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cOut today - the new BT!
News BT Group, which demerged its mobile phone arm last year, will tomorrow announce that it is to re-enter the wireless telephony market. C&W calls for break-up of BT -... [08 Apr 2002]
IP VPNs - networking for an interconnected world?
Comment Camille Mendler, Yankee Group director for European fixed telecoms, said: "The history of alliances, including Concert [AT&T and BT] and the original Global One [Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint], is... [11 Dec 2001]
BT's next chief executive - runners and riders
News He once tried to buy BT's local loop, so he does at least want to run part of BT - something few other candidates can bring to the table. He has form in the telecoms industry too, with a stint at... [14 Nov 2001]
BT loses out to C&W in CGNU merger
News Cable & Wireless has snatched a massive £350m contract from under the nose of arch-rival BT to provide network services for CGNU, the UK's largest insurance house. Cable &... [19 Jul 2001]
BT sells Blu as shareholders see red
News Shareholders gave the BT board the customary roasting today at the company's AGM in Nottingham. BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield confessed to the assembled shareholders that "The industry as a whole... [18 Jul 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Cute C&W, that elusive Linux desktop and Proxicom's suitors
Comment Coverage of telecoms in recent weeks has centred on that old stalwart, BT. C&W's war chest would only make a minor dent in the BT debt mountain, but its execs showed business acumen... [21 May 2001]
Autonomy's interactive TV and Cable & Wireless' big pile of cash
News The company has also ruled out purchasing any of the units to be spun off by BT as it is not keen to take on a lot of the baggage that would come with such an acquisition. Telecoms company Cable &... [16 Nov 2000]
Government, mismanagement and the telco: A market in disarray
Comment Oftel also thundered that if BT didn't conform to the timetable without a reasonable excuse it would use its powers to force them to comply. Oftel then pointed out that "a reasonable excuse would be if... [02 Oct 2000]
AT&T takes stock of merger options
News AT&T has also been involved in discussions with BT regarding a possible merger. C Michael Armstrong, chairman of AT&T, favours the proposed amalgamation with BT, according to the... [08 Sep 2000]
Direct Line hangs up on BT and C&W for Fibernet ATM
News UK insurance firm Direct Line has replaced its BT and Cable and Wireless leased line circuits with an ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) managed network from Fibernet. He said the number of problems on the... [16 Jun 2000]
Telco rumourmill works into overtime after Orange deal
News Meanwhile, BT is expected to take full control of Viag Interkom, the German venture the UK telco will concentrate on after striking its alliance with AT&T, which also held stakes in the country. BT... [25 Oct 1999]
Telecom 99 - the final analysis
Comment But Telecom will continue - nearly everyone there and some of this year's high-profile absentees (BT, IBM and Orange) are already making plans - but what form will the event take? Alcatel, Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia and... [15 Oct 1999]
Vodafone and C&WC team up for brewery deal
News Ian Butterworth, Scottish & Newcastle's information services director, said: "Historically, we've used C&WC and BT [for fixed lines services], and for our mobile needs, Cellnet and Orange in... [14 Jul 1999]
C&W sells underwater cabling division
News Existing customers include AT&T, BT and MCI WorldCom. In the first of two big cabling deals announced today, Cable & Wireless said it has sold its Global Marine division to Global Crossing, based... [26 Apr 1999]
Cable & Wireless hands Wallace top job
News In early 1997, he oversaw the four-way merger that created C&WC, establishing BT's most significant domestic telephony rival and the country's largest cable TV operation. Cable &... [23 Feb 1999]
