That decision rests with BT, said Mr Pennell but the local population will be hoping for a slice of Olympic technology to remain long after the last yacht has sailed out of the harbour.

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The American Olympic archery team has used the company's technology to help athletes gain and retain composure.

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Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, thinks the strides made in technology means that by the 2020 Games there will be no such thing as a passive armchair fan.

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"NBC Olympics Live Extra puts the London Olympic Games into the hands of America's tablet and smartphone user, enabling us to once again use advances in technology to provide the broadest possible access to the thousands of hours of Olympic competition", said Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics.

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It was important that Pennell and his teams were in touch with consumer and workplace technology trends, and could predict how they would be used by the media and by Olympic fans around the world, building the infrastructure to support that.

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