ▁post ▁confirmed ▁that ▁the ▁' move ▁was ▁not ▁going ▁to ▁happen ▁immediately ' ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁' there ' s ▁quite ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁work ▁to ▁do ▁across ▁the ▁public ▁sector ▁to ▁prepare ▁for ▁the ▁changes '. ▁It ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁too ▁early ▁for ▁a ▁full ▁tim eline ▁to ▁be ▁provided , ▁although ▁all ▁PS N - connected ▁organis ations ▁would ▁be ▁updated ▁as ▁the ▁process ▁evol ved . ▁ ▁The ▁blog ▁post ▁confirmed ▁that ▁organis ations ▁that ▁need ▁to ▁access ▁services ▁that ▁are ▁only ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁PS N ▁would ▁still ▁need ▁to ▁connect ▁to ▁it ▁for ▁the ▁time ▁being ▁and ▁continue ▁to ▁meet