21cn rival
Ren Zhengfei
AS Profile Through the development of its commoditised products, Huawei Technologies made $11bn in 2006 and is becoming a real rival to networking giants such as Cisco and Nortel. Zhengfei has fallen a few places in this year's... [12 Oct 2007]
Ofcom consults on next generation access
News BT is reluctant to spend billions of pounds installing fibre to the home (FTTH) or fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) while regulations state it would have to give rival providers equivalent access to those connections. [27 Sep 2007]
Nortel joins BT's 21CN gang
News BT recently announced a venture to resell its knowledge of next-generation networks to rival telcos, where some industry watchers believe its experience of procurement will be of benefit. Nortel has become the latest... [16 Jan 2007]
BT to sell 21CN knowledge to rival telcos
News BT has officially taken the wraps off BT Global Venture, the next generation network consultancy unit it's set up to share its experience of building the 21CN. Speaking today in Hong Kong, BT's head of wholesale Paul... [06 Dec 2006]
C&W CEO: BT is working against its customers
News Marsh maintains that its rival must be divided for the UK telecoms market to be competitive. BT is not working in the interests of one of its biggest customers by launching its 21CN, according to Cable &... [14 Sep 2006]
C&W snatches Energis for £674m
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) has overcome a last-minute intervention from rival telecoms firm Thus and won control of Energis. C&W announced on Tuesday morning that its offer of £674m for Energis had been accepted by Chelys,... [16 Aug 2005]
Marconi to be bought by Chinese telco?
News Marconi had hoped to supply the network intelligence for 21CN, through its SoftSwitch product but BT chose a rival product from Ericsson instead. Shares in Marconi rose sharply on Monday morning after... [08 Aug 2005]
Amicus members protest outside BT's general meeting
News Meanwhile, analyst group Ovum said on Wednesday that it was impressed with the work that BT is doing creating an access services division aimed at ensuring that rival telecoms firms get full and fair access to BT's network. [15 Jul 2005]
BT dodges Ofcom's hammer
News BT and Ofcom have agreed to sweeping changes to the way rival telecoms operators access BT's UK telecommunications network. Under the changes, which will be published in full by the end of the month, BT will set up a new... [23 Jun 2005]
Is a bitter Marconi bitching about BT's chances?
News Evans' view is that, even if BT does pull it off, it could find that a smaller UK rival - perhaps Cable&Wireless (C&W) - has moved to IP first. In the wake of Marconi's surprise failure to be selected as one of BT's... [13 Jun 2005]
BT offers Ofcom a deal
News They have received a cautious welcome from experts and rival operators. BT has offered to make widespread changes to the way it operates its network and sells broadband services in the UK in return for changes in the way... [04 Feb 2005]
