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RSS marconiQ&A: BT CTO Matt Bross
Comment How do you feel about Marconi being left out of the suppliers list for 21CN, considering the effect it has had on its business? Marconi has been a significant partner of BT and will continue to support other networks. [22 Sep 2005]
Marconi to be bought by Chinese telco?
News Shares in Marconi rose sharply on Monday morning after the UK telecoms manufacturer confirmed it is in talks about a possible merger or acquisition. In a statement, Marconi said it was in "discussions with third parties about potential business... [08 Aug 2005]
Amicus members protest outside BT's general meeting
News Members of Amicus, which describes itself as the UK's largest manufacturing, technical & skilled persons' union, protested outside BT's annual general meeting, furious that it snubbed Marconi when choosing its first wave of suppliers for its 21st... [15 Jul 2005]
Cardiff: BT gives Wales first taste of 21CN
News BT recently came under fire from Marconi over its chances of meeting the deadline. BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) has taken its first step towards reality with the announcement that the city of Cardiff is acting as the acid test for the project. [04 Jul 2005]
Intel Architecture Roadmap Makes an Intelligent, Cost-Effective Choice for Marconi ATM Multi-Service Switch Router
White Paper Marconi originally faced the challenge of developing a switch router solution that could help its customers transition their Class-4 and Class-5 switches from time-division multiplexing (TDM) technology to multi-protocol label switching (MPLS). [15 Jun 2005]
Is a bitter Marconi bitching about BT's chances?
News In the wake of Marconi's surprise failure to be selected as one of BT's first batch of suppliers for a £10bn upgrade of its UK infrastructure, and the news last month that it is to slash 800 jobs as a result of missing out on the business, which... [13 Jun 2005]
Marconi signs £15m contract with Network Rail
News Marconi has inked a five-year deal with Network Rail which could be worth as much as £15m. Marconi and Network Rail believe they will reduce costs by improving collaboration and by developing a benchmark system for work rates and payment incentives. [02 Jun 2005]
C&W profits rise as IP network gets underway
News The telco has also chosen Marconi - left out of BT's big network upgrade contract line up last month - to supply infrastructure for its access transmission network. Cable & Wireless has posted its first profit since 2001 and named its first partner... [26 May 2005]
IBM and Marconi culls spark downturn worries
News Recent layoffs at IBM and Marconi have sparked fears that talk of a recovery within IT is well wide of the mark. The remaining 46.7 per cent appear confident the culls of around 13,000 jobs at IBM and 800 at Marconi are a blip rather than a sign of... [11 May 2005]
Marconi slashes 800 jobs over BT contract failure
News Marconi is to cut 800 jobs in the UK after failing to land any of the contracts for the £10bn upgrade of BT's infrastructure last month. BT will replace its circuit-switched networks with a single IP-based network as part of the 21st Century... [06 May 2005]
Leader: Why would IBM make layoffs?
Leader And this is - ironically at a time of relative economic prosperity - another story about redundancies during a general election campaign, highlighting the fact that in broad areas of technology, whether cars (MG Rover), telecoms equipment (Marconi... [03 May 2005]
Leader: BT's fluid core
Leader Little old Marconi - and both those adjectives are now apt - didn't make the cut. The big contract win story of the day - actually a story about contract wins, plural - is interesting on several levels. [28 Apr 2005]
BT names buddies for £10bn 21CN
News Some big names missed out, most notably Marconi whose share price plunged over 40 per cent following BT's announcement. Marconi claimed this morning its product had "performed extremely well technically" but had been unable to meet BT's "commercial... [28 Apr 2005]
Marconi Takes Learning to a New Level
White Paper A Marconi ATM backbone deployed at two of HCT's colleges in the 1990s had proven to be the most stable network within the facility, reporting virtually no performance problems since its installation - a fact that influenced HCT's decision to use... [21 Apr 2005]
Collaborative Network Solution Provides the U.S. Army With Video-Enabled Distance Training
White Paper To meet these goals, Marconi, mGen, Inc.formerly Digital Media Solutions) and nCUBE integrated their leading-edge technologies to create a training system solution that supports the Army Classroom XXI initiative, enables military personnel to... [19 Apr 2005]
