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BT hits two million broadband subscribers
News Both initiatives boosted Britain's broadband market, and also underlined that the telco had been guilty of failing to take broadband seriously in the past. BT confirmed on Friday that... [20 Feb 2004]
Lower broadband prices ahead, says govt
News The cost of ADSL has effectively halved since the start of 2002, when BT CEO Ben Verwaayen announced a massive cut in the cost of the telco's wholesale consumer broadband products, which... [15 Dec 2003]
BT pleads for lenient regulation
News BT is set to urge the UK government to relax the regulations that govern Britain's telecommunications market, in a move that the telco says would allow it to implement a major upgrade to... [11 Nov 2003]
Cable broadband nears the magic million
News Given the patchy state of Broadband Britain at the time, this was an ambitious target, but the telco seems to be on track. BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen vowed last... [01 Apr 2003]
Re:Viewing 2002 - A year in broadband
News UK entrepreneur Bob Jones said: "After the government has spent months waffling on about 'Broadband Britain', BT has just turned around and said it's not going to do it. BT told much of... [18 Dec 2002]
Microsoft and BT form broadband alliance
News The alliance between Britain's incumbent telco and the software giant will see both companies contributing development teams to work on some 30 projects, covering areas such as mobile technology, web... [06 Nov 2002]
Broadband Britain: Revolution is in the air
News I believe that `wired-up Britain` will remain a pipe dream unless a rich telco, or an independent body, gets in there and takes it from BT and the cable companies. Consistent with... [16 Sep 2002]
SMS short codes - a tale of telco chaos
News A similar situation exists in Britain with telephone numbers - where 0800 is a freephone number, and an 0900 number would be a premium line costing 60p or more per minute. Asking users to send messages to three or four... [12 Apr 2002]
Pipex defends BT in Freeserve ADSL spat
News Britain's second-largest broadband ISP, Pipex, is backing BT in the telco's war of words with Freeserve over ADSL. Pipex managing director David Rickards was uncompromising in his... [04 Apr 2002]
Welcome to the worst job in Britain
Comment He's a 49-year-old Dutchman, and his name is Ben Verwaayen (pronounced 'ver-vain') - which no one in Britain had heard of before this morning and no one can confidently pronounce. He has the Dutch state... [12 Dec 2001]
BT chief rules out DSL for all
News The announcement is a clear indication that BT will be throttling back on its investment in DSL, and will quite likely fall short of government targets for Britain to have the most extensive broadband... [03 Oct 2001]
So long and thanks for all the stalling
Comment Still with BT, readers of last week's Roundup will recall a heinous attempt by the telco on the life of silicon.com journalist Ben King at the launch of its GPRS range. Vallance once... [27 Apr 2001]
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