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News B is for BT The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government that legislation... [18 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu to pay back NHS £67m
News At the hearing, NHS chief operating officer Gordon Hextall confirmed that BT was in the running to take over the eight sites that Fujitsu had been responsible for, with the change likely to take place in about a month's time. [17 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News B is for BT Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900 illegal tracks each... [16 Jun 2008]
Procter & Gamble in $650m network deal with BT
News Consumer packaged goods manufacturer Procter and Gamble (P&G) has signed a $650m deal for BT to manage its global communications network. The five-year contract will see BT provide and manage P&G's local and wide area network infrastructure across... [10 Jun 2008]
Network Rail on track with IP
News Network Rail has awarded BT a £30m, three-year contract to upgrade its communications infrastructure. Catherine Doran, director of information management at Network Rail, said BT's strong customer service and competitive pricing helped secure the... [10 Jun 2008]
O2 offers business tariffs for 3G iPhone
News O2 said iPhone business customers will be able to have several iPhones and other devices on one account, and all on the same bill.iPhone users also get unlimited data browsing, email downloads and unlimited access to 9,500 wi-fi hotspots through... [10 Jun 2008]
Broadband speed: ISPs accept 'code of practice'
News Broadband's biggest players - including BT, TalkTalk, Tiscali and Virgin - have all signed up to the code, along with a range of smaller players - from Dark Group to Zen Internet. Telecoms watchdog Ofcom has published a voluntary Code of Practice... [05 Jun 2008]
Broadband Britain embraces wi-fi sharing love
News BT released the figures showing the number of people who have signed up to BT Fon, where customers share their broadband connection as a wireless hotspot. By sharing their own connections using their BT Home Hub, Fon customers can use any of the... [05 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News LLU has been key to achieving faster broadband speeds in the short term as BT's own next-gen ADSL tech - ADSL2+ (which promises a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps) - has taken longer to arrive. Posting a recent reader comment on silicon.com about the... [04 Jun 2008]
BT to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent
News BT will rely on wind farms to produce a quarter of its UK power by 2016 as part of a major drive to cut CO2 emissions. BT has already cut emissions in the UK by 58 per cent between 1996 and 2008 but does not at present monitor its current global... [03 Jun 2008]
More BT pay phones face the axe
News BT is looking to close more public call boxes as usage continues to slide. The BT spokesman said: "Some local authorities understand that if a phone box has only received one call in a year then it might not be entirely reasonable to keep it there... [03 Jun 2008]
BT buys into videoconferencing
News BT announced yesterday it has completed the acquisition of Wire One Holdings, a specialist US videoconferencing company, for an undisclosed amount. According to Aaron McCormack, chief executive of BT Conferencing, Wire One "is one of the leaders in... [03 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News Software giant SAP has its only UK research facility in the region while BT, Cisco, Citigroup and Nortel are other big players with a presence. ECIT hosts tech companies - such as TDK - and also provides services to boost the research capabilities... [02 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu ditches £896m NHS IT contract
News BT or CSC is thought to be favourite to take over responsibility for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS in southern England but Fujitsu will continue to run the existing systems until its successor is appointed.silicon.com Public Sector [29 May 2008]
Wi-fi adds to courtroom drama
News Visitors and people working at most Crown courts in England and Wales can now gain internet access via BT Openzone wi-fi hotspots. HMCS funded the wi-fi deployment and will receive a percentage of the revenue from BT Openzone. [28 May 2008]
